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Chrigel Maurer. Photo: Marcus King

Red Bull X-Alps 2019: Athletes Ready!

The Red Bull X-Alps started its 24-hour countdown today, with meet-the-athletes session and press conference at Red Bull's Hangar Seven in Salzburg, Austria.
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Island life: El Hierro’s international flying festival

The El Hierro Paragliding Festival celebrated its 25th edition over the weekend of 30 May to 2 June. Andy Pag went along for the first time…
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Gradient Montana 3

Gradient release lightweight Montana 3

Gradient have released a new version of their "light and durable" mid-B Montana 3. It's aimed at "anyone who needs a robust, small-packing wing"
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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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