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Thermalling
Five tips for flying windy thermals
Learning how to thermal? Keep falling out of them? Here are five things you need to know about flying thermals in the wind.
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How to thermal better
To learn to fly faster, paraglider pilots need to learn to maximise their climbing speed. Mads Syndegaard shares some tips
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Masterclass: How to master thermalling and XC with Maxime Pinot
Max Pinot joins Cross Country’s Hugh Miller and Seb Ospina to discuss some of the finer points of thermalling and XC flying
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Masterclass: How to climb and fly better with Russell Ogden
Join paragliding world number 1 Russ Ogden for a coaching session exploring glider control and how to climb better
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Tuesday Tip: How tight should I turn in a thermal?
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