{"id":22862,"date":"2020-02-18T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T10:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=22862"},"modified":"2020-05-01T08:06:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T08:06:04","slug":"catching-up-with-johannes-bergfors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/catching-up-with-johannes-bergfors\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up with\u2026 Johannes Bergfors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Johannes Bergfors is a body flight teacher, a movie maker, a photographer, an event organiser, an idea injector. He lives to induce a twinkle in your eye – whether the reason is awe, a new understanding or a relationship to something or someone new. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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A happy Johannes, photo by John Carter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hey, Johannes, thanks for taking the time to talk with us \ud83d\ude42 First things first – what do you do for a living? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hey! I teach bodyflying in the sky and tunnel, immortalise flying in videos and photos and organise events where I connect skydiving with nature and culture. 
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How many jumps?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since 2007 I\u2019ve made around 4700 jumps, primarily teaching, entertaining, filming or performing freeflying and about 800 tandem videos.
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What’s your nationality? Where you live?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Swedish, living in Bovec, Slovenia.
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Photo by Kian Bullock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Favorite place in the world to jump & why<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first that comes to mind is Skydive Bovec<\/a>. It\u2019s a versatile location where I can easily mountain fly, cloud trace, kayak, paraglide and have a beer at the local brewery on the same day.
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Favorite wind tunnel ?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ahhh hard one. I have some great memories in HF Madrid<\/a> and Flystation Munich<\/a>, but St Petersburg<\/a> also has its raw charm.
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Achievements, claims to fame<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I filmed and edited movies that touched a lot of people. I have hosted events that created strong connections between everyone involved. I care deeply about my students progression. 
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What is your coaching philosophy?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Deconstruct, train components, compile. Reward effort, not performance.
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Reward effort, not performance”<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your favourite skydiving moment of all time?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A pivotal day was in Voss, Norway, 2015 at Voss Freefly Festival. It was pivotal because it was the first time nature was integrated with my skydiving. I had been dreaming of flying my wing in the mountains for years, and after arriving at this event I didn\u2019t get the chance very easily. The loads were either full or it was too rainy. One evening I skipped to party at the wind tunnel maskerade and instead woke up early in case someone was going to cancel. I got lucky and flew \u201cThe V\u201d in Gudvangen on the first load, then teary eyed witnessed the many waterfalls in awe after landing. Later that day I ended up in a two way with one of the flyers I look up to the most – Martin Kristensen, and became so stoked again. Lastly, the same day, I chose to do another inhopp and mountain flight into Osa, with the Cessna Caravan. Once again I was blown away after landing. Then someone yelled \u201cThere\u2019s one slot left on the helicopter going up in 20\u201d, I took it and got to fly the same line again. It was a mind blowing day!<\/p>\n\n\n


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