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 • In the core since 1988

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

HOT SHOTS

PIERRE CARTER ON EVEREST SOUTH COL

ACRO WORLD TOUR EXPANDS

XCONTEST IN MAY

MALIN LOBB

INSIDER’S GUIDE: CLASS 2 HG WORLDS • Louise Joselyn on the latest e-power development in the high-speed, high-aspect world of Class 2 racing

COUPE ICARE FLIES INTO 2022

BACK IN THE DAY

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

HOW TO FIND YOUR STALL POINT

‘STOP AND LOOK AROUND, AND ENJOY THE RIDE!’ • Karlis Jaunpetrovics reveals what you need to know ahead of your first hike-and-fly competition

HIKE AND FLY: WHAT’S ON IN EUROPE, JUNE-SEPT

LESSONS FROM A LIFE IN SIV

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

FLYING THE CORSICAN WAVE

‘I SURVIVED THE KURAY STORM’ • Anna Darchenkova was one of 15 pilots sucked into a massive storm in the Kuray Valley in July 2014. Two didn’t survive. For the first time, she looks back and tells her story.

PLANNING AND FLYING A TRIANGLE

X-PYR 2022 •  Back after a three-year break, the X-Pyr is bigger and bolder than ever before. Ahead of his second race, competitor Greg Hamerton explains what we need to know about this epic coast-to-coast race across the Pyrenees

THE PILOTS

Paradise in the Garden • From taking off on your doorstep to soaring Europe’s highest coastal cliffs, the subtropical island of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean offers spectacular flying between the weather, writes Melanie Weber

60-SECOND GUIDE TO MADEIRA

THE WORLDS IN BRAZIL • What went down in Saquarema? Nico Aubert reports from the FAI Paramotor World Championships

ONBOARD WITH GALEN • “You have to constantly look forward, don’t get stuck in the past,” says Galen Kirkpatrick, the new FAI Women’s Pan-American Paragliding Champion.

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

IN BRIEF

BOOMERANG 12

SKY EXOS 2

HONEY 3

GIN GENIE X LITE

FATMAP

SQR PRIME

GIN CONDOR2

MINIPLANE

HIKE-AND-FLY SAKS

RACER HEATED GLOVES

FLARE MOUSTACHE • Is it a speed glider, paraglider or kite? It’s a Moustache! Seb Ospina and Luke Nicol flew one of the first production wings. Bastienne Wentzel finds out more

SKYWALK CRUISE • Bastienne Wentzel took Skywalk’s new reversible harness for a spin during a week of XC flying in Bassano.

AIR3 TABLET 7.3+ • Want it all and want it all in one place? Marcus King flies this updated Android tablet for free flight

OZONE BV1 • Designed explicitly for vol-biv adventures the new Ozone BV1 is one serious piece of kit.

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