Techniques and Skills

Helping you fly better with expert advice

competition paragliders

How to: Move from EN D to CCC

Paragliding and SIV instructor Malin Lobb discusses the pros and cons of stepping up a class to CCC-level competition paragliders
Read More
Richard-Meek-Malin-Lob-Video-2500px

‘Stall it out!’ – Cravat analysis with Malin Lobb

SIV instructor and Cross Country columnist Malin Lobb goes deep into the analysis of recovery from a 40% cravat and auto-rotation on a Zeno
Read More
Paragliding a quick guide for beginners and new paraglider pilots

Paragliding: A Quick Guide for Beginners

Paragliding: A Quick Guide is a new download from Cross Country Magazine aimed at absolute beginners and new paraglider pilots.
Read More
Paraglider in cloud

Managing your bandwidth

Paragliding instructor Malin Lobb looks at how a pilot's mental bandwidth affects their performance in flight, and how we can work on increasing it
Read More
Vol-bivouac adventure

Flying off the map: The mini guide to adventure flying

You need more than a Swiss Army knife to head off into the unknown. Bruce Goldsmith offers some advice for adventure pilots
Read More
Will Gadd paragliding

Will Gadd on How to Manage Risk

Will Gadd, one of the world's leading adventure sports athletes and a paragliding great, breaks down risk into three simple elements
Read More

Are you feeling it? The science of motivation

Motivation is the reason people do what they do – and in flying understanding and optimising your motivation can lead to big gains
Read More
Thermalling at the Swiss Paragliding Open 2020. Photo: Andy Busslinger

How to thermal better

To learn to fly faster, paraglider pilots need to learn to maximise their climbing speed. Mads Syndegaard shares some tips
Read More
paraglider collapse

How to react when your glider collapses

Bruce Goldsmith on how you can train yourself to react the right way – and not over-react – when you get hit by a collapse
Read More
How-to-topland-a-paraglider-2500

How to nail your top-landings with Théo de Blic

Acro World Cup champion Théo de Blic has the perfect approach to getting those top-landings right – every time.
Read More