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

Bob Drury looks at Bruce Goldsmith’s career in paraglider design, and speaks to the man himself and to Markus Villinger about Bruce’s move to Advance.

Airwave’s paraglider designer of nearly ten years, Bruce Goldsmith, is set to leave in the Spring, to join Thomas Ripplinger on Advance’s design team.

The first time your risers go slack, and your leading edge lurches down towards and tries to slap you in the face…

Bob Drury picks up some tips from some of the best paraglider and hang glider pilots in the world about how they thermal, in the final part of Cross Country magazine’s definitive guide to thermalling

How to Thermal better: Cross Country Magazine’s definitive guide to flying hang gliders and paragliders in thermals by Bob Drury

Bruce Goldsmith relates a recent close encounter with a Cu Nim and looks at how best to avoid the dangers of thunderclouds

Every pilot learns at paragliding school not to fly in the lee side. But we do. Bruce Goldsmith takes us on a cautious glide…

Bruce Goldsmith brings us up to date on paraglider behaviour during full frontals

The original film ‘Instability’ was made in 1992 and was the first instructional paragliding film to show paraglider pilots how to cope with collapses and other possible flight incidents. Bruce Goldsmith sets the scene for the sequel

The spiral dive is one of the most effective rapid descent manoeuvres in emergencies. But they can also kill. Bruce Goldsmith takes a look at what’s going wrong

Bruce Goldsmith spends a day paragliding with the Reykjavik flying club

World Champion Bruce Goldsmith explains the Hexagon Theory of flying cross country. Essential reading for hang glider and paraglider pilots

Bruce Goldsmith gives some top advice on safe hang glider take-offs and landings

Paragliding and hang gliding expert Bruce Goldsmith explains the difference between a spin and a spiral