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Dreaming of a task... Day 3 and it's raining. Photo: Andy Pag

Rat Race 2013 podcast: Zen Ken, Andrew Berkly and Paul Murdoch (contains some swearing)

Andy Pag uncovers an amazing story from the practice task, involving a farmer, a gun, a quad bike and a totally destroyed wing...
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Jugdeep Aggarwal. Photo: Andy Pag

Rat Race 2013 Podcast: Jug Aggarwal and Jeff Farrell

As cabin fever sets in Andy Pag speaks to Jug Aggarwal about the Nor-Cal XC League which brings pilots together one weekend a month to fly tasks he sets.
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Rat Race terrain. Photo: Andy Pag

Rat Race 2013 podcast: US Team Selection Process + Boom 9

Andy Pag talks to Jeff Huey about how to get selected for the US Team and Brett Hazlett reveals what he thinks of his new GIN Boomerang 9
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Launch on Day 0 of the Rat Race 2013. Photo: Andy Pag

Rat Race 2013 podcast: Practice Day and how to fly the site

Andy Pag talks to local gurus Bill Belcourt and Hayden Glatte about how best to fly Woodrat Mountain on Day 0 of the Rat Race 2013 – the biggest paragliding comp in the USA
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GIN's new X-Alps 2013 paraglider. Photo: Ed Ewing

Red Bull X-Alps 2013: GIN’s glider on first test flight

GIN's newly certified paraglider for the Red Bull X-Alps was spotted on launch in Annecy at the weekend.
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Chrigel Maurer, left, and Alex Hofer. Both former winners of the Red Bull X-Alps. Photos: Red Bull Content Pool

The Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Chrigel Maurer and Alex Hofer, what do they think?

With the Red Bull X-Alps on the horizon we asked athletes, organisers and Alex Hofer what they thought of the route...
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The World Paragliding Series

World Paragliding Series: First event cancelled

The newly-formed World Paragliding Series has cancelled its first event
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The Gin Wide Open

The GIN Wide Open 2013: Getting to Goal

Andrew Craig, a competition first-timer, went along to the GIN Wide Open to out what it was all about – and made goal!
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Martin Muller Bornes to Fly

Bornes to Fly 2013: Martin Muller takes first place

Andy Pag reports from the Bornes to Fly, a three-day hike-and-fly race around Annecy
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Perfect sky in Bulgaria

Highs and lows: Yassen Savov introduces Bulgaria – and flies 250km in the mountains

With the Paragliding World Championships due to happen in Sopot, Bulgaria, this summer, European Paragliding Champion Yassen Savov gives us a rundown of the area – including some of the amazing flying he's done this year so far
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