![Benoit Outters](https://supair.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/arrivee_benoit_prologue-2048x1365-1.jpeg)
Portrait - Benoit Outters
BENOIT OUTTERS
Can you introduce yourself in a few words?
BO: I am 29 years old, I grew up in the back country of Nice, a region I would not leave for anything in the world! Today I am a professional fireman in Nice, a job that in addition to being a passion allows me to have some free time to fly and train.
![Benoit Outters](https://supair.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/benoit-outters1-768x990.jpg)
When and how did you learn paraglider ?
BO: I have always been fascinated by paraglider , but at first I thought it was reserved for an "elite". It was in 2013 that it all clicked. A friend called me one evening (Tom REMI, he was with me on the X-Alps 2019). He tells me about his flight, one of his first cross-country runs, a flight of almost 100km! It's 11pm and he's still walking in the mountains after landing at altitude. That's when I became aware of the possibilities offered by paraglider. A week later I was launched, I even bought my gear before starting a course!
Jean Vincent Ducrocq trained me on the St-Vallier site and I quickly started to cross-country.
![Benoit Outters at the X-Alps](https://supair.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/arrivee_benoit_prologue-768x512.jpg)
What is your practice at paraglider ?
BO: Cross country remains the ultimate discipline for me at paraglider, flying over the most beautiful massifs of the Alps in total freedom, it's crazy the pleasure it gives!
![Benoit Outters at the Red Bull X-alps in WILD and STRIKE](https://supair.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/benoittitlis13-scaled-1-768x558.jpg)
Do you have a special memory of flight to share with us?
BO: There are many but my last flight to Monaco on the 2017 X-Alps remains the most memorable. After such a difficult race (more than 200km on foot in the last 48 hours!), to be on familiar ground and enjoy a last ride to the finish was magical.
![Beoit Outters with the STRIKE](https://supair.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/benoittitlis5-scaled-1-768x534.jpg)
What are your upcoming projects (paraglider and outside paraglider) ?
BO: Right now I'm renovating a house, it's a lot of work but I'm learning to do a lot of new things, it's pretty rewarding to do things yourself.
In paraglider I hope to be able to line up at the start of the next X-Alps, it's really an unusual race but it requires a lot of preparation. Otherwise for this summer maybe a flight tandem bivouac (with my wife) in the Alps.