Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Benjamin Vedrines paraglides from Broad Peak in the film Edge of Reason

Watch: Benjamin Védrines in the Edge of Reason

Edge of Reason is an insight into the world of high altitude mountaineering, which is increasingly using ultralight paragliders for descents
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Head in the Clouds on Kindle

Head in the Clouds now on Kindle

Head in the Clouds, the unique collection of free flight stories is now available as an ebook. "A seriously good read."
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Kinga Masztalerz

Watch: SOAR – a girls’ paragliding roadtrip

Watch SOAR, a film that chronicles nine female paraglider pilots as they hike and fly their way around the UK
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Joshua Sanderson and Kanan Thakur

On launch with: Kanan Thakur and Josh Sanderson

Josh Sanderson and Kanan Thakur share their passion for flying and guiding
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Maxime Pinot, European and World Paragliding Champion. Photos: Marcus King

Top of the Stack

Maxime Pinot is riding high as European, World and Superfinal champion but is still haunted by what happened in the Red Bull X-Alps 2023
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Always learning. Christian and son Liam Photo: Jorge Atramiz

My flying life: Christian Behrenz 

Christian Behrenz reflects on what matters most—freedom in flying and the beauty of living each moment to its fullest.
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Paragliding in Paracas. Photo: Thomas Schwarzer

Throwdown in Peru

Paracas is home to amazing landscapes – and food. Alex Schweig and Tomy Schwarzer show us the way
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Chrigel and Michi Maurer in perfect harmony in front of the Matterhorn in January 2025

Over the Top

Andreas Busslinger on the history of infinity tumbling, and the lengths he went to to photograph a paraglider mid-tumble over the Matterhorn
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Five tropical cyclones were active at one time in the southern hemisphere at the start of March. From left to right they included Honde (1) and Garance (2) in the Indian Ocean, Bianca (3) off Western Australia, and Alfred (4) and Seru (5) off Australia’s north east coastline. Alfred made landfall near Brisbane on 8 March. The false colour image shows warmer temperatures as yellow and orange, cooler as white and purple Photo: Earth Observatory

Allen Weynberg: In the grip of Alfred

Surviving tropical storm Alfred in Australia – "It’s hard to believe we are ever going to fly again"
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Francois Ragolski in the Himalaya

Watch: François Ragolski’s epic Himalayan odyssey

This film, Crossing Dreams, brings François Ragolski’s remarkable Himalayan odyssey across four countries to life.
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