Cross Country

Cross Country is the world’s leading voice for hang gliding, paragliding and paramotoring pilots. Ten times a year, our magazine content reflects our obsession with flying, and we express it by packing each issue with the most imaginative, inspirational photography and writing we can lay our hands on.

THE RIGHT SIDE OF FUN

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NEED TO KNOW • News and insight from around the free-flying world

OCTOBER IN THE AIR

THE NAKED PILOT BENEDIKT BÖS

INSIDER’S GUIDE: BOOMERANG Z

JAMES JOHNSTON

BACK IN THE DAY

FLYING IQ • Helping you fly better with expert advice and know-how

HOW DANGEROUS IS PARAGLIDING? • In February Cross Country readers helped Dr Matt Wilkes conduct the biggest paragliding safety survey ever done. Here’s what he found out

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WHAT’S AVERAGE?

THANK YOU

HOW TO THERMAL BY FEEL ALONE

FEELING THIRSTY?

SKEW-T 101

CARVING IT UP • Matias Nombarasco captured the action at the Polish Slalom Open in August

FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

MOVING UP TO CCC

IT S GOOD TO BE BACK! • The Paragliding World Cup headed to Disentis in August for a week of racing through the beautiful Swiss Alps

Eye TO Eye • Last winter Antoine Girard and Sophie Tabakova headed to Ethiopia to attempt to fly tandem vol-bivouac across the country. It didn’t quite turn out like that…

Designed TO FLY • Paragliding: The Beginner’s Guide is the latest book hot off the Cross Country magazine presses. We put its lead author, Bastienne Wentzel in the hotseat

KITLIST • All the latest reviews, gear and technology for free flying

KITLIST

IN BRIEF

AIRDESIGN RISE 4 • Ed Ewing jumps onboard the soul train with this new high EN B

MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS

Ed Ewing

OZONE ZEOLITE GT • Seb Ospina flies this Red Bull X-Alps inspired lightweight two-liner

MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS

ADVANCE OMEGA XALPS 3 • Seb Ospina flies Advance’s Red Bull X-Alps winning lightweight two-liner

MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS

WOODY VALLEY WANI LIGHT 2 • Charlie King tries this updated, well-designed reversible harness at home in the French Alps

MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS

PPG SMOKE SYSTEM (V2) • Lawrie Noctor can t help but love flying with this paramotor smoke system

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT

NEO BIKINI

YOUR FLYING MIND