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An essential guide to the golden rules of XC paragliding and hang gliding flying, by Patrick Laverty. First published in Cross Country magazine in 2001

Aussie competitor and instructor Peter Bowyer reveals his two most frightening moments in paragliding- and the lessons they taught him...

Godfrey Wenness reports from the 2001 Australian Paragliding Open

Carol Binder and Wesley Ian Hill report from the Australian flatlands hang gliding aerotow meet in 2001

Jaco Wolmarans reports from South Africa on a 265 km declared distance to goal paragliding world record, set at the height of the season in 2000

'Today is a good day to be alive.' Peter Wild shakes out his paraglider and flies the north face of the Eiger

Xavier Murillo meets David Barish, the true father of paragliding and the paraglider

Hugh Miller meets Brazil's Frank Brown and gets some flatland flying paragliding secrets. Published in November 2000

On 19 July 2000, Dave Sharp became the first person to fly over 500 km on a hang glider. He flew his Air Atos north out of a small unknown town in Texas, USA. Only a few weeks later, Davis Straub reset the record at 347 miles, also out of Zapata. This is the story of Dave Sharp's flight

We're gearing up to smash more world records at the annual big distance event in Brazil, this November 2000. Organiser Chico Santos reports.