PERFECT Place to fly XC over flatlands and learn to identify Sources, Signs and Triggers....Check Easy (and relatively inexpensive) location to get to from Mexico...Check Everything well organized from transport to retrieval to lodging to classroom...Check Organized during months when flying and kiting is not so good at home (Qroo, Mexico)...Check Top Notch analysis of daily conditions and (bilingual) guidance in the air by both Marco and Pablo...Check Amazing group of international pilots determined to improve their flying skills and push their limits...Check Great inexpensive...

I'm a P-2/speed flying pilot with out of Alaska and mostly fly remote or new launch sites with tow experience. I found SIV training and experience to be my most valuable paragliding training to date. Despite being a few days late and with no luggage or wing, Marko didn't miss a step, he lent me a wing and harness to get me going right away! He also gave me his SIM card from his cell so I could track down my luggage. In the air the instruction over the radio was calm and cool as he walked me through each maneuver. Once I landed on the beach we went over each maneuver by photo a few more times...

"It was a great course... helped me identify weaknesses and strengths. You get to know not just your glider but yourself, and you need both to fly better and to perform all maneuvers. I had attended a previous basic SIV and the difference is huge. All these advanced maneuvers require the instructor to transmit patience and dedication and I think Marko nailed it. So thank you Marko and Flumen!" Claudia GálvezMexican paragliding pilot

I heard about the Red Bull X-Alps competition shortly after entering the paragliding world and it just caught me from the first moment. Since then, I have religiously followed every edition, tracking all pilot flights in real-time during the race and watching every published video. There are few things I find more thrilling than the X-Alps race. The challenge of crossing the Alps only by air or foot, over many days, taking your pilotage and mountaineering skills to the very limit, is something that triggers my imagination and I dream of experiencing something similar one day. I met...

I am still amazed at how relaxed and fun the course was. Our instructor was very good at his job and i trusted his expertise and ability to teach us the way we needed to be taught. It was good that we had enough ground handling in the beginning even it was very hot :)  The second practice day was not so good with the weather to us but we managed to find a suitable spot for ground handling in a smooth slope (up in Tribalj) When we started flying it was very nice that Marko was on the radio all the time and told us to do what we needed to do, it is important that you can count on that and...

"I had been flying a few years with other schools before I met Marko. I wanted to learn to fly in thermals. The way he brings over his knowledge is truly unique!! A very motivated, concerned, enthusiast, calm, down-to-earth approach. Technically substantiated but practically mastered courses. And flying thermals with your instructor hanging right above or next to you? Never knew any instructor doing this, but this is what makes the difference.... " Yann Bastaans, Belgian pilot