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Celine Lorenz. Photo: zooom

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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Chirgel Maurer

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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Getting to Know the PMA

Michel Ferrer talks to Supair’s Laurent Chiabaut about his role with the Paraglider Manufacturers’ Association
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Yayamari, Peru

Flight from Yayamari

Ruth Jessop and the late Franz Schilter bond over basecamp biscuits on a trip to climb-and-fly a 6,000m mountain in Peru
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Life Lessons from the Sky

New Zealand adventure pilot Nick Neynens has written an inspirational book about his adventures on the wing
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La Paralpine

Ed Ewing meets pilot and award-winning filmmaker Guillaume Funck, to chat about the film about his trans-Alpine adventure
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My Flying Life Malcolm Jones 

The Wallaby Ranch hang gliding legend on what matters most
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Jordanian Air 

Matias Nombarasco and Emilia Plak headed to Jordan for a flying tour of some of the country’s most spectacular and historic locations
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Himalayan Dreaming

François Ragolski, acro champion turned high mountain adventure pilot, chats to us about his newly released film
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Cross Country 258:July 2025

From the Scottish Highlands to Peru and Jordan, issue 258 is packed with free-flight adventure plus the latest innovations
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