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Cross Country 166: What’s in the latest issue
Frank Brown, Marcelo Prieto and Donizete Lemos are our Heroes of the Brazilian Heartland on the latest issue of Cross Country Magazine (XC166, Dec 2015 / Jan 2016). They flew into the record books in October by flying 514km together and setting a new paragliding world record. Cross Country editor Ed Ewing spoke to all […] …read more
Subscribe and get a free wallet plus €10 gift voucher
Subscribe to Cross Country Magazine before 18 December 2015 and we’ll send you a free Cross Country wallet with a €10 gift voucher inside to spend on anything you want at the XCShop. The offer is open to all new digital and print subscribers and no minimum spend in the XCshop is required. Simply enter […] …read more
Big Open Sky Paragliding Calendar 2016
The Big Open Sky paragliding calendar features 12 beautiful photographs shot throughout the European Alps. Printed on high quality 170gsm glossy paper in a landscape format, the calendar is available as a limited edition print run. It measures 480mm x 335mm (19 x 13 inches). It is packed in a strong cardboard envelope for safe […] …read more
Subscribe and claim a free copy of Classic Routes
Subscribe to Cross Country Magazine before Friday 18 December 2015 and we’ll send you a FREE copy of Classic Routes worth £29.95 in time for Christmas (UK only). Classic Routes features step-by-step instructional guides to many of the world’s best XC routes – from the Tour du Lac in Annecy to the Bingara Run in Australia. […] …read more
Defining our Playground – Full Throttle column from issue 165
Mike Campbell-Jones has been flying for 30 years and designing paragliders for 20. A former instructor he founded Paramania and helped to develop the reflex paraglider. In his column in issue 165 he discussed our flying playground The abbreviation AGL = Above Ground Level, is where all flying activity takes place. For pilots, the sky is […] …read more
World records in Brazil: 2015 Season roundup… so far
It has been a record season so far in Brazil, with several world records broken. Here’s a round-up of what’s been happening. 9 October 2015 Marcelo Prieto, Donizete Lemos and Frank Brown (BRA) flew into the record books with a spectacular flight of 514km to give them the new paragliding world record for straight-line open […] …read more
Thermalling Revisited – Icaristics column from issue 163
Bruce Goldsmith has been flying since the 1980s. He has been British Hang Gliding Champion twice, British Paragliding Champion three times and was Paragliding World Champion in 2007. He has been designing paragliders for 20 years. His Icaristics column in issue 163 revisited the subject of thermalling. For the last six months I have been giving […] …read more
Understanding Microbursts – Meteorology column from issue 163
Meteorologist Honza Rejmanek has been a paraglider pilot since 1993. He has competed in four Red Bull X-Alps, and came third in 2009. He lives in California. In his Meteorology column in issue 163 he wrote about microbursts. In most cases you are likely to receive strange looks if you publicly express a fear of […] …read more
Remote Launches – Mountains column from issue 161
Jon Chambers has been flying for over 20 years and has competed in the Red Bull X-Alps twice. He lives in Geneva and flies in the Alps where he enjoys being a Tandem Dad to his kids. He is the author of Hanging in There, a book about the X-Alps. His regular column in issue […] …read more