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CIVL Plenary 2012: Polish propose ‘Open XC’ world championship title

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Classic Routes Europe

Poland lobbies for ‘open distance’ paragliding to get its own space at the CIVL table

BHPA now insures UK expats living in Europe

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
BHPA-logo

The British Hang Gliding and Paraglding Association can now offer insurance cover to UK expats living in Europe

Flytec US supporting Cloudbase Foundation

Friday, December 16th, 2011
Flytec US support Cloudbase Foundation

Flytec US are donating money to the Cloudbase Foundation for instruments bought before 15 January

New-look Escape Paragliders

Friday, December 16th, 2011
Escape Paragliders' new logo

Escape Paragliders have revealed a new look for the New Year

CIVL Paragliding Competitions Safety Task Force: First report

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Ozone-R11-leading-edge

Comp Class comeback: Report clears ‘dangerous paragliders’ and focuses on pilot education

Accident halts EN D paraglider development

Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Alain Zoller

Testing bodies stop testing EN D gliders in wake of accident

Wanted: hang gliding school manager, Utah

Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Wings-over-Wasatch-logo-sq

Wings over Wasatch in Utah, USA, need a new school manager to start Spring 2012

Sol and Ozone share prize for innovation

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Ozone's XXLite and Sol's One jointly won the Jean-Marc Mouligne prize for innovation from the Cercle de l'Homme Volant at the 2011 Coupe Icare

This year Sol and Ozone share the Jean-Marc Mouligné prize for innovation

Mike Kung and Mario Eder return to Nova

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Mike Küng and Mario Eder have recently rejoined Nova as test pilots

Austrians Mike Kung and Mario Eder have rejoined Nova as test pilots

Daniel Tyrkas: Swing’s new blood

Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Swing have taken on ex-Olympic snowboarded Daniel Tyrkas in their marketing department

Ex-Olympic snowboarder Daniel Tyrkas has become Swing’s new marketing man

Coupe Icare 2011: St Hilaire blog

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Coupe Icare 2011 poster

All the action from the Coupe Icare. Who made the XCmag wall of fame?

Pierre Remy joins Nervures

Friday, August 26th, 2011
The 2009 French paragliding champion has joined Nervures

Pierre Remy, 2009 French paragliding champion, has joined Nervures

Friends gather to say goodbye to Xavier Murillo

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Xavier having fun at the dunes of Huamey on the coast. Photo: James Johnson

Mark Hayman reflects on the memorial of Xavier Murillo, technical director and passionate, hardworking frontman of the Paragliding World Cup

Parasell: Intermediary for used paraglider equipment

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Parasell used paragliding equipment intermediary

Parasell are a German-based marketplace for secondhand paragliding kit. They offer a complete selling service, with no listing fee until the end of 2011.

Super Paragliding Testival 2011: Cross Country mag in Kössen

Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Super-Paragliding-Testival-Kossen-2011

Cross Country magazine are in Kössen, for the Super Paragliding Testival 2011.

Paragliding World Championships 2011: British Team pilot resigns

Friday, May 6th, 2011
Mark Hayman

A British Paragliding Team member has resigned over two-line glider safety

Serial Class comp gets big cash prize

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Sponsors of the German Paragliding Open have announced a €9,000 prize pot for Serial Class

German Paragliding Open offers ‘mega’ prize pot for Serial Class

Rio The Movie: Hang gliding’s Hollywood hero

Friday, April 15th, 2011
Rio the Movie

XCmag donned its 3D glasses and headed to the movies to see Rio – The Movie

Escape are looking for distributors for their paragliders

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Escape's current dealer network.

French firm Escape paragliders are growing, and looking for new dealers.

Nova Bion: large weight range tandem paraglider

Monday, April 11th, 2011
Nova's new tandem, the Bion

Nova’s new tandem paraglider, the Bion, has a huge weight range of 115 – 230kg