Dry, high, and the sky goes on forever… Kelvin van Baalen takes us with him on a 300km flight from Copperton, South Africa
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Eyes Wide Shut: Paramotoring in Australia
Glenn Tupper and Matt Minyard head to Australia for a 12-day paramotoring blast along open roads and through epic skies
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Paraglider review: Dudek Optic Light 2
“Is it a paramotor wing?” “Is it a reflex wing?” Honestly, the questions I got walking to take-off with the Optic 2 Light.
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In a heartbeat: The Free Flight Physiology Project
As my first instructor once told me: pilots crash, not paragliders. In other words, accidents aren’t due to equipment failure, they are due to human error
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Cross Country 187: Feb/March 2018
Stop to listen, and we can all hear our hearts pounding away on launch. Why? Because free flying to cloudbase is one of the most exciting things on Earth. See what’s in the latest issue
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Grente
Grente, in Italy’s South Tyrol, is a good place to head to fly 250km+ triangles in the Alps
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Emberger Alm, Austria
Emberger Alm is at 1,740m, above the market town of Greifenburg in southern Austria
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Fiesch
Fiesch combines 4,000m glaciated peaks with searing hot vine-ripening valley floors, nuclear thermals and mighty valley winds.
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Col Agnel
Col Agnel hit the radar in 2016 when Honorin Hamard flew record 306.6km and 329.6km FAI triangles from it in July
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Winners of the Cross Country Subscribers Draw 2018
Who won the wing? The first prize was a paraglider of the pilot’s choice from either Air Design, Gin, Nova, Ozone Supair or Triple Seven.
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