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Techniques and Skills

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Comp Series: Navigating the comp scene

There are so many comps listed on Airtribune, but which one is right for you? Here's our quick-start guide
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Comps series: Why fly paragliding competitions?

For many pilots, free-flying is their time-out from a hectic life. It’s a time for relaxation, for reconnecting with nature.
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Racing hard at the paragliding world championship

Comp series: Flying faster

Former Paragliding World Champion Bruce Goldsmith shares his tips for competition pilots who are ready to start really racing, 
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Cross Country interviews: Russ Ogden, Ozone test pilot

Join paragliding world number 1 (and paragliding legend!) Russell Ogden for a unique online coaching session
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Just let your mind fly

“Unconscious decision-making is not hocus pocus, but it requires time”. Hugh Miller explores unconscious decision-making in flying
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Zero Tolerance

Bruce Goldsmith talks about major incidents in flight and why, for him, Zero tolerance is the only way forward for acceptably safe paragliding
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Finding my way to 100k

When he hit a wall with his XC paragliding Andre Ferreira quit trying and just had fun. And guess what? The kilometres started to roll right on by...
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Cross Country Interviews: Chrigel Maurer Live!

Join six-time Red Bull X-Alps champion Chrigel Maurer in a Live! coaching session with Cross Country Magazine's Hugh Miller
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Landing downwind

Paramotor and paraglider pilots know you should always land into wind, but Jeff Goin explains why, occasionally, downwind can be the right choice
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When cumulus clouds look odd

A cumulus cloud can give us insight into how the upper portion of a thermal behaves, as the cloud represents a thermal that has reached condensation level
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