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A cancelled Nepali tourist visa

Nepal deports foreign tandem paraglider pilots in clampdown in Pokhara

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Martin Muller leads out at the 2013 Bornes to Fly

Bornes to Fly 2014: Dates announced for three-day hike and fly competition

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Boomtime in Brazil. Photo: Felix Wolk

Big days roll in as Quixada sees great conditions and multiple 400km flights

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Fifty ways to Fly Better

Fifty Ways to Fly Better: By Bruce Goldsmith and Friends

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Cross Country 150

Cross Country celebrates 25 years of free flying in issue 150

Started in 1988 by Sherry Thevenot, an artist who married into the hang gliding scene, the magazine grew quickly
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Hot stuff ... the Chili 3 from Skywalk. Photo: Skywalk

Skywalk Chili 3 EN B: paraglider review

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The Advance Epsilon 7. Photo: Advance

Clean and Simple: Advance Epsilon 7 (EN B) review

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Paragliding in Quixada, Brazil. Photo: Felix Wolk

Chasing the Tiger Line in Brazil

When you're faced with a tiger in the flatlands of Brazil what do you do? Turn and run the other way or stare it down and fly faster?
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The three stages of pitch. Photo montage: Marcus King / Fifty Ways to Fly Better

Understanding Pitch on a Paraglider

Pitch on a paraglider: when you fly your paraglider, you sit in your harness at least seven metres below the wing – maybe as much as ten...
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Clement Latour and Jon Chambers in the 2013 Red Bull X-Alps

Red Bull X-Alps athletes headline free flight night at Kendal Mountain Festival

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