Pilots and profiles

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

Honorin Hamard

Inside the head of Honorin Hamard

Honorin Hamard sat down with Ruth Jessop to dissect the paragliding competition scene, his own performance and the sport's future
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PWC Interlaken

The Long Game: Stand Down

Gavin McClurg writes about one of the best – and then one of the worst days – of his life from the Swiss round of the PWC
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Haydon Gray

My Flying Life: Haydon Gray

"I hope our flying scene develops even more as a community" Tandem pilot and art teacher Hayden Gray on what matters most to him.
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Hono’s superfinal masterclass

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On the couch ... Dylan Mansley in Colombia. Photo: Fredrik Gustafsson

On Launch With: Dylan Mansley

"My first Paragliding World Cup was a real eye-opener. I saw the speeds you could fly and thought: Okay, there’s another level"
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Robbie Adkins

My flying life: Robbie Adkins

'We learned on the sand dunes in Mexico. I’ll never forget the first time my feet left the ground. For the rest of my life, I’ve felt free'
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Louis tapper

My Flying Life: Louis Tapper

‘What keeps me flying? The community is a large part of it.’ We find out what matters to this Kiwi nomad and national champion
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Sasha Serebrennikova

My Flying Life: Sasha Serebrennikova

‘A sense of identity.’ Sasha Serebrennikova, the new women’s hang gliding world champion on what matters most to her
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Dorenzo Dee

On launch with: Lorenzo Dee

‘I am Lorenzo, aka Energy.Papi.’ We meet Lorenzo Dee and discover his journey from BMX champion to paragliding MC
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John Dickenson, then 35, about to launch ahead of a succesful three-hour tow flight around Botany Bay on 12 April 1969. Photo: Tom Linsen / Sydney Morning Herald / John Dickenson Collection

I was just overwhelmed

Sixty years ago this month Australian hang gliding pioneer John Dickensondesigned and flew his revolutionary machine for the very first time
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