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.

Lightweight Sport Performance

FEELING MOTIVATED?

CONTRIBUTORS

Cross Country

Gallery

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

COLOMBIA TURNS IT ON

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

ADVENTURE GUIDE

STEFAN BERNHARD

INSIDER’S GUIDE THE SWISS H&F LEAGUE • Switzerland has started a national hike-and-fly league. Bastienne Wentzel asks team manager Bernhard Senn all about it

JOIN OUR SUBSCRIBER MASTERCLASSES IN 2022

BACK IN THE DAY

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

WILL THE FORECAST EVER BE PERFECT?

UNDERSTANDING 3/2-LINERS • The new generation of EN-C and some EN-B paragliders have a mix of two- and three-line geometry. We asked designers what it means for those who fly their wings.

The Panel

HOW TO FLY SAFE

STAYING HEALTHY DURING WINTER

ILLUMINATING FREE FLIGHT • Free-flight photos that made the cut in the Red Bull Illume 2021 adventure-photography competition

READY FOR YOUR FIRST COMPETITION?

PSYCHED TO WIN • Russell Ogden has been flying at the highest level for two decades – and finally took gold at the Paragliding World Championships in Tucumán, Argentina in November.

‘WE GOT GOLD!’ • Team leader Jocky Sanderson on how Team GB won the Worlds

‘SEIKO WAS MY BIGGEST RIVAL’ • Women’s World Champion Yael Margelisch on chasing records, doing the X-Alps and winning the Worlds

First Light • Jérôme Maupoint has spent the last few years on a mission to photograph flying at sunrise. He shares some of his favourite moments from home and away

Midnigh in Dubai • In November eagles from the X-Alps turned into Arabian falcons at the UAE Hike-and-Fly Championships in Dubai. Adi Geisegger was there to capture the action

WADI RUM from Above • Nico Aubert fell in love with the dramatic landscape of Wadi Rum on a whistle-stop tour of Jordan’s most famous sites

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

IN BRIEF

SUPAIR BIRDY

DRIFT HAWK

KNIGHT 2

SERAC RS

SKYTRAXX 4.0

SPECTRA 2

IN BRIEF

TRIOX 2

SNAKE 3

APCO JETCOM

SWING STING RS

NOVA BICOLOUR HELMET

GIN EXPLORER 2 • Marcus King flies this lightweight, three-line high-B for adventure-minded XC pilots

SUPAIR BIRDY • It’s an EN A+ designed for “new pilots with feel” – and it leaves Marcus King genuinely surprised

SPOT GEN 4 • Does the latest generation of the classic satellite tracker hit its mark? Marcus King finds out

FINAL SHOT