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Updates from around the paragliding and free-flying world

Gin Atlas review

Video review: First look at the Gin Atlas (EN B)

The Atlas is the new EN B from Gin – video review by Greg Hamerton.
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Red Bull X-Alps 2013 route

Red Bull X-Alps 2013: New route is longest yet at 1,000+ km

The Red Bull X-Alps 2013 is to be the biggest yet, with organisers announcing that the route is now more than 1,000km long as the crow flies.
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The Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Ten years of pain and glory

Nick Warren, communications manager for the Red Bull X-Alps in 2011, relives the decade-long history of the world's toughest adventure race
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Paragliding in New Zealand

New all-in-one website for New Zealand

The one-stop-shop for all things paragliding in New Zealand went live on 7 March.
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Air Turquoise refuse to test EN D competition wings

Alain Zoller and the team at Air Turquoise have issued a statement saying that they have made a 'decision to stop immediately certification of "Gun" competition gliders'.
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Babu Sunuwar snaps a self-portrait on the roof of Africa

In issue 146: Babu Sunuwar flies Kilimanjaro

Mad, bad or genius flying? Andy Pag tracked Babu Sunuwar down to his home in Pokhara in Nepal to interview him about his tandem flight from the summit of Kilimanjaro. Was he crazy, stupid or was it the spark of genius?
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Antoine Boisellier in the core. Photo: Antoine Boisellier

In issue 146: Hang Gliding World Championships

We devote this issue's Gallery to the photography from this brilliant high-level competition
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Spot the glider... paragliding in Greenland. Photo: Gemma Woldendorp and Natasha Sebire

In issue 146: Sound of Silence

Gemma Woldendorp and Natasha Sebire head north – really far north. Liverpool Land in far east Greenland is about as far away from cable cars and civilisation as you can get
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Day something, somewhere in the California Sierras. Photo: Jody MacDonald

In issue 146: Sierra Surfing

'Life becomes a blissful routine. Fly, camp, eat, sleep and fly again. Every two or three days we’d try to land at a place where the truck could meet us so we can restock food and water and charge batteries. Below us the terrain is in a constant state of awesome change.'
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The Boomerang 9 in Switzerland. Photo: Adrian Hachen

In issue 146: Boomerang 9, Delta 2, EN Bs

New season, new gliders. From the latest comp machine to the smoothest EN B, we've got them covered
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Cross Country 258:July 2025

From the Scottish Highlands to Peru and Jordan, issue 258 is packed with free-flight adventure plus the latest innovations
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