Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Simon Oberrauner and the winners of the X-Pyr 2024

Watch: X-Pyr 2024 – The Documentary

The X-Pyr is one of the world's premier multi-day, hike-and-fly paragliding races. Re-live the highs and lows in this full-length film
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Ben Kellett and Georges Millet fly vol-bivouac in the Karakoram

Watch: Ben Kellett’s Karakoram vol-biv

This two-part video is the story of Benjamin Kellett and Georges Millet's 320km vol-bivouac in the Karakoram
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Glauco Pinto

My Flying Life: Glauco Pinto

The Brazilian cross country hang gliding guru on what matters most
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Bryan van Ostheim

Dune Addiction

Bryan van Ostheim designs large-scale industrial kites for cargo ships and speed records. Now, he’s getting into parakites. Jack Sheard finds out more
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Shane Tighe

On launch with: Shane Tighe

“I’ve got to change my tactics a bit.” Shane Tighe on life as an X-Alps rookie
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Benoît Pellarin

Meet: Annecy’s Master of Tree Rescues

Benoît Pellarin has recovered more than 1,000 paragliders and hang gliders from trees in the Annecy region in the last 30 years.
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Mo Sheldon paramotoring in the Mamanuca Islands

Bar hopping Fiji style

Never one to overlook a beach bar opportunity, paramotoring photographer Jeff Hamann finds himself at home in the beautiful Mamanuca Islands
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Michi Maurer flies through the 66m long road tunnel on his third attempt

Tunnel Vision

If you’ve seen the videos of pilots flying through tunnels you probably thought ‘How do they do that?’ Bastienne Wentzel finds out
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Flying in north Patagonia

The Season In Patagonia

Pablo Pontoriero reports on the small but growing XC scene in southern Argentina
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Michel and Blandine Macquet flying above the Kerio Valley, Kenya

Records tumble in Kerio

Michel Macquet and his wife Blandine broke four tandem records in Kenya’s Kerio Valley. Michel talks to Charlie King about their adventure.
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