Introduction​

Gatskop is a festival held every year in Cape Town attracting pilots from all over the South Africa. The idea is to camp, paraglide and have a good time. There is a little bit of competitive flying involved, but nothing that affects any world rankings (it's actually just for fun and learning how comps work).

The name Gatskop when loosely translated to English means to kick ass and that's exactly what we did!

This year's festival was very well organised by the Glen Paragliding Club and the turnout was around 50 pilots (showing up at different times of the festival). It featured 3 days of flying, overnight camping with parties and awesome prizes!

Barberton Nationals April 2021​

Introduction​

The Barberton Nationals 2021... to go, or not to go. From January 2021 I was torn with the decision.

Competitive flying for someone at my level simply seemed out of my reach. I was sitting on around 25 hours of airtime and around 50 flights (which in paragliding terms is a spring chicken 🐣).

It wasn't until I attended the Wilderness Festival in March 2021 where I met the (in?)famous Stef Juncker that I was convinced it was the right place for me... And oh my what a good decision!

Introduction​

It all started with a sketchy weather forecast... Looking at the

Flight Video

Introduction​

Welcome to my paragliding blog. This little slice of the internet will contain my thoughts and opinions around the wonderful sport of paragliding.

First, however, a little bit about how I got into the sport...

My beginnings​

Inspiration to fly​

I start every year with a new years resolution to make a change in my life.