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Ari in the Air

Ari in the Air
Paragliding video about my longest cross country paragliding flight of my life! Also the longest flight in America this season, and the new Oregon State Distance Record. On July 27, at 11:54am, I launched off Pine Mountain with hopes and dreams of a record flight. I'll post some of my writeup below! Go to my website and sign up for the newsletter if you'd like to read more. Xcontest flight page https://www.xcontest.org/2022/world/en/flights/detail:Ariintheair/27.7.2022/18:54#fd=takeoff SportsTrackLive live tracking and 3D Replay! https://www.sportstracklive.com 4 Hour Fuel - the drink mix I use to fuel these flights! We make it in my garage and you can order it here!!! 800 calories per 500ml! https://4hourfuel.company.site XC Clinic w/ Ari in Mexico! Jan/Feb 2023 https://ariintheair.com/tours/ Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair Support this channel! $5/Month! Get FREE PARAGLIDE COACHING! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PHILOSOPHICAL COACHING WITH ARI HTTPS://www.ariintheair.com/coaching/ Ari in the Air Podcast - available on all platforms https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair 15% OFF QUALIA NOOTROPICS - I take these for EVERY XC FLIGHT! https://neurohacker.com/shop/qualia-mind?rfsn=6736291.51bd0fe Code: ARI (good for 15% off any purchase) "Outta bed and straight to the forecast. It looks big, huge really. A forecast like this on any other day would spook anybody looking to disappear into a frenzied dash to launch. The wrench that the universe threw my way that particular morning was the forecast for the following day; a bit higher, a bit lower chance of OD. Fuck. Should I pull the trigger today or postpone? I already had a retrieve set up, my bag was packed, and my friend Ben was there to drive me to launch. I have him look at the forecast too. He says “Hard to tell. You could always just go fly your paraglider and see what happens.” Fair enough. I’d like to think that on most XC days I am not as neurotic about the forecast, its just that one week prior I had, on a particularly low expectations high-fun day, landed 5km short of the Oregon state distance record. It was a beautiful day; completely blue and I was completely alone. I wasn’t trying to break any records, but when I nearly did it stirred that part of me that both wants to win and to see how far I can push it. Hence my neurotic morning of hmm’ing and hahhh’ing at the forecast. Ben’s reminder to just go fly was all I needed - I pulled the trigger in my head. I found a decent climb right off launch, which is a blessing that you don’t always get here at Pine Mountain. My friend Ryan, who launched on an EN-C, struggled to keep up with me in the climb, but managed to be nearby when I drifted out of it at 9k’ and started down courseline. The second climb here should be on Pine Mountain, its a huge feature that sticks outta the desert. Nothing really finds me on the rest of the mountain and I lead us out into the flats lower than I’d like. It’s barely noon and things can be slow this time of day, so I’m flying in first gear, turning in anything that’ll beep through a solid 360. As we head south, Ryan considerably below me, we run into a headwind. I cuss resentfully, telling myself that if the wind won’t blow me down courseline all day, I’m not breaking any records. I push into the headwind on some bar and find more than a meter per second up. Consistently climbing into this headwind until it really consolidated into a climb to. This was the last I had Ryan with me. I wished him luck and pushed on. The terrain in front of me is littered with small volcanic buttes. There is a sea of trees to the west, and I’m on the edge of it. There are a few large clouds developing ahead, and I push fast until I run into the 4 that takes me towards them. They’re short lived though, one more glide and I’m back into a blue hole, and getting lower. 30km down courseline there is hard shade - the massive dry lakebed that is Summer Lake overdeveloped by 10am and is now blanketed by a thick cloud. Once again I cuss at what I expect a record setting sky should look like. I tell myself that I’m still not there, focusing on whats right in front of me and allowing space in my head for things to change by the time I’m there. I’m getting low as I enter Christmas Valley. Off courseline to the west, a five acre field is swirling with a massive hurricane of a dust devil. The field next to it is sporting a thousand foot tall, pencil-thin column of dirt. It’s 5km from me. I consider racing to it, which makes my heart quicken..."
