People, places, know-how
In Cross Country issue 158 (April 2015) tandem paramotor pilot Christophe Blanc-Gras heads to Svalbard to help shoot snowboarders, avoid polar bears and fly the man from the BBC. Base camp has been dismantled and the last bags are ready to go. Surrounded by thick fog, we’re waiting for Wes to come and pick us […]
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What could be better than going on a guided tour of Brazil? Doing it with hang gliding world record holder Dustin Martin, that’s what. In issue 158 of Cross Country magazine Stein Gjosund goes all-in Seeing the world, and flying it. That is what I want. And that is why I left the narrow path […]
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In issue 158 (April 2015) of Cross Country magazine, Red Bull X-Alps 2015 Wildcard Dave Turner tells us how he came down off the cliffs of Yosemite and fell head over heels in love with flying… “Keep an eye on this guy,” a pilot told me in 2010, “In a few years he’s either going […]
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What do you get when you mix 150 racing paraglider pilots and Colombia’s world class Roldanillo flying site in the middle of January? One great South American cocktail – the best Paragliding World Championships in years. In January we headed south to photograph and report on Roldanillo 2015 – and we haven’t stopped talking about […]
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The winners of the 2015 Cross Country Subscriber’s Draw are: Tormod Helgesen (NORWAY): Wing of Your Choice Damon Cokenias (USA): Harness from Supair Jon Magnus Sandvik (NORWAY): Flytec Element Todd Roberts (USA): Babu Adventure Camp Holiday Eric Miller (USA): Day’s Fly Guiding with Sup’Air team pilots Thomas Mullin (USA): Velodrom Sunglasses Marek Glos (IRELAND): Xcertina […]
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Mike Moore emailed us to tell us about his flight in Thailand. He’d flown his first 100km and wanted to tell the world. What he didn’t tell us was he was new to paragliding and his personal best was only his second ever XC flight. Good going! The thermal draws me up and away from […]
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Jeff Hamann knows a thing or two about the Pacific coastline of the Americas, having flown the length of it from the Mexican border with the USA to the top of South America. In the construction business in the USA, his job allows him short and sharp periods of vacation – and boy does he use […]
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“You should get in touch with a friend of mine in Alaska, he’s been doing some flying out there.” When pilots you respect – the pilot emailing was a world record holder – say things like that, it’s time to take a look. What we discovered when we followed up is amazing. Will Brown, a […]
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Paraglider design has advanced in leaps and bounds over the last five years. Sharknose technology, stiffening battens, 3D panel shaping and more efficient line layouts have all worked together to create better, punchier gliders that collapse less frequently and are a pleasure to fly. However, gliders have also got skinner – as technology has got […]
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Putting together the Cross Country Travel Guide special edition is always a pleasure. From finding out the latest developments at free-flight meccas like Annecy to talking to local pilots in far-flung places, it always reopens our eyes to the potential out there. This year we have selected several major destinations –from Annecy in France to […]
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