World ParaGliding Association
WPGA
Use gliding kites (paragliders):

hobby, science, industry, recreation, sport, commerce,
entertainment, and other sectors of paragliding activity
where gliding kites (the paragliders) with the necessary
wings, tethers, and resistive system
fulfill various missions in human society.

Sport paragliding involving flown pilot is a kite sport
using gliding kites called paragliders.

Paragliders mechanically may use any wing,
even in multiplicity, with one or more kite lines
to the paraglider's necessary resistive system.

It is common to default for the wing part: paraglider,
but those skilled in the arts know the lines and
resist sub-assemblies are essential to be the
gliding kite that is paraglider.