Marcus King reviews the Oudie 3 straight out of the box. Aimed at paraglider pilots who want an easy life, the Oudie 3 comes supplied with airspace maps and terrain maps of large chunks of the world already pre-installed. The Oudie 3 is also reviewed in depth in the latest issue of Cross Country magazine […] …read more
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Honza Rejmanek: ‘Let’s go to the beach this year’
You want to go flying but your significant other wants a ‘normal’ holiday this year – like the beach. What to do? Meteorologist and Red Bull X-Alps pilot Honza Rejmanek has the answer. Pick an island where there is also good flying! In his latest Meteorology column he explains exactly how to do that. Perhaps […] …read more
Bruce Goldsmith’s Icaristics: Gliding Better
Bruce Goldsmith has been writing for Cross Country magazine for over 20 years. A former World Champion and multiple national champion, he has experience in flying and designing hang gliders and paragliders stretching right back to the start of the sport. Each issue he takes a topic and discusses it, examining how it can […] …read more
My Line: Armin Harich
Armin Harich set a new German flatland record in April at 302.9km and is the subject of our My Line spread in the latest issue of Cross Country. My Line is exactly that – it’s an insight into how pilots fly, what little tricks they know, what insights they’ve won over their years flying. Armin, […] …read more
Get to Goal: How to get comp flying right first time
“Competitions are great for learning fast and seeing what is possible on any given day,” says Jonny Durand, multiple Australian hang gliding champion and winner of numerous comps around the world. “You get to fly with lots of pilots and learn from watching others.” The old adage that you’ll learn more in a week […] …read more
South Pacific: Search Project in French Polynesia
“Thermal flying was difficult but the soaring was amazing, although taking off and landing in such strong wind proved to be very technical,” explains Tom de Dorlodot about flying the islands of French Polynesia. He, Horacio Llorens and a film and photography crew spent several months flying and sailing through the region, hiking up […] …read more
Nova Ion 3, EN B: Champagne moment
Paragliding coach Pat Dower is usually found on a racing blade, carving out long XCs and pushing at the edge of performance. So we asked him to jump on Nova’s latest all-round EN B, the Nova Ion 3. Aimed at ‘everyman’, from new pilots to those who want to fly XC with maximum passive security, […] …read more
‘Flirting all the way’: The Gin Carrera, EN B
Hugh Miller reviews the new GIN Carrera in Cross Country issue 153 (May / June 2014) – and goes weak at the knees. Is she an EN B or an EN C? Is it late nights and shots all the way, or Ikea catalogues and cups of Earl Grey tea? Hugh writes: The Carrera is […] …read more
‘Never again’ – Andy Pag on a bad season in Nepal
When Andy Pag met up with Cross Country in March he was still wearing his duvet jacket from Pokhara to ward off the chill of an early spring wind in England. The dust on it stood out against the clean blacks and greys of the city folk milling around. Sitting down over hot coffee […] …read more
21 Tips for Getting to Goal for new Competition Pilots
For Cross Country 153 we wanted to write the definitive guide for pilots new to the competition game. And if there is one piece of advice that all our experts came back with – and we asked National Champions, European Champions, World Champions and the hotshot on the hill – it was this: “Don’t race. Get […] …read more