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People, places and adventure

Flying over Chamonix valley, France

Mont Blanc 4,808m

“We could not have wished for better conditions.” Tim Rochas and friends bag the big one
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Flying over olive groves in the PWC Superfinal

15th World Cup Superfinal

Jack Sheard talks to Andy Tallia and Constance Mettetal – the new Paragliding World Cup Superfinal Champions
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Launching in a previous X-Pyr

X-Pyr 2026: ‘It’s my happy place’

Tarquin Cooper talks to former winners Chrigel Maurer and Simon Oberrauner about the upcoming X-Pyr hike-and-fly race across the Pyrenees
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Antoine Girard paragliding in the Rockies

Watch: New Antoine Girard film on Rockies

Antoine Girard has released a teaser of his film about his epic 3,000km vol biv crossing of the US in 2025.
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Paul Guschlbauer. Photo: Mirja Geh / Red Bull Content Pool

G-Force: Training with Paul Guschlbauer

What does it take to be a pro hike-and-fly pilot? Matt Warren spent four gruelling days chasing Paul Guschlbauer to find out
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Boon Favre himalaya vol biv

Watch: Boon Favre’s 1,000km vol biv

Boon Favre has released his long-awaited film Frozen about his 1,000km vol biv flight across Nepal from west to east.
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Charlie King flies above the Écrins

Testivol de Pelvoux 2026

Held on the edge of the beautiful Écrins massif for a second year conditions for pilots were near perfect
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Patagonia dryline

The Patagonian Dryline

Kris Holub and friends flew a little-flown 300km convergence line deep in Argentine Patagonia
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Paragliding in Bhutan

Land of the thunder dragon

My first real contact with Bhutan was about 25 years ago when my friend Sean White showed me his documentary, Into the Thunder Dragon.
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Laurie Genovese in 2023 Red Bull X-Alps

‘Redefining the race’

We talk to two race directors putting safety, female pilots and fun at the core of hike-and-fly
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