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Updates from around the paragliding and free-flying world

Cross Country test Sup’Air’s Base reserve

Marcus King took a detour to Lake Annecy last week, to test out Sup'Air's new cutaway paraglider reserve system.
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World Hang Gliding Championships 2013

The World Class 1 Hang Gliding Championships take place in Forbes, Australia in January 2013
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Hang gliding training in Italy with Dennis Pagen

Dennis Pagen is running a hang glider cross country training week in Monte Cucco, Italy, in August 2012
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Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa's ultimate descent from Everest by paraglider, won them the National Georgraphic 2011 Adventurers of the Year award

The Ultimate Descent Everest film released

The Everest paragliding movie Hanuman Airlines – Fly Over Everest has been released
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SuSi is AirDesign's new multi-purpose mini paraglider

AirDesign’s Super-Simple paraglider: SuSi

SuSi is AirDesign's new multi-purpose mini paraglider
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X-Pyr: race across the Pyrenees by foot and paraglider

The X-Pyr is a paraglider hike-and-fly race across the Pyrenees from west to east. It starts on 5 August 2012
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In Issue 140…

The latest news, reviews and features from Cross Country.
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Tandem Infinite Tumbling with Pal Takats at Stubai

Cross Country's Marcus King goes tandem Infinite Tumbling with Pal Takats at the 2012 Stubai Paragliding Festival
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Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa's ultimate descent from Everest by paraglider, won them the National Georgraphic 2011 Adventurers of the Year award

Babu and Lakpa: National Geographic Adventurers of the Year

Babu and Lakpa: National Geographic Adventurers of the Year
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Great cross country flying conditions were enjoyed at the Corryong Open and Pub-to-Pub challenge 2012

Corryong Open 2012: Report on the last round of the Australian Paragliding Championships

Gareth Carter and Kirsty Withecombe are Australia's 2012 National paragliding Champions.
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