Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 72- Greg Hamerton and FlyBubble, gear choice, bivvy, and the road to Mastery
Greg is a former PWC pilot and is the man responsible for all those awesome FlyBubble videos, participated in the X-Pyr in 2016, is passionate about vol biv and has a lot of great thoughts and advice…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Episode 71- Bernhard Kalin and the coming future, dangers of overconfidence, Speed flying best-practices
Bernhard (Benni) Kalin is a Swiss all-things-flight instructor at ChillOutParagliding. Based in Interlaken, speedflying was his initial addiction but over the years it has spread to all canopies- par…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Episode 70- Nick Greece and Comp Tactics, Discipline, Progression, Performance and Mentors
Nick Greece returns to the Mayhem to share a wealth of insights into competition and flying insights and some very honest talk about the manic ride that often defines our sport. This is an honest and…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Episode 69- Armin Harich and Sending Flatlands and Flying accident free
Armin Harich is the co-founder of Skywalk Paragliders, started flying in 1989 and has never had an accident, and is the first person to fly over 300km in Germany, and he did it on a EN B wing (the Sk…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
Episode 68- Nik Hawks and weighing the risks
Nik Hawks returns to the Mayhem to share two pretty scary incidents that ended well, but came with a LOT of lessons that every pilot can learn from including: coming back from "fear injuries" by usi…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
Episode 67- Fabien Blanco and SIV, Single Surface Wings, Bivvy and Safety
Fabien Blanco is the founder and head instructor at Flyeo in Annecy, a premiere paragliding school focused on teaching SIV, Cross Country and adventure flying. Fabien was a professional acro pilot an…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 66- Andy Hediger and becoming an Airman
If it flies, Andy Hediger flies it (or jumps out of it!). Sailplanes, trikes, hang gliders, light-weight airplanes, wingsuits, Swift, Archaeopteryx, Virus, but he rates the paraglider as the king of …
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 65- Myles Connolly and Reserve Toss Hindsight 20/20
Two days before the Monarca kicked off in Valle de Bravo, Mexico this January our podcast editor Myles Connolly had a cascade episode low and threw his reserve for the first time. Myles got hung over…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 64- Till Gottbrath and Rethinking Performance and Risk
Several years ago Nova Paragliders changed the way we think about performance when they put some of their top pilots on the Mentor, an EN B wing and the world watched as they ticked off some of the b…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 63- Adél Honti and what makes a successful pilot
What makes a successful pilot? Is it just talent and hours or something anyone can learn with training and application? Sports psychology gives us the answer if we break it down into three dimensions…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago