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SKY TEAM
ALEXANDRE PAUX
Il est né l'année ou la barrière des 10 secondes aux 100 m tomba dans son pays natal - la Suisse. Cette année l'avion espion, U2, fut abattu, et Gagarine était à moins d'un an de son premier vol dans l'espace.
Il commença à voler en parapente en 1989, mais son expérience de l'aviation commença avec le parachutisme et l'aviation légère. Apres avoir fini son service militaire il se consacra entièrement au parapente.
En 1989 il commença à dessiner et fabriquer ses premières voiles. Il dessinera une série de models qui rencontrèrent un très vif succès.
Alexandre est le responsable du design. Il vit en Suisse, près de Villeneuve, et en plus du développement il s'occupe de la vente et du service après-vente des produits de l'entreprise.
Il partage ses loisirs avec son épouse, et ensemble apprécient les randonnées alpines et les ballades a bicyclette.
JANA NĚMCOVÁ
Jana est née l'année ou Pablo Picasso disparu à Paris, l'année ou la guerre du Vietnam pris fin et lorsque Duke Ellington publia son autobiographie.
Jana a volé jusqu'a ces dernieres années. Elle a débuté dans les montagnes des Beskides.
Chez SKY PARAGLIDERS elle s'occupe de la comptabilité et des ressources humaines. Elle supervise aussi les relations clients et s'assure qu'une réponse rapide soit faite à chaque e-mail.
Dès qu'elle a du temps libre, elle aime les randonnées en vélo, la lecture et s'occuper de son chien.
ARTOOSH GHAFOURIAN
est né en Iran l’année du début de la guerre du Golfe avec l’Irak voisin et alors que l’album Nevermind de Nirvana venait de sortir.
Artoosh aimait déjà escalader les montagnes en Iran pendant son enfance, suivant ainsi l’exemple de son père. À l’âge de 10 ans, il aperçut un parapente pour la première fois et une flamme toujours vivace s’alluma dans ses yeux. Toujours à 10 ans, il réalisa son premier vol en parapente. Ensuite, à 16 ans, il commença le biplace.
Plus tard, à 20 ans, il quitta l’Iran pour la Turquie où il rencontra sa femme, la championne de cross de Turquie à l’époque. De 2014 à 2018, il effectua 1000 vols en biplace chaque année. Artoosh est un moniteur international d’acro, de biplace et de SIV, et notre pilote d’essai !
Vous pouvez rencontrer son visage toujours souriant à chaque grand événement organisé par Sky !
Et s’il ne travaille pas, vous le trouverez certainement avec sa femme et sa fille sur la plage d’Oludeniz. ;)
MICHAL ŠOTEK
est né lorsque des millions de personnes ont craqué pour le Rubik’s Cube, lorsque la varicelle a été officiellement éradiquée et que John Lennon a été abattu devant sa maison à New York.
Michal commença à voler comme parachutiste et s’est ensuite passionné pour le parapente. Il est devenu pilote en 2003. Depuis, il a participé à d’innombrables compétitions, de la précision d’atterrissage au cross. Ses 10 années de participation à la célèbre course Dolomitenmann forgent naturellement sa réputation. Il apporte sa touche très technique chez Sky et participe à la conception de tous les produits. Il fait partie de l’équipe depuis 20 ans ! Lorsque nous sommes à la recherche de solutions techniques, ou d’informations sur des modèles plus anciens, nous nous tournons vers lui. ;)
Pendant son temps libre, il s’adonne à toute une série de sports et de loisirs en dehors des moments passés en famille.
MARTINA HLAVÁČOVÁ
est née lorsque la glace de la guerre froide a commencé à se briser, lorsque Regan et Gorbatchev se sont rencontrés pour la première fois et que la première version de Windows 1.0 est sortie.
Martina a étudié la technologie des textiles et le marketing. Elle travaille comme technologue chez Sky. Elle met en œuvre sa passion du dessin pour de nouveaux designs de sellettes, sacs à dos et accessoires. Et elle le fait très bien !
Martina est une fière maman de deux enfants. Elle aime courir et dessiner si ses bambins le lui permettent. ;)
VÍŤA RICHTER
est né l’année de la fondation d’Apple, lorsque les Sex Pistols se sont fait connaître pour leurs vulgarités sur scène et que Star Wars a commencé à être tourné.
