Episode 51- Sailplane radness, the Perlan Project, Imagining the Possibilities

Episode 51- Sailplane radness, the Perlan Project, Imagining the Possibilities

Imagine an engineless airplane reaching the edge of space. Crazy? Impossible? In this episode of the Cloudbase Mayhem Kevin Brooker, a passionate sailplane pilot takes us through the long history of sailplanes to the stuff that is at the far edge of what the imagination can even grasp. Just recently the altitude record was broken (52,000 feet!)- without an engine flying in wave in the Andes.

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Episode 7- Mads Syndergaard and the Art of Winning

Episode 7- Mads Syndergaard and the Art of Winning

Mads Syndergaard started paragliding in 1987 and it quickly became his life. He began competing in 1994 and hasn't looked back since. From learning how to soar in Denmark to becoming one of the leadin...

12 Okt 20151h 13min

Episode 6, Ben Abruzzo and training for the 2015 X-Alps

Episode 6, Ben Abruzzo and training for the 2015 X-Alps

Ben Abruzzo was the guy who turned me into a machine for the 2015 Red Bull X-Alps. My knees are a cartilage wasteland and I'd never done any endurance training or racing in my life. But when I approac...

2 Okt 20151h 10min

Episode 5 Nate Scales and Staying in the Game

Episode 5 Nate Scales and Staying in the Game

Nate "Papa" Scales got his first flight in 1991 on a glider that had 11 cells in Sun Valley, Idaho. The next day he moved to Utah to learn how to fly and hasn't looked back since. I've never met anyo...

12 Sep 20151h 8min

Episode 4- Cedar Wright “Nothing Great Happens Without Risk”

Episode 4- Cedar Wright “Nothing Great Happens Without Risk”

The Cloudbase Mayhem is dedicated to dissecting excellence in flight. We interview the best pilots in the world and find out what makes them great. But in this episode we delve into the opposite end o...

21 Aug 20151h 14min

Episode 3 – Jeff Shapiro and the Dark Arts

Episode 3 – Jeff Shapiro and the Dark Arts

Jeff Shapiro is a world class sponsored athlete and a world class human being. He's flown and competed on hangliders since he was 17 all over the world, he sends 5.14 big wall routes in climbing, he f...

4 Aug 20151h 46min

Episode 2- Matt Beechinor (the Glider Podcast)

Episode 2- Matt Beechinor (the Glider Podcast)

Really excited about this second episode with one of my mentors in the big XC game, Matt Beechinor, aka "Farmer". When he flew 193 miles in 2012 from Mt Baldy in Sun Valley I decided my choice to mov...

3 Maj 201551min

Episode 1- Bill Belcourt (the Yoda Podcast)

Episode 1- Bill Belcourt (the Yoda Podcast)

...with Bill to discuss among other things throwing a rescue, what it takes to fly big lines, modern glider development, the history of the sport, the concept of "bringing it", and a whole lot more.  ...

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