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Wanderbird Kitzbuhel 2025

Wanderbird returns to Kitzbühel

Wanderbird, the community hike-and-fly series, is due to host two events in Austria. On 10 July the popular race series returns to Kitzbühel.
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Chrigel Maurer wins X-Pyr 2026

X-Pyr 2026: Chrigel Maurer wins in record time

Chrigel Maurer has won the X-Pyr for a record fifth time finishing in a record time of three days and seven hours
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X-Pyr 2026 pilots

X-Pyr 2026: What you need to know and how to follow

Get ready! The 2026 edition of the X-Pyr starts on Sunday 21 June and there are more pilots than ever racing across the Pyrenees
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Alex Ploner. Photo: Flavio Tebaldi

Alex Ploner wins European Hang Gliding Championships 2026

Italy's Alex Ploner won gold at the FAI European Hang Gliding Championships in Italy at the weekend – again!
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Pál Takáts and Mette Krum SRS Slovenia winners

“Pál Takáts made it a masterclass in how to race”

Pál Takáts and Mette Krum take the top spots at the Naviter Edition of the Sports-class Racing Series in Slovenia
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Launching during the paragliding breakfast at Ekstremsportveko 2023. Photo: Dina Rindsem

Ekstremsportveko 2026: Norway’s week of midsummer magic returns

Ekstremsportveko returns to Voss in Norway this month – bringing paragliders and speedflyers to the Norwegian fjord landscape
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Kössen super paragliding testival launch 2026

Kössen Super Paragliding Testival delivers

Hundreds of pilots enjoyed four days of flyable weather in Kössen, Austria at the Super Paragliding Testival 2026
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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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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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X-Pyr 2026 route

X-Pyr 2026: New route revealed

The new route for this year's X-Pyr has been announced - and it's a 528km race touching on seven turnpoints
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