Si vous voulez devenir un revendeur Sky, alors vous serez certainement en contact Víťa. Il est responsable du marketing et de la communication avec les concessionnaires. Vous pouvez également le rencontrer lors d’événements organisés par Sky ou auxquels Sky participe. Víťa adore communiquer et il vous accueillera en anglais, en français, et peut-être même dans quelques autres langues qu’il n’a peut-être pas oubliées. :D
Outre le vol libre, son passe-temps favori, il aime parcourir de longues distances à vélo et prendre des photos. Vous trouverez d’ailleurs certaines de ses photos ici sur notre site web. ;)
MONIKA SLÁDKOVÁ
est née l’année où la guerre en Bosnie-Herzégovine a pris fin, où les Rolling Stones ont joué à Prague avec un public record de 130000 personnes, et lorsque le langage de programmation Java a été inventé.
Monika est diplômée en traduction anglaise. Elle est une linguiste née, c’est pourquoi elle est la première à vous répondre chez Sky et à vous mettre en relation avec la bonne personne. Monika est emphatique et consciencieuse. Nous ne pouvons pas imaginer quelqu’un d’autre à ce poste.
Monika adore lire et particulièrement se plonger dans l’univers fantastique. Elle passe son temps libre plongée dans des livres relatant des aventures sur des terres éloignées de ce monde.

UNE ARMÉE INVISIBLE DE MAINS ET D'ESPRITS COMPÉTENTS QUI RÉALISENT LE RÊVE DE VOLER
SKY PILOTS
LUKE DE WEERT
WHO IS THAT PILOT?
My name is Luke de Weert and I am a professional paragliding pilot from the Netherlands. I started paragliding when I was fourteen years old on the beach close to my home in Alkmaar. Starting on the beach defined my flying style and passion for the sport. Because I was always flying close to the ground it made me use my imagination and creativity to fly in a relatively small playground. This resulted in me learning a lot about the gliders and some smaller tricks that have set my foundation to fly acro in the mountains.
WHAT MAKES HIM HAPPY?
It will sound really cliché, but it is freedom. Paragliding allowed me to have an extra dimension in my life. Instead of going left, right, forward and backwards, it gave me the possibility to move in every possible direction. Paragliding brings you back to nature and makes you think about nothing else except flying. All the stress and worries in life fade away and you are in the moment. Paragliding has also given me a purpose in life. I am a very passionate and disciplined person for success in my paragliding career and life. I want to achieve all my goals and dreams. The journey and reaching those goals give me so much motivation and energy which is the most addictive drug for me. It is my driving force and I love this natural and passionate feeling. A place that gives me this feeling the most must be Organya in Spain. The amount of hours flying in nice and warm weather where I can fully focus on training and developing myself as a person and pilot gives me this peace in life. Although Oludeniz in Turkey is also a place close to my heart for similar reasons. Mostly the view over the ocean at the end of the day makes you appreciate life more than ever.
SINCE WHEN DO YOU FLY?
My story started before I was even born. My parents went to Switzerland and my father got inspired by paragliding pilots in the mountains. He started paragliding four years later and shortly after he took me with him in multiple tandem flights to show me the beauty of the sport. I got interested in the sport when I turned fourteen. I don't know what happened in my mind but from that moment my life changed. Because my father was a pilot himself, he taught me all the foundations I needed to know. This helped me progress faster than an average pilot would and it gave me the possibility to do my first SAT just half a year later. The better I got, the more time I wanted to invest in my future and my career. A never ending cycle/story/journey.
WHAT IS YOUR GOAL OR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PG?
As a little kid who just started paragliding, my dream was to become a professional paragliding pilot. I knew that it was going to be hard because of the country I live in (for the people who don't know, the Netherlands doesn’t have mountains). I basically always have to travel if I wanted to train more acro. This was quite hard because I was still young and couldn't travel alone. So I had set my goal to reach the top 5 in the world. This sounded realistic to me and something I could achieve. What I didn't expect is that during my first time participating in the Acro World Tour, I would finish fifth! This was an eye opener for me. Basically, my dreams just became so much bigger than I had ever thought was possible. I wanted more. Covid-19 has paused the competition scene for one year and this gave me the possibility to train more than I ever could and gave me the advantage that I was always lacking because of the country I live in. My progression went through the roof. My trainings were super efficient and I managed to learn a lot of new tricks that year. Even the legendary Horacio Llorens told me that he had never seen a progression this fast in one year. When 2021 came around I could finally show what I had in possession. I competed in my first World Championships and proudly finished in third place. At the same time, I finished the Acro World Tour in second place. What was just a dream for me as a little kid just became a reality that year. But there is still a lot more to achieve so the story will keep on going for many more years.
