In this episode Harro Brouwer has a chat with Dmitry Balabanov, an experienced XC paragliding pilot. In May 2026 Dmitry posted a video on his YouTube channel: "Detailed Paragliding Incident Report | 7x Twist, 2x Reserve". After watching it, I knew I wanted to have Dmitry on the show.
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Welcome to Paragliding Chat! My name is Harro Brouwer and I'm a paraglider pilot from the Netherlands.
Fly like a bird. For many people it is a dream. Paragliding makes that dream a reality.
Since 2021 I have been making a podcast about paragliding... in Dutch. It's called Paragliding Vliegpraat. Quite difficult if you don't understand Dutch.
Now the good news: from 2022 I will also make Paragliding Chat. This one is in English! Chat will appear a bit more erratically than Vliegpraat.
If you like this podcast, I'd love to hear about it!
Please send an email to: harro@hebmp.nl
Enjoy every flight and safe landings!