Luigi and Valerio Boggia

italy

Luigi started skydiving in 1978, and first launched parachutes from slopes in 1980, before paragliding was even invented! He was director of the Aosta parachuting school in Italy, and took part in many international parachuting precision landing competitions. He has been paragliding for over 25 years, and these days flies almost exclusively tandem. he flies tandems professionally, and now also with his son Valerio, who was born in 2014 and has inherited the flying gene. 12-year-old Valerio has always loved sport and has a curiosity for everything that flies. In 2018, after his second time at the Coupe Icare, he asked to fly tandem with dad and he has never looked back. Valerio started groundhandling with a SEED from a very young age, and now has an ANDA. He is growing his skills on the training slopes, and looking forward to reaching the age where he can truly fly solo. They published Valerio's Adventures in 2024, first in Italian and then also in French and English. It's about a young adventurous boy, ad is part real life, part dreams, put together to inspire other youngsters. Togetjer they have travelled around bookshops and fayres promoting the book, and Valerio is already used to public speaking. Luigi says their shared passion for paragliding has made him and Valerio a very tight father-and-son unit.

#Flying Families

• Equipement actuel : Dual 2 (Luigi), Anda (Valerio)
• Sites fréquentés : Antey Saint André, La Magdeleine, Torgnon, Cervinia, Valtournenche, Chamois – Aosta Valley, Italy
• Métier : Tandem Flights (Luigi), School (Valerio)
• Passions : Mountain Biking, hiking (Luigi); those plus RC models and video games (Valerio)