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Women with Wings: Hang Gliding Worlds 2014
“How do you pronounce your name Linda?” “It sounds like alimony.” Richard Sheppard knew he was onto a good thing when he was asked to head to Annecy to hang out at the Women’s Hang Gliding World Championships over the summer – and he took full advantage of his precious few days at the competition. With […] …read more
Royal wave: Triple Seven’s Queen, EN C
Who wouldn’t want to be Queen for the day? All those baubles to play with, palaces to parade about in, and crowns to wear. Marcus King adopted his best regal attitude with Triple Seven’s newest offering, the Queen. Pitched at the top-end of the Sports Class and EN C market, it has been “developed for […] …read more
Naked Pilot: Philippe Broers
For many, Philippe Broers is the face of the Paragliding World Cup. His daily videos from the comps combine epic flying images with in-flight commentary that reveal the racing strategies. In Cross Country 155 (Sept/Oct 2014) the Belgian showman talks to Andy Pag about the gear he uses to film the fastest pilots in the […] …read more
Turkey’s new frontier: Nine pilots smash the 300km mark
On 29 June this year nine pilots flew 300km+ from a new site in eastern Turkey, smashing all the national records and pushing the sport in the country into a new era. Dora Göksal tells the tale I started paragliding in 2011, through my university club the METU Aviation Society. Since the very beginning I […] …read more
Ice and slice: paragliding in Iceland
Ant Green and Bruce Goldsmith headed to Iceland for a photo-shoot over summer, and we showcase the results in Cross Country 155 (Sept/Oct 2014). The crisp multi-coloured yellow glider above all that blue ice and sea made us think of one thing and one thing only: A long tall gin and tonic. Ice and slice, […] …read more
Stitch up: Back to XC school on the Swing Discus, EN A
In issue 155 of Cross Country magazine we get one of the UK’s top XC pilots off his EN D super-wing and give him an… EN A glider. Yes, we hobble him with a school wing, a beginner’s boat, a paper plane to the red arrow he’d been flying all season. But was it really […] …read more
Cross Country 155: New issue, Sept/October 2014
Cross Country 155 is out now, and it’s packed. On the cover is a great shot by Ant Green of Bruce Goldsmith paragliding in Iceland. They were in the country for a week over summer, chasing the weather between the clouds – great photos and great times. Another person who had a great time this season […] …read more
Chrigel Maurer: One Day Coaching
Chrigel Maurer is one of the most complete paraglider pilots in the world. He has three Red Bull X-Alps wins under his belt, has been PWC Champion and Swiss Champion, held acro infinite tumble world records, has won numerous adventure races, and was even 2007 Swiss Hang Gliding Champion. In issue 155 (Sept/Oct) of Cross […] …read more
New iPhone includes barometer
You can’t fail to have heard that Apple released the latest incarnations of the iPhone, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, on Tuesday 9th September. The interesting news for free flyers was that Apple have now added a barometer to the iPhone’s array of sensors. While Apple have touted the ability for the phone to use […] …read more