Staying Alive in Paragliding

Recorded 11 April 2020. So the very first podcast that I recorded closes this series. Uncut and unedited. Even the staying alive intro song is played "manually" with a separate Bluetooth speaker. Rougher than rough, like in the olden days.... This whole podcast thing started as a request from a beginner called Nicolas on our local paragliding club whatsapp group, for some tips. Along with my friend's Uli Prinz, Gerhard Beukes, Deon, Kieran and a few others, I was encouraged to do the podcasts that I've recorded to date. In this podcast I underline most of the top important safety tips I consider imperative for starting alive in our beautiful sport. Enjoy it brothers and sisters in paragliding and remember to share it far and wide. It's all free and for the betterment of and security in our pastime. A new series will follow, but not right now... 50+ podcasts in 40 days.. Ill take a short break as I'm on a motorcycle trip, but do promise you more. Thanks for your support all of you! Feedback is always welcome.. Whatsapp me on 0027720458706

Recorded 16 May 2020 Robbie is quite simply a Legend. A very focused individual. Extremely modest for someone with so much success. Never been married, no kids and a man known for living on the edge... Always had, always will! Living in New Zealand now, into surf and kite, Robbie has lived, breathed and succeeded at free flight his whole career. Being hangliding world champ, then Paragliding world champ, then starting Ozone paragliding and now racing in probably the most dangerous race in the world....the Isle of Mann TT! Robbie lives a "simpler" life now. Designing kites for Ozone and part owning high end Foil company, Armstrong foils in Raglan, NZ. About moving to NZ with Matt Taggart. Learning to foil.. Not that easy... 4 days.. "U gotta pay to play!" How he got to race the TT.. His dad and motorcycles.. Great story! "Love racing bikes on roads.. It brings your focus right into the moment." "The herd society.. Jobs and lives due to indoctrination" Individuality and self discovery. About death and living your life to the full! Very strong life lessons. "Rather burn out than fade away" Tax the brain and body regularly Raglan.. Best waves in NZ. Progressive Town. Flexibly, the importance of stretching, meditation and body maintenance as we get older. "Turning off the 6 voices in my head" I can definitely feel the effects.. 30/40mins. Breathing excersises How organized religion and the standard schooling system is an indoctrination. Intriguing views. Democracy...? There could be a better way to this. "My good is the sun" On being opinionated. On how Corona Strengthed us. On money and greed.. "in not only greedy for experiences" Designing kites and speed wings for ozone. Malachi Templeton (sp) and Jamie Lee. Xc flying würg Rob Gillard Giving your all... What it takes Big balls and 300kmh round the Isle of Mann on the bike.. Control and Age Amazing and inspiring.. "My brother is my best friend.. He supported me through my difficult times.. I'm very dyslexic.. I couldn't read until I was 16!" anything is possibly.. Dedication. I want it so bad. Steps to take. Sports and being creative are where my efforts go How the schooling system is flawed. Achieving huge things. Surf calling at sunrise.. Worst hanglider... Airwave magic kisses (sp). Owens valley.. Mid 90s.. 14 days world champs.. Torn sail, rock tied to a wingtip. "I love rough conditions... But not on that wing! " Worst paraglider.. Firebird Cult proto.. Early days of sail shaping on a high aspect ratio wing! "I used to be an animal.. But in Chamonix in a comp, my heart was in my mouth the whole flight! It was like balancing on a gym ball.. Absolutely intense!" Amazingly delicious story! "Anything is possible..everything around you is created by a man's mind.. It opens up a world of opportunity.. " Go out and make anything your own reality Living in the moment.. Short and long term memory issues. https://www.armstrongfoils.com/ Malachi Templeton (sp).. Unbelievable speedflying video https://www.google.com/search?q=magnetic+speed+flying+in+New+Zealand&oq=magnetic+speed+flying+in+New+Zealand+&aqs=chrome..69i57.12104j0j9&client=ms-android-samsung-gs-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#

Recorded 20 May 2020 Thomas and Stefan are xc cracks.. Tom held the world record fai triangle for ages. A 325km flight (still longest in Northern alps)! Stefan works for Skywalk, did Xalps and is an excellent comp pilot. They chat about the Zillertal (Ziller Valley in North Tyrol, Austria) where they live. Takeoff at 9am for the big days.. Strategy, about bombing out and Satisfaction discussed. How Tom flies very close to the mountain... But sometimes involuntarily landing on a high mountain, costing him in competitions. Stefan Gruber working at Skywalk.. Top secret news on the Cayenne 6. What is like to work for them and his what his job entails as test pilot. The cayenne 6..middle C Class glider.. 3 liner but flying like, and having characteristics of a 2 liner.... Very interesting! Really nice handling, thus being able to squeeze out more performance. Expected sales... Went u stayed with a 3 liner C class... VERY FUNNY Story about a gentlemens agreement at comps.. Stef vs Stefan How hike and fly is getting so wildly popular. Tom's proto 2 liner XC and Stefan's Enzo 3 comp gliders. Near misses and close calls. Tom's granada canyon story. Stefan 2015 Xalps ending story..funny now.. Not that funny then. Landing in the Monaco Royals' private zoo. Xalps discussion.. Too dangerous? How it could change.. Intriguing. Stefan.. Worst glider.. First Skywalk 2 liner proto way back then... Its first flight in Zillertal in Fohn conditions... Horrible! Tom's shitest glider.. Swing Core 3. Tin and I remember.. Fly 2 tandem business and when I broke most of the lines on a new bibeta 2 (or 3?) and threw my reserve for the first time. Top tips from Stefan.. Find a mentor to learn from and go fly with them a lot. Use a lower class glider... Tom on a big goal.. Fly over 300km fai... To be the first. He made It! On an Enzo 1...yay..(its the biggest flight made in the northern alps... Ever!) Plans for the future.. To break Chrigels 343 .

