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Red Bull X-Alps 2011 - The clash of the Titans: Toma Coconea (ROM) and Christian Maurer (SUI1) go head to head on the ground

Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Day 3 roundup

Kaoru Ogisawa (JPN) disqualified, four penalised and Chrigel Maurer (SUI1) breaks free of the pack
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Xavier having fun at the dunes of Huamey on the coast. Photo: James Johnson

Friends gather to say goodbye to Xavier Murillo

Mark Hayman reflects on the memorial of Xavier Murillo, technical director and passionate, hardworking frontman of the Paragliding World Cup
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Hakan Ackalar is Turkey's new paragliding distance record holder

255.5km paragliding record in Turkey

On 3 July Turkish paraglider pilot Hakan Akcalar broke Turkey's cross country record with a 255.5km flight from Denizli on an R10.2.
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Lynx Bluetooth audio adapter

Lynx Bluetooth audio adapter for radio headsets

Lynx Avionics have announced a new Bluetooth audio adapter for their Micro System headsets.
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2011 Red Bull X-Alps start Sunday 17 July at 09:00

Red Bull X-Alps 2011: 24 hours to go!

2011 Red Bull X-Alps blasts off on Sunday 17 July for 30 of the fittest para-athletes in the world
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What is wrong with FAI Cat1 events?

In the aftermath of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships being cancelled Mads Syndergaard comments on where things went wrong and how to right them
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Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Lighter, faster, better?

Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Lighter, faster, better?

There are only five days to go until the start of the fifth edition of the Red Bull X-Alps. The advances in paraglider technology mean the equipment used in 2011 is very different to that used in the first race, back in 2003.
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Xavier Murillo has gone missing in the Andes whilst flying his paraglider

The last flight of Xavier Murillo: By James ‘Kiwi’ Johnston

In a moving account James 'Kiwi' Johnston reports from Huascaran, Peru
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Paragliding World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships 2011: CANCELLED

The 2011 Paragliding World Championships has been cancelled after two tasks
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Xavier having fun at the dunes of Huamey on the coast. Photo: James Johnson

Xavier Murillo RIP

Updated 8 July 11am GMT: It is with the heaviest of hearts that we report the discovery of Xavier Murillo's body in Peru
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