THE VIEW FROM UP THERE
Paragliding, hang gliding, speed flying and wingsuit films that give the mountains a new dimension.
Our editorial picks, with direct links to the creators on YouTube. Numbers give you a place to start; they aren’t a view-count ranking.
25 of 25 picks
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Jean-Baptiste CHANDELIER
Jean-Baptiste Chandelier turns a paragliding film into an imaginative visual journey.
Why we picked itPlayful choreography and precise flying make this far more than a helmet-camera descent.
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Jean-Baptiste CHANDELIER
Chandelier brings his characteristic low-level flying and visual invention to another polished short.
Why we picked itA compact burst of creative flying with a strong sense of performance.
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Jean-Baptiste CHANDELIER
Chandelier's flying film is dedicated to Claude Lamielle and explores a personal connection to flight.
Why we picked itA more reflective addition to a collection often dominated by speed and spectacle.
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Jean-Baptiste CHANDELIER
An early Chandelier production pairs skilled paragliding with carefully composed imagery.
Why we picked itA chance to see the visual style behind his later films taking shape.
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Jean-Baptiste CHANDELIER
Chandelier joins Luc Alphand and Pierre Vaultier for a flying film rooted in familiar mountain territory.
Why we picked itThe guest athletes and home-ground setting give it a different personality from a generic flight reel.
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Jean-Baptiste CHANDELIER
A Chandelier short made with support from Briançon tourism celebrates the joy of flight.
Why we picked itA small, exuberant film that connects airborne movement with a mountain town.
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Red Bull
Tim Alongi, François Ragolski, and Martin Schricke take acrobatic paragliding above Mont Blanc.
Why we picked itA dramatic mountain backdrop gives the aerial movement an exceptional sense of scale.
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Red Bull
Valentin Delluc turns a deserted Avoriaz into a playground for speedriding and freestyle tricks.
Why we picked itOne familiar ski resort becomes an entirely different landscape when seen from a wing.
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Red Bull
Scotty Bob Morgan and the Red Bull crew fly a wingsuit formation through a Swiss alpine line.
Why we picked itA concentrated example of precision flying with terrain and teamwork tightly linked.
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Red Bull
The Red Bull Air Force heads to Juneau for glacier flying and speedriding with JT Holmes.
Why we picked itAlaska's terrain gives the series a bigger, wilder canvas.
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Red Bull
A 360-degree flight follows Paul Guschlbauer and Stephan Gruber over the Austrian Alps.
Why we picked itViewers can look around the mountain landscape instead of following a fixed camera frame.
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Red Bull Snow
Miles Above explores speedriding with the team's pilots in Swiss mountain terrain.
Why we picked itA series-length introduction offers more context than a rapid highlight reel.
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Teton Gravity Research
L'Expérience Magnifique combines big-mountain skiing and speedriding in the French Alps.
Why we picked itA festival-recognized short built around the unusual freedom of moving between snow and air.
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GoPro
Jamie Lee flies a close-terrain line through the Swiss Alps in GoPro's Epic Lines series.
Why we picked itA short, immersive viewpoint that makes the landscape's shapes immediately legible.
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GoPro
Carl Weiseth's raw speedriding footage follows snowy lines, tight spaces, and aerial tricks.
Why we picked itMinimal framing puts the viewer close to the movement rather than behind a long introduction.
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The Descensionists
Scotty Dobbo flies a long-awaited line on Mount Earnslaw in New Zealand's Southern Alps.
Why we picked itA specific mountain objective gives the spectacular descent a clear story.
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Ned Brannigan
Ned Brannigan edits footage from New Zealand speedflyers into a music-led mountain short.
Why we picked itA distinctive independent edit adds a different rhythm to the larger-brand productions.
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The Descensionists
The Descensionists follows Scotty Dobbo's work-life balance and introduction to big-mountain speedflying.
Why we picked itA useful human entry point into an unfamiliar discipline.
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Joey Innes
Joey Innes and an FPV pilot film speedflying in the Jungfrau region.
Why we picked itThe combination of pilot and chasing camera shows both the flight and the surrounding mountains.
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KitemanSoham
A narrated hang-gliding flight crosses the Great Aletsch Glacier landscape.
Why we picked itA slower airborne perspective gives viewers time to understand the terrain beneath the wing.
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Matjaz Klemencic
Matjaž Klemenčič shares a hang-gliding film from the Dolomites.
Why we picked itRock towers and a clean flying viewpoint make an effective short scenic escape.
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Tony Marty
Tony Marty collects hang-gliding highlights from a trip based around Col Rodella.
Why we picked itA pilot's view of the Dolomites complements the hiking and ferrata films from the same area.
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Billy Miller-Macleod
Two Australians document a summer hang-gliding road trip through the European Alps.
Why we picked itThe travel-journal format keeps the friendship and journey alongside the flying.
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Roberto Campana
Roberto Campana shares a pleasure flight over the Orobie Alps.
Why we picked itAn unhurried alternative to competition, records, and high-speed spectacle.
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Nicolas Vuille
Nicolas Vuille flies above snow-covered Swiss Alps from Vercorin.
Why we picked itA simple pilot-made film with a distinctive view of a mountain destination.
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