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Tommy Friedrich signs in at St Moritz during the Red Bull X-Alps. Photo: Marcus King

Red Bull X-Alps 2025: X Marks the Spot

St Moritz is hosting a weekend of hike-and-fly action and insight as pilots pass through during the Red Bull X-Alps
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Red Bull X-Alps 2025 Prologue start

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 Prologue podum

Red Bull X-Alps 2025: Maxime Pinot wins the Prologue

Maxime Pinot won the Prologue at the Red Bull X-Alps, which is the short one-day warm-up race ahead of the main event
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Red Bull X-Alps 2025: This year’s edition covers 1,280km and involves 17 turnpoints and three via ferratas. Via ferrata means ‘iron path’ in Italian and involves using fixed cables and ladders to move through steep ground. On the right, Japan’s Emoto Yuji on the Paternkofel on 21 June 2023 Photo: Lukas Pilz

Red Bull X-Alps 2025: The toughest ever?

At 1,283km long the route of this year's Red Bull X-Alps is the longest ever – and pilots also expect it to be much more gruelling
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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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Take-off on the Hahnenkamm

Wanderbirds fly high at the Kitzbühel Trophy

We report from this Inclusive hike-and-fly race in the Austrian Alps which saw some perfect racing conditions
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Flare Moustache 2

Flare launch Moustache2 and Proxy harness

"It feels like carving clean lines through the air. That feeling we all chase while gliding, now more intense than ever."
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Paragliding World Cup Linzhou. Photo: PWCA

Paragliding World Cup Linzhou: 7-14 June

The Paragliding World Cup is returning to Linzhou in China for its second round of the 2025 season with 120 international pilots
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Skywalk Poison 4

Skywalk announce Poison4 (EN D)

Skywalk's new Poison 4 is designed with "maximum efficiency, maximum control, and maximum speed" as goals
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