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Comps series: Why fly paragliding competitions?

For many pilots, free-flying is their time-out from a hectic life. It’s a time for relaxation, for reconnecting with nature.
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Racing hard at the paragliding world championship

Comp series: Flying faster

Former Paragliding World Champion Bruce Goldsmith shares his tips for competition pilots who are ready to start really racing, 
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Paramotor the Americas

Watch: Paramotor the Americas trailer

Paramotor the Americas, the film of Glenn Tupper and Matt Minyard's 2013 adventure from Texas to Argentina, is nearing completion, and this is the trailer
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Lockdown is Over

Watch: JB Chandelier, Lockdown is over!

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Wayne (right) with his flying buddy Graham Steel

Wayne Seeley: 1979-2020

Cross Country publisher Hugh Miller pays tribute to friend and fellow pilot, Wayne Seeley, who tragically died in a paragliding accident on 2 June 2020
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I would land in your Backyard

Watch: I would land in your backyard

Antoine Boisselier's hour-long film about his 2017 vol-bivouac crossing of the Alps from France to Croatia is now available to watch in full, for free
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Horacio Llorens and Tom de Dorlodot in Spiti. Photo: John Stapels

Cross Country 210: June 2020

From 6,000m cloudbase in India to soaring high above the Isle of Wight, escape into the wonderful world of free flight. Here's what's in the latest issue
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Gin Seok Song

Cross Country interviews: Gin Seok Song, Gin Gliders

Delve deep into paragliding design with Gin Seok Song and Idris Birch from Gin Gliders, talking live from their HQ in South Korea
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Covid 19 – Update on competitions from the FAI and CIVL

What's cancelled and what's not in this season's international hang gliding and paragliding competition calendar – so far
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Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Llorens in the Himalaya

Higher Ground: Paragliding in the Himalaya

Join Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Llorens on an incredible paragliding journey through the Indian Himalaya
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