AirTime Paragliding Blog

Easy föhn-Flying

2008-10-28T15:51:00.001+01:00

Easy-Style:

Paragliding endofseason winter 2007/2008 from Adi Ibanez on Vimeo.

Blind Helico

2008-10-28T11:01:00.001+01:00

This guy made me laugh a lot. Who did ever say acro was difficult? ;)

the blind freehand helico paragliding acro from Ruben Lippuner on Vimeo.

Marocco Part 3

2008-02-26T23:20:00.000+01:00

I think i'm in love with sand and wind :)

Marocco Video Part 2, Aglou Hill

2008-02-24T23:21:00.001+01:00

The last person starting in the video would me. Enjoy ;)

Marocco 2008

2008-02-19T16:33:00.002+01:00

I've been to Marocco for 14 days to paraglide and I must say Marocco really is a great place. If you have the right conditions you can easy fly in no turbulence air all day. Great food, friendly people and beautifull landscapes. It sure won't be the last visit to Marocco. Here are some video shoots:

Castelluccio 2007

2007-09-07T02:14:00.000+02:00

I went to Castelluccio with SkyJam
it was fun
here is a video
enjoy ;)

Man and Bird

2007-07-10T10:03:00.001+02:00

One of the most amazing moments in your paragliding life is when you meet other animals in the air. Check this video by Michel Verhagen out, its an amazing one of a kind footage!

For more visit his site: http://www.acromania.nl/ or his youtube channel: www.youtube.com/mverhagen

A complete flight on video

2007-06-19T19:18:00.000+02:00

Testing the Divx Stage6 Video platform out. I uploaded a recording of a full flight at the Urmiberg mountain in Switzerland. Check it out:

Too bad my cam is crap

Coastal Soaring

2007-06-06T12:07:00.000+02:00

Almost looks like Madeira ;)

Testing some new video format. Tell me if u like it...

cool links...

2007-04-25T01:50:00.000+02:00

just some cool stuff I found:

Flight Club, a paragliding game, pretty cool!

Description of an realy old paragliding game for amiga ;)

Some amazing photos of a XC flight Pine from Mountain to Red Mountain (USA)

Sadistic Tandem Pilot ;)

2007-04-19T20:01:00.000+02:00

Check out the following video of a paragliding bi-place passenger. Its fucking hilarious! :)

You can also find more videos of his passengers here: http://www.youtube.com/user/FlatPossum

Paragilding Festival Hoch-Ybrig 2007

2007-04-12T14:27:00.000+02:00

Great weather, great pilots, great start and landing place. What do you want more? :)

Come to the Paragliding Festival Hoch-Ybrig in Switzerland. This weekend 14. and 15. April 2007.

For more infos go to: http://www.skyjam-zurich.com/165828.html

Clouds

2007-04-02T02:14:00.000+02:00

just awesome...

Mission accomplished

2006-12-04T00:17:00.000+01:00

more then a year ago I touched the thin fabric which carries me around trough the air now for the first time. On my first day I didn't sleep enough and couldn't even lift off the ground. The only thing I knew back then was that I have to try this paragliding thing. It soon got me hooked :) Today, a year, 80 flights and around 35 hours of airtime later I have my paragliding license. Paragliding sure changed me alot, and also changed things around me.

Air of the future, here I come! :)

Looks like fun

2006-11-14T20:46:00.000+01:00

hehe looks like fun! Can't wait for February 2007 when I will visit Morocco.

Here are two more soaring videos and one thermal video. (good for those rainy days...)

Thermal Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9cCttW7NjA

Practical Test

2006-11-13T00:29:00.000+01:00

Next weekend I will have my practical test in paragliding. If I pass I will have my licence and am free to do whatever I want. (Well almost ;)) Wish me luck!

I am not so nervous about the tasks or the landing. My biggest concern is that there will be a lot of snow on the starting place, bad wind to start or that I will fly the tasks in the wrong turning-direction. :)

Also this blog layout sucks and has a number of errors. When I find the time I will update it. The school has taken a lot of my free time.

