Last month we joined up again with the Best Odyssey who are now coming up to their final year of the five year expedition around the world. Gavin and Jody set sail four years ago with the objective of finding the most remote places to kite surf and paraglide. Mike and … Continue reading…
Off to join the Odyssey in Madagascar. Mike taking off from the bows of ‘Discovery’ on a previous trip. We’re heading out to join up with ‘Discovery’ again…this time in Madagascar and Mozambique. There’s going to be a lot of cool flying stuff coming up in the next couple of months so … Continue reading…
Thanks Joe for this awesome little video. You guys were a lot of fun and we had a great week with you. Check out Joe’s video learning to paraglide: Thanks to Joe Crabtree for the video and his wonderful music.
I always say that good times are made by the people that you’re with…the place and the weather is just a bonus. Well if that’s true, last week was definitely an amazing week…with lots of bonuses! It was a week of great company, huge achievements for first time flyers, impressive thermalling for the low air time guys and … Continue reading…
Brother vs Brother, paraglider vs sports car. Check out the infiniti car commercial filmed in Verbier. Stu was flying his paraglider and Mike was racing him across the valley in his Infiniti FX sports car. The making of movie is great too…check it out: Special thanks to our sponsors at … Continue reading…
Is this a first? Mike reports back from the Maldives. Has anyone ever flown over these spectacular atolls before? I don’t know but I’m pretty sure that this is a first! Mike has gone out to join the sailing vessel ‘Discovery’ for an incredible 5 week voyage through the most remote part … Continue reading…
Do you always fold up your glider in exactly the same way? Something to do with how we fold our wings was brought to my attention recently after testing a relatively new zulu for porosity. Ninety nine percent of the wing was in excellent condition, yet sadly one small part of the … Continue reading…
A land lost in time I have just returned from the Andaman Islands where I was asked to skipper ‘Discovery’, the yacht that we sailed around Tonga on last year. The Andaman Islands belong to India and are located on the Eastern part of the Bay of Bengal in the … Continue reading…
The question of what wing to recommend to people has recently become a topic that has plagued my mind. For quite some time now I have said that too many people fly a DHV 2, (or LTF 2) wing who really should be flying a 1-2. So what is that … Continue reading…
Like The Fine Fillets Of a Deep Sea Fish If the winch sank to the bottom of the ocean right now it would have all been worth it for this one flight, said Gavin with a playful and mischievous grin. It was quite a statement considering what he had gone … Continue reading…