Techniques and Skills

Helping you fly better with expert advice

Tom Cruise launches his speed glider in the Lake District for Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1. Photo: Mission Impossible

What is speed flying and how can I do it like Tom Cruise?

What is speed flying and how do I get into speed flying like Tom Cruise? Here's the lowdown...
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Spring paragliding in mountains

Spring thermals: Understanding the bounce

The Spring Bounce is a real thing – Cross Country's resident meteorologist Honza Rejmanek explains what you need to know
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Valley winds around the paragliding site of Le Chabre in the south of France

Valley winds in the South of France

Valley winds explained – Karlis Jaunpetrovics explains how the valley wind systems work in the southern French Alps
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Target fixation photo montage

Target fixation: myth or monster?

Paramotor pilot Jeff Goin looks at the phenomenon of target fixation and asks, is it real, and if so, why does it happen?
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Honorin Hamard

Masterclass: Honorin Hamard’s competition top tips

Honorin Hamard, PWC Super Final Champion and former World Champion, gives us his top tips for pilots new to competition
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Ski and fly: the joy of combo

Professional pilot and filmmaker Antoine Boisselier loves nothing better than combining paragliding and skiing in the mountains
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Battery care

Advice from AIR³ on battery health and storage

The AIR³ team's advice about storing the instrument with charged batteries, also applies to other devices with lithium-ion batteries
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How to ground handle – with Théo de Blic

Théo de Blic explains how to train to get better at ground handling – and shares his top tips for keeping it fun and interesting.
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An Angel Square reserve parachute. Photo: Ozone

How to throw: Deploying a reserve parachute

We asked some experts for their advice on reserve deployment – and how to give yourself the best chance of coming down safely
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How to look after your reserve parachute

Don’t just stick a reserve parachute in your harness and forget about it. You need to care for it, regularly repack it – and understand it
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