Pilots and profiles

Interviews with paraglider pilots and other free flight gurus from around the world

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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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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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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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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Matt Henzi and his dog Oso at home

My flying life: Matt Henzi

The sensei of American paragliding on what matters most
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Chrigel Maurer

Where eagles dare

Till Gottbrath talks to Chrigel Maurer about the regime of “progressive and systematic” training that helped Chrigel get (really) good
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Serge Durrant. Photo: Tarquin Cooper

On launch with: Serge Durrant

Serge Durrant won the Sports-class Racing Series 2024 season and also competed in the X-Pyr 2024
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