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Hi! I’m Ari

I’m an action sports pro, podcaster and filmmaker. Foolish as it is, I’m trying to change the world by mindfully growing up and I’m encouraging others to do the same. It seems to be working.

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This podcast is my deepest musings about humanity’s future, human potential and my own life. Interviews with philosophers and innovators about the next iteration of human civilization, as well as interviews with world class extreme sports athletes about the higher perspectives they bring back from their sports. Available on all podcast platforms.

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My youtube channel is kinda paraglide-centric, but also features philosophy and radical honesty as I bring technical lessons about flying as well as a deep inquiry about the emotional, philosophical and spiritual side of this amazing sport.

Ari in the Air

Ari in the Air
Gavin McClurg and I got together to share some of the best insights in his awesome new book Advanced Paragliding - What I learned from the world's best pilots. This episode is on GLIDING. We get into how to glide effeciently, how to use the rear risers, B-C connections, speedbar, speed to fly, line choice, how to fly fast and so much more! Enjoy! BUY THE BOOK! https://xcmag.com/shop/product/advanced-paragliding/?ref=43 SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL FOR AS LITTLE AS $5/MONTH! 100% VIEWER FUNDED, ADS TURNED OFF https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PARAGLIDING AND LIFE COACHING https://www.ariintheair.com/coaching ARI IN THE AIR PODCAST https://open.spotify.com/show/4YgLBuFlpbzYS4BSWkMlpf
Advanced Paragliding by Gavin McClurg - GLIDING
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Gavin McClurg and I got together to share some of the best insights in his awesome new book Advanced Paragliding - What I learned from the world's best pilots. In this 5 part video series, we're gonna go through the most foundational skills in paragliding and present some of the lessons from the book as well as the lessons we have learned in our paragliding careers. This episode is on Thermaling. We get into thermaling theory, flat turns, how to carve, threshold, when to leave and a bunch more! BUY THE BOOK! https://xcmag.com/shop/product/advanced-paragliding/?ref=43 SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL FOR AS LITTLE AS $5/MONTH! 100% VIEWER FUNDED, ADS TURNED OFF https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PARAGLIDING AND LIFE COACHING https://www.ariintheair.com/coaching ARI IN THE AIR PODCAST https://open.spotify.com/show/4YgLBuFlpbzYS4BSWkMlpf
Advanced Paragliding by Gavin McClurg - THERMALING
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There's a kind of paragliding that is more dangerous, less rewarding and much slower. What is this kind of paragliding? I call it COMPARAGLIDING! Comparagliding is where we compare ourselves to other pilots, to the group or to our expectations! Paragliding is already dangerous enough, so we don't need to make it more dangerous by constantly comparing ourselves to everyone else! Please, SUPPORT THIS SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $5/MONTH! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair Also check out the Ari in the Air Podcast! Available on all platforms! https://open.spotify.com/show/4YgLBuFlpbzYS4BSWkMlpf
The WORST Kind of Paragliding
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Paragliding launch mistakes are everywhere, but there is one in particular that I have seen all over the world. From comp pilots to students alike, there is one mistake that seems to happen more often than any other. What is the mistake? NOT MOVING YOUR FEET! To properly launch a paraglider - especially on your first try - you must move your feet! Quickly, accurately, and seemlessly, we need to move our feet to affect the lines that affect the sail that fly us! It seems so obvious, but it is the number one mistake that I've seen! In this episode, I break down what this paragliding launch mistake looks like, I analyze videos of it, I give you the remedy to it, I lay out what kiting drills you can work on to integrate this into your muscle memory so you never make this mistake again! PLEASE SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL FOR AS LITTLE AS $5/month! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair Also, check out the Ari in the Air Podcast, available on all platforms! https://open.spotify.com/show/4YgLBuFlpbzYS4BSWkMlpf
Most Common Launch Mistake in 2021
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Paragliding philosophy about the lessons I've learned from paragliding about how to be a man, what it means to be a man and how that relates to being a paragliding pilot. I talk about the reality that being a man and a being a pilot are both ACHIEVED states of being. I talk about how a good pilot has an incredible sensitivity to himself and to external reality, and I talk about how we need to cultivate courage as a way to act on what is most true and best for us and others. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL! As little as $5/month! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair Check out the ARI IN THE AIR PODCAST, available on all platforms! https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair
Paraglide Like a MAN
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Dr. Annie is back - she's a psychologist and a women's mountain bike coach and today we discuss the differences in socal conditioning in men and women that lead to the different sensitivities surrounding fear, experiences with fear in sport, and ultimately how we learn things differently. We also talk about the utility of single gendered groups for coaching and community, the culture in our sports and the transformational power of scary sports. A great episode, enjoy! Please support this show for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair This episode is also a podcast on the Ari in the Air Podcast! Available everywhere https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair/women-in-action-sports-w-dr-annie-pendygraff
Women in Paragliding! w/ Dr. Annie Pendygraft
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Jordan is one of the most astute cultural observers alive, and on an amazing podcast recording with him, we talk about how competition paragliding is a beautiful example of collective intelligence, collaboration and indigenous wisdom. Support this channel on Patreon for as little as $5/month! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair Check out the Ari in the Air Podcast, available on all platforms! https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair Check out Jordan's channel here for more awesome dialogues https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMzT-mdCqoyEv_-YZVtE7MQ
Paragliding as Collective Intelligence w/ Jordan Hall
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We’re all trying to improve our flying - to be safer, to fly higher, further and longer flights, to have more skills, to do more maneuvers - but paragliding, especially in America, doesn’t have a guidebook on how to progress past getting your P2 rating. We’re taught the basics, and then we’re thrust out of the nest onto our own, and we start paragliding. We’re lucky if someone offers mentorship to us, but that seems to be the exception rather than the rule. So, how do we know where we are in our progression? How do we create a more structured framework that can help us become better, safer pilots? In this episode, I’m gonna tell you how to ACTUALLY GET BETTER AT PARAGLIDING! Email to book a PARAGLIDE COACHING CALL WITH ME! ariintheair@gmail.com SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair Top-tier Patrons get a free coaching call and free AITA paragliding gear Check out the Ari in the Air Podcast, available on all platforms! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ari-in-the-air/id1225694495
How to ACTUALLY GET BETTER AT PARAGLIDING
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Paragliding, especially XC flying, is nutritionally demanding. If you're not properly fed, you won't have gas in the tank for the long, exhausting flights. If you bonk in the sky, you won't be making great decisions and it could put you at serious risk of an accident. How you eat on the ground before you launch, what you eat in the sky while you fly, and what you have in your bag so that you have energy to hike out of a deep bomb-out is all super important. I've spent years flying cross country and I have developed a pretty functional routine that keeps me fueled, and hydrated, in the sky. This video shares that routine with you. Everyone is different, so your routine is sure to be different than my own, but hopefully seeing what I eat for paragliding will help you find your own paragliding nutritional plan. Cheers! Support this channel for as little as $5/month! Get Free flying gear! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair The Ari in the Air Podcast, available on all platforms! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ari-in-the-air/id1225694495
Paragliding Nutrition
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