Slovenia XC Clinics
Two Focused Skills Intensives in the Gorenjska Region · August 10-14, 2026
2 Separate clinics
I’m running two separate, two-day clinics here in August — each one built around a specific leap in your flying. They are sharp, focused skills intensives. Both are in english.
August 10 & 11, I will be teaching a beginner-intermediate clinic. Learn to thermal and fly XC. Glider handling, thermaling and XC skills.
Aug 13 & 14 is the intermediate-advanced clinic. Route choices, team flying and how to fly fast, efficient and safe.
Pick the clinic that fits. Come ready to work. Leave a different pilot.
In both of these clinics, we’ll do Midday cross-country coaching with in-flight radio guidance. Gear checks, theory, personalized progression plans, and mentorship tailored to exactly where you are and where you want to go. By the end, you will be a safer, more confident, more capable pilot — and you’ll have a clear road map for the next 10, 50, and 200 flight hours of your career.
ABOUT The Flying
We will base in the Gorenjska region of northern Slovenia — alpine flying country with reliable thermals, dramatic terrain, and routes that go in multiple directions. Challenging enough to grow any pilot and accessible enough to be flown safely with good guidance. The region has a deep free-flight culture, well-established launches and landing zones, and the kind of consistent summer conditions that make real progression possible in a short window.
Slovenia is a small country with big flying. If conditions in Gorenjska aren’t working on a given day, world-class sites like Tolmin and the Soca Valley are within driving range — so we chase the best air available and never waste a flyable day.
In Collaboration with KJP Turbulenca
These clinics are run in collaboration with — and thanks to the good graces of — KJP Turbulenca, the local paragliding club. serious XC and hike-and-fly pilots who know this terrain intimately and fly it year-round. Their local knowledge, their launches, and their hospitality are a huge part of what makes this experience special. You won’t be flying as outsiders dropped into unfamiliar country — you’ll be flying with the blessing and guidance of the people who know these mountains best.
Limited spots Available
August 10-11 & August 13-14, 2026
€300
Open to all pilots, come solo or bring your crew
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- 2 full days of expert instruction and coaching
- Daily site and weather briefings
- In-air radio guidance
- Daily shuttles to launch (except cable car fees), bombout & XC Retrieve
- Gear checks and fitment
- Personalized progression plan and group coaching time with Ari
- Track log debriefs and flight planning
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
- Airline flights or travel expenses
- Food
- Cable car or chairlift ticket fees
- Club or launch fees
- Insurance (required)
- Airport transport
- Paragliding equipment
WHAT YOU NEED
- Fluency in english! Sorry, my Slovenian sucks, lol
- USHPA P2 license or above or international equivalent license
- Paragliding Equipment
- Certified paraglider
- Certified harness
- Reserve parachute
- Helmet
- Unlocked dual-band VHF radio – we recommend the Yaesu FT-270 or FT-65R.
- audible vario
- Highly recommended to have a cockpit and flight instrument, could be as simple as your phone
- Garmin inreach or similar gps tracking device with 2 way messaging
- Ability to confidently take off and land on your own.
- Basic fitness level – ability to sustain a 35-minute power walk or hike your glider kit 2 miles continuous
- Warm clothes – you will feel the cold once you’ve thermalled to cloud base
- Comfortable and sturdy shoes – hiking boots are ideal
- Health and travel insurance
- You can purchase travel insurance from World Nomads.
Your GUIDE
Ari Delashmutt
FounderAri has been a professional action sports athlete his entire adult life. More than 12 years of paragliding, over 3,000 flight hours across 16 countries on 5 continents. World records in highlining. He chased acrobatics early on, then got hooked on cross-country after his first 115km flight — acro harness, no flight instrument, no food or water, no idea what he was doing. He’s been chasing XC and competition flying ever since.
But Ari isn’t just a pilot. He’s a men’s coach and group facilitator who has spent years doing deep personal development work — studying Nonviolent Communication and conscious leadership. He brings all of this to the mountain. The mindset work, the emotional intelligence, the ability to create a space where men are welcome to open up, connect, and grow — that’s what separates this from every other clinic you’ve been to. Ari teaches the mental game that is imperative for pilots to stay safe and keep progressing in their careers. This is instruction for the whole pilot, not just the technical side.