Episode 131- Ferdinand Van Shelven takes on his 5th X-Alps
Ferdinand (aka "Ferdy") Van Shelven, "The Flying Dutchman" is returning for his 5th Red Bull X-Alps this June. Ferdy has been in the top 7 in all of his previous 4 campaigns from 2011 to 2017. How has...
5 Nov 20201h 14min
Episode 130- Instruments and chasing beauty with Koni Schafroth
Koni Schafroth has been flying over 30 years, but you're not going to find him chasing distance and trying to win XContest. Koni pursues free flight for the beauty and tapping into the incredible emot...
23 Okt 202052min
Episode 129- Piedrahita, Wild Stories, Accident hindsights and more with Steve Ham
Steve Ham's fascination with flying began with hang gliders in 1981, which subsequently ended any attempt at a serious career path. In 1991 Steve discovered Piedrahita in Spain and began a crusade to ...
9 Okt 20201h 56min
Episode 128- Ari in the Air and the philosophy of flight
In this entertaining and thought-provoking podcast with Ari Delashmutt, a big mountain skier, world-record highliner, paraglider, film maker, and pursuer of the absurd we take on what is sometimes the...
25 Sep 20201h 30min
Episode 127- Hypoxia, Cold, Accident and Reserve Studies and more with Dr. Matt Wilkes
ER and Critical Care physician and paragliding hound Matt Wilkes returns to the Mayhem to share the takeaways from several large studies he's been involved with since his last talk three years ago on ...
10 Sep 20202h 12min
Episode 126- An oldie but goodie with the legend Pal Takats
This week we're doing our first "rerun" as Gavin is in the field deep in remote Nevada on a major SAR effort to find our good friend James "Kiwi" Johnson, who was recently on the show. We will get cau...
29 Aug 20201h 31min
Episode 125- Breaking the Asian Record with Soheil Barikani
On the 2nd of August the summer of records continued when Iranian world cup pilot and instructor Soheil Barikani flew his Gin Boom 11 nearly across the width of Iran 430km, a new Asian free distance r...
17 Aug 202056min
Episode 124- Owen Morse, professional juggling (and joggling!), and a new HG World Record
On June 19th of this year Wills Wing pilot Owen Morse ticked off something he'd been chasing for six years- a new out and back world record. Owen flew an incredible boomer from Walt's Point in the Owe...
2 Aug 202059min