THE BEST FLYING MOMENTS?
It's hard to say one best moment because there are so many. The one that keeps coming back is the second you take off. The moment you take off and feel the pressure in the brakes and the feeling that you're flying is just unimaginable. This feeling never gets old.
Another memorable moment is when I finished fifth in the AWT. Because from this moment my dreams became bigger than ever. From that moment I knew exactly what I wanted to do and how I want to live my life. It was the moment I knew I was going all in. No plan B.
MAUD PERRIN
• WHO IS THAT PILOT?
My name is Maud Perrin, I am 22 years old, I am French and I do acrobatic paragliding.
• WHAT MAKES HER HAPPY?
The best spot depends on the season but of course Organya in summer! In winter I love being in Chamonix and between seasons it changes. Flying generally makes me feel free and allows me to relax, not think about anything, and just enjoy the moment. Acrobatics, more specifically, is a way to surpass myself, to work on technique and the perfect move.
• SINCE WHEN DO YOU FLY?
I started paragliding with my father when I was 10 years old in tandem and then on my own when I was 15. The acrobatics came later but I always preferred the technical and aesthetic side of the discipline. I've been in Organya for several summers and am studying at a business school that fits my competition schedule.
• WHAT IS YOUR GOAL OR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PG?
I am training today to become a world champion in the mixed category. Today no women are competing with men on the overall podium, I want to change that. Acrobatic paragliding is a discipline which, in my opinion, should not differentiate between the genders because physical appearance is not a factor in the difference in level between men and women. What makes a difference today is the mental aspect and this will not prevent me from reaching the podium.
Outside of competition, I want to progress more widely in the mountains to combine projects with beautiful climbs and takeoffs with adapted equipment. I wish to use my flying experience to enlarge the possibilities of combos.
• THE BEST FLYING MOMENTS?
My most beautiful flight was in Chamonix from the Aiguille du Midi during a sunset. The evening lights on the sea of clouds were magnificent, this flight will remain engraved in my memory.
VINCENT TORNARE
• WHO IS THAT PILOT?
^{I’m Vincent Tornare from Switzerland, 20 years old Acro pilot, I did my first flight at the age of 2 in tandem with my dad, and since this day I never stopped flying. For 3 years I’m flying an Acro and sometimes I go for Hike and Fly.}
• WHAT MAKES HIM HAPPY?
^{To make me happy it’s quite easy, just give me a wing and good weather. During the summertime, I love to train in Organya, and during the winter and when it’s not flyable in Spain I love to fly in Murren, Switzerland or in Chamonix, France. Since my youngest age I knew I wanted to fly Acro and my biggest dream is to become an Acro World Champion.}^{I love to fly because It gives me the freedom that I can’t find in other sports.}
• SINCE WHEN DO YOU FLY?
^{I did my first tandem flight at the age of 2 with my dad, and since this day I never stopped to fly. I got my first ground handling wing at 7 years old. I did my first solo flight at 15, got my paragliding licence just after my 17th birthday and started Acro straight after.}
• WHAT IS YOUR GOAL OR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PG?
^{My Biggest goal in paragliding is to become a world champion. Last year for my first competition season I managed to take second place in the Swiss Championships. First place on the Swiss Acro Tour (SAT) overall. I also took part in the Acro World qualifier(AWQ) where I took 5th place on the first task in Rouen and won the second task in Albania. I ended up finishing 2nd place overall, which allows me to climb up to the world Tour (AWT) for the next season!}
• THE BEST FLYING MOMENTS?
^{Basically, every flying moment is my new favourite flying moment, I consider myself a really lucky person because I can fly! So yeah every time I’m in the sky I feel really good! But one of my favourite feelings while flying is when I manage to do a new trick; the first one coming to my mind is my first superstall to infinity with my brand new Kooky 2 in 16 sqm!}