USA

Chelan is a welcoming vacation town with lakes and mountains. It offers the pilot unlimited big routes across the flatlands, with mountain flying too

Gavin McClurg broke the US paragliding foot launch record on 15 July 2013, flying 383km from Sun Valley, Idaho on his Niviuk Peak 3.

Last day at the Rat Race and the final podcast from Andy Pag is packed.

The flying is on at the Rat Race and Michael Sigel is leading the pack. The latest podcast from Andy Pag at the competition in Oregon features Jeff Farrell interviewing Jeff Huey and Mike Haley.

While parawaiting Andy Pag talks to Rob Sporrer, Luis Rosenkjer, and Jeff Farrell about the wings they import to the US and the pilots that fly them.

Andy Pag uncovers an amazing story from the practice task, involving a farmer, a gun, a quad bike and a totally destroyed wing...

As cabin fever sets in Andy Pag speaks to Jug Aggarwal about the Nor-Cal XC League which brings pilots together one weekend a month to fly tasks he sets.

Andy Pag talks to Jeff Huey about how to get selected for the US Team and Brett Hazlett reveals what he thinks of his new GIN Boomerang 9

Andy Pag talks to local gurus Bill Belcourt and Hayden Glatte about how best to fly Woodrat Mountain on Day 0 of the Rat Race 2013 – the biggest paragliding comp in the USA

'Life becomes a blissful routine. Fly, camp, eat, sleep and fly again. Every two or three days we’d try to land at a place where the truck could meet us so we can restock food and water and charge batteries. Below us the terrain is in a constant state of awesome change.'