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The 41st edition of the Coupe Icare was, as always, an exciting amalgam of industry news, old friends and new, and swarms of flying humans, all joined together at the beautiful plateau village of St Hilaire du Touvet.

This year we announced several new products that will be arriving in 2015:

Swift 4
The Swift 4 is based on the Rush 4 design, which is now a landmark design in the Sport-Intermediate Class (to maintain clarity as to which Rush the Swift evolved from, we have skipped the Swift “3″ in the series). The new Swift 4 contains all of the performance enhancing details of the Rush 4, packaged into a very light and low-volume travel / vol-biv package. For pilots who want a dependable yet highly efficient wing in this class, the Swift 4 delivers real XC capabilities, to-go!

Mojo 5
The Mojo 5 may be the 5th in the series, but this iteration is completely new, and was designed from the ground up to redefine this specific class of wing. The Mojo 5’s handling is even more compact and user-friendly than any of its predecessors. Passive safety is even further improved over the Mojo 4, and at the same time we have refined …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Simon from Advance takes us on a tour of the new Advance Lightness 2, launched at the Coupe Icare 2014 in St Hilaire du Touvet in France. • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com Subscribe to Cross Country. Buy and sell gear on Skyads.aero Home …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Karakoram Highway, the award-winning film shot by the Search Projects team in the mountains of Pakistan a couple of years ago, has been released online for free. The 41-minute film follows Thomas de Dorlodot, Horacio Llorens and Hernan Pitocco as they set out to break XC distance and altitude records in some of the biggest […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

50 Ways to Fly Better, the best-selling book by Bruce Goldsmith and friends published by Cross Country last year, is now available in French and Spanish. 50 Techniques Pour Mieux Voler and Cincuenta Modos de Volar Mejor were launched at the Coupe Icare. The two editions are shipping now and are available online and through […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

If you’ve always fancied getting a GoPro but couldn’t justify the cost, the company have launched the camera for you. The Hero is their new entry-level camera that the company says “delivers the same immersive footage that’s made GoPro one of the best-selling cameras in the world – all in a simplified experience that’s easy for […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

GoPro have launched the latest incarnation of their action camera. The Hero4 Black features 4k video at 30FPS. Despite a lack of 4k-ready TVs in homes this can still be useful for post-production manipulation including cropping and faux panning. The camera, which is compatible with Hero3 accessories, also offers 2.7k video at up to 50FPS and 1080p […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

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