Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#202- “The Flying Yogi” Jim Mallinson
Jim Mallinson has a lot of titles. Baronet, Sir, Professor, Doctor, Mahant, and of course Pilot. Jim is the world's leading expert on Hatha yoga and Sanskrit. He has translated texts that go back tho…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
#201- Calef Letorney and Community, Confidence, and Cloudwhispering
Calef Letorney was a professional paddler back in the early 2000's who made the switch to flying and has never looked back. When you think of places to fly in the world you don't often put the North …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
#200- Going pear shaped in Pakistan
Pilots and friends Pierre Carter, Jeremy Holdcroft, Scott Baker, Richard "Barbs" Barber and legendary mountaineer Andy De Klerk set off this June to attempt to break the altitude record by flying up …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 199- A story of avoiding inconvenience with Alejandro Barañac
We have a saying in our sport, "never avoid inconvenience." But it's easier said than done. An easy field a kilometer away from the train station, or a really tricky field right next to it? Landing i…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 198- Going Big in…Israel? A flight to remember with Eliya Zemmour
UPDATE to this podcast: Cross Country magazine has just (July 2nd, 2025) broke an incredible story that Eliya Zemmour, featured in this episode has been regularly faking his flights on XContest, usin…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 196- From World Record Skydiving to Paragliding, Reserve Testing, pro repacks with Andrey Kuznetsov
Andrey Kuznetsov has been on the national sky diving team for many years, holds several world records and the genius record (100 way canopy formation record) and has been a long-time test pilot for r…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Bonus Episode! Behind the scenes before the start of the 23′ Red Bull X-Alps
The toughest adventure race on Earth starts in a few hours! 32...
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 197- Honza and Son strike gold in the Alps
5 time Red Bull X-Alps pilot Honza Rejmanek and his son Martin return to the Cloudbase Mayhem this week to recount yet another incredible vol-biv tandem adventure in the Alps. Martin is now 14, and h…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 195- Sending in Style with Philipp Zellner
In this episode we discuss Philipp's zen for going big, being a professional pilot, the importance of having an acro background and acro training, vol biv, and just some good old fashioned storytelli…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 194- The Spring Tune up with Nick Greece and Russ Ogden
This week we dive into spring with the current World Champion and long-time Ozone test pilot Russ Ogden and multiple US National Champion Nick Greece. Year after year we see accidents in free flight …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago