Our Team

Mark Dann
Chief Flying Instructor

Beyond Extreme is a BHPA (British Hang-gliding & Paragliding Association) registered paragliding school run by Mark Dann, a paragliding instructor, climber and snowboarder with over fifteen years experience in California, South Africa and all over Europe. He was Best Newcomer at the 2001 National & International Accuracy Championships, Best Newcomer, won the 2001 Airborne Trophy Holland (Best Newcomer) and was a member of the Great Britain Paragliding Squad for Slovenia 2002/2003.

Photograph: Mark Dann [left] with Simon Yates from the film Touching the Void.

Instructors

Russ Hicks Beyond Extreme Senior Instructor Over 15 years in the sport. Head of the BHPA FSC Towing Panel. Expert in all areas of Paragliding. Best British Newcomer 1994.	Howard Taylor Beyond Extreme Spanish Guide Over 15 years in the sport. 1st class climber, skier & mountaineer. Based in Rhonda Spain.
Glyn Grice Beyond Extreme Instructor Over 15 years in the sport. Excellent skier & paragliding tandem pilot. Hundreds of tandem flights performed.	Pete Barker Beyond Extreme Trainee Instructor
Dennis & Gillian Trott Beyond Extreme French Guides Dennis Trott runs the Alpine Flying Centre and has been flying paragliders since 1990 and hang gliders since 1997 with the majority of his flying in the Chamonix region of the northern French alps. He has been teaching and guiding since 1993 and has more than 15000 hrs of personal hands-on teaching. He has more than 3300 hrs personal airtime on both paragliders and hang gliders.	Christophe Dubois Beyond Extreme Greece Guide Christophe has been involved with outdoor sports since the age of 19, teaching climbing, windsurfing, snow boarding, and water-skiing. He has been flying hand-gliders and paragliders for the last 20 years. He has taught paragliding and worked as a tandem pilot in France, England, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Canada and Greece.
Ken Raines Beyond Extreme Senior Instructor & BHPA Examiner Ken has been involved with paragliding for over twenty years, and is expert in all areas of paragliding.	Simon Hanna-Beards Beyond Extreme Trainee Instructor A keen newcomer to the sport, with a wide experience of outdoor activities.