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Weather: Making the most of the apps

As fancy as modern forecasts are, they are only half of the equation – the rest is in your head. Honza Rejmanek explains more
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How to prepare to fly the Alps. Photo: Olivier Laugero

How to: Get ready to fly the Alps

"So, you're heading to the Alps this summer..." Joanna Di Grigoli has some old-school tips for modern times
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The start of the X-Pyr. Photo: Marcus King

The Head Game: Getting in tune for the X-Pyr

Coach and sports psychologist Ben Gaudry shares what he's doing to get ready for this year's X-Pyr
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Valley winds in complex terrain

Ten things you need to know about Valley Winds

Bob Drury's top ten tips to help you understand valley winds, how to use them and how to fly in the mountains safely
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Using your rescue with Théo de Blic

Masterclass: Using your rescue with Théo de Blic

Why, when and how should you throw your rescue parachute. A masterclass every pilot should watch.
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Weather: the majestic thunderstorm

How does a thundercloud form, and how does it differ from an ordinary cumuliform cloud? The first answers were put forward in the 1940s.
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Managing a difficult cliff launch

The Head Game: Making stress work for you

“Stress is natural...” Mental coach Benjamin Gaudry on ways to manage fear
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Chrigel Maurer executes a downwind fly-on-the-wall top-landing

How to: Become a top-landing Jedi

Being able to top-land is an essential skill for every XC pilot, says Kinga Masztalerz. The secret is not to rush
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Paragliding in the Chartreuse as the snow melts in early spring. Photo: Jerome Maupoint

Weather: XC and the spring snowline

As our planet warms the winter snowline creeps higher up the mountain slopes. What does that mean for pilots?
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Black Vulture in Colombia

The Head Game: Managing your emotions

Paragliding is an inner adventure – an encounter with oneself where every take-off, thermal, transition and landing is accompanied by a flood of emotions
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