Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast

The Cloudbase Mayhem podcast is where you will find fascinating and educational interviews with the best free-flight pilots in the world. If you fly a hanglider or paraglider, if you fly acro or cross country, the Cloudbase Mayhem podcast is where we glean how the great pilots of the world get there. Hosted by Red Bull X-Alps pilot, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and current holder of the North American foot launch record, Gavin McClurg. Follow me on Instagram @gavinmcclurg or on Facebook @ facebook.com/gavinnmcclurg or Twitter on @cloudbasemayhem.

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Episode 112- Nuno Virgílio and Chasing the Flow



Nuno Virgílio began flying when he was 17 and has been chasing it for 23 years and counting. He competed in the 2011 Red Bull X-Alps, won a task in the PWC in Portugal in 2012, has been Portugal champion multiple times and has a plethora of site records. And he remains as hungry as ever to fly. In this episode we dive into how the Portugal team changed their mental game and mindset after getting coaching in sports psychology; the dynamics of Flow and how to enter it; building mental tools; the importance of visualizing; how to relax before launch; how to let instinct and intuition rule in flight; how flying affects our lives and how life affects our flying; how to fly convergence and flatlands tips; the Red Bull X-Alps; the importance of self-assessment and a lot more. Nuno regularly chases distance with his wife, who is also an exceptional pilot and we learn about how she recently got into a cloud suck situation that changed the way she looks at the world. I really, really enjoyed this conversation and I think you will as well.
Nuno also runs an airbnb type website for traveling paragliders called B.Stoked Paragliding. Check it out!
Show Notes:

* Nuno and a lifetime of flight and learning from his father at 17
* Sports psychology and the Portuguese team
* FLOW
* How to enter flow more easily
* Visualization- the key to training
* How to go on autopilot and let the subconscious do the work
* “stop flying and let yourself be flown”
* Observe, observe, observe
* The importance of shifting gears
* Flying and life, life and flying
* Becoming a natural pilot
* Maintaining the passion
* The Red Bull X-Alps
* Assessing the risk and self awareness
* Ask yourself these questions: Why did you start flying? Why do you continue flying? What’s your greatest fear?
* Don’t force it
* A scary cloud suck story….

Mentioned in this episode:
Adel Honti, Flow, Manfred Ruhmer, Reavis Sutphin-Gray, Francis Reina, FlyBubble, Matt Henzi, Airtribune, Chelan, Three Peaks Paragliding, Chikyong Ha, Nate Scales, Cross Country Magazine


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 February 27, 2020  1h9m