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Cyril Mazibuko will soon devote lots of time to paragliding, not as a hobbyist or novice, but as an instructor--quite an achievement for someone, who at the age of 12 fashioned functional homebrew wings from plastic fertilizer bags and rope. The South African paragliding hopeful grabbed the attention of actual paragliders who showed him the proper way to fly with more, ahem, dependable equipment. And now he's teaching the sport. We can't help but wonder if he would've enjoyed being paraglider designer.

photo: Michael Walker, courtesy Johannesburg Sunday Times

thanks tom!