Eliot Nochez
Name: Eliot Nochez
Date of birth: 1993
Nationality: France
Paraglider: OMIKRON, OMEGA ULS
Harness: LIGHTNESS, ACRO HARNESS
Flies since: 2004
Achievements: Acro Competitor & Crazy Pilot
About
Tensioning a tightrope between two paragliders, staging crazy races with skiers and mountain bikers or taking off at the Gate of Heaven in Tianmenshan/China: Eliot has achieved these and many other hair-raising ideas in his career, and captured them in spectacular videos. There seems to be no limit to his creativity and there is (almost) nothing he cannot do with a paraglider. In his active ACRO career he has been French champion several times and also ACRO World Cup winner.
interview
Do you remember your first flight? How was it?
Yes, I remember it like it was yesterday :)
I had been flying with my dad since I was two years old. On my 10th birthday he took me on a real school slope, 4 hours later the conditions were optimal, and I did my first big flight.
What moments make flying worthwhile?
Without flying my heart would not beat normally. I fly for the different feelings and impressions that the different disciplines give: Acro, Fly & Ski, Fly & Base, Fly & Bike, cross country flying and and and, and, you never get bored and it is always possible to develop yourself.
Your three top flying areas?
All the Alps!!!
We have such amazing mountains and flights to do at home!!
What are you doing on a day that is not flyable?
If it's not raining, I'll jump off the cliffs and then fly at 180km/h, nose forward :)
If there is a lot of wind, it's kitefoiling!!!!
If it's raining, it's video editing.
And when my girlfriend scolds me too much, it's lovers’ day: D
Most important paragliding successes?
My greatest success: still to love flying 17 years later!!
In competition: French aerobatic champion (3 times)
2015 World Cup winner
French ski & fly Champion (4 times)
Why do you fly for ADVANCE?
I chose to fly Advance for their professionalism, whether in the quality of the material or in the quality of work and exchange.
And the team is just amazing, we work with "friends".
What is your favourite food?
I must be a little nationalistic, I would say the cheese from Savoie and the charcuterie.
What is your favourite quote in life?
"No programs, no problems"
I hate worries in life :)
Stories
Fly a Bike
A mountainbiker leaves a flying tandem paraglider with his bike, and a hot race develops between Pilot Eliot Nochez and Kilian Bron – until Eliot snatches up the biker again. Like an eagle. From the air!
Keeping your Balance
Is it possible to tension a highwire between two flying paragliders so that a Slackliner can balance on it? Acro pilot Eliot Nochez is on the case.
