Cool Acro Videos from Switzerland

[Marcel Dettling]

I guess these 3 clips haven't been widely distributed in the world wide web yet, but they are very worthwile. I cannot post a direct link to them, but here's how to find them: go to

http://www.chrigelmaurer.ch

then click on "Fotoalbum", then on "Album: Filme" (at the very bottom), then on "Album: Sp?lti Akro Team", from where you can download the three clips.

The first one features Chrigel and Petsch cruising in a very nice landscape of the Berner Oberland and playing around the restaurant on the summit of Piz Gloria (a location featured in an earlier Bond 007 movie). The second clip contains some hardcore acro stuff and at the end, a D-bag jump from Chrigels acro glider (totally awesome, this one, "adieu, h?"). The third one is maybe my favourite, two roll-overs from a hot air balloon, from 10kft agl. Chrigel told us "dasch de auso z gr?bschte womer je gmacht hei", and I'll buy a beer for the first one who translates this statement error free (Germans included, i.e. even I have to pay attention sometimes to understand Chrigels mountain dialect).

Pilots featured are Chrigel Maurer and Petsch Neuenschwander. They are both top in the PWC, top in XC flying (aka the OLC) and top in acro flying.

Enjoy,

Marcel