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Managing your bandwidth

Paragliding instructor Malin Lobb looks at how a pilot's mental bandwidth affects their performance in flight, and how we can work on increasing it
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Will Gadd paragliding

Will Gadd on How to Manage Risk

Will Gadd, one of the world's leading adventure sports athletes and a paragliding great, breaks down risk into three simple elements
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Inside Little Cloud video

Video: Inside Little Cloud 2021

Little Cloud’s new home movie captures the spirit of this French paragliding company in eight minutes. Go inside with Imbaud Verhaegen and Jean De Biolley.
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Video: ‘It gave me a lot of peace, being up in the air’

"It gave me a lot of peace, being up in the air." We fell in love with this five-minute short film from pro filmmaker Ryan Larraman this week.
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Nova Xenon

Nova Xenon – Building a wing for the X-Alps

The Xenon is Nova's 2021 Red Bull X-Alps wing, and their first ever two-liner. Watch as the design team work all-out to complete it before the deadline
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Mont Blanc Combo

Video: We Can Fly – Magic Combo in Mont Blanc

Fred Souchon shares his two-day adventure through the high mountains around Chamonix, climbing classic routes before flying from the summits
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Menthosa Peak Paragliding Expedition

Video: Fly-to-Climb – Menthosa Peak

"Our goal was to climb the 6,443m high Menthosa Peak in Lahaul-Spiti province in Himachal Pradesh just with the help of our paraglider."
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Avoriaz With Love – Speedriding with Valentin Delluc

French speedrider Valentin Delluc took advantage of empty ski resorts in France during lockdown to make this spectacular speedriding video
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Ben Depp in Louisiana

Ben Depp: Capturing Louisiana’s Disappearing Wetlands

Ben Depp is on a longterm mission to document the disappearance of Louisiana’s wetlands and uses his paramotor to get the perfect shot.
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One Careful Owner: quick guide to small-ad speak

There are deals to be had when it comes to secondhand kit, but buyer beware: Here's our light-hearted guide to paragliding small-ad talk
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