#Training
14 conversations, every one with a full transcript.
Paragliding Atlas has 14 conversations tagged training, 14 of them with a complete transcript you can read and search on the page. Guests include Beni Kalin & Heli Schrempf, Russell Ogden, Shams & Ouka and Luke De Weert. The subject runs alongside paragliding, competition, safety.
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Risk vs Reward
Metacognition: Paragliding's Hidden Psychology with Beni Kalin & Heli Schrempf
Beni Kalin and Heli Schrempf discuss why so many pilots end up on an unsustainable progression, skipping steps into intermediate syndrome without realising it, and often reflecting only after a crash…
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Risk vs Reward
The Russell Ogden Interview: Decoding Paragliding Mastery Protocols: Progression, Fear & Competition
Russell Ogden argues that a free spread of information is what keeps the sport safe, and describes himself as a second generation pilot who came up through a UK training system that was already…
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Living the Dream
How to Fly With Your Dog | Explained by Shams
Shams flies with his dog Ouka, and this is the practical version of how that works: the training, the equipment, and how to judge whether the dog actually wants to be there.
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World Cups
From Tents to Trophies: Understanding Acro Champion's Mindset on Ego, Glory & Drugs | Luke De Weert
An Acro World Tour champion talks through what it took to reach the top after breaking his spine, from the physical and mental training behind the tricks to the visualisation work that built his…
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Know Your Equipment
Snippet: A Reserve Parachute Trick Every Pilot Should Know, by Urs Haari
There is much more to reserve parachutes than just getting them repacked periodically and in a correct way!
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The Dark Side
Bill Belcourt: The Uncomfortable Truth No One is Talking about in the Current Safety Paradox
Bill Belcourt's answer to reducing fatalities is training, ahead of everything else, and he is direct that some pilots are racing who are not ready to be racing.
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Living the Dream
Anatomy of a Dream with Damien Lacaze: A Lifestyle Full of Grit, Grace and Vertical Freedom
An episode uncovering alchemy of adventure.
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Sky Gods
Maxime Pinot : The Journey Within : Mapping our Quest to Touch The Sky With Glory
On the side lines of recently concluded PWC Krusevo 2025 edition I got to sit down with Maxime in a tell all tale about how we all can approach the sport of paragliding in a way that makes us want to…
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Resources, Tools and Tips
Mastering the Unknown: Neuroscience of Crisis Management & Neuroplasticity Training
An attempt at learning the Neuroscience of crises management! Why? Because my cloud storage crashed, recordings vanished! Remember feeling that stomach dropping panic while flying sometimes?
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Flight Mechanics
Helmut Schrempf : Modernizing SIV Courses: How This New Training Method Can Help You Master Glider Control and Improve Paragliding Safety
Helmut Schrempf sets out a modernised way of running SIV courses, built around teaching deliberate control of the wing rather than working through a fixed list of manoeuvres.
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Risk vs Reward
Risk Vs Reward 5 : Gabriel Orsini (partytillimpact)
Gabriel Orsini, who flies under the name partytillimpact, talks about safety, gear rigs and how transparent manufacturers really are about their equipment.
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Risk vs Reward
Risk Vs Reward 3 : Manfred Ruhmer
Manfred Ruhmer has flown fixed, flexible and collapsible wings across more than three decades, and this conversation is about what a career that long does to your relationship with risk.
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Risk vs Reward
Risk Vs Reward 2 : Subir Sidhu
Subir Sidhu rose through the sport quickly, and the conversation is about how to do that without outrunning your own margin, pushing where he wanted to and holding back where he had to.
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Sky Gods
Sky Gods : Flying to Win : Honorin Hamard
Honorin Hamard, a French competition pilot with close to 8,000 hours by his early thirties and several world records behind him, explains how he approaches a race and why he keeps flying to the last…