Tom Hogdkin

UK

Tom has been paragliding since 2003 and with earnest since 2020. Tom has enjoyed success in the UK Hike and fly scene, winning a few races including “The Dragon”, and is also enjoying racing in the Sports class, where he was the first pilot to score 1000 points in an SRS task. Tom is flying the GTO3 and Genie Race 5 harness.

Interview

• When did you start paragliding?:

  2003

• How many flights do you have?:

  650 hours

• What is your longest flight?:

  150km, 105km FAI triangle

• What is your flying weight?:

  105kg competition, 92kg hike and fly

• What are your latest/best results?:

  3rd overall in British Winter Open sports class, 3rd overall in SRS Gin Edition 2024

• What do you like about Gin Gliders?

  Handling, quality, cutting edge design

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

  Win comps!

• Do you have Instagram? Youtube?:

  Only business account at the moment but I will create another