Erika Klein has wanted to hang glide since seeing a picture of a hang glider in a book when she was 10. She started at 16 and since then has flown around the U.S. and the world, though she specializes in low-altitude dune soaring. When she left for college, her mom Cyndia Zumpft-Klein—who previously took a hang gliding training hill lesson in the 80s—decided to become a pilot too at age 50. They love flying together and both earned their basic instructor ratings, which they use to teach part-time with Windsports at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles. Erika was also on staff at the U.S. Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (USHPA) for several years and is now focused on using social media to show the fun and accessible side of hang gliding. She has over 70,000 followers on Instagram and her dune soaring videos have received millions of views on both Instagram and TikTok. Instragram - Erika.j.klein, TikTok- erikajklein, Facebook - Cyndia Zumpft Klein & Erika Klein --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jade-lear/message