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

OPENING SHOT

IN THE CORE • People, news and insight from around the free-flying world

MAY DAY XC SETS THE ALPS ON FIRE

295KM IN IRELAND

WORLD CUP HITS THE BEACH

NOÉ COURT WINS DRAGON H&F

HIMALAYAN DREAMING • The acro champion turned high mountain adventure pilot on his newly released film

ON LAUNCH WITH CÉSAR AREVALO

ITALIANS DO IT BETTER

GETTING TO KNOW THE PMA • Michel Ferrer talks to Supair’s Laurent Chiabaut about his role with the Paraglider Manufacturers’ Association

ADAPTIVE FLYING IN COLOMBIA • Lucio Pelz set up Wheels4Flying to help wheelchair users fly. Tarquin Cooper talks to the people and pilots involved

ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS

BACK IN THE DAY

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

WHEN TO ADJUST YOUR RISER LOOPS

HOW TO: HEAL YOURSELF • Red Bull performance coach York-Peter Klöppel explains how to recover mentally after an incident.

THE RISE OF CHINA

HIGH MOUNTAIN LAUNCHES

SATELLITE EYE • Looking down on our ever-changing Earth

LIFE LESSONS FROM THE SKY • New Zealand adventure pilot Nick Neynens has written an inspirational book about his adventures on the wing

THE UK’S AMAZING MAY • May saw some of the best spring flying weather the UK has ever seen – two pilots share their inspirational stories

DESTINATION ÀGER, SPAIN

THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF SIV • An SIV course is not just an optional add-on to training – it’s a foundation for safer and more effective flying. SIV instructor Dilan Benedetti dives into the relationship between mind, body and manoeuvres

Highland Fling • With a stellar spring forecast in the Scottish Highlands Kieran Campbell answered the call of the clan to chase the weather and reel in the big flights

Rendezvous La Paralpine • Ed Ewing meets pilot and award-winning filmmaker Guillaume Funck, whose film about his trans-Alpine adventure has been scooping up awards all year

Diary Extract Across the border into Italy

Diary Extract Ascent of the Matterhorn

Diary Extract The end in sight

Flight from Yayamari • Ruth Jessop and the late Franz Schilter bond over basecamp biscuits on a trip to climb-and-fly a 6,000m mountain in Peru

JORDANIAN AIR • Could they fly? Should they fly? Photographer Matias Nombarasco and Emilia Plak headed to Jordan for a flying tour of some of the country’s most spectacular and historic locations

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

New Gear

DESIGN INSIGHT: GIN GTO 3 • “Attention to detail and precise trimming.” Marcus King talks to Gin Seok Song about Gin’s new two-line EN-C

‘I’M AGAINST THEM!’

THE ARC OF HAPPINESS • We talk about arc in the design of a paraglider, but what does that actually mean? Bastienne Wentzel goes looking

JARGON BUSTER

FLYMASTER LIVE ONE PRO • Light and small this new tracker is proving a hit. Marcus King uses one for XC and in competition

IN COMPETITION

MALCOLM JONES • The Wallaby Ranch hang gliding legend on what matters most