#234 A lifetime in the clouds with Chuck Smith
Free flight tends to attract some rather big personalities to its crutches. And among its most interesting and passionate devotees is American pilot and pioneer Chuck Smith. Chuck learned back east on...
29 Nov 20241h 57min
#233 A Monster day in the Owens with Gordon Boettger
Gordon Boettger has achieved remarkable feats in wave flying, breaking records with a 3100+ km flight in 18.5-hours using night vision goggles and strong atmospheric wave. This Monday I joined him for...
15 Nov 202443min
#232 An Impossible Story of Survival with Ben Lewis
Canadian pilot Ben Lewis shares his perilous and rather unbelievable cloudsuck experience paragliding in Bir, India, where extreme turbulence led eventually to a harrowing near-death "landing." After ...
1 Nov 20241h 7min
#231 Chasing Excellence with Evan Bouchier
Evan discusses his transition from extreme kayaking to paragliding, highlighting the significance of tandem flying, competition experiences, and mental techniques like intuition and visualization. He ...
17 Okt 202450min
#230 Hugh Miller and making the Glide to Sailplanes
Hugh Miller, a renowned paraglider pilot, has recently transitioned to flying sailplanes, capturing interest with his first competition experience. His journey highlights the challenges and excitement...
5 Okt 202450min
#229, The Exit Point Podcast interviews your Host
Gavin McClurg, an accomplished extreme sports athlete and Patagonia ambassador, discusses his experiences with risk, flow, and mentorship in extreme sports on the Exit Point Podcast. He covers his his...
24 Sep 20241h 51min
#228 Eat, Sleep, Fly 100 km Repeat with Mathew Fiddes
Mathew Fiddes, a relatively new pilot, set out to win the Australian XC league in the 23' XContest season. Despite early challenges, he aimed for 52 100 km flights in a season and achieved this goal b...
9 Sep 202457min
#227 The XPeaks Expedition with Chrigel Maurer and Peter Von Känel
Peter Von Känel and Chrigel Maurer embarked on the Xpeaks 82 summits project, becoming the first to link all 82 of the 4,000-meter peaks in the Alps using only their feet and paragliders. Despite weat...
21 Aug 20241h 25min
