People, places, know-how
“Thermal flying was difficult but the soaring was amazing, although taking off and landing in such strong wind proved to be very technical,” explains Tom de Dorlodot about flying the islands of French Polynesia. He, Horacio Llorens and a film and photography crew spent several months flying and sailing through the region, hiking up […]
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When Andy Pag met up with Cross Country in March he was still wearing his duvet jacket from Pokhara to ward off the chill of an early spring wind in England. The dust on it stood out against the clean blacks and greys of the city folk milling around. Sitting down over hot coffee […]
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It’s comp season in the north and that means pointing your toes and banging it hard on the bar, right? Well, maybe not. We round up 10 of the best competitions and events around the world that combine a healthy does of competition with a large slice of fun while mixing it up with […]
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Fresh back from the Kerio Valley in Kenya Gregory Knudson talks us through what you need to do to set a world record A year ago, after breaking a world record for a speed over an out-and-return course of 100 kilometres, friends threatened to run out and buy the Guinness Book of World Records. […]
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Some 214 hills make up England’s beautiful Lake District. Bagging them by foot is a popular past time for walkers, but no one had ever done them by air until Simon Blake took up the challenge… In the far north west of England, in the county of Cumbria, lies an ancient landscape. Scoured over […]
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Francisco Javier Reina Lagos kept his head as the Superfinal descended into political chaos. Just how cool can this cat be? In all the controversy over the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in Brazil in January you’d be forgiven if you’d forgotten there was actually a competition on. While manufacturers and the PWCA wrangled over the […]
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In Cross Country 152 (March / April 2014) Allen Weynberg returns to Manilla after 15 years away… “I don’t know what you’re expecting, there won’t be some kind of plexi-glass clubhouse. The only worthwhile infrastructure at this place the last time I came was the reliable lift to take-off.” I was wrong on both […]
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Jonny Durand set two new hang gliding world records in January. The two-week expedition to the giant cliffs of the Nullabor Plain in the very south of Australia was documented in superb technicolour. We feature Jonny’s story and the very best of photographs across six stunning pages of Cross Country 152 (March / April […]
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Bruce Goldsmith explains how to deal with an asymmetric collapse on a paraglider Manilla in Australia this year has been hot and strong. The region saw drought conditions, which means stronger thermals and higher cloudbases. However, it also means more aggressive conditions, with strong thermal-induced turbulence and dust devils even at low altitudes. Brooke […]
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You’ve got two weeks for a summer holiday. Beach… mountains… bit of both? In Stefan Bocks’s case he chose mountains. Remote, distant, unflown mountains. In July last year Stefan, ‘Boxi’, flew a solo, unsupported, 1,000km vol-biv through the heart of Central Asia, from Dushanbe in Tadjikistan to Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan. The route […]
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