It’s here! Classic Routes is the beautiful new paragliding and hang gliding book from the makers of XCmag

UP’s Mads Syndergaard heads off to XC Turkey, to try to win the 5,000 Euros prizemoney that has been promised to the first paraglider pilot to fly 300 km in the region. He reports back for xcmag.com.

Some of the Cross Country team are planning a post-St Hilaire treat: to climb Mont Blanc, the biggest mountain in Western Europe (4,810m), and fly off it. Charlie King is preparing for the off.

VOTE NOW! We’ve a had a great response to our Facebook paragliding and hang gliding short film competition – thanks to everyone who entered. The winner will be the one who gets the most votes in this poll.

David Humphrey samples Turkey’s new big distance arena ahead of the XC Turkey event in September 2010

The latest issue of Cross Country is out now in both paper and digital formats. Read on for editor Ed Ewing’s taster of what’s brewing inside.

Cross Country magazine are running a short-film competition via their Facebook pages, top prize being a Sup’Air Evo XC 2 paragliding harness. Closing date for entries is 31 August 2010.

A free 100-page travel guide and a packed issue make 129 one of the best Cross Country magazines ever

Bob Drury interviews Advance’s Valéry Chapuis about Bruce Goldsmith’s recent move to join their design team

Stuart Holmes climbed and flew his speed flying paraglider from Ama Dablam – a 6,812 m jewel in the Himalayan crown. Ed Ewing spoke to him at his home in England about the flight.

Cross Country mag will be attending the annual CIVL meeting in Switzerland on 18 – 21 February 2010. We would like to hear what questions you’d like us to ask CIVL regarding the BBHPP / carbon debate.

Michel Rudolf carried his lightweight paraglider up 8,000 m giant Manaslu and flew off the mountain. He talks to Ed Ewing…

Paragliding photographer Felix Wölk leaves the chilled-out lakeside retreat of Pokhara behind and gets too high, too fast in the big mountains of Nepal

Tumbled mid flight, Adam Parer found himself separated from his glider and in free fall cocooned in his hang gliding harness…

Paragliding filmmaker Alun Hughes tells Ed Ewing what it’s like to fly tandem with John Silvester in the Karakoram

Bob Drury meets Gábor Kézi and Pál Takáts to talk about life, acro and their new film Adrenaline and Turbulence If you haven’t come across the names Gábor Kézi (27) and Pál Takáts (23) then you clearly haven’t been reading the acro news of this magazine or any other. From humble beginnings the duo have [...]

Read Part 1 here>> Camila Antonorsi flew 120 km to set a new Venezuelan women’s distance record I’m 28 and have been flying since I was 17 I’ve been competing internationally for the last two years at competitions like La Monarca 2008 where I was second woman, the pre-Worlds in Mexico (fourth) and World Cup [...]

Records tumble with promise of big days ahead The upcoming season in Venezuela looks set to be a good one following the discovery of a new, record-beating site in the east of the country. Flying at the tail end of last season and just days before the onset of the rainy season, Micky Von Wachter [...]

A series of choice cuts from Burkhard Martens’ new technique book on everything you need to know about cross country flying WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT THE WEATHER FROM OBSERVING THE WIND? As a supplement to personal weather forecasting, the winds can give important hints as well. • In the Alps, low clouds coming from [...]

Ed Ewing tours the Caribbean island of Cuba, hoping to hook a ride in the infamous ‘Cuban Convergence