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On 3 August 2014 Mark Watts broke the UK paragliding and hang gliding distance records, flying 275.5 km from Milk Hill, to Cromer, Norfolk. This podcast interview (click Play above) by Hugh Miller, one of Mark’s flying friends, was done in the back of a car after both pilots flew a slightly less epic 17km […]

The Coupe Icare saw great weather over the weekend as tens of thousands of pilots and spectators descended on the small mountain village of St Hilaire de Touvet in the French Alps for four days of flying fun. In this special half-hour long Coupe Icare podcast for xccontent.local, Andy Pag reports from the frontline of […]

Last day at the Rat Race and the final podcast from Andy Pag is packed.

On the penultimate day of the Rat Race in Oregon, Andy Pag talks to Swiss pilot Michael Sigel about beating the Americans on their home turf and finds out all about the Boomerang 9. Plus Nick Greece, Josh Cohn, Marty DeVietti, Eric Reed and Kari Castle

The flying is on at the Rat Race and Michael Sigel is leading the pack. The latest podcast from Andy Pag at the competition in Oregon features Jeff Farrell interviewing Jeff Huey and Mike Haley.

While parawaiting Andy Pag talks to Rob Sporrer, Luis Rosenkjer, and Jeff Farrell about the wings they import to the US and the pilots that fly them.

Andy Pag uncovers an amazing story from the practice task, involving a farmer, a gun, a quad bike and a totally destroyed wing...

As cabin fever sets in Andy Pag speaks to Jug Aggarwal about the Nor-Cal XC League which brings pilots together one weekend a month to fly tasks he sets.

Andy Pag talks to Jeff Huey about how to get selected for the US Team and Brett Hazlett reveals what he thinks of his new GIN Boomerang 9

Andy Pag talks to local gurus Bill Belcourt and Hayden Glatte about how best to fly Woodrat Mountain on Day 0 of the Rat Race 2013 – the biggest paragliding comp in the USA

Escape's S'Pace is reviewed in issue 130 of Cross Country magazine. Marcus King takes a tour of the glider before test-flying it. Also available on YouTube in full HD • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com. Fair use applies to this article: if you reproduce it online, please credit correctly and link to www.xcmag.com or the original article.  Copyright remains with Cross Country magazine. Thanks! Subscribe to the world’s favourite hang gliding and paragliding magazine home

Escape’s S’Pace is reviewed in issue 130 of Cross Country magazine. Marcus King takes a tour of the glider before test-flying it. Also available on YouTube in full HD • Got news? Send it to us at news@xccontent.local. Fair use applies to this article: if you reproduce it online, please credit correctly and link to […]

Thomas de Dorlodot is one of paragliding and paramotoring's brightest stars. Interviewed in February 2010 for Issue 18 of Cross Country Magazine's sister publication Paramotor Magazine he reveals what it takes to do the Red Bull X-Alps, his newfound passion for paramotor acro, and talks extensively about his altitude-busting paramotor expedition to the Karakoram with Ramon Morillas. Interview by Bob Drury, production Ed Ewing.

Thomas de Dorlodot is one of paragliding and paramotoring’s brightest stars. Interviewed in February 2010 for Issue 18 of Cross Country Magazine’s sister publication Paramotor Magazine he reveals what it takes to do the Red Bull X-Alps, his newfound passion for paramotor acro, and talks extensively about his altitude-busting paramotor expedition to the Karakoram with […]

Stuart Holmes climbed and flew his speed flying paraglider from Ama Dablam - a 6,812 m jewel in the Himalayan crown. Ed Ewing spoke to him at his home in England about the flight.