Yassen Savov
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I fly paragliders. This is what I do and what this website is mostly about. I learned how to paraglide at the age of 15. Since then much has changed, but not my love for this most simple way of getting high. The addiction stays strong. Self-expression in the air, drawing some beautiful lines, and having fun with a hundred of my friends in some of the most beautiful places on earth.
Yassen Savov
4y ago
Somewhere in the fields over Sopot, Bulgaria: “Mama, why are the paragliders flying so low above us today?” “Because it’s a stable day, baby. Remember what ‘stable’ means?” “It’s the building where we live, and the horses too.” “Haha! Sure, but it means something else, too. Remember our geography lesson from the other day? When ..read more
Yassen Savov
4y ago
“I got into an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That’s a bad place for an argument, ‘cause then I tried to walk out and slam the flap. How are you supposed to express your anger in this situation? Zipper it up really quick?” These are Mitch Hedberg’s words, but at the moment ..read more
Yassen Savov
4y ago
For days now, I have found a new passion in paragliding, and, like Shakespeare’s hero, I will exalt her virtues and my dedication in this new affair. And when she, as Juliet, will ask me: “By whose direction found’st thou out this place?”* I, inspired just as Romeo, will answer: “By love, who first did ..read more
Yassen Savov
4y ago
with Pal Takats and Yassen Savov Dec. 6-19, 2020 Africa In December, when the days are short and the sun too scarce for any kind of decent paragliding, winter blues descends on Europe from the north, and the pilot’s mind starts wandering, turning as the sunflower does towards the sun, the heat, and so, naturally ..read more
Yassen Savov
5y ago
Low saves are fun! So why am I shouting “ne!” (“no!” in Bulgarian) over and over in this video? Because I’m in the middle of one of four FAI triangle record attempts I did last week, it’s the middle of the day, and I’m refusing to obey this stupid law of gravity, which appears to ..read more
Yassen Savov
5y ago
On the 4th attempt last week, I beat my own Bulgarian FAI triangle record by 1.6km, in challenging conditions. First low 1600m cloud base the first 30km, then 25km/h head wind around Shipka, then very few thermals during the Sredna Gora mountain crossing, followed by blue and again anaemic conditions around turn point 2 and ..read more
Yassen Savov
5y ago
After a week of driving and flying over giant canyons and plateaus, we had reached the end of the Ethiopian highlands. Now, 2000m above that last 4000m ridge, we were riding the better side of a giant step in the atmosphere. To the east, the terrain was dropping towards the lowlands of east Ethiopia and ..read more
Yassen Savov
5y ago
And as the start approaches, each of 150 pilots focuses on all the others, that’s how our minds get super powers, connecting into that web, that super body, a collective organism naturally staying high and optimally placed, we all swirling on and on and on, and fighting for position but as gentlemen and friends, and ..read more
Yassen Savov
5y ago
The axis of desire rotated to 90 degrees, this XC flight was not about distance, but height. From the takeoff at 2800m, up to the 6000m cloud base, down to the 3600m village where we stopped to say hi to the locals, and finally off again at sunset to the 2000m valley floor, which even ..read more