Flying Culture

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competition paragliders

How to: Move from EN D to CCC

Paragliding and SIV instructor Malin Lobb discusses the pros and cons of stepping up a class to CCC-level competition paragliders
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Airtour 2018

Tanguy Renaud-Goud wins St Hil’Airtour 2018

Tanguy Renaud-Goud, 21, won the St Hil’Airtour in June, one of only six pilots to complete the week-long 344km adventure race in France
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Paragliding World Championships 2019

Paragliding World Championships 2019

After 10 tasks at the FAI Paragliding World Championships 2019, we talk to new World Champions Joachim Oberhauser and Méryl Delferrière
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PWC Disentis 2020

PWC Disentis 2020: It’s good to be back!

The Paragliding World Cup headed to Disentis in August 2020 for a week of racing through the beautiful Swiss Alps
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Using flight instruments

Using technology when it matters

Kelly Farina unravels some of the features on modern flight instruments, and explains how to use them to help us fly further or faster
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John Silvester at his Brynteg home, North Wales.

A little closer to the soul of John Silvester

In this archive article from 2008 Hugh Miller interviews the legendary John Silvester as he prepares to head to the Karakoram
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‘Stall it out!’ – Cravat analysis with Malin Lobb

SIV instructor and Cross Country columnist Malin Lobb goes deep into the analysis of recovery from a 40% cravat and auto-rotation on a Zeno
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Flow by Gavin McClurg

Video: Flow by Gavin McClurg

Flow is a state of mind where you become completely immersed in whatever you are doing. Time evaporates, confidence soars
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Paraglider in cloud

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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