Episode 132- Bastienne Wentzel and the Beginner’s Guide to Paragliding

Episode 132- Bastienne Wentzel and the Beginner’s Guide to Paragliding

Bastienne Wentzel is a professional science writer, editor of Lift magazine and assistant pilot instructor based in the Netherlands. A few years ago she became frustrated with the lack of comprehensive, correct information available for newer pilots trying to learn to fly and decided to write an instructional book in Dutch. It was such a hit that the team at Cross Country magazine, headed up by Ed Ewing decided to take three years re-writing and editing her original book in English.

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Episode 160- Soaring Birds with Hannah Jane Williams

Episode 160- Soaring Birds with Hannah Jane Williams

Hannah Jane Williams is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany. For eight years she's been studying soaring birds across the spectrum to figure o...

9 Des 202154min

Episode 159- Visualize the day

Episode 159- Visualize the day

This week we're doing something a little different. It has been proven that our minds don't know the difference between a real experience and visualizing an experience. Olympic athletes, race car driv...

2 Des 202123min

Episode 158- Kirsty Cameron and Stacking the Odds

Episode 158- Kirsty Cameron and Stacking the Odds

Kirsty Cameron has been a member of the British team many times. She's been flying high-end 2 line gliders for over 10 years and put a ton of energy and time into competition flying since she began fl...

25 Nov 20211h 19min

Episode 157- Jonny Durand: riding Tsunamis, chasing records, comps and learning

Episode 157- Jonny Durand: riding Tsunamis, chasing records, comps and learning

Jonny Durand is a long-time Red Bull sponsored hang gliding pilot who's been ranked #1 in the world multiple times. We've all seen the incredible footage of Jonny flying the "tsunami" morning glory ph...

16 Nov 20211h 45min

Episode 156- Eduardo Garza (Team Mex 1) and into the Crazy

Episode 156- Eduardo Garza (Team Mex 1) and into the Crazy

Want to listen to some crazy stories? Eduardo Garza (Team Mex 1) competed in his second Red Bull X-Alps this year. Eduardo has also competed in two X-Pyr's, and he's done all of it while working full ...

8 Nov 20211h 18min

Episode 155- Back to the beginning with Bill Belcourt

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

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

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

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