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

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

NEED TO KNOW

‘MEET THE NEW GENERATION’

NAKED PILOT JESSICA LOVE

PWCA ASIAN TOUR RE-BOOTED

HIKE-AND-FLY, BRAZIL STYLE

BACK IN THE DAY

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

HOW TO LAUNCH IN A CROSSWIND • Greg Hamerton has been flying and teaching for 30 years. He is an instructor, reviewer and filmmaker. This year he competed in the X-Pyr again. He runs the Online Flight Academy for progressing pilots at flywithgreg.com

THE DIGITAL ART OF DESIGN • Bastienne Wentzel takes a deep dive into paraglider design software and reveals how it has led to better, safer wings

SO, YOU’RE DOING THE X-ALPS • Gavin McClurg is a Red Bull X-Alps pilot, and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. He hosts the Cloudbase Mayhem podcast at cloudbasemayhem.com

HIKE-AND-FLY, HIKE-AND-FINN

WHY DO WE GET SEASONS ANYWAY? • Meteorologist Honza Rejmanek has been a paraglider pilot since 1993. He has competed in five Red Bull X-Alps, and came third in 2009. He lives in California. Got a question for him? Email editor@xcmag.com

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

HOW TO SLOW DOWN, BUT KEEP FLYING • Jeff Goin is author of the Powered Paragliding Bible and producer of the Master Powered Paragliding DVDs. A commercial airline pilot he lives in Florida and blogs at footflyer.com

ALL ABOARD THE SUBMARINE • “Each detail is small, but they all add up.” Jack Peake talks to designer Luc Armant about the science behind Ozone’s revolutionary new harness

RED ROCKS ON FIRE • The fall colours blazed bright in Monroe, Utah this autumn as it hosted two big competitions, the Red Rocks Wide Open and the XRedRocks. Photographer Ben Horton captured the action.

free ride delight • Daniel and Kari Eisenhut head into the Swiss Alps for a perfect winter’s day of thermalling and freeriding.

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

IN BRIEF

KITLIST

AIRDESIGN VOLT 4 • The first two-line EN C was hotly anticipated – but does it live up to the hype? Marcus King tries it out

'THERE IS NO SURPRISE IN THE WAY IT BEHAVES' • SIV instructor Malin Lobb has flown the Volt 4 (S) and has seen several come through his SIV school, Flyeo, in France

SWING NYOS 2 RS • Erwin Voogt investigates how Swing’s updated high-EN B stands out from the crowd

FLYMASTER GPS M • If you don’t need full competition functionality, try this new vario/GPS designed for XC.

KORTEL’S LIGHT SAKS • Kortel make a wide array of lightweight bags for paragliding. Charlie King tries the smallest three.

FINAL GLIDE