Staying Alive in Paragliding – Details, episodes & analysis

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 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