Cross Country Interviews: X-Alps 2019 silver medallist and cross-country pilot Maxime Pinot

A day before his 29th birthday, Max Pinot joined Cross Country’s Hugh Miller and Seb Ospina to discuss some of the finer points of thermalling and XC flying. If you’re too busy to watch the whole one-hour interview with the X-Alps silver medallist and former World Paragliding Cup Champion which includes videos and illustrations, well…
1. open your eyes,
2. reduce your focus on your vario,
3. widen up in the strongest lift,
4. keep a logbook and write notes after every flight,
5. learn to control your pitch in climbs, and let your wing pull you forward
6. focus on just two or three core areas to improve.

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