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Above the gaggle at the SRS Colombia 2024. Photo: Ulric Jessop

‘The best comp I’ve ever done without a doubt’

Competition veteran Mark Hayman reports on the first round of this year's Sports-class Racing Series in Colombia
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Tim Pentreath's Gumball Rally 2023

Watch: Gumball 2023 (Part 2)

Join Tim Pentreath on a fantastic three-day solo vol-bivouac, from Saint-André-les-Alpes to the Aosta valley
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Ben-Kellett-New-Zealand

Watch: Paragliding Adventure in Westland, New Zealand

Join Ben Kellett on a two-day vol-biv paragliding adventure through new terrain in New Zealand. "It's 150km there and (nearly) back!"
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Blaze Of Glory

The Long Game: No holding back

The race summary of the Red Rocks Wide Open says “Reliable weather. Big Air. Bigger vistas. Incredible and stunning flying." Did it deliver?
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Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds: The Heart and Soul of Free Flying

Head in the Clouds is the latest book from Cross Country. The book’s co-editor Hugh Miller tells us about it
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Flying from Mount Tamborine

Allen Weynberg: Hazy shade of winter

As I lean against a gum tree behind launch, relaxing, the foliage begins to rustle on the ridge over the back
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Passenger Simon Holland on tandem with his son Jake in Chamonix. Photo: Jake Holland

‘Flying around Mont Blanc – With my Dad!’

"This is just madness!" Join Jake Holland and his dad Simon Holland as they fly a tandem paraglider around Mont Blanc in the Alps
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Damien Lacaze, top-landing Dôme des Ecrins, July 2023

Damien Lacaze: Ecrins Magic

Damien Lacaze top-landed Pelvoux (4,102m) and then the Dôme de Neige des Ecrins (4,105m) in one magical day's flying from Vallouise
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Magic in the Air with Fred Souchon

Miage in the Air: Hike and fly in the French Alps

There is magic in the air... it's summer in the mountains and Fred Souchon heads off for a beautiful hike-and-fly tour in the French Alps
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New Way Up climb and fly in Pakistan. Photo: Jake Holland

New Way Up: Climb-and-fly in Pakistan

Join pro climber Fabi Buhl, Will Sim and Jake Holland as they take Himalayan climbing and paragliding to a new level in the Karakoram
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