Recorded 19 may 2020.Richard, in his push British accent is great at storytelling. His opening tale, the new years day, hangover, xc flight, landing in the big 5 game reserve story..car gets a puncture, make a jack out of stones etc... Fun podcast with strong messages! Xc in barren places... Be prepared! "when stuff goes wrong, it happens fast!" Lots of great stories and laughs. The omega Xalps 3..2 liner in the c class... Very exciting. What flying a 2 liner for the first time is like. Learning to fly in Chamonix. 5200m bases in the alps.. Flying over Mt blanc. Travel and flying.. Dominican Republic De aar and scary moments. Things we can learn from. How to land in very strong winds. Techniques that may save your life. Many other themes and ending with a laugh about African politics! https://www.facebook.com/rbarbs

Recorded 28 May 2020 Alex Booth is a chartered accountant that has owned and flown many helicopters, fix wings, Paragliders and Ppg. He is a husband, father of 3 boys and is a very passionate and experienced pilot. Based outside East London, the eastern cape of South Africa. Google images of this place.. Use words.. Transkei, drakensberg, wild coat. An excellent podcast filled with storytelling and inspiring tales of flying. Tons of tips and insights. From learning to fly with Tristan Burrell (podcast dedicated in memory of this legend) to R44s and turbine helicopters. Extremely great advice on staying alive in flying... Wow! Helicopter so near death experience! The widow maker powerlines. Too crazy and so many lessons in there. Incredibly interesting flying stories. Safety, the coast, how he met his wife... Brilliant storytelling all round! This man has owned several planes, helicopters, turbine and piston and currently flies the company bell jet ranger and Barron. He works as a chartered accountant and pilot for his company but has several kinds of flying right on his doorstep. He instructs paragliding in a brilliant, unique way and shares a wealth of knowledge with us. Keith Pickerskill and getting powered paraglider and flying paramotor tandem with my boys from my garden. How attitude matters. Instructing paragliding after just 3 years of being back in the sport.. Students with 28 flight in after a weekend... Yet fully on the safety! A Brilliant and unique Approach to instructing. Such a great winch system. Piloting in the game capture industry.. Flying over animals and darting them.. Very difficult industry right now. Paragliding... The bottom line.. Excellent discussion on this purest form of flying.. And why we love it so much. Essential potential life saving tips. DEFINITELY SEE ALEC'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL... AMAZING! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4QkaQcxzuK88wMGl7eygQ MORE great resources.. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Paragliding-PPG-East-London-397595020744654 Kempston: Corporate video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prGh-HinTzA&t=11s Webpage: https://kempston.co.za/ Miami Paragliding E-winch http://miamiparagliding.com/ewinch/ Alec Booth Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4QkaQcxzuK88wMGl7eygQ Mini 500 Heli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI5BMQayXq8&t=17s PPG with my boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kby-Or7gKoY&t=61s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w57OSfsVr0 Bell Jetranger that I fly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTqwEUEyRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApL__L-9bd8 Bell on WildCoast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4OYGoBSNZo Rhino dehorning with Bell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN1T7KkWqIw&t=49s

Recorded 29 May 2020 Emma represents the UK in comps. A mom of two, Pwc pilot and estate agent, married to Steve and living in Annecy, France. We chat about the property market and flying in Annecy. Paradise.. A playground described. Anyone for a chateau..a bargain at 3,5million Euros Discussing the competition mindset. Emma has always been competitive. Started in 2009 and flying 6 to 9 comps per year. Having a rethink about that...! BPRA.. Good view on flying comps. Jocky Sanderson.. Sent her on first xc with just 12 hours of total airtime! "On the radio.. Pull in big ears... WHAT is big ears?" How much there is to learn in paragliding. Rus Ogden, Robbie Whittall and Judy Leden all discussed. Tips for safety, flying and comps. Don't beat yourself up after a bad task. Analyse your task. Fly your own task.. Know your instruments. Quiet and meditation before takeoff. How to pass 120 people... Pick them off.. Thermal markers. Calculate, be confident. Macedonia and krushevo.. Like a European Colombia.. Such a generous place. Such a great place! Any level can fly there. I love it! Great places to fly.do your own thing, fly your own flight.. Be safe. The herd mentality. Travel and flying, Japan discussed. Gliders flown.. The Gin leopard....niviuk and new x one. New models coming out! Bgd, 777, supair, the next best thing. About happiness Bummed about the superfinal was canceled. Finally the funny pee story!

