#208 A Love Affair with Flying- Phil Hystek

#208 A Love Affair with Flying- Phil Hystek

"Flat out Phil" Hystek has been instructing free flight in Australia longer than anyone. It began with a fascination of hang gliding in the 70's, becoming a hang gliding instructor in the late 80's in California, being "forced" into paragliding in the early 90's and his energizer batteries are going stronger than ever today. Phil has racked up 171,000 meters of vertical ascent in his back yard to date this year (at age 65!), just returned from a 4 weeks of vol-biv flying in Bir, India and is a story teller for the ages. We travel the world, meet the legends, pull off the absurd in Telluride, pack it hard in Bali, and find out who thrives in this sport and who should maybe take up a different activity.

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Episode 60- Lisa Hope Tilstra and taking your first steps…into the magic

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Episode 59- Christoph Weber and Behind the Veil of the Red Bull X-Alps

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Episode 58- Théo De Blic and becoming a professional

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Théo De Blic is one of the new generation of professional acro pilots who has been staggering audiences around the world with his incredibly difficult twisted sequences. In this episode we learn how T...

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Episode 57- Phil Glutz and Confidence, Complacency and Chasing it

Episode 57- Phil Glutz and Confidence, Complacency and Chasing it

Phil sends big lines in the biggest terrain in the Alps and decided a couple decades ago to ditch his engineering career because the sky was calling. An Australian native, Phil discovered Zermatt over...

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Christmas Bonus Episode with Chrigel Maurer!

It's here folks! The bonus episode you've all been waiting for. We released this follow up episode with Chrigel Maurer a couple months ago for our Patreon supporters. Don't miss these! Sign up to supp...

21 Dec 201752min

Episode 56- Miguel Gutierrez and a century of flight

Episode 56- Miguel Gutierrez and a century of flight

For all of us who make the yearly winter migration to Valle...

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Episode 55- Xandi Meschuh and building a foundation

Episode 55- Xandi Meschuh and building a foundation

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Episode 54- Dustin Martin and finding the magic

Episode 54- Dustin Martin and finding the magic

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