http://www.xcmag.com/2013/04/mads-world-world-paragliding-series-qa/

And you have a series of dates now for three competitions. What
are they?

Each event is seven days, with the seventh day being a ‘reserve’ day. We’ll be
going to Krusevo/Macedonia first, from 22-29 June. From there we have a
two-month break and then we go to a new venue in Greece called Itea, a pleasant
coastal town on the Gulf of Korinthia, only two hours west of Athens airport.

The dates for Itea are 18-25 August. We round up this first season in Roldanillo,
Colombia, from 30 November to 7 December.

Briefly, there is a lot of talk about insurance, valid or not, around Open Class
gliders. Have you looked into this? What’s your take on it?

Mmmm, tricky. Basically I am of the opinion that ‘my’ guys and girls are
grownups and can handle the responsibility on their own shoulders. I have made
no secret of the fact that I will NOT be taking out insurance against liability
claims, and since I also own no significant assets there wouldn’t be anything to
gain, financially, by suing me.

We do have a fairly elaborate liability waiver, and I plan to make no secret of
the fact that paragliding is dangerous and that pilots should only take off if
they feel they can handle the potential consequences during my briefings etc.
All in all I am of the opinion that all this would make my case a fairly strong
one in the unlikely event of a lawsuit.

Besides, we specifically make NO demands to the wings flown in the Series – our
stance is, you fly what you want and take the flak if something happens. The
reasoning is, IF I were to start limiting the wings in any way then someone can
always say afterwards that I didn’t limit them enough – whereas if the wings are
up to the pilot, then so is the pilot’s personal safety. You fly it, you carry
the risk.