New Video - how the Icarus Trophy works

The Icarus Trophy: The mother of all arial gauntlets. A 1000km cross country paramotor race. The 2016 edition, pilots flew from Poulson Montana to Las Vegas, Nevada in 10 days. Is 2017 your year? Find out more at icarustrophy.com With thanks to the pilots and crew of the 2016 Icarus Trophy.

Our shiny new Icarus Trophy video explains exactly why you need to strap a massive motor to your back and take to the skies.

Nobody has as much insight into exactly what the Icarus Trophy is like as the veteran pilots from the eyeball-meltingly-good 2016 race.

Watch the video. Listen to their pearls of wisdom. Drool onto your keyboard at the visuals. Then once you've had time to mop up the mess - do it all over again.