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Back to SearchEpisode 53- Gavin reviews the 2017 Red Bull X-Alps
In this episode we turn the tables a bit and I get interviewed by Nik Hawks, who followed the race closely and had a bunch of questions for me. Why did we pull the nightpass the first night? What mis…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Episode 52- Pal Takats X-Alps, Acro, and what you can do to stay safe
Pal Takats began flying 16 years ago in the flatlands of Hungary and has since created a career any pilot would envy. One of the first Red Bull acro pilots and the man responsible for many of the cur…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
Episode 51- Sailplane radness, the Perlan Project, Imagining the Possibilities
Imagine an engineless airplane reaching the edge of space. Crazy? Impossible? In this episode of the Cloudbase Mayhem Kevin Brooker, a passionate sailplane pilot takes us through the long history of …
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
Episode 50- Dave Snowden and turning talent into Wins
Episode 50 is all about competitions. From flying psychology to training David Snowden has taken 25 years of flying passion into figuring out to take a country (Australia) with plenty of talent but w…
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
Episode 49- Honza Rejmanek and Understanding the Invisible
Honza Rejmanek competed in the Red Bull X-Alps five times. He finished in 3rd place in 2009 and made goal in Monaco in his last campaign in 2015. Many of our listeners will also know Honza from his r…
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
Episode 47- Max Fanderl and a lifetime of flight
Max Fanderl began flying paragliders and then hang gliders in the late 80's. A few months after his first flight he quit his job to become an instructor and has made a life of flying. He was a test p…
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
Episode 48- Bonus Podcast! Gavin McClurg and the 2017 X-Alps
The Red Bull live tracking is great, but it misses out on all the behind-the-scenes and in this talk we dive into what the fans don't get to see. We talk training, supplements, our decision on using …
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 46- Reavis Sutphin-Gray and increasing your toolkit
Reavis learned to fly a decade ago and had a pretty unusual experience with being in the air- he doesn't experience fear. But he had a very firm understanding of the risks and wanted to be a safe pil…
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 45- Chrigel Maurer and becoming an Eagle
Chrigel Maurer is the undisputed king of paragliding and after his 5th straight X-Alps win I get the feeling that he's just getting started. Chrigel was the world champion 3 times, is an acro champio…
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 44- Caroline Paul and Overcoming Fear
"Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up — and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking and raise co…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago