USA

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.'

When Guy Anderson went missing during the Sun Valley Paragliding World Cup in August 2012 the hearts of pilots around the world sank. Read his remarkable story in the latest issue of Cross Country magazine...

When news came through that Jonny Durand and Dustin Martin were flying across Texas and looked set to break the hang gliding world record, we dropped everything to stand and stare at their Spot tracks as it happened.

An email pinged in from Nick Greece in the USA. "200 miles. Got photos. Kiwi writing the report." The story of the race for 200 mountain miles is told in great style in this issue of Cross Country magazine.

Missing British Paragliding World Cup pilot has been found alive after nearly 50 hours injured in the mountains.