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Cross Country magazine and Paraglider magazine merge

Sometimes two thermals join up to make an even stronger core...
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Paragliding techniques: The Spiral Dive

Jocky Sanderson talks us through the most accessible and effective way of burning off height quickly on a paraglider
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Paragliding in Pakistan: Kings of the wild frontier

French vol bivouac duo, Philippe Nodet and Julien Wirtz, redefine adventure paragliding over ten incredible days in the heart of the Karakoram in Northern Pakistan.
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Paragliding techniques: How to handle a collapse

The first time your risers go slack, and your leading edge lurches down towards and tries to slap you in the face...
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Flying in the UK: Cake and Ale and Cumbrian Pie

Accidental anglophile Jerome Maupoint discovers the paraglider pilot's mighty pleasuredome offered by the UK's Lake District
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On glide to Nanga Parbat. Photo: Olivier Laugero

Paragliding in Pakistan: The Naked Mountain

There's no room for naked fear tackling the first paraglider circumnavigation of 8,126 m Nanga Parbat - the naked mountain
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Flying with eagles: Louise Crandal goes from 9 to 5 to feeling alive!

Paragliding World Champion Louise Crandal's life takes an unexpected twist as she falls for a bird of prey
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How Raul invented the Infinite Tumble

Raul Rodriguez recounts his invention of the latest aerobatic manoeuvre, the Infinite Tumble
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Red Bull X-Alps 2005: Going the distance

Hugh Miller reports from paragliding's biggest race – the Red Bull X-Alps 2005
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The 2005 Flytec Championships

Until the eighth day, the 2005 Flytec Championships was a festival of fast racing and fun times, as Davis Straub reports
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