USA

Full stall on an SIV course in California. Photo: Ethan Knorr

The Essential Role of SIV: Download

In Cross Country 258 Dilan Benedetti explores the role of SIV in paragliding. That article is a shorter version this paper here
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Peter Thompson hike-and-fly Colorado

Watch: Colorado hike-and-fly

In the summer of 2019 US pilot Peter Thompson embarked on the "adventure of a lifetime" to become the first person to hike-and-fly the length of Colorado.
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2025 prize draw winner Louis Serrano

‘I won a new wing!’ Louis Serrano flies his new Theta

The winner of our 2025 prize draw has been enjoying his new wing. Louis Serrano chose an Advance Theta ULS – but did he love it?
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Hiking and speedflying the Cherry Canyon logging trail during a Speedmo event last year in Utah, USA. Photo: Mack Lambert

Welcome to: the new world of speedmo

Race up, fly down ... Like skimo is ski mountaineering, speedmo is speedfly-mountaineering. Jack Sheard gets an insight
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Wave flying with Gordon Boettger. Photo: Gordon Boettger

The Long Game: Chasing the monster

Gordon Boettger is one of the only pilots on Earth using night vision goggles to fly wave – I went with him
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Autumn colours and 5,000m base Photos: XRedRocks

X Red Rocks 2024: The documentary

XRedRocks have released the documentary from this year's race, set in the stunning desert location of Utah
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XRedRocks 2024: Race report

After four tasks in the Utah desert, newcomer Jared Scheid has won the fourth edition of the Global Rescue XRedRocks, the hike-and-fly race
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PWC Monroe: Race Report

French pilot Baptiste Lambert has won PWC Monroe, USA after a challenging week in which five tasks were completed in difficult conditions
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PWC Monroe 2024

Storms halt tasks as World Cup gets underway

Pilots are encountering ‘exhilarating and daunting’ skies in central Utah at the Paragliding World Cup in Monroe, USA
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Russell Ogden won the US Paragliding Open in Chelan last week, with Galen Kirkpatrick winning the Women’s class

US Paragliding Open Chelan 2023: Russell Wins

Russell Ogden won the US Paragliding Open in Chelan last week, with Galen Kirkpatrick winning the Women’s class
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