I was lucky enough during the winter of 2010 to be sponsored some great head and neckwear from Buff! Thanks guys.

I used a range of Buff’s over the winter, mainly the Polar Reversible Buff during our Paragliding trip to northern Nepal in January, and then the Polar buff again whilst skiing the Eiger ski area in Switzerland. Throughout the summer I’ll be using the Original Buff, to keep away the summer evening chill whilst up in the air, and of course the mozzy’s! Next Winter (or during any Sprintime chills), I’m hoping to give the Cyclone Buff, a great combo that has a windproof section that is ideal for open cockpit air sports, motorcycling and much more!

Paragliding in a 'gaggle' above Sarangkot, Pokhara in northern Nepal

Looking back onto Sarangkot on a sweet evening flight.

Well finally this incredible wing has made it’s way to me! Thanks and courtesy to Sussex Paragliding for arranging that.

What to be said about this wing is that all the hype is true! And so next year will be a year for the most incredible aerial adventures, taking the sky elevator to cloud base and gliding through the thermic summer air. WAHOO!!

How many times have I thought how cool it would be to put a camera in all those different places when out riding? Well the GoPro HERO HD is the answer! And here’s the results of today’s experiment …

A beautiful rich light at Westbury the other day. Light winds but picking up throughout the day and giving some fabulous soaring conditions mixed with the occasional thermic lift. Magic.

From Westbury in November, posted by Simon Vacher on 12/02/2010 (5 items)

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Video produced for a Swiss Paragliding Course from Yomps, the adventure travel company.

See it in action on the Yomps Swiss Paragliding course webpage http://www.yomps.co.uk/trip-search/trips/12415/swiss-paragliding-pilots-course

All shot on Panasonic’s new Lumix TZ7, which supports AVCDLite, a new type of video compressor that allows HD to be compressed super small without too much quality loss. This format is a total dream to work with in Final Cut Pro!

Colour grading and shot stablisation took place on Apple Colour and Final Cut, and title designs with AfterEffects. Anyway, enough technical grab, sit down and enjoy the video; you’ll be booking next year’s course before the week’s out! See the Yomps website for more details.

Thanks to Hope and Social, published by Sunshine HQ, for the use of ‘Red Red Rose’.