I´m excited that after a really long time, we now have an official Women´s World Championship again - thanks to the Macedonian organizers, CIVL, and many really motivated pilots!  I only just arrived in this beautiful mountain area and had my first training flight, still settling in and getting organized. More pictures and information later ..read more

   It was great to follow a part of this clip in the making - look at the unreal stunts that my brothers in crime Miles Daisher (US), Marco Waltenspiel (AT), Marco Fürst (AT) and Max Manow (DE) painted into the sky above the beautiful Bavarian city of Landshut ..read more

It´s been some busy days after the German Open, so I just get to post and write now. Congratulations to Alex Ploner for winning the international German Open at Kandel overall, and also to Dirk Ripkens who won international and also national title as the new German Champion in rigid class. I am happy that I was able to update my German Champion women´s title as well! The organizer and the volunteers did a great job setting up the biggest competition "after covid times" has seen yet!  Big thanks also to the artist of the beautiful wooden trophies, Martin Schmidt, and to the local mayor o ..read more

Results Class 1 Results Rigid Wings DHV Page Despite very low base, a strong wind and a poor forecast, it paid out to stay positive yesterday. We managed to take off safely into a small 45km task. Nobody made goal, Primoz won the day with 23km distance.  After a great take off and a very slow start, I was stoked that I managed to fly the 5th furthest distance, despite my weight disadvantage and the excruciating headwind towards the first turnpoint. Slowly things start looking a bit brighter, after I had made two major mistakes in the first two tasks.  On the second day, I managed t ..read more

  From June 24 to June 29, we are flying the international German Open at Kandel in the famous and beautiful Black Forest in the southwest of Germany. 81 pilots from 13 different countries are here to compete.  You find more photos and a German report on the DHV page, and also a link to the results of class 1 and class 5! You can even follow us on the live tracking ..read more

  Winter and covid time has been way too long for my traveller´s heart, so when I got a short notice invitation to join the Red Bull aerial athletes performance camp at Andy Hediger´s AeroAtelier in La Cumbre, Argentina, I was on my way in no time! Since Guido told me about that magical place about a 9 hour drive inland from Buenos Aires, I had always wanted to visit our great visionary friend and his crew. Now was my chance to meet with some of the finest international air athletes one could dream of! And as Andy said - this is about sharing our experience, and the chance to look into ..read more

After a great little flight high above Rauschberg with my friend Giergl, I managed to get back to the Porsche Open Space in time to enjoy a live unplugged concert of singer/songwriter Alvaro Soler. Since Rebi and I always play his songs in our car when we drive to our hang gliding adventures, it was fantastic to experience how powerful his live performance is!!! Man, I missed concerts so much, and didn´t even realize that until yesterday.  Talking with respect and curiosity about other cultures when traveling, mentioning how important it is to learn foreign languages, Alvaro spoke from ..read more

What a dream! I am invited to present my Red Bull Porsche hang gliding clip and pursuit of my dreams at the international automobile exhibition IAA Munich at the Porsche Open Space! Presenter Sarah Elsser and I showed the audience how dreams can develop and get wings! Seems the audience enjoyed seeing the sky with my eyes, cause there was quite an appreciating applause after our presentation! I am in awe of so much beautiful, perfect design! Since my childhood, I always loved Porsche design, cause my designer heart just loves beauty and function connected in perfection!   ..read more

After a long break, it felt great to get into the air again! I am very motivated to qualify for our open (men´s) national team to join European and World Championships in hang gliding. I need to perform extremely well in competitions that count for the world ranking, and especially when the weather is difficult and requires a lot of creative and persistent flying, I seem to do well.  Lucky that Hessenmeisterschaft served that weather where patience is needed. I flew almost on my own the whole time, and it paid off to fly on different paths - with my 2nd place in the international, and 1s ..read more

I wish I could have gone to the next competition in Italy too. Marco Laurenzi´s home turf is San Donato di Val comino, about a three hour drive south of Monte Cucco. Higher mountains, beautiful national parks.  Instead I had to drive home, which took 14 hours, due to traffic jams, school holiday times, roadworks and accidents on very crowded highway through Italy, Austria and Germany, also it didn´t help traffic that the German train drivers went on strike for some days.  My next work schedule is coming up soon, and I´m thankful that I get the chance to fly away every now and then ..read more