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Red Bull X-Alps 2025: How to watch and follow

Cutting through the noise to find out what is happening can be confusing. Here’s our guide to following the action
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Chrigel Maurer interview Red Bull X-Alps 2025

Red Bull X-Alps 2025: Chrigel ‘more prepared than ever before’

Watch: Chrigel Maurer on his preparation, the route, equipment, other pilots, and why he thinks a rookie could beat him "quite easily"
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Red Bull X-Alps 2025: Celine Lorenz looks straight ahead

"I am way more relaxed than two years ago, because I already know what is coming" – says Celine Lorenz, the only woman in this year's X-Alps
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Chrigel Maurer: ‘It’s easy to beat me – here’s how’

"Do not think I will simply win again!” In this exclusive interview Chrigel Maurer answers the question everyone is asking
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Paragliding World Cup Algodonales film by Will Appleyard

Paragliding World Cup: Hola Algodonales!

Created by pilot and filmmaker Will Appleyard this film is an in-depth inside look at the Paragliding World Cup in the famous Algodonales
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Full stall on an SIV course in California. Photo: Ethan Knorr

The Essential Role of SIV: Download

In Cross Country 258 Dilan Benedetti explores the role of SIV in paragliding. That article is a shorter version this paper here
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How to: Heal Yourself

Red Bull performance coach York-Peter Klöppel explains how to recover mentally after an incident
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Flymaster Live One Pro

Flymaster Live One Pro 

Light and small this new tracker is proving a hit. Marcus King tries it out for cross-country flying and in competition
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When to adjust your riser loops 

Expert advice on the bedding-in process for your new paraglider line set to maintain correct line lengths and wing performance
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Design Insight: Gin GTO 3

“Attention to detail and precise trimming.” Marcus King talks to Gin Seok Song about Gin’s new two-line EN-C
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