Flying Culture

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Paramotoring the Amazon with Raphael Laghi

We talk to Raphael Laghi, a Brazilian paragliding and paramotoring guide who specialises in flying and guiding paramotoring in the Amazon
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Parahawking in Nepal with Jess Love

In praise of vultures: humankind’s best friend?

The birds so many of us regularly fly with are nature's early-warning system – and are sacred to many people, writes Esther Kettel
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Coast to Coast in Costa Rica

Zion Susanno and William Pardis traverse the highest peaks in Central America by paramotor on an audacious crossing of Costa Rica
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Timo Leonetti in South Africa on 9 January 2023. Photos: Timo Leonetti

Chasing world records in South Africa

We talk to Clément Latour and Timo Leonetti about their 500km paragliding flights and chasing world records in South Africa
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Honorin Hamard: Portrait of a Champion

Honorin Hamard won the Paragliding World Cup Super Final in Valle de Bravo in December 2022 – making him one of the most decorated paraglider pilots ever
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Ski and fly: the joy of combo

Professional pilot and filmmaker Antoine Boisselier loves nothing better than combining paragliding and skiing in the mountains
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Racing the XRedRocks 2022

Some of Europe's top paraglider adventure pilots crossed the Atlantic to compete in the USA at the XRedRocks in September 2022
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Benjamin Kellet: vol-biv in Switzerland

Watch: Benjamin Kellet's two-part film about his solo, unsupported four-day vol-bivouac in Switzerland last summer. The goal was to explore and have fun
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Flying the Christ Statue in Rio de Janeiro

Paragliding the famous Christ Statue in Rio de Janeiro is on every pilot's dream bucketlist – Joanna Di Grigoli did just that
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Video interview: Vittorazi paramotor champions 2022

Vittorazi are celebrating 10 years of the Moster engine as well as gold medals in the recent Paramotor World Championships held in Brazil
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