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Paramotoring, a growing outdoor sport, brings noise issues for some Central Oregonians
Efforts underway to quiet the motors BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Paramotoring, a motorized form of paragliding has become increasingly popular in Central Oregon, but also has sparked concerns among some. Paragliding requires a person to launch from high points like mountains to catch air currents with their canopy, while paramotoring use a propelled paraglider that can launch from most flat surfaces. “I mean, it’s really a feeling of freedom,” Morgan Jobert, an instructor for Ryze Paramotor, a Bend training school, said Friday. Jobert has been paragliding for over 20 years and now enjoys paramotoring as well, but noticed a difference in the way people view the sports. As a paramotorist, he’s…
