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Javi Tejeiro in a pod harness, helmet on, legs kicked out barefoot, looking down at the sea far below

Javi Tejeiro. Born Málaga, 1987. First flight at thirteen. Pioneer of paramotor aerobatics, manufacturer test pilot, coach and showman, based in Doha.

  • 10,000+hours in the air
  • 100+events flown
  • 50+countries
  • 2011first paramotor aerobatics
  • Showman
  • Spanish champion
  • International athlete
  • Developer and test pilot
  • Coach and trainer
  • APPI instructor
  • Paratrike pilot

Twenty-one years, in three chapters.

From a first paraglider flight to two thousand hours on a trike over Doha.

2001 to 2011

The pilot

A boy from Málaga who could not stay on the ground.

Javi launching at sunset, arms up to the risers
  1. 2001First paraglider flight.
  2. 2005World Acro Tour, ranked 9th, age 18.
  3. 2011Pioneered the first aerobatic manoeuvres on a paramotor.

2012 to 2018

The test pilot

The manufacturers started sending him the wing before the shops got it.

Javi flying barefoot over the sea
  1. 2012Test pilot for AirG, acro wing development.
  2. 2013Test pilot, Scout Paramotors, aerobatics.
  3. 2014Worked with the Qatari Armed Forces on National Day displays.
  4. 2015Spanish national slalom team. Opening ceremony, World Air Games Dubai.
  5. 2016Coached the Kuwait Air Sports Committee for three years.
  6. 2017Regular US tours and shows.
  7. 2018Test pilot, paraglider product development.

2019 to now

Doha

A school, a trike, and two thousand hours over the coast.

Javi flying a paratrike with a young passenger
  1. 2019Instructor, Skymasters Sports Club, Qatar.
  2. 2020Paramotor design and safety testing.
  3. 2021Designing acro wings for paramotor brands.
  4. 2022Master instructor, paramotor trikes and high performance. Around 2,000 trike hours on Airtour Doha.
  5. NowCoach flight instructor at Skymasters, test pilot, and hired for exhibitions worldwide.
Javi Tejeiro in a pod harness, helmet on, legs kicked out barefoot, looking down at the ground far below

A hundred events. Fifty countries. Three years running at Oshkosh.

  • OshkoshEAA AirVenture, Wisconsin. Three consecutive years at the largest aviation event in the world, 500,000+ registered.
  • DubaiOpening ceremony, World Air Games, 2015.
  • QatarNational Day displays with the Qatari Armed Forces, from 2014.
  • KuwaitCoach to the Kuwait Air Sports Committee, three years from 2016.
  • USARegular tours and shows from 2017.

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Watch him fly.

Three minutes of what a paramotor is not supposed to do.

Javi Tejeiro, paramotor aerobatics

On air.

  • Al JazeeraFeature on paramotor aerobatics in Qatar

    [LINK TBC]

  • NetflixAppearance in a Netflix production

    [LINK TBC]

  • Al KassSports coverage of shows and displays

    [LINK TBC]

Javi tucked mid-air at sunset on the sand flats
Ground handling at sunset
A magenta Skymasters wing soaring over the dunes
Dune soaring
Javi gripping both risers, looking up at his wing
Ground handling, every level

Off duty he skydives, kitesurfs and wakeboards. On the days he is not flying, he is still in the air or on the water.

Flown with the support of

  • Skymasters Sports Club
  • BlackHawk Paramotors USA
  • MT
  • AirG

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