![]() We talked about his many years of competing. So he was psyched to get on the phone and have a conversation.Īnd we had a lot of fun with this. And the connection finally came through nicknames, my friend at the X Alps, and he put us together and Tony's been on pretty stiff, locked down, down in Australia for the last year and a half. Welcome to the Cloudbase Mayhem and a great show fray today with someone you'll all recognize the great Johnny Duran red bull hang glider, pilot, many time world number one, and someone I've been trying to get on the show for an awfully long time. Chasing the longest flight in the world, and coming up just shortĭustin Martin, Nick Neynens, Felipe Rezende, Jeff Shapiro, Godfrey Wenness, Will Gadd, Mick Fanning, Sebastien Kayrouz.The fun and risks (forest, crocodiles!) of chasing the Morning Glory phenomenon.Being sponsored by Red Bull- obligations and results and keeping your eye on goals.Jonny gets the call from Red Bull and goes to Brazil.Chasing opportunity and having nothing to lose.Flying a world cup on a paraglider with 5 hours.Comp tactics- know your opponent and watch EVERYTHING. ![]() Jonny discusses the differences between flying hang gliders and paragliders.Listen to us on all the most popular podcast platforms: In this fun chat we dig into Jonny’s amazing run over the years how to pick good lines and feel the air comp tactics that matter how to keep up on lower performing wings how critical eyesight is for successfully flying comps and big distance being a beginner again on a paraglider what it’s like being a Red Bull athlete and of course flying the morning glory. He’s chased the world distance record in Texas and Brazil and came up just shy of the record from Zapata on that fateful day back in 2012 flying with his friend Dustin Martin, who still has the record at 761 km he competes in race to goal comps regularly around the world, and has recently taken up paragliding. We’ve all seen the incredible footage of Jonny flying the “tsunami” morning glory phenomenon that sets up in Northern Australia, but Jonny has been chasing the sky crack in many different ways since his early days more than 20 years ago. Jonny Durand is a long-time Red Bull sponsored hang gliding pilot who’s been ranked #1 in the world multiple times. The exact size and magnitude of the Morning Glory still remains a mystery // Mark Watson/Red Bull Content Pool //
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