The craziness of Malaguita's life

After a 4-day stay with my beloved Spanish family, full of fun and exciting memories, we charged our batteries, ready for the next part of our trip. There came the time to say goodbye which wasn’t an easy task... Then we jumped into the car and one of the biggest boys’ dream was within their reach: a meeting with the most famous acrobatic paramotor pilot in the world - Javier Tejeiro Lopez Malaguita. Javi is a boy from Competa (a city near Malaga) who we met during Paragliding World Cup in Legnica. He is a real volcano of positive energy who loves risk-taking adventures. His incredible acrobatics in the air are absolutely spectacular. It seems that he flies against gravity. We had to travel 900km to reach Competa. After a 10-hour journey we finally reached our destination. The road to Javi’s house was a bit dangerous as it involved a lot of sharp bends…

a view from terrace

a street of Cómpeta

Narrow streets, sharp bends and a lot of dangerous precipices evoked the unwelcome symptoms of carsickness that we all knew from the childhood. Finally we reached Malaguita’s home (Malaguita is Javi's nickname). His father,Manu, and two brothers, welcomed us very warmly. We made a small traditional greeting ceremony by giving them a loaf of bread, salt and vodka from Poland. They were charmed and delighted by this tradition which is also strongly associated with Polish hospitality. Sir Manu had taught his sons paragliding since their early childhood. Later on, they decided to take one step forward - ACRO. They are doing extraordinary air shows which for an average guy seem impossible to be real (you can watch the video below ). Now they are the most popular acro-pilots in the world and the only ones who are able to do acrobatics while wearing a motor (known also a paramotor) on their back which is very challenging due to the weight that they have to carry during the flight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KethFAKIn94