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

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

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

With only a few days until the Coupe Icare film festival, the film entries have been announced.

The St Hil AirTour is a 289km hike-and-fly race that starts and finishes at the French hotspot of free-flight that is St Hilaire du Touvet

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

Come along and see Cross Country and Paramotor magazines at the Coupe Icare this weekend at St Hilaire du Touvet, France.

Paragliding filmmaker Alun Hughes tells Ed Ewing what it’s like to fly tandem with John Silvester in the Karakoram

András Kollman’s brilliant film about two young acro pilots from Budapest, Hungary, won the top award at the 2009 Coupe Icare film festival

The Coupe Icare festival, held in the French Alps on the 17-19 September 2004, was swamped by pilots keen to celebrate the free flying culture and the end of another European season

The Coupe Icare was a wash-out, with torrential rain lashing down on the French alpine village during both days of the weekend.

According to ancient Greek mythology, Daedalus and his son Icarus were put in prison by King Minos of Crete because Daedalus helped kill the Minotaur and escape with the kingÂ’’s daughter, the beautiful Ariadne