Recorded 29 May 2020 Torsten is a family man and head designer at Gin paragliders. To comp pilot and very wise man. He gives deep views into the pleasure of flying.. Designing of gliders, kites, and some gliders he would rather forget. History lessons and times at Gin, UP and crazy stuff. Never broken a bone, I was lucky. A glider I'd rather forget... Reading 3 books at the same time..!! 12 rules for life.. Jordan petersen Can't hurt me.. David goggins Thinking fast and slow.. Daniel Kahneman Being appreciative in life, enjoying flying. Lessons in life and regarding changes. Running instead of gym in lockdown. Complaining doesn't bring anything. Have a positive attitude. Best paragliding and competition tips. Gin wide open and lower level competition success.. The future! https://www.flygincanada.com/about

Recorded 27 April 2020 Rus is a family man, generous and patient. Head test pilot at Ozone and big champion! Brilliant insights in everything from Xc vs Comp flying to how fortunate we are to do this thing.. Lockdown it's economic, environmental and other effects How I joined ozone. How instructors have a shelf life of 7-10 years. Career structures changing Raised expectations. Trance and flying. Why we fly.. "flow state" "In touch with nature" "the texture of the air" We are first generation to ever do that. "So many magic moments. Swifts zinging around you.. A Layer of contentedness" 10 day free on Headspace app for meditation.. Hypnosis - what it is, who can and cannot be hypnotised, how it works. Fear and how to handle it. Risk reward, the Isle of man TT, Robbie whittal Gliders have become safer, but pilots haven't. The danger age... 50-100hours flying! Porterville, South Africa and all our undiscovered flying places. Bike and fly! Podcast in memoriam and dedicated to Lars-Anders Jonsson from Sweden. Death and how it's part of comp flying. Chabre open comp format... LOWER LEVEL COMPETITION.. A must do! Coaching, analysis, learn lessons.. Learn a LOT in these.. , Gin wide open and BGD weightless competitions. How comps have changed.. A deep look into this! "In thoroughly addicted to this beautiful game of comps!" Top 3 travel flying places and why.. St Andre, Chelan, Krushevo, Macedonia. Other top places... Sun valley Idaho, krushevo, Colombia, krushevo and the UK. "I enjoy flatland more as I grow up..the unpredictable element.. Too good!" There's good flying everywhere.. "The world "was" our oyster! " How blessed we are to fly Hi to South African pilots https://www.flyozone.com/speed/team/russel-ogden

Recorded 15 May 2020 Jost is a Slovenian competition pilot that lives in Lasko and works for Naviter. We discuss lightweight equipment and "heavy" kits... What makes sense? Slovenia explained.. Sea, mountain, flying and skiing.. All within 1hours drive. The LOVE country. Lots of reasons to visit. Safe and great place. Flying in the Julian alps.. Kobarid, Tolmin and Lijak Naviter -Rasaam, Marco, Andre.. Great company.. See you cloud.. What is coming out next.. Development. Support.. Very important for us. Importance of good, reliable equipment in all sports. 1,2 our 3 sets of paragliding equipment? Jurij, Tillen, the Valic Brothers Trying and failing... Top tip... Keep trying... Applies to life! Competitions.. Prefect easy to learn Entry level comps.. Chabre open, Gin wide open, BGD Weightless introduces MRT scoring. Lectures at these comps. Ask competent people. Bombing out... Discussed. How pilots flying style shows your mentality. Personalities and lifestyles are reflected in flying techniques. The paragliding circus! Naviter.com Facebook.com/jost.napret

Recorded 12 May 2020. Barney is known as the wild man of Borneo. Most UK pilots know this legend and he started the BPRA, pro as the most famous paragliding race programme in the world! Phillipe Broers, Uli Prinz and pilot personalities are discussed. BPRA-Sharing, philosophy, Malin, Rus Ogden, Guy Anderson. No Egos, discipline, A framework of help and support. How to FastTrack your flying learning. Theo and Harry's stories. Very motivating! SIV training camps and Rus' mantra. Keep your Dick in! Diorama, tuning gliders, do and review. Hugh Miller and Thomas Thierry(sp). Self belief. Fabien Blanco SIV. Working to be in the mountains.. Love it! Corona insights and a re-evaluated environmental view! Checking in on my dreams. Bir, India and John Silvester. Passion for values and for relationships. "Bridges are the metaphor that connect people. " SHARING AND DREAMS! Resentment.. https://www.facebook.com/barney.woodhead https://www.instagram.com/niviukuk/ https://www.facebook.com/britishparaglidingracingacademy/

Recorded 15 May 2020 John and his wife Katja live in Bali. Hangliding and paragliding world champ, John flew 186 miles (300km) on a hangie in 1983!!! They speak of Bali, Pepe Lopez, how tourism has changed in Bali.. Constant summer. Hindu, welcoming, smart people. Commercial tandem flying there. "Trade" constant winds.. 150m high, 20km long. Big business kept for the Indonesians. Bus loads of Chinese clients. John retired gracefully from comp flying and now loves tandem and sharing it. Thermaling with eagles in Pyrenees. Bali Chronicles.. Showcasing talent on the island... Instagram page as a small business. Traditional Balinese healers. Hangliding early days.. 1974..16years old and buying a kit. The Rogallo wing. 2 years before any soaring at all! Wills wings sst.. Wales, Brighton, South France. Competition flying. Planters peanuts. 6 years sponsorship that paid for me to live from. Airwave on the Isle of Wight. Psychology. Funny and scary moment on worst glider ever! Robbie Whittall's madness ... Risk discussed. Top tip.. OBSERVATION! "If in doubt, don't take off! " "Corona.. Don't be paranoid" My FB John Pendry, IG John Pendry (I'm also the Ozone dealer for kites and paragliders in Bali), Katia FB Katia Cognault IG katia.cognault http://www.k-cognault-photographe.fr/ Our Villa in Bali FB & IG Villa Impian Canggu Bali FB Bali Chronicles IG #balichronicles

