Stanislav Mayer

Czech

Stanislav sports from childhood. Over time, he achieved great sporting achievements in various sports. But he finds himself paragliding. His biggest success so far achieved on the toughest adventure race world RedBull X-Alps 2017 , where Czech athlete did a best result ever. His best discipline is called hike&fly, which also proves the 2th place in extreme competition X-Pyr 2016. He regularly participates in Paragliding World Cup and World and accuracy landing championships. He is also a paragliding aerobatic pilot showing his skills on shows. He won Best Czech sport pilot award in year 2015 and Best paragliding pilot award in years 2014 and 2016. In 2024 he also won the Czech Hike&Fly championship and finished 3rd in the Czech XC championship.

Interview

• When did you start paragliding?:

  2010

• What is your current material (glider, harness)?:

  Boomerang 12, Genie Race 5, Puma, Genie X-Alps, Griffin 16m, Yeti Extreme, Yeti reversible

• What is your flying weight?:

  XC - 102kg , H&F 86kg

• How many flights do you have?:

  16874

• What is your longest flight?:

  260 km, 11h 15min

• Link to your XContest flights:

  https://www.xcontest.org/cesko/piloti/detail:stanely

• Why would you like to fly in the GIN team?:

  Great team, equipment, support.

• What are your latest/best results?:

  Finishing RedBull X-Alps 2015. World Championship 2021 10th place + 3rd place team. X-Pyr 2016 2nd place. X-Pyr 2018 3rd place.

• What do you like about Gin Gliders?

  Great combination of performance and safety. All kinds of paragliding equipment for racing XC, H&F, running and flying, Acro etc. Good family friendly team.

• What are your objectives for the next two years?:

  X-Pyr 2026. XC Comps. Bivak flights. XContest FAI Czech record.

• Do you have Instagram? Youtube?:

  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stanislavmayer/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@StanislavMayer