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Mental Coaching: Preparation Pays

How can paraglider pilots prepare to fly after a winter layoff or time out due to injury? Antti Joensuu shares some tips
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Safety Notice: Phi Paragliders B-riser

Phi Paragliders have issued a safety notice for all their wings that use their R07 risers
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How to nail your landings

Don’t look at the tree, otherwise you are going into the tree... It’s the classic piece of landing advice and the one least followed by pilots
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Staying healthy over winter

Winter can be a tough time to eat right and to get quality exercise during long dark days. Ben Abruzzo has some tips for staying healthy
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How To: Manage an Incident on the Hill

The first people to a free-flight incident are generally fellow pilots. Dr Matt Wilkes explains the key to survival
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Flying 3,000km in wave at night

They connected with wave after climbing just 1,100m – then started flying laps up and down the Sierra Nevada
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Masterclass: How to fly Colombia with Seb Ospina and Lucho Jimenez

Seb Ospina and Lucho Jimenez take a deep dive into the knowledge you need to fly well in the Cauca Valley, Colombia
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How to rack up the hours in Europe

Travelling from site to site and devoting all he has to the sport, Théo de Blic explains how to maximise your flying hours in Europe
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How to infinite on a paramotor

Inspired by a video of François Ragolski, Richard Dolan embarks on a journey to achieve the Infinite Tumble on a paramotor
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Opposing winds at different levels

There are various scenarios where we can encounter significantly strong wind from opposing directions just by changing altitude
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