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Red Bull X-Alps 2019: Prologue in pictures

The best photos from the Red Bull X-Alps 2019 Prologue in Wagrain, Austria – by Cross Country photographer Marcus King
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Red Bull X-Alps 2019 Prologue

Red Bull X-Alps 2019: Prologue winners

Chrigel Maurer, Benoit Outters and Maxime Pinot were joint winners of the Red Bull X-Alps 2019 Prologue race, each winning an extra night pass
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Advance Omega Alps 3

Advance Omega X-Alps 3 released

Advance's 2019 Red Bull X-Alps wing, the Omega Xalps 3, is available to order. It's an EN-D two-liner and the wing Chrigel will be flying in the competition
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Light, but it can get even lighter. Photo: zooom / Red Bull Content Pool

Porcher’s new ‘ultra-lightweight’ fabric

Porcher Sport is to unveil a new, extra-light paragliding fabric at the Red Bull X-Alps this weekend – weighing just 21 grams per square metre
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Bornes to Fly 2019: won in a day

The 2019 edition of Bornes to Fly, the three-day Annecy-based hike-and-fly competition, was won by Damien Lacaze in just one day!
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Chrigel Maurer. Photo: Harald Tauderer/Red Bull Content Pool

Red Bull X-Alps 2019: Chrigel – six in a row?

Just days before the Red Bull X-Alps prologue in Wagrain, Chrigel said he’s still got what it takes to be the best
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Mac Para Eden 7

Mac Para Eden 7: high-performance EN-B

Mac Para's new high-performance EN-B paraglider the Eden 7 is out, and they say it's a “significant change” from its predecessor.
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Kossen Testival 2019

Koessen Super Paragliding Testival 2019 Beats the Forecast

Koessen Super Paragliding Testival 2019 saw some great flying, with hundreds of pilots grabbing the chance to fly and try different wings
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PWC 2019 France

PWC 2019: Charles and Méryl win in France

French pilots Charles Cazaux and Méryl Delferrière won the first round of the Paragliding World Cup tour of 2019 on their country's home turf
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Red Bull X-Alps 2019. Photo: Felix Woelk / Red Bull Content Pool

Red Bull X-Alps 2019: Are you ready?

“How far can you fly? How many steps do you have in you? These mountains are no playground. They are not your friend…”
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