Well enjoy the air and stay tuned :)

Auto-Pilot

2006-11-07T11:38:00.000+01:00

Hahaha, now I know why my teacher once said that most paragliders fly better if you do nothing ;) Check out the video!

Paragliding in the old days

2006-10-18T23:36:00.000+02:00

found a hilarious video on Google about the old days of paragliding and hanggliding. Enjoy :)

passed the Theory-Exam

2006-10-06T10:26:00.000+02:00

YES! I passed the paragliding theory exam yesterday :) I'm fucking glad I dont have to learn all those fricking questions again.

Now the next step will be to pass the practical test on 11.11.2006.

Paragliding Theory

2006-10-04T16:59:00.000+02:00

I am currently learning like a mad dog for my paragliding theory exam tomorrow. The last time I did the test I had too many errors and now I have to do this again. I can only be glad its raining outside ;)

cross your fingers for me tomorrow...

Freeflight Soaring in Castelluccio Video

2006-10-01T15:39:00.000+02:00

Freeflight Soaring with SkyJam-Zurich.com in Castelluccio, Italy.

At first the wind was too strong but later in the evening it went to perfect soaring condition :) This is only a 5 minute recording of about 30 minutes of soaring along the hill and flying down into the sunset. Down in the valley you can see Norcia in the distance.

EDIT: I was told the big hill we flew on is called: "Monte Sierra"

There is also a pure, unedited version, click here to watch.

two nice videos

2006-09-28T00:47:00.000+02:00

just two nice Videos I found. Good to watch when it's raining outside ;)

PS: Castelluccio was a blast, a report will follow soon...

off to Castelluccio, Italy

2006-09-18T00:46:00.000+02:00

tomorrow at 8:00 I will be gone to Castelluccio in Italy for 7 days of flying. If I am lucky I will get 5 hours of sleep. Still gotta pack my stuff... Fuck, why do I always have to everything in the last minute. Sometimes I'm just a fucking mess ;)

well, stay tuned for some nice videos and pictures of Castelluccio.

cya

No paragliding video but still fucking awesome!

2006-09-14T02:13:00.000+02:00

trippy!

Inflight Video at the Hummelfest

2006-09-13T00:19:00.000+02:00

Here is an inflight video of me flying from the mountain Hummel in Einsiedeln during the local paragliding festival called: "Hummelfest".

Still havn't figured out in which language I shall continue this blog. English or German... any ideas?

Who am I? What this blog is about:

2006-09-05T13:08:00.000+02:00

Ok let's start with who I am:

My name is Tobias M. Baumann and I had my first paragliding experience in October 2005. My age is 25 and I currently live near Zurich in Switzerland. Besides paragliding I study Game Design at the HGKZ in Zurich. I studied before: Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Arts at the SAE Institute in Zurich. I wrote a pretty comprehensive study about effective teamwork in online games. I also work at Brainstore in Biel, Switzerland. Brainstore is an ideafactory. I am charge of assessment and education of the NetScouting Freelancers. I also do freelance work as a web and graphic designer under the name of 2nd Sky. And I also do offer web hosting. Pretty much eh? :). Apart from all that I like to go out and party, play online games and simply have a good time with my friends.

But this blog shall be mainly focused on paragliding
I started this blog to write up my experiences while paragliding. I also want to share some of my views and ideas of the world in midair.

My handicap
I do have a handicap since my birth: It's a genetical defect of some X-chromosome or something. I once made a DNA test but they couldn't figure out which chromosome it was. Anyway: it mainly affects the speed of my nerves: how fast they deliver the impulses. The visible result of this is that my muscles are less strong then normal. Primarily in my hand and foot. Well it's no big deal and I don’t make one out of it. I just figured if I can fly my paraglider everyone else can ;). It is the first sport I am doing regularly.

If you got any questions feel free to contact me.

First Posting

2006-09-04T20:48:00.000+02:00

just a first post for testing purposes...