I paraglide hundreds of miles with this kit - let me show you exactly what is in it! From my harness and glider to my flight deck, flight instruments, ballast system, what food I take, the clothing I fly with, my paragliding helmet, goggles, the whole thing! Hope this helps! GET AN EXTRA 15% OFF QUALIA MIND WITH CODE 'ARI' https://neurohacker.com/shop/qualia-mind?rfsn=6736291.51bd0fe 4 HOUR FUEL! https://4hourfuel.company.site/ XC Clinic w/ Ari in Mexico! Jan/Feb 2023 https://ariintheair.com/tours/ Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair Support this channel! $5/Month! Get FREE PARAGLIDE COACHING! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PHILOSOPHICAL COACHING WITH ARI HTTPS://www.ariintheair.com/coaching/ Ari in the Air Podcast - available on all platforms https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair
Paragliding lesson on a few tricks to use with your speedbar to maximize effeciency and speed! The concepts here are foundational to pitch management when using your bar for cross country flying. Enjoy! XC Clinic w/ Ari in Mexico! Jan/Feb 2023 https://ariintheair.com/tours/ Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair Support this channel! $5/Month! Get FREE PARAGLIDE COACHING! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PHILOSOPHICAL COACHING WITH ARI HTTPS://www.ariintheair.com/coaching/ Ari in the Air Podcast - available on all platforms https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair
Two quick tips on the rigging of your reserve parachute. These tips make sure that the parachute will come out of your harness, and that it will come out of the bag - and thats pretty damn important. The tips are - 1) make sure that the inner container has the smooth side facing towards the pilot. 2) Make sure the parachute cannot be lifted by the lines - adjust the length of the closing loop to ensure that the weight of the parachute will pull the lines out of the inner container closing loop. Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair Support this channel! $5/Month! Get FREE PARAGLIDE COACHING! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PHILOSOPHICAL COACHING WITH ARI HTTPS://www.ariintheair.com/coaching/ Ari in the Air Podcast - available on all platforms https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair
Gavin McClurg's new book 'Advanced Paragliding' is full of amazing tips and advice from the world's best pilots. Gavin and I got together to bring you some of these tips! In this video, we're talking about the mental game and meaning behind paragliding. We talk about getting excited and how to contain it, how not to beat yourself up when you bomb out, what sets the best comp pilots in the world apart, and we talk about Cody Mittank and his recent revelations about mindset while racing at the Monarca in Mexico. We also talk about the radically transformational power of paragliding - which is my jam!!! I love this episode, it's my favorite of the entire series. Thanks for watching these, I hope they've helped. Thanks to Gavin and XC Magazine. Buy the book here using my affiliate link! https://xcmag.com/shop/product/advanced-paragliding/?ref=43 Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair Support this channel! $5/Month! Get FREE PARAGLIDE COACHING! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PHILOSOPHICAL and PARAGLIDE COACHING WITH ARI HTTPS://www.ariintheair.com/coaching/ Ari in the Air Podcast - available on all platforms https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair
Gavin McClurg's new book 'Advanced Paragliding' is full of amazing tips and advice from the world's best pilots. Gavin and I got together to bring you some of these tips! In this video, we're talking about SIV and Parachutes, and safety in general. We talk a lot about ground handling (kiting), whether or not you should do SIV training and what you get from it, SIV instructors and the risk of doing the training, acro training and what you learn there, reserve parachutes - what kinds are the best, how to throw your reserve, how often to repack and so much more. Buy the book here using my affiliate link! https://xcmag.com/shop/product/advanced-paragliding/?ref=43 Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair Support this channel! $5/Month! Get FREE PARAGLIDE COACHING! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PHILOSOPHICAL and PARAGLIDE COACHING WITH ARI HTTPS://www.ariintheair.com/coaching/ Ari in the Air Podcast - available on all platforms https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair
Gavin McClurg's new book 'Advanced Paragliding' is full of amazing tips and advice from the world's best pilots. Gavin and I got together to bring you some of these tips! In this video, we're talking about safety and progression, a subject that Gavin has gone into a ton on his Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast. We talk about Chris Santacroce's tips on how to have an artful progression and the importance of 'keeping it between the lines'. We talk about some common pitfals pilots find themselves in, and so much more. Enjoy! Buy the book here using my affiliate link! https://xcmag.com/shop/product/advanced-paragliding/?ref=43 Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair Support this channel! $5/Month! Get FREE PARAGLIDE COACHING! https://www.patreon.com/ariintheair PHILOSOPHICAL and PARAGLIDE COACHING WITH ARI HTTPS://www.ariintheair.com/coaching/ Ari in the Air Podcast - available on all platforms https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair
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