Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 132- Bastienne Wentzel and the Beginner’s Guide to Paragliding
Bastienne Wentzel is a professional science writer, editor of Lift magazine and assistant pilot instructor based in the Netherlands. A few years ago …
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 131- Ferdinand Van Shelven takes on his 5th X-Alps
Ferdinand (aka "Ferdy") Van Shelven, "The Flying Dutchman" is returning for his 5th Red Bull X-Alps this June. Ferdy has been in the top 7 in all of …
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 130- Instruments and chasing beauty with Koni Schafroth
Koni Schafroth has been flying over 30 years, but you're not going to find him chasing distance and trying to win XContest. Koni pursues free flight …
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 129- Piedrahita, Wild Stories, Accident hindsights and more with Steve Ham
Steve Ham's fascination with flying began with hang gliders in 1981, which subsequently ended any attempt at a serious career path. In 1991 Steve dis…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 128- Ari in the Air and the philosophy of flight
In this entertaining and thought-provoking podcast with Ari Delashmutt, a big mountain skier, world-record highliner, paraglider, film maker, and pur…
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 127- Hypoxia, Cold, Accident and Reserve Studies and more with Dr. Matt Wilkes
ER and Critical Care physician and paragliding hound Matt Wilkes returns to the Mayhem to share the takeaways from several large studies he's been in…
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 126- An oldie but goodie with the legend Pal Takats
This week we're doing our first "rerun" as Gavin is in the field deep in remote Nevada on a major SAR effort to find our good friend James "Kiwi" Joh…
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 125- Breaking the Asian Record with Soheil Barikani
On the 2nd of August the summer of records continued when Iranian world cup pilot and instructor Soheil Barikani flew his Gin Boom 11 nearly across t…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 124- Owen Morse, professional juggling (and joggling!), and a new HG World Record
On June 19th of this year Wills Wing pilot Owen Morse ticked off something he'd been chasing for six years- a new out and back world record. Owen fle…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 123- Best Towing Practices and Safety
I am convinced that with a good winch and good tow-technician, launching via tow is much safer than foot launching and gives the free flight world ac…
5 years, 9 months ago