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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 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/ [email protected]
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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 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 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 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# -
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 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 -
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 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 -
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! -
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 -
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/ -
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
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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!
