Leading Edge

Chris "Douggs" McDougall: 30 Years, Zero Unavoidable Deaths, and the Discipline of Trusting Your Gut

Douggs has been flying his body off big walls since 2001, tracking pants, Prodigy, Vampire, Venom, the onesie he hassled Robert Pecnik into building. He has lost more fri

Steve Hubbard: Rules, Judges, and the Craft of Keeping Competition Fair

Every world title is decided twice: once in the air, and once by the people who write the rules, read the data and sign off the scores. Steve Hubbard has spent fifteen ye

Anna Mueller: Booster Wings, Reverse-Calculating Everything, and Bringing the Coaches to You

Anna Mueller didn't set out to build one of Australia's best-known wingsuit events. With no coaches anywhere near Cairns in far north Queensland, she reverse-calculated t

Moab Joe: Compulsories, Docks, and the Craft of Competing

Most acro pilots live for the free round. Joe Lohmuller. Moab Joe would happily skip it. The reigning US National Wingsuit Acro Champion (2026) says compulsories are the

JJ Bruno: Surfers vs Scientists, Reading the Start Arc, and the Craft of Trusting Your Data

Most pilots think a good start is measured by where you cross the 45-degree line. JJ Bruno thinks that number arrives about eight seconds too late. A wingsuit BASE jumper

Sam Laming: Coaching Culture, Suit Size Creep, and the Craft of Learning the Hard Way

Sam Laming has been coaching wingsuiting since 2012, across drop zones on several continents. Ask him what makes a scene thrive and he barely mentions the flying, he talk

Patrick Kramer: Going All In, World Titles, and the Art of Being a Student Again

Patrick Kramer won the wingsuit acro world championship, drove away from the competition and thought: now what? Twenty years in the sport from an engineering office in Sw

Tim Howell: Opening New Exits, High-Altitude Flight, and the Discipline of Walking Away

Tim Howell was never any good at maths at school. Now trigonometry saves his life on expedition. Ex-Royal Marine, 1,400 jumps across 60 countries, first wingsuit BASE des

Pete Allum: Fundamentals, Beginner's Mind, and the Craft of Canopy Flight

With over 37,000 skydives behind him, Pete Allum still calls himself a beginner and that's the whole point. For Pete, flying well was never about chasing bigger suits or

Devin “Mudcat” Kelly: Purpose, Mortality, and the Philosophy of Flight

For Devin “Mudcat” Kelly, wingsuiting isn’t about chasing adrenaline, it’s about pursuing a meaningful life. In this episode of Leading Edge, Devin challenges the stereo

Alexey Galda: Data, Innovation, and the Pursuit of Human Flight Performance

For Alexey Galda, performance flying is more than speed, distance, or time, it’s a quest to understand what’s truly possible. In this episode of Leading Edge, Alexey sha

Andy Ford: Perspective, Camera Flying, and Capturing Human Flight

For Andy Ford, wingsuiting isn’t just about the flight, it’s about how we see it. In this episode of Leading Edge, Andy shares lessons from 35 years in the sky and 25 ye

Alex Knaub: Movement, Body Awareness, and Mastering Control in Flight

For Alex Knaub, wingsuit flying starts with one thing, how you move your body. In this episode of Leading Edge, Alex breaks down the fundamentals of body awareness, from

Sam Hardy: Systems, Terrain Flying, and Building Repeatable Lines

For Sam Hardy, terrain flying isn’t about getting close, it’s about understanding. In this episode of Leading Edge, Sam breaks down how he turned terrain flying into a s

Peter Salzmann: Innovation, Engineering, and Redefining Human Flight

For Peter Salzmann, wingsuiting isn’t just about flying, it’s about reinventing it. In this episode of Leading Edge, Peter shares his journey from athlete to innovator,

Luke Rogers: Data, Discipline, and Engineering Performance in Flight

For Luke Rogers, wingsuit performance isn’t guesswork, it’s engineered. In this episode of Leading Edge, Luke shares how discipline, data, and structured training shape

Arvid Endler: Pushing the Edge of Control in Wingsuit Flight

For Arvid Endler, progression in wingsuiting comes from experimentation. In this episode of Leading Edge, Arvid shares how the wingsuit tunnel became a laboratory for un

Dan Darby: Foundations, Awareness, and Rethinking Wingsuit Progression

For Dan Darby, real progression in wingsuiting isn’t about jump numbers or bigger suits, it’s about foundations. In this episode of Leading Edge, Dan challenges common b

Espen Fadnes: Risk, Preparation, and Wearing Seat Belts in Flight

For Espen Fadnes, risk isn’t about adrenaline, it’s about uncertainty. In this episode of Leading Edge, Espen breaks down his philosophy on preparation, planning, and pe

Fiona Jansen: Discipline, Focus, and Building a Life Around Flight

In this episode of Leading Edge, Fiona shares her journey from engineering and academia to becoming a senior flight master in the wingsuit tunnel. We explore daily discip