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 ART OF SERIOUS FUN

CONTRIBUTORS

Cross Country • In the core since 1988

Opening Shot

IN THE CORE • People, news and insight from around the free flying world

COUPE ICARE AT 50 BACK WITH A BANG

NEW GENERATION HARNESSES ON DISPLAY

ON LAUNCH WITH LORENZO DEE

WINGS AND THINGS • A bitesize look at some of new gliders presented at the Coupe Icare

WHAT TO WATCH • Steve Uzochukwu was on the Press Jury at this year’s Coupe Icare Film Festival

BACK IN THE DAY

FREE FLIGHT IN THE MAINSTREAM

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

PROTECTING YOUR HEAD

HOW TO: GET GOOD AT MAPPING LIFT • Say it out loud … Hugh Miller explains how to develop a mental model of lift in the flatlands

BLAZE OF GLORY

SAY HIGH TO THE ‘OMEGA BLOCK’

SATELLITE EYE • Looking down on our ever-changing Earth

DESTINATION PIZ CORVATSCH

GATEWAY TO THE ÉCRINS • On one of the best days in the Alps this year Nicolas Cochet and friends headed to the little village of Vallouise to fly some of France’s wildest mountain terrain – the Écrins Massif.

ÉCRINS FACT FILE

TOP FIVE HIKE AND FLY DAYS

MEET THE DOLOMITEN WOMEN • The Red Bull Dolomitenmann is a high profile one-day multi-sport event in the Austrian Alps that has been men-only since it started 35 years ago. This year, organisers finally let women compete. Till Gottbrath meets the 10 female pilots who took part

FREE AS A BIRD • The new Wanderbird Hike & Fly Trophy series is aimed at everyday pilots. Low airtime rookie Tarquin Cooper signed up to give it a go

SEARCHING FOR NIRVANA • If you are looking for perfect peace and happiness in your paragliding, then there is no better place to find it than in India. Jack Sheard talks to father and son Sanjay and Sunith Rao about their own search for free flight Nirvana

SUNITH RAO 60 SECONDS

SITE GUIDE: FLYING KAMSHET

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

New Products

BGD LYNX 2 • They say leopards can’t change their spots – but the Lynx clearly has. Marcus King flies BGD’s new lightweight EN C

OZONE VIPER XC • This advanced paramotor wing with winglets is efficient, joyous to fly, and an ideal single-wing solution for PPG and free flying, writes Lawrie Noctor

SASHA SEREBRENNIKOVA • The new women’s hang gliding world champion on what matters most