SAFA Skysailor Magazine

32 SKY SAILOR March-April-May | AUTUMN 2026 done better? How do I avoid that situation next time? I’m quite hard to traumatise. After breaking my leg, I went back to the same site, on an older glider I trusted, and flew again. When I had my accident I was flying an uncertified wing with some odd be- haviours. When it went into a full frontal, it wouldn’t recover, it stayed tucked! Afterwards, I struggled to pull frontals, even though I’d always practised them before. I needed encouragement and help from a friend to work through that eventually. Now, I can do them, but I still don’t like it when a wing overflies me. You hold a lot of roles in the sport. Why take on so much responsibility? It is a lot. And sometimes it distracts from my own flying. Instead of thinking about my flight, I think about how to solve a club issue or improve a process. But I find it really rewarding to shape the sport. I would love Australia to be known inter- nationally as a premier paragliding desti- nation, somewhere people can fly safely, affordably, and have fun. We have extraor- dinary pilots here, especially women. I’m genuinely impressed by the strength and consistency of our female pilots. Women in Flight: Stefanie Becker