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.

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Cross Country

OPENING SHOT

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

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ON LAUNCH WITH ROB CONDELLA

PWCA ASIAN TOUR

‘AN AMAZING RACE’

BACK IN THE DAY

ONE GIANT LEAP • Astronaut Tim Peake’s new book Space: The Human Story explores early space flight. In this extract he tells the story of Alexei Leonov, the first person to ever complete a spacewalk

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

WHY SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER • Small may be beautiful but it doesn’t always pack a punch. Bastienne Wentzel finds out why

INISDE VERCOFLY 2023 • Tobias Dimmler was on the ground and in the air at this four-day hike-and-fly race

OPPOSING WINDS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS

SATELLITE EYE • Looking down on our ever-changing Earth

HOW TO INFINITE ON A PARAMOTOR

AIGUILLE DU MIDI

FREE FLIGHT SAFARI • Olivier Laugero packs the kids and the grown-up toys into a couple of 4-x-4s for three months exploring Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

CHRISTMAS IN PARADISE • Jeff Hamann heads far off the beaten track – and a little bit back in time – to Kiritimati in the South Pacific

Running on Empty • “You can’t force things.” Antoine Girard tells the story of his most recent high altitude climb and fly – a committing ascent of 7,266m Diran in the mountains of the Karakoram

Lucky Luke • Luke de Weert has been crowned the new Acro World Tour Champion after one of the most closely fought seasons ever. Bastienne Wentzel talked to him after the dust had settled

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

New Products

IN BRIEF

AIRDESIGN VIVO 2 AND LIVI • Bastienne Wentzel flies this new mid-B and its lightweight brother back-to-back

SKYWALK RANGE X-ALPS3 • Erwin Voogt flies this high-spec lightweight pod designed for high-performance flying

LOUIS TAPPER • The Kiwi nomad and national champion on what really matters