Flying Culture

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Louis tapper

My Flying Life: Louis Tapper

‘What keeps me flying? The community is a large part of it.’ We find out what matters to this Kiwi nomad and national champion
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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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Sasha Serebrennikova

My Flying Life: Sasha Serebrennikova

‘A sense of identity.’ Sasha Serebrennikova, the new women’s hang gliding world champion on what matters most to her
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Dorenzo Dee

On launch with: Lorenzo Dee

‘I am Lorenzo, aka Energy.Papi.’ We meet Lorenzo Dee and discover his journey from BMX champion to paragliding MC
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John Dickenson, then 35, about to launch ahead of a succesful three-hour tow flight around Botany Bay on 12 April 1969. Photo: Tom Linsen / Sydney Morning Herald / John Dickenson Collection

I was just overwhelmed

Sixty years ago this month Australian hang gliding pioneer John Dickenson designed and flew his revolutionary machine for the very first time
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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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Smoke from Canadian wildfires reached Europe

The Long Game: ‘Frankly, it’s making me feel guilty’

“The world is experiencing its hottest days in recorded history” Gavin McClurg ponders how he can cut his carbon footprint
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Flying from Mount Tamborine

Head in the Clouds: 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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My flying life: Rudy Gotés

"I was 14 years old, and that’s when I learned to fly big air." The owner of hang glider manufacturer Wills Wing on what matters most to him
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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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