Pilots and profiles

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

My flying life: Rudy Gotés

"I was 14 years old, and that’s when I learned to fly big air." The owner of hang glider manufacturer Wills Wing on what matters most to him
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FAI hang Gliding European Championships 2022 podium

Interview with a champion: Alex Ploner

Alex Ploner has won the FAI Hang Gliding World Championships three times and is the current FAI Hang Gliding European Champion
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Tommy Friedrich. Photo: Marcus King

Red Bull X-Alps: Tommy Friedrich

Tommy Friedrich is literally the posterboy of the 2023 Red Bull X-Alps – what can we learn from one of the youngest pilots in the race?
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Chrigel Maurer ahead of the Red Bull X-Alps 2023. Photo: Marcus King

Red Bull X-Alps 2023: Chrigel Maurer Pre-Race interview

Seven-time Red Bull X-Alps winner Chrigel Maurer shares his thoughts about this year's race, the route and that last-minute team change.
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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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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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Team Vittorazi 2022

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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Serena Ronchi

Serena Ronchi: Going Big in Brazil

Serena Ronchi won the 2021 Women’s XContest after flying more than 10,000km in a year. She explains how she learnt to fly cross country
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Cedar Wright

Dealing with risk in paragliding

Paragliding, like many adventure sports, is enormously rewarding but also carries high risks. Cedar Wright talks about finding the balance
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