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Cross Country 190 (June 2018_

Cross Country 190: June 2018

Great flights and personal bests ... Cross Country can’t guarantee you get into the air on every epic day, but we can help you make the most of the flights you do make. Here's what's in issue 190
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Q&A With Michael Sigel: Superfinal Superhero

'Pilots are getting more aggressive. It’s not only aggressive flying, it’s also turning in the wrong direction or coming straight into the thermal. Crazy.'
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Honza Rejmanek in the Red Bull X-Alps 013. Photo: Vitek Ludvik / Red Bull Content Pool

’10 Years of What I Know about the Weather’

After 10 years Honza Rejmanek reveals his 10 weather concepts that pilots need to know - number nine will amaze you...
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Cross Country 189: May 2018

Free flight is about exploration in all its forms. In issue 189 we celebrate the pure joy of flying new skies – and doing it better every time
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Cross Country 188: April 2018

Whatever level you’re at in free flight, we take a good look at how you can keep progressing in our sports – and have heaps of fun while you’re doing it.
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‘My 300k Day’: Paragliding in Copperton

Dry, high, and the sky goes on forever... Kelvin van Baalen takes us with him on a 300km flight from Copperton, South Africa
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Eyes Wide Open: Paramotoring in Australia

Glenn Tupper and Matt Minyard head to Australia for a 12-day paramotoring blast along open roads and through epic skies
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Paraglider review: Dudek Optic Light 2

“Is it a paramotor wing?” “Is it a reflex wing?” Honestly, the questions I got walking to take-off with the Optic 2 Light.
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In a heartbeat: The Free Flight Physiology Project

As my first instructor once told me: pilots crash, not paragliders. In other words, accidents aren’t due to equipment failure, they are due to human error
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Cross Country 187: Feb/March 2018

Stop to listen, and we can all hear our hearts pounding away on launch. Why? Because free flying to cloudbase is one of the most exciting things on Earth. See what's in the latest issue
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