Jocky is a legend. " Inventor " of SIV perhaps? My first full stall that went wrong! Keswick (his area in the lake district national Park) and "Escape".. Just ESCAPE! Flying in the UK... The NorthSouth Cup. Escape website. The team... How guides need to be passionate and talented. Robbie Whittal, the Isle of man TT The Firebird Ninja.. Wire risers and designing a custom harness for it... Ooops! "we didn't think much in those days"! Olu deniz and funny training stories. Tips and insights into siv. A focus on equipment and advances on technology. The fallout of post school pilots.. Goto a club! The 1989 world's in Kossen... "we were all learning".... OMG! Slabs of lead as Ballast! Courses and sharing Ozone and Mike.. A friend philosophy How we could Strengthen our bonds. Flying with friends The groundsuck people Following the sun.. Australia, Colombia, olu deniz, UK, Macedonia, turkey, India in October.. South Africa this November / December? Mountain rescue.. Different things in life. Knee down.. Circuit track bike days... Most fun on the ground! Why we ride. 2 of the funniest stories with Robbie Whittal.. The selfie syndrome... "better yourself, but you don't have to be better than the next person"! https://www.jockysanderson.com/escape/v2/index.html https://www.flyozone.com/paragliders/team/jocky-sanderson https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.facebook.com/jocky.sanderson&ved=2ahUKEwiwzOS5_s7pAhXjUxUIHXoABfAQFjAbegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw22n1fETuJtnFhmLsQwCghH http://jockysanderson.blogspot.com/?m=1 https://www.instagram.com › escapexc Escape XC Paragliding (@escapexc) • Instagram photos and videos

Recorded 14 may 2020. Alex (27) and Marie (28), this delightful couple, are married for 4 years and very successful in the world of paramotoring... Multiple World champs in all disciplines. They own a paramotor school 1 hour south of Paris. The area is flat. Alex loves to free fly. They experimented and came up with a unique system whereby Marie flies the paramotor and aerotows Alex up. It looks much simpler than it is. We discuss the challenges in this. Cutaway systems and communications. Their powered paragliding school Orleansparamoteur.com Training explained.. Max 4 students..7 lessons.. The electric motor! So in love.. Maybe the secret of their success? Classic paramotor competitions.. The 3 disciplines explained. Funny map story. Travel and flying. Oman, New Zealand. Ozone viper 4..16m2..75+ kmh Macfly 250cc Polini 200cc Using under 2litres per hour in the economy task. Fun moments with comps. Our work is a dream, Tandem paramotor discussed. Dedicated motors for each discipline. Trike motors for tandem. Slalom racing.. 14m2 gliders, 80-90km/hr.."really exciting" Water landings The baboon family visits. Links... The towing video.. https://youtu.be/bFS_9Yl3KhE Their school, https://www.orleansparamoteur.com And https://www.etampesparamoteur.com Here is the video from the Last world Paramotor championship in Thailand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwfZFLNlQk It was a classic competition but with maniability with pylone Others : Macfly Paramoteur (https://www.macflyparamoteur.com/index_en.html) Ozone Power (http://www.flyozone.com) POLINI MOTORI SPA (https://www.polinithor.com) Propellers E-Props (https://www.e-props.fr) Icaro 2000 (https://www.icaro2000.com) AIR Courtage Assurances (https://www.air-assurances.eu) YACCO (https://www.yacco.com/fr/) Rip'Air Talloires (https://www.ripair.com) L'Atelier Idécom (https://www.latelier-idecom.fr) UCOM loiret-paramoteur.fr (http://ucom-paramoteur.fr/index.php/fr-fr/) Fédération Française d'ULM - FFPLUM (https://ffplum.fr)

Peter is from Interlaken in Switzerland. Started flying paragliders in 96. Father of Iloy, husband and fun guy. Instructor and tandems in hangliding is his career now as he was pwc winner, Acro cracks with Chrigel from 2000 to 2006. He now alternates between hang and paraglider and explains lots of the how, where when and what advantages each have. The speed on a hanglider is impressive.. 80 to 100kmh between thermals! How a paraglider pilot crosses over. Lessons, top tips and do and do NOTS in both sports. Macedonia crossover course this summer? Interesting views and opinions by Peter.

Recorded 14 May 2020 Rossenheim, Germany based Bernd Hohlmeier - Lufthansa pilot and fan of triangle cross country flights. Funny story on how he started flying in 2011, the state of Airlines today, tandem flying and the fun we have flying. Breaking triangle records in Colombia with Pepe Malecki, Kevin Phillips, Tobie and a few others.. Beautiful storytelling here about triangles that go from being 140km to 183km! No landings sometimes. Planning the limits. Describes triangles.. Tom Walder's 325km.. Biggest in northern alps, Luc Armant's 340km in France and Chrigel 350 in Switzerland. Discussion of the xcontest and German Liga.. How to win them.. What is needed. A great reason to fly triangles... "land right back at your car!" Very funny story of flying with a huge hangover and landing in the BIG 5 game reserve. Marcus - Xalps USA and landowners How litigation and complexities are making our sport more challenging in some places. Perfect South Africa and paragliding road trips there... Bliss! Why we ride.. Honda xr 650 '93, bike and fly South Africa.. Climbing. "Sometimes I even work" Flying USA west coast. Japan.. Brilliant flying and experiences. Turkey.. Cameli.. Best flying ever. China, Iran and other places discussed. Flying triangles in alps. Pin gauss the alpine main range. South tirol and Sillian. The Bavarian NE wind. My 218km triangle that should have been 260! Porterville.. Brilliant.. Triangles? Challenging... Here's how to do IT.. Very interesting discussion on Corona, the rich and the poor.. Germany vs SA Great xc tips.. U must want it..! U wanna go fast, that area you have never seen before... FORGET ABOUT RETRIEVE.. The time you will get back.. Forget about it!

