Cross Country Magazine has hit 30! Yep, we’re 30 years old. The magazine was set up by Sherry Thevenot in France in early 1988 as an ‘International Hang Gliding Review’ and this first 28-page issue was put together on her kitchen table in Fontaine-lès-Dijon. Sherry published four issues that year – spring, summer, autumn and winter, in French, English and Japanese. The first issue set the tone for what was to come and captured the nature of the sport, with articles on the international competition scene and adventurous travel. The most eye-opening article was a profile of Joe Bostik. This world-record setting pilot had defected from the then Czechoslovakia to the USA in 1982. “Bostik left behind his family, country, language, culture and secure future as an architect” to move to the USA. Once there, “obsessive focus” saw him climb to the top of the flying game.
Enjoy Cross Country 01!
