Cross Country

Cross Country is the world’s leading voice for hang gliding, paragliding and paramotoring pilots. Ten times a year, our magazine content reflects our obsession with flying, and we express it by packing each issue with the most imaginative, inspirational photography and writing we can lay our hands on.

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Cross Country

OPENING SHOT

IN THE CORE • People, news and insight from around the free-flying world

WHAT’S ON

PICK A WING AND FLY: TESTIVALS 2026

LEARNING FROM THE SWISS H&F LEAGUE

HIKE & FLY

ACONCAGUA CALLING • Climbing and flying from South America’s highest peak on a near-perfect day

ON LAUNCH WITH CHRISTIAN FERNANDEZ

VINTAGE FREE-FLIGHT FILMS RESTORED • Henry Hauck recalls the early days of flying cinematography

BACK IN THE DAY

FLYING IQ • Helping you fly better with expert advice and know-how

DEALING WITH MOTION SICKNESS

ASSESSING YOUR MENTAL STATE

PARAGLIDING: 101 WAYS TO FLY BETTER • One of the sport’s best-loved books has been completely updated

WHAT’S IN THE BOOK

AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

WHY CYCLONES ARE GETTING WETTER

SATELLITE EYE • Looking down on our ever-changing Earth

RACE TACTICS AT THE WEIGHTLESS

DESTINATION PANCHGANI

Flight of the Pharaohs • Tom de Dorlodot and Horacio Llorens reunite for a night flight over the Pyramids of Giza and Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Tarquin Cooper spoke to them both

WINTER WAVE • Adi Geisegger experienced one of the flights of his life on a cold winter’s day in the northern Alps, when he and two friends connected to wave in the mountains. “It was, quite simply, spectacular,” he told Ed Ewing

Learning to fly IN TEMASCALTEPEC • Every year pilots from North America and Europe migrate to Valle de Bravo in Mexico to fly one of the best and most consistent sites in the world. Hanna Klingbeil Canale explains how, over the last 40 years, free-flight has transformed the community

WHERE THE SAND MEETS THE SEA • The small Middle Eastern country of Qatar offers endless dunes for a mid-winter parakiting desert adventure.

WOMEN OF SPEEDFLYING • Women of Speedflying started out as an Instagram channel but rapidly built into something bigger, championing female pilots in this male-dominated sport. Founder Julia Lieberman tells Jack Sheard how it all got rolling and Tarquin Cooper talks to SkiAndFly’s Rachelle McEwen about teaching the new generation

KITLIST • All the latest reviews, gear and technology for free flying

IN BRIEF

DESIGN INSIGHT: THE A-TEAM • The EN-A class has developed – a lot. Bastienne Wentzel uncovers the latest generation of EN-A+ gliders

INSIGHT: POWER AND CONTROL • Rounding up some of the new paramotor kit coming for 2026

AIRDESIGN MOVES TO SWITZERLAND • Michael Witschi, who joins as partner, explains the new change of direction

LISA VERZELLA • The meteorologist and biwingual pilot on what matters most