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A fond farewell to Cross Country’s Bob Drury

Thursday, January 5th, 2012
A fond farewell to Cross Country's Executive Editor Bob Drury, who has moved on to new challenges

Cross Country’s Executive Editor Bob Drury is moving on to new challenges

‘I got addicted to the barometer’

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Red Bull X-Alps Suunto watch

Lukasz Wrobel won the Red Bull X-Alps watch in our magazine comp

Jefim Nikitin wins XC360 short film comp

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
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The winner of XC360, Cross Country magazine’s short film competition has been announced

XC360 2011 short film competition: Vote Now!

Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Shiny Oscars

Top three short films destined for the silver screen at St Hilaire

Super Paragliding Testival 2011: Cross Country mag in Kössen

Sunday, June 5th, 2011
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Cross Country magazine are in Kössen, for the Super Paragliding Testival 2011.

Win a paraglider with XC Mag

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
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Subscribe to Cross Country magazine and you could win a paraglider

Herminio Cordido joins XC Mag Team

Monday, May 9th, 2011
New XC Mag video correspondent Herminio Cordido flying a Sol SuperSonic paraglider

Herminio Cordido joins Cross Country magazine as a video correspondent

In Issue 135…

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
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Hello Rio! Nader Couri takes us on a tour of his home city plus Red Bull X-Alps 2011 and the future of the paraglider

In Issue 134…

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Cross Country Issue 134 Contents

The Adventure issue. Paragliding and hang gliding adventures from the Himalaya, Afghanistan, Madagascar, the Altai and Lanzarote. Free poster

Tom de Dorlodot wins XCmag’s Facebook Photo of 2010

Monday, January 24th, 2011
The winning shot: Skydive from a paramotor. Photograph: Tom de Dorlodot

Tom de Dorlodot’s photo has been voted image of the year in Cross Country magazine’s Facebook photo comp

In Issue 133…

Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Cross Country Magazine Issue 133

Everything you need to know to fly 200km: Bob Drury speaks to the masters of flatland flying to bring you the ultimate guide to making sense of the far horizon

XCmag.com stories of the year

Friday, December 31st, 2010
The Cross Country Travel Guide – 22 of the world's best paragliding and hang gliding destinations

A roundup of the top 10 most popular stories from XCmag.com during 2010.

XC updates on your Nokia

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
There is now a new Ovi application to enable you to receive XCmag updates on your Nokia smartphone

A new app lets you receive XCmag updates on your Nokia smartphone

Cross Country’s editor, Ed Ewing, wins award for multimedia work in the Guardian

Friday, November 12th, 2010
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Ed Ewing, Cross Country magazine’s multi-talented and ever-modest editor, just let slip that he picked up a journalistic Oscar for his work at the Guardian newspaper last weekend.

In Issue 132…

Monday, November 1st, 2010
Cross Country Magazine Issue 132 Contents

The Acro issue: Pal Takats reveals how to plan your acro learning curve and how you’ll know you’re ready for the big stuff.

Cross Country and Paramotor Magazines’ 2011 Fly Forever calendar

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
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The 2011 Fly Forever calendar from Cross Country and Paraglider magazines wil be available in XCshop.com from November.

XC360 paragliding film comp: winners and runners up

Monday, October 4th, 2010
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XC360, Cross Country magazine’s Facebook short film competition was won by Matjaz Klemencic with his film, Substitute for a Dream. Congratulation to Matjaz – he wins a Sup’Air harness.

Live: The Coupe Icare 2010

Friday, September 17th, 2010
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Cross Country is at the Coupe Icare in St Hilaire du Touvet, France. We’ll be blogging on this page so check back over the weekend for updates. If you’re heading to the festival, come and visit us on stand B21

XC Turkey 2010: Mads is back – blogging from the XC Turkey Paragliding Cup

Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Mads Syndergaard is going to the XC Turkey Paragliding Cup this month, and will be sending regular updates back to Cross Country magazine as the event unfolds.

What’s in XC131: the Sept/Oct 2010 issue of Cross Country

Monday, August 30th, 2010
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‘XC131: the mountain issue’ with a FREE A2 colour poster that explains how valley winds work. Inside its 84 glossy colour pages is: How to fly the mountains, Infinite Tumbling a tandem paraglider, the hang gliding Euro Champs, the Ozone Delta, ITV Awak, wind gradients, pod harnesses and so much more. Subscribe at www.xcmag.com