Anybody in the West Side or Lakewood see a couple crazy people flying through the sky recently? A guy named Jon Kelley just uploaded this GoPro video of his view paragliding along the Lake Erie coast off of Edgewater Park, and it just looks terrifyingly cold and windy. I hope the guy was wearing a scarf, or he might have caught a cold.
In some of Kelley’s old videos, he shows how his paragliding buddies take off from the top a picnic table in Edgewater Park:
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Doug Brown is a staff writer at Scene with a passion for public records laws and investigative reporting. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has an M.A. in journalism from the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a B.A. in political science from Hiram College. Prior to joining Scene, Doug was a contributing writer for Deadspin.com, reporting behind-the-scenes stories about college sports through public records and developing sources. Doug's work as an enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater was recognized by the Cleveland Press Club (2013 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards), Society of Professional Journalists (regional and national Mark of Excellence Awards), and the Associated Collegiate Press. He spent the summer of 2012 working for the Metro desk of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and spent previous summers working for Outside Bozeman Magazine and Crain's Detroit Business. His website is dougbrown8.com.
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He looks like he’s over water to me….
That is so cool. I want to do that!