#212 The Most Important Flight with Marcus King

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#212 The Most Important Flight with Marcus King

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Jan 25, 2024

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Marcus King has been flying pretty much full time since 1991. He...

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Jan 25, 2024

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Episode 12- Aaron Durogati and Training to Win: Aaron Durogati is only 29 years old, but he's already been a world champion, gotten 6th and 7th place in the last two Red Bull X-Alps and has a LONG list of podium finishes. A Red Bull athlete and ambassador for several other brands, by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
71 min listen
Episode 11, Gurpreet Dhindsa and flying psychology: Gurpreet Dhindsa is India's top ranked pilot, and has been for some time. He is the only certified instructor in the country and has 20 year passionate years in the sport. Gurpreet has been on the podium six times and has been a very integral figure in... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
50 min listen
Episode 4- Cedar Wright “Nothing Great Happens Without Risk”: The Cloudbase Mayhem is dedicated to dissecting excellence in flight. We interview the best pilots in the world and find out what makes them great. But in this episode we delve into the opposite end of the spectrum with world class climber, by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
75 min listen
Episode 27- Cedar Wright and Intermediate Syndrome: World-famous climber turned paragliding addict Cedar Wright returns to the Mayhem to describe...well a bit of mayhem! A year ago I sat down with Cedar on the podcast, who was 6 months into his sky addiction and as we're both in Banff for the film festi... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
66 min listen
Episode 26 Kelly Farina and Mastering Paragliding: In this episode I sit down with former British team pilot and 15 year instructor and Alps guide Kelly Farina to discuss his new comprehensive book on paragliding, "Mastering Paragliding." This fantastic read is and A to Z encyclopedia of flying. by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
79 min listen
Episode 7- Mads Syndergaard and the Art of Winning: Mads Syndergaard started paragliding in 1987 and it quickly became his life. He began competing in 1994 and hasn't looked back since. From learning how to soar in Denmark to becoming one of the leading wing designers in the world with UP gliders, by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
74 min listen
Episode 3 – Jeff Shapiro and the Dark Arts: Jeff Shapiro is a world class sponsored athlete and a world class human being. He's flown and competed on hangliders since he was 17 all over the world, he sends 5.14 big wall routes in climbing, he flies wingsuits, rides sport bikes, by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
106 min listen
Episode 34- Tom Payne and Insights into our world: Tom Payne competed in the 2009 X-Alps and was Jon Chambers supporter in 2011 and 2013 and edited Jon Chambers book "hanging in there" which documents Jon's X-Alps campaigns. But the X-Alps is just a blip in Tom's long, by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
62 min listen
Episode 5 Nate Scales and Staying in the Game: Nate "Papa" Scales got his first flight in 1991 on a glider that had 11 cells in Sun Valley, Idaho. The next day he moved to Utah to learn how to fly and hasn't looked back since. I've never met anyone as passionate as Nate is about flying nylon and s... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
69 min listen
Episode 25- Kari Castle and flying for life: Kari Castle has been flying for 35 years. You name it, she's flown it. Hangliders, paragliders, paramotors, speed wings- her passion for flying began early and she still goes hard. She was winning hang gliding competitions before paragliding was even i... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
81 min listen
Episode 32- Joanna Di Grígoli and 400 KM Sending: On the 25th of November 2016 Joanna Di Grígoli beat her own personal best by 240 km and landed than 2 km away from beating the longest women's footlaunch in history flying just over 400 km in Quixada, Brazil. by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
96 min listen
Episode 24- Isabella Messenger and Unconscious Competence: Isabella Messenger took a paragliding course in 2007 and quit her job as an IT Specialist after the first day. She's been chasing it ever since. She and her husband and air-Jedi Jamie Messenger spend half their year in the Alps traveling in their campe... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
66 min listen
Episode 6, Ben Abruzzo and training for the 2015 X-Alps: Ben Abruzzo was the guy who turned me into a machine for the 2015 Red Bull X-Alps. My knees are a cartilage wasteland and I'd never done any endurance training or racing in my life. But when I approached Ben about doing the X-Alps he was all-in and had... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
71 min listen
Episode 1- Bill Belcourt (the Yoda Podcast): ...with Bill to discuss among other things throwing a rescue, what it takes to fly big lines, modern glider development, the history of the sport, the concept of "bringing it", and a whole lot more. This episode is PACKED with incredible information. by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
37 min listen
