#263 Training, Wing testing, Hike and Fly Racing, Competitions, Acro, 2 Liners, Flow, Family and more with Michael Maurer
In this wide-ranging conversation with Advance test pilot and former Swiss Champion Michael Maurer we discuss various aspects of paragliding, including the challenges and dangers of being a test pilot...
3 Jan 1h 11min
#261 Soaring for smiles with Bonnie Hobson
Bonnie Hobson grew up in the midwest in the midst of endless cornfields, watching her neighbor fly his little bush plane. But soaring wasn't on her radar. Then in 2009 after a break-up and feeling lik...
4 Dec 20250s
#260 On top of the World with Fabian Buhl
German alpinist Fabian Buhl comes from a background of climbing and mountaineering and is credited with ascending some of the hardest routes on Earth. A few years ago while climbing in the Karakoram o...
19 Nov 20250s
#259 Pete Thompson cracks the 300 FAI in Colorado’s Deepness
Pete Thompson had a hell of a summer in Colorado. After years of planning and trying to fly big, epic FAI triangles across the highest terrain in the lower 48 he finally beat a record set only last ye...
8 Nov 202559min
#258- Ariel Zlatkovski and Project 100: the Ultimate XC Challenge
This past XContest season (2025) Ariel Zlatkovski decided to take on a fantastically bold and totally mind-bending mission: Fly 100, 100km flights in a single season. To pull it off he'd have to spend...
24 Okt 20250s
#257- Chrigel Maurer and the Safety Debate
Two weeks ago at the World Championships in Costelo, Brazil a competition pilot was killed. This tragedy sparked an immediate and fiery response on social media calling for a top-down change at CIVL, ...
13 Okt 202543min
#256 From Newbie to the Red Bull X-Alps with Sebrand Warren
Sebrand Warren got his start paragliding just a few short years ago in the US but got hooked immediately and set his sights on the ultimate challenge- the Red Bull X-Alps. Last year he dedicated himse...
2 Okt 20251h 17min
