#204 – Flying High with Martin Jovanoski
Martin Jovanoski has been flying his entire life. Sailplanes, Hang gliders, Paragliders- in any and all forms. He got started in accuracy, moved into cross country competitions and pretty much does it...
2 Okt 20231h 41min
#203- The French Domination with Julien Garcia
The objective is simple- be the best in the world, and win championships. In other words- you can go to University to paraglide! Charles Cazaux, Luc Armont, Pierre Remy, Honorin Hamard, Meryl Delferri...
14 Sep 20231h 7min
#202- “The Flying Yogi” Jim Mallinson
Jim Mallinson has a lot of titles. Baronet, Sir, Professor, Doctor, Mahant, and of course Pilot. Jim is the world's leading expert on Hatha yoga and Sanskrit. He has translated texts that go back thou...
3 Sep 20231h 34min
#201- Calef Letorney and Community, Confidence, and Cloudwhispering
Calef Letorney was a professional paddler back in the early 2000's who made the switch to flying and has never looked back. When you think of places to fly in the world you don't often put the North E...
17 Aug 20231h 23min
#200- Going pear shaped in Pakistan
Pilots and friends Pierre Carter, Jeremy Holdcroft, Scott Baker, Richard "Barbs" Barber and legendary mountaineer Andy De Klerk set off this June to attempt to break the altitude record by flying up t...
4 Aug 20231h 55min
Episode 199- A story of avoiding inconvenience with Alejandro Barañac
We have a saying in our sport, "never avoid inconvenience." But it's easier said than done. An easy field a kilometer away from the train station, or a really tricky field right next to it? Landing in...
26 Jul 202342min
Episode 198- Going Big in…Israel? A flight to remember with Eliya Zemmour
UPDATE to this podcast: Cross Country magazine has just (July 2nd, 2025) broke an incredible story that Eliya Zemmour, featured in this episode has been regularly faking his flights on XContest, using...
12 Jul 202347min
Episode 196- From World Record Skydiving to Paragliding, Reserve Testing, pro repacks with Andrey Kuznetsov
Andrey Kuznetsov has been on the national sky diving team for many years, holds several world records and the genius record (100 way canopy formation record) and has been a long-time test pilot for re...
23 Jun 20231h 8min
