Independent coverage of Kārlis Jaunpetrovičs and Flying Karlis across paragliding press, podcasts, and industry publications. Sources span English, French, Spanish, Latvian, Dutch, and German.
Nine consecutive years Latvian National Champion, 2017–2025. His standing Latvian FAI-triangle record is 289.64 points (206.89 km), set at Chabre in 2023.
Featured editorial coverage
Cross Country Magazine #231, July 2022 — bylined feature: "Hike-and-fly Comps: Your supporter is everything." A first-timer's guide to hike-and-fly competitions. View issue
Cross Country Magazine, 2024 — bylined online feature: "Valley winds in the South of France." Macro, local and micro valley-wind systems explained at Chabre, southern French Alps. Read
Cross Country Magazine, May 2018 — race coverage of Bornes to Fly 2018 (won by Maxime Pinot), with a direct quote from Karlis as a participant. Read
Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast #238, January 2025 — full feature interview with Gavin McClurg: "Acro, Test flying, SIV, Instruction, Meteo and Comps." 93 minutes. Listen
Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast #253, August 2025 — "Ask Me Anything with Karlis Jaunpetrovičs." Listener-question episode returning to Karlis as featured expert; covers harnesses, SIV practice, and reserves. Listen
Lu-Glidz (German-language paragliding blog by Lucian Haas), August 2025 — Newsticker 36/2025 feature on the Paragliding Black Box project: a system that records competition radio traffic into a timestamped archive retrievable via Telegram bot. Direct link to the project description on flyingkarlis.com. Read
Lu-Glidz, December 2022 — Newsticker 83/2022 coverage of Guide to Chabre, describing the book as a comprehensive XC tutorial for pilots flying the Chabre region. Read
Ojovolador (Spanish-language paragliding magazine), May 2017 — "Flying a 193km FAI Triangle in the Alps." First-person account of a Latvian national-record flight from Chabre on the BGD Diva prototype. Read
Ojovolador, August 2017 — coverage of BruceTube Episode 5 on accidental reserve deployment, hosted by Karlis. Read
Paragliding Rocktheoutdoor (French paragliding outlet), May 2017 — "Triangle depuis le site de Chabre avec Karlis (193 km)." French-language coverage of the same record flight. Read
NRA — Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze (Latvian national newspaper), 29 June 2017 — "Pirmo reizi vēsturē Latviju pārstāvēs Pasaules Paraplanieristu Čempionātā." National-press coverage, with a direct interview, of the first time Latvia was represented at an FAI World Paragliding Championship. Read
Radio NABA (LSM — Latvian Public Media), 2022 — Latvijas Dēkaiņi #45, featured guest interview on the public-broadcaster podcast profiling Latvian adventurers, hosted by Ausma Cīrulniece and Zane Skujiņa-Rubene. Listen
Industry recognition and speaking
KNVvL — Royal Dutch Aviation Association, November 2022 — invited speaker, cross-country lecture for the Dutch national paragliding federation at Van der Valk Hotel, Leusden. Event page
Bruce Goldsmith Design, 2025 — Safety Director credit across the 6th BGD Weightless competition coverage, Laragne-Montéglin. Read
Bruce Goldsmith Design — host of BruceTube Episode 5 ("Accidental Deployment"), the official BGD safety video series. Also published in German as "Versehentliche Auslösung." Watch
Distribution, certifications and governing bodies
APPI — Association of Paragliding Pilots and Instructors — registered Flying Karlis as an APPI school continuously since 2019. View profile
FAI / CIVL — competition profile; in 2017 Karlis competed at the 15th FAI World Paragliding Championship in Italy (Category 1), the first time Latvia was represented at the Worlds. View profile
XContest — nine consecutive years Latvian National Champion, 2017–2025. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Latvian Paragliding Federation (LPF) — national records holder (Open Distance, FAI Triangle, Declared Goal, Out and Return, Distance over 3 Turn Points, 2017). View federation
Air et Aventure (France) — distributor of Guide to Chabre (French and English editions) and Guide to St André (English). Guide to Chabre · Guide to St André
Tropismes (Brussels, Belgium) — independent bookshop stocking Guide to Chabre. View listing