Active Edge is owned by Dean Crosby, without doubt one of the most experienced instructors in the UK. He's taught at every level from Day 1 beginner to British Team squad member. He is soon to be in his 25th year of free flight, during this time he's captained both the British Hang Gliding and British Paragliding Teams. He's also been British Paragliding Champion and British Cross Country Champion 1993. Even today when many instructors rarely fly, Dean is still fanatical about cross country flying, he's the current 2006 British Paragliding Cross Country Champion.

Are you fed up with UK weather and lack of quality flying hours? Come and paraglide with Baz Rhodes and Samantha Smeaton in Algodonales, Southern Spain, a traditional "pueblo blanco", one of the famed Andalucian white villages. Algodonales is situated on the northern hillsides of the Sierra de la Lijar and dates from around the sixteenth century. We are located close to many fine flying sites, the main ones in use being Lijar and Ronda.

Digifly, manufacturers of high specification flight instruments, are proud to be sponsoring the 2008 British Paragliding Cup!

Gradient has the honour of 6 current world records, the European XC record, the British XC record, the British Flight to Goal record as well as overall wins in all the major paragliding events: World Championship, World Cup and the X-Alps. Last year Luca Donini aboard his Gradient Axax SR7 won what is perhaps the highest rated event of the comp scene, The Europeans. This completes the set of the top trophies. This amazing record of success is mirrored by year on year sales growth in a market where many brands are seeing recession or turning to hype to hold on. Many pilots have achieved their best results on Gradient gliders which we consider reflects our aim to always build wings that are a pleasure to fly....You too may break a record some day. Your dreams are waiting... fly there!

Within the world of paragliding the name NIVIUK is now synonymous with quality and performance. This is thanks to their unique and experienced R&D, testing and production team which includes to name just two, Olivier Nef (ex Advance designer) and Raul Rodriguez (World champion acro pilot). The entire range of NIVIUK gliders developed for the student pilot through to the world class competition pilot are proving to literally be world beating in their quality, performance, handling and safety - simply world class. Niviuk UK are the sole importers of NIVIUK paragliders and we have a large stock of demonstration gliders available. We enjoy quick and direct communication with the Niviuk management, design and test team and we are therefore able to offer you extremely effective pre-sales and after-sales support.

Red Dragon Paragliding is based in South Wales and we aim to offer the best deals on all Gradient, Independence & Digifly paragliding equipment. The website is operated by experienced paragliding enthusiasts, so you can be sure that we know what we are selling you!

UK Airsports is a specialist outdoor equipment company representing some of the best brands in the paragliding and free flight Industry. The brands we represent have have been carefully selected as being leaders in their respective fields. It's not just about the highest safety, quality and performance; these brands also excel in their backup and after sales care. They are all highly respected companies and have a long term vision for our activities.

V12 is a specialist outdoor retailer based in Llanberis in Snowdonia. They supply all types of equipment for your outdoor needs and have supplied equipment for many paragliding expeditions, where weight and size were at a premium.

Cross Country was founded in 1988 by Sherry Thevenot, a Californian who'd moved to Dijon, France. Flying in Europe and travelling the world as an FAI official, Sherry felt that an international forum was needed for pilots to stay in touch with the latest happenings in the global flying community. Cross Country quickly developed a reputation as a passionate magazine, connected with the world of competition and development. And with colour printing and the desktop publishing revolution of the early 1990s came the ability to broadcast a wealth of superb photographs to the flying world.

Pottyplace.com    Ulric Jessop deserves a mention for the work he does in providing some of the competition scoring and communications software, without which we'd be very much in the dark ages. Together with his wife, Ruth, they rent out an apartment in France (Les Basses Beaumettes) for all outdoor types including paragliding.