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Red Bull X-Alps Suunto watch Christmas Special

Friday, December 9th, 2011
Red Bull X-Alps 2011 limited edition Suunto Core watch

Red Bull are offering a free 2011 X-Alps DVD with their special edition Suunto Core watches

Video: Learning to paraglide from first flight to thermals

Monday, December 5th, 2011
Lena Kruckenberg learning to paraglide

Thinking of learning to fly a paraglider? Kerim Jaspersen’s new film explains all

360-degree paramotorist’s eye view of Lake Annecy in autumn

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Annecy 360 degree panorama from paramotor

360-degree view of an autumnal Lake Annecy from onboard a paramotor with ITV

Acro and SIV courses in New Zealand

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Freefly Paragliding SIV and acro courses

Freefly Paragliding have a few spaces left on SIV and acro courses this season

Motorhome rental discount for free-flying association members

Monday, November 28th, 2011
Oxfordshire Motorhome hire offer up to 50% discount on rentals to recognised club / association members

Oxfordshire Motorhome hire in the UK are offering discounts of up to 50% on rentals to club or association members.

Advance: 10% winter discount on paraglider service

Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Advance paraglider annual check winter offer 2011 2012

Advance are offering 10% discount on annual paraglider checks in December and January

Antoine Montant in Base jump tragedy

Monday, October 24th, 2011
Antoine Montant. Photo: Jerome Maupoint

Thirty-year-old French flying star dies in wingsuit accident

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

2012 hang gliding calendar

Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Dietmar Tschabrun's 2012 hang gliding wall calendar

New hang gliding wall calendar for 2012

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

The last flight of Xavier Murillo: By James ‘Kiwi’ Johnston

Saturday, July 9th, 2011
Xavier Murillo has gone missing in the Andes whilst flying his paraglider

In a moving account James ‘Kiwi’ Johnston reports from Huascaran, Peru

Xavier is Missing: Search moves to new area

Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Xavier Murillo has gone missing in the Andes whilst flying his paraglider

James ‘Kiwi’ Johnston reports from Huaraz on the latest developments

Video: Squash Falconer’s Everest paraglide attempt

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Squash Falconer on Mount Everest

‘One out of two isn’t bad.’ A 14-minute film of trying to paraglide on top of the world

Paramotor training course on eBay

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Mahony Aviation paramotor training course on eBay

Mahony Aviation are auctioning a paramotor training course on eBay to fund the social aspect of the British Open Paramotor Championships taking place 10-13 June.

Babu Sunuwar flies off Everest

Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Babu Sunuwar on the summit of Everest at 8.50am 21 May 2011, shortly before his flight from the summit. Photo: Babu Sunuwar/Lakpa Tshering Sherpa

Tandem pair fly 20km XC from 8848m summit

Win a GoPro HD video camera

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Win a GoPro HD camera every day

US camera-makers GoPro are giving away a HD Hero helmet camera, plus one of every accessory they make for it, every day.

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

Everest Paratrekking news updates

Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Everest Paratrekking team members: oxygen masks on

Mike Küng and the Paratrekking team have taken to the Himalayan skies.

Winter acro vid from TeamFreestyle

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
TeamFreestyle

New winter paraglider acro video from Austrian TeamFreestyle

Cloudbase Foundation appeal for Ghana

Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Paragliding in Ghana. Photo: Nick Greece

US pilot Nick Greece is appealing for help to support the Cloudbase Foundation in Ghana