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. Cross Country’s team has been hard at work thoroughly revising and updating the text, line by line, and the design and photography has been refreshed to bring it bang up to date. I sat down with Burki a few weeks ago to talk about his new edition, what's changed since 2005, and the meat of the book- how to climb!

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#244 Grit and Growth: The Mindset of a Successful Pilot w Top Gun Ace Serge Durrant

#244 Grit and Growth: The Mindset of a Successful Pilot w Top Gun Ace Serge Durrant

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#243 Flying and the Mind: A psychological journey with Paris Williams

#243 Flying and the Mind: A psychological journey with Paris Williams

Paris has been flying hang gliders his entire life, and we’re the same age— so a long time. In this episode we explore the multifaceted nature of flying and its psychological implications. Paris has a...

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#242 Stoic, Solo Adventuring with Juraj Koreň

#242 Stoic, Solo Adventuring with Juraj Koreň

Juraj Koreň is an expert alpine climber and pilot from Slovakia who has been chasing some very extreme (often solo) adventures around the world for the last decade, including his 7 "virgin summits" at...

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#241- Tom De Dorlodot and Resilience

#241- Tom De Dorlodot and Resilience

A year ago almost to the day professional Red Bull adventure athlete, 9 time Red Bull-Alps competitor, brainchild of "The Search" projects, professional speaker, loving father and husband Tom De Dorlo...

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#240 A lifetime of Skydiving with Jeff Ayliffe

#240 A lifetime of Skydiving with Jeff Ayliffe

Jeff Ayliffe hails from South Africa and has been under some sort of canopy for a great deal of most of his action-packed years, beginning at the age of 5 when he became obsessed with skydiving. Jeff ...

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#239 The thrill of a lifetime of flying with Eddie Colfox

#239 The thrill of a lifetime of flying with Eddie Colfox

Eddie Colfox has an unbelievable history with paragliding, beginning in 1991 at home in the UK and later across India, Pakistan, and Morocco. In this show Eddie discusses the evolution of the flying c...

7 Feb 20251h 15min

#238 Acro, Test flying, SIV, Instruction, Meteo and Comps with Karlis Jaunpetrovics

#238 Acro, Test flying, SIV, Instruction, Meteo and Comps with Karlis Jaunpetrovics

In this episode we talk about his journey to becoming an instructor, the challenges and intricacies of test piloting, his passion for acrobatics, his experiences flying in Taiwan, and the vibrant par...

23 Jan 20251h 33min

#237- Removing the Anxiety of Vol Biv with Tim Pentreath

#237- Removing the Anxiety of Vol Biv with Tim Pentreath

Four years ago almost to the day we released a podcast with veteran UK pilot/adventurer Tim Pentreath that explored his "Gumball Rally"- a vol biv adventure open to anyone in the Alps every summer. At...

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