SAFA Skysailor Magazine

20 SKY SAILOR March | April 2021 News Skywalk’s newest team member: Jean-Baptiste Chandelier One of the greatest paraglider pilots of our time, Jean- Baptiste Chandelier is also a filmmaker, an artist, a creative spirit, and in everything he does, a perfectionist. Since November 2020 ‘JBC’ is part of the skywalk family with the goal of breaking new creative ground together. Jean-Baptiste is one of the most outstanding paraglider pilots of today. The 35-year-old Frenchman from Briançon in the heart of the French Alps strives to present our sport as an art form. The fact that he is one of the best acro and freestyle pilots takes a back seat to his projects. In his films ‘Urban Style’ or ‘Light Line’, he stages flying as a form of artistic expression. Jean-Baptiste’s specialty is ‘proximity flying’. He is able to fly close to the slope like no other pilot in playgrounds all over the world: beaches, ski slopes, volcanic craters, skyscrapers and swimming pools. As a filmmaker and freestyle pilot JB is world famous. That he also designs paragliders is so far hardly known. Together with skywalk R&D team members Alex Höllwarth and Stephan Gruber, JBC will pursue projects that go beyond the horizon of what has been possible so far. Watch this space! Skywalk Paragliders Jean-Baptiste Chandelier Photos: Courtesy skywalk