Maxime Pinot
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Masterclass: How to master thermalling and XC with Maxime Pinot

23 December, 2020, by Maxime Pinot

A day before his 29th birthday, Max Pinot joined Cross Country’s Hugh Miller and Seb Ospina to discuss some of the finer points of thermalling and XC flying.

Watch the whole one-hour interview with the Red Bull X-Alps pilot and former World Paragliding Cup Champion. His top tips:

  1. open your eyes
  2. reduce your focus on your vario
  3. widen up in the strongest lift
  4. keep a logbook and write notes after every flight
  5. learn to control your pitch in climbs, and let your wing pull you forward
  6. focus on just two or three core areas to improve.

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