Psychology

Managing a difficult cliff launch

The Head Game: Making stress work for you

“Stress is natural...” Mental coach Benjamin Gaudry on ways to manage fear
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Black Vulture in Colombia

The Head Game: Managing your emotions

Paragliding is an inner adventure – an encounter with oneself where every take-off, thermal, transition and landing is accompanied by a flood of emotions
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Luke Nicol zones out to tune in at the SRS Àger 2025

The Head Game: Assessing your mental state

Understanding your mental state is essential to flying safely. Regular training will make you approach each flight with greater confidence
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Under Pressure

The Head Game: Mental Preparation

You know how to fly but do you know how to think? Start here...
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How to: Heal Yourself

Red Bull performance coach York-Peter Klöppel explains how to recover mentally after an incident
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Tom de Dorlodot

What if…?

Discover what happens after an accident. What if you smashed yourself up? Learn how others faced the challenge of flying again.
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Will Gadd

Masterclass Excerpt: Will Gadd on staying safe

An excerpt available for all from Will's Masterclass detailing several principles involved in analysing risky situations to keep you safe
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Foot-skimming at sunrise

Paramotoring: The ‘100-hour pilot’ syndrome

The Dunning-Kruger effect is where people overestimate their abilities. In paramotoring we call it the '100-hour pilot' syndrome
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Julien Garcia in the goal field at the end of the FAI European Paragliding Championships this year. His overwhelming feeling with the individual and team success? “Relief!” Photo: Marcus King

Thinking differently: ‘Forget flow: stay focused and confident.’

‘Forget flow: stay focused and confident.’ The final part in our series exploring the coaching philosophy and approach of Julien Garcia, the French team paragliding coach.
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Thinking Differently: ‘You do you’

The third in a five-part series exploring the philosophy and approach of Julien Garcia, the French team paragliding coach
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