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Muddy shoes at the Bornes to Fly. Photo: Michel Farrugia

Up One More: The Bornes to Fly 2013

How hard can hike-and-fly really be? Andy Pag found out when he signed up to the three-day Bornes to Fly in Annecy, France earlier this year.
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Paragliding World Championships 2013, Sopot. Photo: Martin Scheel

Paragliding World Championships 2013: Jeremie Lager wins

Jeremie Lager (France) and Klaudia Bulgakow (Poland) won the Paragliding World Championships 2013, which finished on Saturday 27 July.
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Chrigel Maurer and Thomas Theurillat on the raft in Monaco harbour after winning the Red Bull X-Alps 2013. Photo: Red Bull X-Alps / SUI1

Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Chrigel Maurer wins in record time

Chrigel Maurer won the Red Bull X-Alps 2013 in record time on Sunday 14 July when he reached the final turnpoint above Monaco only seven days after leaving Salzburg.
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Paragliding World Championships 2013, Sopot

Paragliding World Championships 2013: Kick off

The Paragliding World Championships 2013 kicks off in Sopot, Bulgaria on 14 July. Some 150 pilots from around the world are in Sopot for the FAI Category 1 competition.
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British Paragliding Open 2013 Portugal: The second half

Marcus King reports on the second half of the 2013 British Paragliding Championships competition in Portugal
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Raul Penso. Photo: Ed Ewing

Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Raul Penso gets a 12-hour penalty – video interview

Raul Penso has been given a 12-hour penalty for going off route on the first night of the Red Bull X-Alps.
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Ogi in the trees at the Red Bull X-Alps

Ogi’s bacon saved by quick-thinking Cross Country Magazine reporter

Kaoru Ogisawa's Red Bull X-Alps race was saved by a Cross Country magazine reporter today – after Ogi tree-landed minutes after take off
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Red Bull X-Alps 2013 race start

Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Race start + Chrigel Maurer video interview

The Red Bull X-Alps 2013 kicked off today in the centre of Salzburg.
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Babu Sunuwar. Photo: Ed Ewing

Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Pre-race set-up

The Red Bull X-Alps athletes have arrived in Austria and are preparing for the start of the 1,000km hike-and-fly race on Sunday 7 July.
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British Paragliding Open 2013 Portugal: first few days

Marcus King reports from the sweltering heat and blue skies of the British Paragliding Open in Manteigas, Portugal.
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