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Cross Country Paragliding T-Shirts

Atari and Never Come Down: New Cross Country T-Shirts

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The Cross Country bumper sticker in Chrigel Maurer's Red Bull X-Alps bus

Cross Country bumper stickers: have you got yours?

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Matt Stanford above the Cook Strait in New Zealand. Photo: Matt Stanford

Final Glide: Crossing New Zealand’s Cook Strait

Matt Stanford became the first pilot to cross New Zealand's 30km Cook Strait by paraglider earlier this year.
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In deep in the Tien Shan. Photo: Dali Carbol

Jagged Edge: Exploring the Tien Shan by paraglider

This spectacular example of adventure flying is what happens when you put two of the most ambitious Greater Ranges pilots in a new and remote location.
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Mike Haley at the Rat Race 2013. Photo: Andy Pag

Learning from the Rat Race: Mike Haley

“Too many paraglider pilots turn their noses up at comps!” says Mike Haley, a speak-your-mind Texan who doesn't suffer fools gladly.
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Greg Knudson in Kenya.

Cross Country interview: Greg Knudson

“We’d gone to the top of the hill and it was the first time I’d managed to inflate the glider,” says Greg Hudson. "It had a glide ratio of about 3.8 to 1."
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Muddy shoes at the Bornes to Fly. Photo: Michel Farrugia

Up One More: The Bornes to Fly 2013

How hard can hike-and-fly really be? Andy Pag found out when he signed up to the three-day Bornes to Fly in Annecy, France earlier this year.
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Veso Ovcharov in Pakistan

Off road in Pakistan: Veso Ovcharov’s spectacular photos

Veso Ovcharov, Francois Ragolski, Petar Loncar and Adrien Shams travelled to Pakistan for six weeks of out-of-this-world flying in May and June this year.
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Flying in the southern French Alps. Photo: Bruce Goldsmith

Which way to turn: Bruce Goldsmith’s Icaristics

Bruce Goldsmith discusses which way to turn – something we think about in every thermal each time we fly.
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On the Dune du Pyla. Photo: Tristan Shu

Tristan Shu on the Dune du Pyla

Who better to showcase the Dune du Pyla than Tristan Shu, one of the most exciting photographers in the sport of paragliding today.
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