Recorded on 13 May 2020. John, 82 years old, was a professor in engineering at the University of Cape Town and has always been a thrill seeker, loving adrenaline. He presently kayaks, sups, kitesurfs, flies paramotors and rides a bevy of electric toys. His latest toy is land paddling. John explains what it's like to get old and be adventurous.. We discuss the concept of Luck, opportunities, guardian angels and the like! Favorite sports.. Kitesurfing and powered paragliding. Modern toys.. Which are most fun. About mobile device addiction and the future.. "Noone seems to know..." Lack of artisans.. A problem. On aging.. "life is like a roll of toilet paper" Look after your health. Notes on working... Mr Lin The importance of good health, Friends and family

Recorded 13 may 2020 Sammy has come to Cape Town many times as a tandem pilot and comes from Reykjavik and lives in Vik, Iceland. He has a tandem business, zipline adventure and accommodation (see links below). We chat about "unnormal" Iceland, how to travel cheaply there and to really get the most out of it. Wild camping discussed. Flying and vol biv adventures. Tons of tips and recommendations. "You can fly from any mountain!" Lunar landscape. Scenery described. The ring road. The biggest river in the world! Unbelievable story! Biggest glaciers in Europe.. With volcanoes.. "The southern coast of Iceland shouldn't even be inhabited" ! Iceland history, customs, cultural heritage. Hydrothermal, geothermal, green energy discussed. 20 to 25 days per month flying in summer.. Takeoff anywhere! The true belief of elves.. Roads built around rocks because of elves! A funny story. 1/10 Icelanders write a book.. "most of it is absolute garbage!" The northern lights and paragliding while this is on! "pink, green, purple.. Dancing around"! No. 1 visitor.. USA tourists. Super cheap after Corona.. Stay off the beaten track! The incredible Iceland pony! Lovely podcast with a humorous guy. www.trueadventure.is www.zipline.is

DANIEL KOFFLER- Top tips and insights by this family man who has been into Speedriding and gliding since 1999. Designing speedies with SWING gliders since 2007, he started GGZ Facebook page, a portal for used paragliding wings and accessories. Check it out.. Over 21000 members! He loves and does tandem flights in lienz, osttirol in Austria. He owns a tandem business and does social media work...work...? In his spare time of course! Check his super YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/Thermikdotnet https://www.facebook.com/groups/ggzmarkt http://www.daniel.land/about-me www.gleitschirm-tandemflug.com

Recorded 8 May 2020 - Jimmy is father of 2, husband and ex world champ in paragliding. Beautiful insights from flying the dolomites to tandems with disabled passengers (that are cost free!). A very funny story.. His worst glider! His home.. The magnificent dolomites and how the do 300m climbs on tandems! Nova, edel, Gin... Andre bucher! 80s Gliders that can launch without running.. Wow! Flying Strategy.. Competition tips. Spearfishing competitions.. How they made me good at flying! SIV and throwing the reserve.. Tandem too. Top tips on throwing your reserve. "throw it down" "stall your paraglider" "get a bigger rescue (reserve) than you think you need". Seen 400 rescues thrown... Special reserve throwing courses. Big insights into this and different rescue types and sizes. Interesting comparisons. Col rodella and how crazy it is.. 300-400 pilots and daily collisions. Sheep mentality. Groups and "everyone must fly!" Terrible! Landing on the marmolata glacier.. Relaunch.. I don't promote this.. The chicken tour and the BIG chicken tour! The beautiful Dolomites.. A must in Sept Oct Nov.. Cheap and great! Tandem web site fassafly.com SIV courses web site corsisiv.com Facebook fassafly - facebook corsisiv.com Facebook Gin import DHF Italian Team Profile pic is Jimmy is at 3200m, Toplanded on the Marmolata

Recorded 5 May 2020 Stelios and Claudia-Mount Olympus paragliding, Greece. Stelios is an instructor, tandem pilot and owner of one of the world's oldest paragliding lodges, based in Greece. He speaks of the Greek way of life, Olympic wings, his business and the flying around their area. Xc clinics Clients from USA Conferences.. My friend had Corona and i shared a microphone with him..he died, but in 15 days quarantine but I felt nothing! 2000 clients visit us a year.. Half are regular customers. We are rich because we fly! 2 very funny flying stories Why and where to visit and fly in Greece. Greek thinking. "We are NOT hard workers" http://paragliding.olympicwings.com/

Recorded 1 May 2020 So positive and always smiling is Andreas Pepe Malecki. Husband and funny guy that is really really good at flying... World champ in 2011 and 12 and 3 x German champion. Deep philosophies on positivity, friendships, winning and having fun! Learn from everyone! Always look on the bright side of life. On motorcycle riding, tours and advanced training and much more.. Some very funny stories and simply a good all round podcast. Book him for a tour while u can! https://www.flyozone.com/paragliders/team/Andreas-Pepe-Maleki. https://www.pepemalecki.de/blog/ pepemalecki@gmail.com

