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

XCONEST 2022 WINNERS

TIMO LEONETTI WINS XCONTEST 2022

HARNESS TECHNOLOGY 2023 • We round up the latest paragliding pod harnesses revealed at the Coupe Icare’s trade expo

NAKED PILOT VOLODYMYR PEREVALOV

SPECIAL MENTIONS

AND THE ICARE D’OR GOES TO… • Bastienne Wentzel rounds up the winners from the 40th Coupe Icare Film Festival

THE NEXT GENERATION • Gear highlights from the Coupe Icare include a raft of new EN-C two-line paragliders planned for 2023

BACK IN THE DAY

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

HOW TO KILL YOUR WING

HOW TO MASTER FLYING AT THE DUNE

HOW TO KEEP A HEALTHY BACK

DUST DEVIL BASICS

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

HOW TO DO A ROCKET LOOP

‘OF ROSES AND POETS’ • Till Gottbrath had dreamed of travelling to Iran to fly for years but the country always felt off limits. Then this year he and his friends were invited to do just that. They were welcomed with open arms.

‘LET’S CONNECT!’ • Tired of being the only woman on the hill most days, Liz Dengler started a women-only chat group. Here’s what she discovered

THE PERUVIAN LINE • In May Antoine Girard and Henri Montel headed to South America for a month-long, 1,200km vol-bivouac through the 6,000m mountains of Peru. On the final day, as huge convergence swept Antoine to 8,000m, Henri Montel suffered a fatal accident close to the ground. Antoine describes what happened

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

IN BRIEF

NEW GLIDERS

OZONE SWIFTSIX • Marcus King flies the SwiftSix (EN B), the lightweight version of Ozone’s Rush 6

SUPAIR DELIGHT 4 • Supair’s best-selling pod harness now comes in two versions – standard and Sport. Marcus King tries both

MACFLY 185 PARAMOTOR • Lawrie Noctor flies this lightweight paramotor made of titanium with a carbon-fibre option.

XC IN WONDERLAND