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.

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

CONTRIBUTORS

Cross Country • In the core since 1988

Gallery

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

CIVL’S NEW ONLINE ECOSYSTEM

COMPETITION SAFETY STATS

TWO-LINE TECHNOLOGY ARRIVES IN EN-C CLASS • Two-line EN-C paragliders are coming to a site near you soon, Bastienne Wentzel reports

REEM AL-KUTHAIRI

BRAZILIAN SKIES • Brazil celebrated 45 years of free flight in December.

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

BACK IN THE DAY

FLASHBACK

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

TO SWIVEL OR NOT TO SWIVEL?

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS • You’re flying XC, but are you doing it as well as you can? Rob Davis explains how you can use your online tracklogs to compare performance between pilots and across gliders

FLYING FOR FUN

FINDING NIRVANA

2021 AND LA NIÑA

SATELLITE EYE • Looking down at the Earth below from the sky above

LET’S TALK COLLISION AVOIDANCE TACTICS

HOW TO FLY COMPS LIKE A PRO • New Paragliding World Champion Russell Ogden gave us a masterclass in how to fly competitions earlier this year. Here’s what we all learned

RUSSELL OGDEN’S PEARLS OF WISDOM • Jeremy Perl was paying extremely close attention. Here are his notes from listening to the Paragliding World Champion

RISE UP! •  Bastienne Wentzel heads to Turkey for an SIV/Acro course with a difference. No guys!

THE TEAM

RISE PARAGLIDING

Above the Delta •  The Po Delta is where Italy’s longest river meets the sea, creating one of Europe’s largest biosphere reserves. Adi Geisegger spent a weekend exploring

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

IN BRIEF

SKY AYA 2

ICARO PICA2

DUDEK NEMO 5

NIVIUK KODE P

IOTA DLS

VOLT 4

IN BRIEF

ZENO 2

SKY EXOS 2

WV CREST

POWER POD

SUPAIR RADICAL 4

SKY KUDOS 2 • Charlie King flies Sky’s updated EN-B for those learning the art of thermalling and XC

DUDEK SOUL 2021 • Light and comfortable, this would make a good all-round or first-time pod harness, says Marcus King

GIN YETI TANDEM 3 • Marcus King goes hike-and-fly with Gin’s updated lightweight tandem

AIRDESIGN UFO-BI • At less than 3kg this single-skin wing joins a niche group of ultralight tandems. Marcus King tries it out

NEO RESCUE BACKPACK • A clever solution to the reserve problem for tandem hike-and-fly.

Neo String 3

SYRIDE SYS'NAV XL • Flown to 8,000m above Broad Peak, Syride’s new compact instrument packs a punch.

DEALING WITH FOMO