Episode 155- Back to the beginning with Bill Belcourt
I've had my friend and mentor Bill Belcourt on my mind a lot lately. He managed to handily win the US XContest this season with a series of impressive, committing, deep flights in the Intermountain we...
1 Nov 202145min
Episode 154- Going Big against the Odds with Thad Spencer
Thad hails from Minnesota, just sold a successful musical production company and is addicted to flying. The holy grail in the US has been the 200 mile mark, a distance very few pilots have pulled off ...
9 Okt 20212h 11min
Episode 153- Burkhard Martens and Thermal Flying
Burkhard Martens is one of the most-recognized names in the sport. His seminal work, "Thermal Flying", first published in 2005 is the world’s best-selling guide to the art of thermalling and XC flying...
24 Sep 202147min
Episode 152- Torsten Siegel and Playing the Ultimate Game
Veteran Gin test pilot, designer, European champion, and multiple-time German team member Torsten Siegel has been racing paragliders for nearly 30 years. He designed for UP Paragliders and then Swing ...
10 Sep 20211h 16min
Episode 151- Comps, instructing, learning, and sending with Wally Arcidiacono
I met Wally Arcidiacono on the comp circuit quite a few years back and have been trying to connect with him for awhile now for a show. Wally is a keen comp pilot, started a paragliding school in Brigh...
27 Aug 20211h 8min
Episode 150- Critical Care for going Deep with Justin Grisham
Justin Grisham is an emergency medical physician, wilderness medical expert, and search and rescue volunteer who wants to get our flying community better prepared for dealing with emergencies in the f...
13 Aug 20211h 18min
Episode 149- Dilan Benedeti and learning to deal with gravity
My training took place during one of his SIV clinics with a bunch of very new students so I got to watch his team and his methods in action and came away super, duper impressed. In this episode Dilan ...
27 Jul 20211h 47min
Episode 148: Red Bull X-Alps 2021, Gavin answers your questions!
This year's Red Bull X-Alps, if you could put it in a word- scary. We didn't have a single "standard" day of flying with light wind, nice cumulus, and good base, unless you count the Prologue! We had ...
15 Jul 20211h 27min