Nevil lives in St Francis Bay with his partner Penny. Father and entrepreneur, he has represented SA at many world cup competitions. We discuss his crazy 507km record flight, held for 7 years and at a record 64,7km/hr (still holding). Alex Louws 283km in 1992...over 50km/hr Why SA is special to fly 700km.." Its indeed possible "! The heat low.. Mid Dec.. 50deg and 10m/s+ thermals. Andrew Smith, Valic bridges, will gadd, Brazil... distance, speed and daylight comparisons. "How I fear and shit myself on every flight." Comparing 3 and 2 liners. The macpara magus 6 How all the beer in the bar he landed at got finished that evening! Full credit has to goto the Valic brothers. All about his flight... Fascinating. How he had a surf accident- The rock that ambushes surfers. Luck and guardian angels. Just be consistent in competition! The cloudbusters.. Challenge.. "Hold the Pee longer or drink more!" Why S Africa is the place for that 700km flight. GALE FORCE winds and 50degs..."it was fine..!" A great message for record seaking pilots.

Tzak, or Jack, speaks openly about landing in the lake in Voss in January! About how he evolved from rafting to paragliding to Speedriding, becoming a tandem pilot, Airdesign test pilot. The Rise 4.. Magic! Acro insights, warnings and knowhow. How he ended up in Garda in Italy, flying from Monte Baldo. We discuss Loen, flying and living in Norway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vERjRwXc74I&t=4s this is a link to a video from last summer in Garda paragliding from tzak

Recorded 30 April 2020 Raoul Geiger..Reid Brigg Switzerland.. A very different instruction model.. Taking only 5-8 students for 7 months. Wow! In memoriam.. Mathias Roten.. Profiling him, his thinking and life lessons. Learning to fly.. 1996 Dominic Stefan (sp) paratech How at 16, I found paragliding with Mathias... The feeling we were looking for... These first 3sec..wide awake all throigh the night... Dreaming! We agreed to fly and... Next thing we are at vertigo at acro world champs planning to be no. 1 ..2000..joints with the Rodriguez... Acro details with p7... I shit my pants today on that..? The glider tried to kill me when I was bulletproof! Gliders Bgd Skywalk and supair... Giving these brands a chance.. Not swimming in the mainstream. Gin gangster, major tom, Felix and Raoul Rodriguez acro.. Speedriding Play gravity film.. Hammock scene.. Mathias insights by Raoul Dying doing what we love Chavez story flying over the alps for first time.. Only 7 years after the wright brothers 1903 flight. Fascinating story. Herman geiger.. My grandfather.. Made mountain rescue flying famous and developed the glacier landing technique. Fiesch Wallis Reid Brigg.. Good briefing of valley, weather, xc tips, glaciers, 40 peaks over 4000m..breathtaking! Peter neunschwander What Raoul flies in his spare time... https://www.ruppert-composite.ch/en/ his school.. https://www.airvolution.ch/english-1/paragliding-summer/

Recorded 2 May 2020. Jon, a johannesburg based entrepreneur and multi disciplined pilot speaks about the differences between these flying sports. A family man and pwc comp pilot opens up. He discusses a trauma and/or fear of landing in rough terrain. Headspace affairs about xc and comp flying. Risk aversion and beer drinking! Technical textbook flying.. Thermal bands.. "The mole".. For my low flying How we fly worse when we fly consciously. Cloudbusters.. BBQing chickens ON the train Fomo and flying Jon says... "If you want to learn to glide you need to join a club, you may have heard this involves some volunteerism - please do not be put off everyone helps each other keeps costs down and instruction is FREE" - different ethos to paragliding, but good see here https://sssa.org.za/

Recorded 4 May 2020. Hendry Hellerle, flying for 10 years, took his eye off the ball... On 4 June 2019 attempts a top landing in stronger wind that results in an accident.. He explains what happened, lessons from it and describes how his "bravado bucket" got much fuller than his "fear bucket ". This is the place it happened if you would like to see the area Dropped pin Near Westonaria https://maps.app.goo.gl/nAERkUQ76DfWC8RK7 and his fb page https://www.facebook.com/groups/440184336158613/?ref=share A sobering listen

Recorded 30 April 2020 Petra, from the Czech mountains is an unbelievably talented pilot. Natural, cool, so approachable. Speaks of how she got into flying in 93, macpara nirvana. A dream wing! "First comp, first task is the first time I ever thermalled, I was the only only one thermaling... We had only heard about thermaling. I flew 15kms on the day and got hero status! A mother, wife and living such a simple life, but man, she can fly! Ski instructing.. Little kids.. Wow! Taking a 1 year break to have a child. How I won a task at the world's in 2019 on a D glider.. On a luscious leopard! Why u should fly a class LOWER than u normally do! Be able to use all the gliders performance.. How to fly an easy 100km on your A glider. Fly a safer wing!! The audi TT, Ski instructing with kids Race and beat the men... ffs! Should comp flying be separated..by sexes The horrible Pegas Tango wing! Advise for upcoming pilots Good handling and feeling and security is more important than performance https://m.facebook.com/petra.slivova.1

Recorded 27 April 2020 Charles is a writer, pilot and avid traveler. With his wife, he started Safari Drive, Africa's first turnkey self drive business in 1992. Great stories and challenges are explained here. He speaks of how he flew 300 and 400km in Brazil relatively easily. Alexander Robe and Marti. Portman are also discussed. Lovely storytelling and inspiring tales! A very funny story! Some links.. Brazil 2019 in a video.. https://youtu.be/NJfW8wW38Sk Resources for self drive.. https://selfdrivesafari.co.uk/ The company we formed in 1992 and have recently sold is Safari Drive Ltd www.safaridrive.com