Episode 36- Nick Neynens and the art of Vol Biv: "If the conditions are too gnarly, don't land, climb and get to better air!" Thoughts like this from Nick Neynens are what allowed him to finish the 2015 Red Bull X-Alps in 10th place. Nick has an untraditional approach and it works- he's flown vol-biv... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
70 min listen
Episode 29- Larry Tudor from Scary Origins to Radical Records: Larry Tudor was known as the "Dark Prince" back in the day. We roll the clock way back to 1973 when Larry learned how to fly his first hanglider in the seated position (yep, pre-prone days) on a wing that got a worse glide ratio than today's smallest s... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
94 min listen
Episode 31- Russ Ogden, a Masters Class in Paragliding: We've got a VERY special episode for you this Holiday Season. Ozone test pilot and world cup crusher Russ Ogden, one of the great living legends of paragliding and the inspiration for the Cloudbase Mayhem podcast and one of the most-mentioned pilots in... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
127 min listen
Episode 8, Nick Greece and Progression: I met Nick Greece in Haiti in 2012. I was living in Morocco trying to figure out how to become a better pilot, and getting an invitation from Nick to fly around in the sky wasn't something I could pass up. Nick has become a great friend and one of my g... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
68 min listen
Episode 35- Christina Kolb and becoming a complete pilot: Christina Kolb is the current female world acro champion and one of the few women in the world who has perfected the Infinite tumble. In Annecy this year she won the female class and was 12th overall- an incredible achievement. by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
80 min listen
Episode 17- Will Gadd and the Mastery of the Sky through Mastery of Self: Will Gadd began his flying career in the early 90's and quickly became one of the most prominent pilots in the world. A Red Bull original gangster, Will is considered one of the best mixed climbers on Earth. He's a world class whitewater kayaker, by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
60 min listen
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 regular meteo column in Cross Country Magazine. by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
104 min listen
Episode 18- The “Inbetween Cast”- your questions answered: Questions include how to become a "professional paraglider", bivvy and expedition tips, how to develop flatland flying skills, the importance of acro skills and ground handling, how to handle emergency situations, how to develop with limited time, by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
48 min listen
Episode 54- Dustin Martin and finding the magic: In this wide-ranging and laugh-out-loud episode Dustin Martin takes us through some close calls with tornados (plural!); how to assess a gust front; a brief history of hang gliders; the importance of mentors; how to find good lines; avoiding sink; work... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
125 min listen
Episode 28- Max Marien and the ACRO pursuit: Max Marien broke the Infinity Tumbling record after jumping out of a helicopter in 2012, going right up and over his wing an incredible 374 times. Max started flying at the tender age of 12 and makes his living flying tandems at the Torrey Pines Glider... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
61 min listen
Episode 38- Jeff Shapiro and cracking the code: "If you believe you can do it, you can do it. But that doesn't mean it will happen tomorrow. You have to do the work, nothing replaces mileage (or in this case, air time)." Little nuggets of wisdom like this is why Jeff Shapiro returns to the Cloudbase... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
77 min listen
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 with few of the resources that France, Germany, by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
74 min listen
Episode 14- Paul Guschlbauer and conquering the Red Bull X-Alps: Paul Guschlbauer has become one of the best adventure cross-country pilots in the world and showed his amazing skills this year in the 2015 X-Alps by coming in 3rd place and giving Chrigel a hell of a run for his money. by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
70 min listen
Episode 33- Hugh Miller and Flying Psychology, X-Alps, Chrigel Secrets and MORE: Hugh Miller began flying at the age of 15 and has been a household name in the sport since taking over Cross Country Magazine back in the 90's at the age of 21. He does most of the EN C and D wing testing for the magazine today and just last year won t... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
76 min listen
Episode 9- Thomas de Dorlodot and the Endless SEARCH: Thomas de Dorlodot is probably the most enviable pilot in the world. He's made a living out of traveling the world and documenting his expeditions. A 5 time Red Bull X-Alps competitor and Red Bull Athlete Tom started flying when he was 15 years old. by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
88 min listen
Episode 21 Rafael Saladini- Chasing World Records and World Cup Tactics: What's it like to break world records? How do you win tasks at World Cups? Find out how to train to truly go big from one of our sports most talented and dedicated pilots, Brazilian Rafael Saladini. Rafael discusses strategies and tactics at the world ... by Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast
69 min listen

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