Gear Guide

Everything you need to know about gear: Design insights, reviews and getting the best from your kit.

Gin Calypso

Gin Calypso review (EN B)

Charlie King flies the Gin Calypso, a lightweight EN-B all-rounder aimed at progressing intermediate pilots
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Cross Country Magazine Gear Guide 2021

Cross Country Gear Guide

Cross Country’s printed Gear Guide is an in-depth look at the huge variety of paragliding and paramotoring equipment on the market.
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How to go lightweight and compact – and get it right

Marcus and Charlie King look at the big range of wings available outside standard paragliders
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How to choose an instrument that works for you

From simple beepers to full-spec flight computers here’s what you need to know, writes Marcus King
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Neo Bikini

Neo Bikini tandem harness review

Pro tandem pilot Seb Ospina reviewed Neo's Bikini harness, describing it as well thought-through with a clear focus on safety and comfort
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PPG Smoke System V2

PPG Smoke system V2 review

Lawrie Noctor tested the PPG Smoke system version 2. Installation means drilling, but once fitted he found it easy to use
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Woody Valley Wani Light 2

Woody Valley Wani Light 2 review

Charlie King tries Woody Valley's Wani Light 2, their updated, well-designed reversible harness, at home in the French Alps
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Omega XAlps 3

Advance Omega XAlps 3 review (EN D)

"It's a weapon!" Seb Ospina flies Advance’s Red Bull X-Alps winning lightweight two-line paraglider, the Omega XAlps 3
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Ozone Zeolite GT

Review: Ozone Zeolite GT (EN D)

Seb Ospina flies Ozone's Zeolite GT, the Red Bull X-Alps inspired lightweight EN-D two-liner, "a wing that will go in my apocalypse survival kit!".
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Icaro Gravis 2

Icaro Gravis 2 review (EN B)

New materials, new designer, new wing. Marcus King flies Icaro Paragliders' Gravis 2, a colourful and characterful mid-B
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