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Jocky Sanderson and Jez Coombes and all the pilots at the Ozone Chabre Open 2023. Photo: Martijn Van Dijk

Mark Hayman wins Ozone Chabre Open 2023

Mark Hayman won the Ozone Chabre Open this year with Leontien Kragten top of the Women's class at this fun comp in France
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Stodeus BlueBip

Stodeus BlueBip: mini solar vario

Stodeus have released the BlueBip mini solar-powered flight instrument. It has Bluetooth connectivity so it can be used with flight apps
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Salomon S/Lab Skyway shoes

Salomon S/Lab Skyway: hike-and-fly shoes

Salomon S/Lab Skyway, the hike-and-fly shoes Maxime Pinot helped to develop then raced the Red Bull X-Alps in, are now available to buy
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Apco Nestra Light

Apco Nestra Light: 2.5-line EN-B

Apco say the Nestra Light lightweight paraglider is a "true" 2.5-liner, offering "EN-C performance in the B category"
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Tom Cruise launches his speed glider in the Lake District for Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1. Photo: Mission Impossible

What is speed flying and how can I do it like Tom Cruise?

What is speed flying and how do I get into speed flying like Tom Cruise? Here's the lowdown...
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Cockpit view, Brasov, Romania

Paragliding World Cup 2023: Brasov, Romania

The Paragliding World Cup is heading to Transylvania on 24 June, for the third event of the 2023 tour which takes place in Brasov
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Sol Cyclus 2

Sol Cyclus 2: lightweight EN-B

The Cyclus 2 is Sol’s “light and compact” EN-B, a “second wing” that is ideal for pilots who hike-and-fly
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Chrigel Maurer on the raft in Zell am See after winning the 2023 Red Bull X-Alps in record time. Photo: Christian Lorenz / Red Bull Content Pool

Red Bull X-Alps 2023: Chrigel Maurer wins in six days

Chrigel Maurer has won the Red Bull X-Alps for a record eighth time – and in the fastest time in the race’s 20-year history
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Cross Country Summer 2023 prize draw sponsors

Prize Draw June 2023: Who Won the Wing?

Congratulations to Julian Geistbeck from Germany who has won a brand new paraglider in the Cross Country Subscribers’ Summer Prize Draw 2023!
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Cross Country Summer 2023 prize draw sponsors

Subscribe today – you could win a new wing

Win a paraglider! If you're a keen pilot wanting to improve and learn in 2023, now's the best ever time to subscribe to Cross Country
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