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The first round of the Norwegian league at Voss has kicked off the Scandinavian comp season, with 8 out of the top 10 pilots all flying Ozone. Congrats toRonny Helgesen, Rolf Dale, and Bjorn Skarpass, who swept the podium in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. Full results here.
Side note: Ronny reports that it was -14C at 2200m, which we imagine adds another dimension of stress to XC flying. Nice work everyone!
Cheers from all the Team.
Seiko Fukuoka has continued her record-breaking season by claiming four more records in the first few days of May. On 1 May she flew a 150km triangle and claimed both the General and the Women’s world record for speed over a 150km triangle, flying at an average speed of 32.68km/h. Then on 3 May […] …read more
Ozone co-designer, Luc Armant, just had an incredible week of flying in France. With his wife and daughter away on a trip, the family man took advantage of his temporary bachelor status to fly two massive triangles in the Southern Alps, and then a huge open distance flight across France almost to the Atlantic coast.
Second X-Pyr edition! …read more
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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
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 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
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
“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
“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