Brilliant podcast..650km...700 Neville.? Testing. Top competition & xc paragliding tips. Young Honorin from the ozone development team and top top pilot is simply a genius! Brilliant podcast..650km...700 Neville.? Young Honorin from the ozone development team and top top pilot is simply a genius!..650km...700 Neville.? Deep views of Testing equipment, throwing reserves, nearly falling into his glider.. Keeping secrets from his father. No risks after lockdown Landing in a tree without seeing it on the world record tandem flight. Easy 500km on tandem..! Top tip on finding a thermal close over the ground.. "in 20m above the ground Believe in it... " (in a cool French accent). "In xc... Don't think about retrieve... Don't worry where u gonna land... Go!" Recorded Saturday 18 April. https://www.flyozone.com/paragliders/team/honorin-hamard Find him and make contact with this super star on his fb page https://www.facebook.com/honoflywithme/

Martin is a local star in Krushevo and gives loads of information about his site, the area and countries around it, competitions (gin wide open and the world's), flying Sailplanes and acro. He clarifies how great and easy it is to travel and fly in Northern Macedonia. Martin, born in 1990, started flying at age 11 and has been multiple competition winner. He knows a lot about our sport! See his excellent website Flymacedonia.Com

Professor at Zurich University, Dr Tony Patt is a paraglider pilot and expert in renewable energies.. He clears up important questions on this theme. Oil breeds corruption. What will our future toys look like? Electric paramotor? Educating young ladies is imperative. Must watch films.. Human 2015 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3327994 Home 2009 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014762 Efoils: found this video best explains this concept.. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Flist%3DLLsvzwl32z_qaJDCzO-dELhQ%26v%3DKVKPY9i-e44%26index%3D1301&ved=2ahUKEwiXp8yPlJXpAhWtXRUIHRcqB7QQwqsBMAJ6BAgFEA4&usg=AOvVaw3e8M_gN-k-Fu386ahpWFBH&cshid=1588422815161

Sebastian Coupy Is a French, Réunion. Based pilot.. He tells of mad adventures and strong tips Seb coupy is a tandem pilot, artist, teacher and free spirit. He discusses what it's like to live and work on the island of Réunion in the Indian ocean. A province of France with 2 volcanoes. Lots of very interesting insights and fun stories

Luis Mad Mickey Mouse Fonseca - Norway, facts, travel,fun flying, tips From landing in a bee farms and enemy territory to a Hilarious opening story, Luis entertains us from one of the greatest countries I've ever visited. 4960 recognized flying sites (besides the hike and fly sites), easy travelling and spectacular scenery make Norway one of the world's top paragliding destinations of you all me. Look into this country and laugh with a mad legend of the sport! RESOURCE: I traveled.. Munich, hirtshals, Ferry to Kristjansand, Stavanger, bergen, Voss,, Gudvangen, then left and right upto alesund and then left and right to Oslo, Malmo, Copenhagen and back to Munich The norwegian flying community are big customers of the Holfuy weather-stations: https://holfuy.com/en/map/wind&la=64.63313&lo=15.42494&z=4.0 Our club is by the way Stratus Paragliderklubb (only Norwegian...) https://vimeo.com/user14487761 About flying sites in Norway: (scroll down to Norway) https://www.flightlog.org/fl.html?l=1&a=2 My youtube-channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MadMickeyMouse My club-mate Oddvars vimeo-channel with many videos of our club-sites. https://vimeo.com/user14487761 Kick the Bush https://we.tl/t-7lGQy9Kvc4

Felix Rodriguez - The absolutely fearless hero /acro star /father/xc and safety top tips, risk vs reward, how he broke his back twice, Felix started flying when he was 9. He started with his 2 brothers, Raoul and Alex in their Parents paragliding business in Spain. World champs at Syncro paragliding acro from 2000 to 2006 and then 10 years later again! Raoul started niviuk. They are an inseparable family that eat, live, sleep abs dream paragliding. Felix is a top comp pilot on the ozone team. He enchants us with the craziest accounts of accidents, acrobatic tips and how Bluetooth helped them succeed. He explains his views on risk vs reward, tells of breaking his back "for the first time" and sheds crocodile tears as he looses at chess to Stef. He hints at the launch his upcoming funny video series before a side-splittingly funny story! Felix strong Spanish accent adds to the joy of his excellent accounts of daily madness! Ps... Don't ask a pilot "choose between paragliding and your wife"...... Enjoy it 1 Check Felix out [04/25, 19:53] Felix Rodriguez Para Spain Acro Ovc: https://vimeo.com/user1945842 [04/25, 19:53] Felix Rodriguez Para Spain Acro Ovc: https://www.facebook.com/felixinboll [04/25, 19:53] Felix Rodriguez Para Spain Acro Ovc: https://www.instagram.com/feliximbol/ [04/25, 19:53] Felix Rodriguez Para Spain Acro Ovc: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU64zrNHVO7xgWidVxL8sMA?view_as=subscriber

Russel Achterberg- Unbelievably interesting podcast by this very wise man Introverts vs extroverts a la Susan Cain Multidiscipline decision making Risk vs reward and how to Limit risk Trance and meditation... How deep do we go when we fly How your heartrate shoots up at takeoff and landing (for some)! How the use of the unconscious mind gives you great performance 2 liner glider insights In the SA Paragliding team, proper hot comp pilot, (14min to goal in first in pwcs). Father, Entrepreneur with 450 employees, modest, humble and a total introvert, Russel smashes this podcast with some of the best flying (and other) insights than I've ever heard. Top marks

