In issue 128…

FUTURE HEROES

Bright young things tumbling in. Marcus King meets some of the acro world’s hottest young stars: Emmanuel Manon, Jeremy Bailly, Marvin Ogger and Celine Barman

GAME OF SHADOWS

‘Burgsdorf is not even on the map.’ Empty desert, 6,000 m base, and 300 km out-and-returns, but tinged with tragedy. Vianney Tisseau returned with incredible images from this season’s Namibian Record Encampment

PILGRIMAGE

Jerôme Maupoint turns his lens on some of South Korea’s finest flying scenery and discovers the ‘thermals, sushi and rice fields’ in Gin Gliders’ back yard

ELISA HOUDRY

She stormed the competition world last year to become Women’s World Champion and now wants to do it all over again. Caroline Frinault meets Elisa Houdry

FARMER FLY

What do you do when you want a career in paragliding? Simple, buy your own company. Konrad Görg talks to Bob Drury about why he bought failing French brand Aircross and life as a cash crop farmer

XC FILES

Bob Drury explains how to mend a broken line on the hill and Honza Rejmanek explores dust devils

COCOONED

To cocoon or not to cocoon? J C Skiera gets into bed with Kortel’s Kamasutra ll, Advance’s Impress 2+ and Sup’Air’s Vamp

Plus a gallery from Nick Greece aka Nick’d’Greek, all the news from the CIVL Plenary in Lausanne, speed gliding action from Les Arcs and Ama Dablam and the latest products for paragliding and hang gliding.

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