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Jeff Hamann above the San Diego & Arizona Railway

Off the Rails

Photographer Jeff Hamann heads into his own backyard to explore the historic San Diego & Arizona Railway – from the air
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Autumn colours and 5,000m base Photos: XRedRocks

Bill Belcourt wins Red Rocks Wide Open 2025

US pilot Bil Belcourt has won Red Rocks Wide Open in Monroe, Utah, the race to goal US Nationals series event organised by Gavin McClurg
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Paragliding at sunset along steep cliffs in Utah, USA

Road Trip USA: ‘There is huge potential for epic flights’

Tim Rochas, Pierre Bottero, Anna Berger and Tanguy Renaud-Goud head to the canyonlands and badlands in Utah
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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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