Andre rainsford Surviving the boomerang 4 Garage full of gliders for sale. Performance changes Disagreement with dropping off prototypes in 2011 Deep insights into why XC and comp flying actually don't differ 325km fai in the alps Sports psychologists Top south pilot, family man and businessman, Andre is really a thinking man and has very opinionated views that are well worth listening to. Exciting times. Relating what Bruce Goldsmith says about chasing comps to level the playing field

Andrew Smith-- thermaling, instruments, record breakers, flying weather, testing gliders, Porterville, the future of South Africa? Andrew gives us excellent insights into the development of gliders and changing flying scene since the mid 80s, how lots of competitions how lost their adventure. Record breaking mad tales. Paragliding instruments and how far they have come. Get high stay high and use every thermal to the top Andrew is philanthropist, gold mine owner, lover of flying, mtb, rock climbing and, on yes, he's also sometimes a father! He's broken many world records and been no. 1 in the world of paragliding

Manu bontes Where is your favorite place to fly.... (laughter).. After 33 years of flying and traveling all over the world... Wow! Interesting look at Appi, Travel, headspace to improve xc flying. Montenegro, pyrenees, Colombia, Peru. 6400m takeoff.. Tandem takeoffs above 5000m How some see a flight as crazy and some normal

Bruce-brilliant stories recent and ancient history The golden days, 100m2 gliders, certification, the Diva , paramotor wings, cessnas, 3d space, AI, MRT comps, NO brake handles on wrists! Throwing the rescue.. Reserve parachute feelings, notes on hang gliding, horror story of owners valley. The honeymoon joke, crazy dancing during lockdown, favorite music.. Lassa and morcheba, Tyr and the Bgd family

One of Stef's early podcasts ,outlining simple breathing techniques that help to wake up in the morning and energize you through the day. Taoism and ancient Chinese methods are explained.

Recorded 20 April 2020 Close friend Ced vd schrick interviews Stef to see how the host of this series ticks. His thinking, logic and history are reveled. His studies, clowning career and hypnosis show as well as how and why he started Africa's original tandem paragliding business. Lots of insights into world affairs and psychology. The selfie syndrome and loss of respect between humans are concepts discussed. Makes for interesting Headspace filing!

Petr Recek – MACPARA, Smuggling gliders into communist Czechoslovakia, glider construction secrets and test pilots wanted- Free sponsored job! Petr is a thinking man. You automatically see it when you meet him. An engineer, husband and father, but over anything, a brilliant paraglider designers, owners AND SOLE tester of many of his own products. As one of the worlds oldest and most successful glider producers, he kind of knows his stuff. Very insightful stuff.

DAVIDE LICINI – Go out and paraglide in Corona times... Go for it! Sponsorship in paragliding – How to get a sponsor - Tips learned and used by Chrigel Maurer. Nutrition and hydration. When your first student flight becomes a XC flight...     How to complete a superfinal task with a dislocated shoulder. Swiss, yet funny... insightful and super interesting, Davide at 59 years old started flying in 1993 and has plenty a great story to tell!

Sukan Sahin –  Latest updates from Olu Deniz and Turkey, The new lift – Yes or No?, Important tandem and solo tips, LEGSTRAPS! Sukie is a fabulous, carefree, generous Turk. Professional tandem pilot for over 10 years and 10 000 plus flights. Brilliant photographer - See his stunning instagram page Sukansahin and his Facebook  Sukan sahin.

BILL HUGHES – Kayaking vs Paragliding – How, where when to get into which sport? Bill, the funny yet focused Fai observer, pwc pilot, retired tech entrepreneur and fun loving criminal...fun talk about kayaking with your pet duck, how to gift wrap yourself in your glider and walk away without a scratch and how NOT to push your limits. A Fun podcast. Enjoy it.

Remko Bolt – F16 flying, arrested in Iran, beginners tips and tequila parties with drunk taxi drivers Commercial airline pilot, skydiver and leading dutch paraglider pilot , Remko is worldly wise and an excellent speaker.

Philippe Broers - hillside natural paragliding clown and official pwc photographer and videographer for many years.  This top paraglider pilot delights us with funny stories, tongue in cheek humor and anecdotes in the paragliding world.  Discussions from powerline landings and their dangers to how to solve the world's problems.  " Legalise all drugs! "  How to photograph and fly and what to do on a paragliding accident scene.  See his brilliant YouTube channel

Pierre Carter – Flying the Xalps 3 times. The worlds highest paragliding flight –kilimanjaro – 5000M!The Xberg challenge, 7 summits, Top beginner flying Tips, SHOES ON MY KNEES!! Pierre is above all an adventurer and lover of life. Lots of achievements, legend paraglider pilot since 1988 and father with hilarious stories!

Francis Dudley Jnr 14 April 2020 - Surfing on a police car roof, starting fires using rental cars and other lessons learned through paragliding. Oh yes, and also “Choosing a career in helicopter piloting, its thrills, challenges and rewards”. Dudley, 32 years old,  is a very clever, alert and mostly sober young man who has paraglided since 16 years old and follows a career in chopper flying. Based in Johannesburg, S Africa.

Lynn Jones – 13 April 2020 - A wonderful Scottish accent compliments Lynn's delightful stories of flying and wellness. Mom of Akasha, wife of Antoine Laurens, yoga guru living in France.