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1, 2, 3 winners at the British Paragliding Championships in Italy

British Paragliding Championships, Italy: Emile Van Wyk wins

Britain's Emile Van Wyk won the first of the two rounds that make up the British Paragliding Championships 2012, on an Ozone EnZo.
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Low cloud on launch at Annecy

PWCA 2012: Alfredo Studer wins after one task

Swiss pilot Alfredo Studer (Ozone) won the French round of the Paragliding World Cup 2012 in Talloires - his second ever PWC competition
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Out and return in Sweden. Photo: Fred Gustafsson

Martin Annsberg wins Out and Return in Sweden

Martin Annsberg won Sweden's first ever hike and fly competition, held at the end of April in Are. He spent 10 hours hiking and flying onboard his Mac Marvel
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Bruce Goldsmith

Video: Bruce Goldsmith buys Airwave

Bruce Goldsmith and a Brazilian business partner bought Airwave Paragliders at the start of April – he discusses the move in this video
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Cross Country 141

Issue 141: New look for Cross Country magazine

Cross Country magazine has been re-designed to make it cleaner, clearer, and better than ever
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Pegasus Paragliding: For Sale

Canadian paragliding school up for sale

After nearly 20 years in the game, and now at the benchmark age of 65, Canadian east coast paragliding instructor Michael Fuller is hanging up his teaching harness.
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Gauchos in Argentina. Photo: Felix Wolk

In issue 141: Chasing the dark in Sierra Velasco: Shadowline

Enormous climbs, flying in the dark, soaring with white-feathered condors and partying with gauchos. Felix Woelk discovers Argentina
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SIV in Olu Deniz, Turkey. Photo: Jody MacDonald

In issue 141: SIV: Jocky Sanderson on the latest thinking

When should you go on an SIV course? Should you do a refresher on your comp glider? What about pod harnesses? And what does new glider technology mean when you get bent out of shape?
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Gradient's Aspen 4, in Argentina. Photo: Felix Wolk

In issue 141: “It’s got no lines!” The Gradient Aspen 4, EN C

Hugh Miller gets his mitts on Gradient's latest, sharpest tool in the box. Plus Little Cloud's Kangoo and vol-biv paragliding harnesses get the once-over.
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The Flying Effect go tandem in Iceland. Photo: www.facebook.com/theflyingeffect

Video: Paragliding in Iceland

Most famous for Bjork, the blue lagoon and the quirkiness of its capital Reykjavik, Iceland is now promoting itself as an adventure playground, including paragliding in some pretty wild scenery...
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