Take two of my favourite sports, paragliding and kite surfing, put me on a beach with Fabrice Tripier Mandancin, the European free style snow kite champion, and you can be sure something silly will happen. By Matt Taggart.
Read moreDavid Casartelli tells the story of the day in 2003 paragliders top-landed Mont Blanc
Read moreLimits? What limits? Matt Gerdes shakes his head in disbelief at Mike Kung’s latest feat: crossing the English Channel by paraglider
Read moreAre we as hang glider and paraglider pilots an endangered species? Ian Blackmore investigates one of the main threats to our continued existence
Read moreIn the second part of his series on cross country and competition hang gliding, Christian Ciech lifts the veil on some of the strategies and techniques needed for flying faster
Read moreOn Friday August 8 2003 Scotty Marion took off on a cross-country flight from Ebenalp near Appenzell, Switzerland, and he didn’t return from the flight. Helicopter searchers have looked for him this week with no success.
Read moreBungee jumping from a tandem paraglider shouldn’t be too hard, should it? Unfortunately, the landing part is trickier… Semih Sahir gives a bounce by bounce account
Read moreParagliding and hang gliding world champion Rob Whittall on what should influence you when choosing a new paraglider
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Predicting where a thermal will travel after releasing isn’t a skill that requires a missile guidance system, some simple 3D terrain analysis is enough to keep you airborne. Bob Drury explains how
Read moreTwo pilots get more than they bargain for when African troops arrest them for paragliding
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