Chrigel Maurer

Aaron Durogati at the start of the Red Bull X-Alps 2025. Photo: Sebastian Marko / Red Bull Content Pool

Watch: Red Bull X-Alps Battle of Legends

The official Red Bull X-Alps documentary is out. Battle of Legends tells the story of Aaron Durogati's historic win in this year's race and reveals some of the key moments
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John Pendry. Illustration: Steve Ham

Campione del mondo! A personal essay by John Pendry

The FAI World Championships have always been the pinnacle of our sports, writes former hang gliding and paragliding world champion John Pendry
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The Great Game: ‘I get so many positive vibes’

Eight-time champion Chrigel Maurer ended his unbroken run by placing fourth in this year's Red Bull X-Alps
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Aaron Durogati on the Red Bull X-Alps finish float

Red Bull X-Alps 2025: Aaron Durogati wins in neck-and-neck final

Aaron Durogati finally topples Chrigel Maurer's dominance of the X-Alps in a sensational final day
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Red Bull X-Alps 2025: Chrigel ‘more prepared than ever before’

Watch: Chrigel Maurer on his preparation, the route, equipment, other pilots, and why he thinks a rookie could beat him "quite easily"
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Chrigel Maurer: ‘It’s easy to beat me – here’s how’

"Do not think I will simply win again!” In this exclusive interview Chrigel Maurer answers the question everyone is asking
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Red Bull X-Alps 2025: This year’s edition covers 1,280km and involves 17 turnpoints and three via ferratas. Via ferrata means ‘iron path’ in Italian and involves using fixed cables and ladders to move through steep ground. On the right, Japan’s Emoto Yuji on the Paternkofel on 21 June 2023 Photo: Lukas Pilz

Red Bull X-Alps 2025: The toughest ever?

At 1,283km long the route of this year's Red Bull X-Alps is the longest ever – and pilots also expect it to be much more gruelling
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Chrigel Maurer: Artist of the Air

Der Künstler des Himmels - The Artist of the Air – is a six-minute profile of one of paragliding's greatest all time pilots
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Where eagles dare

Till Gottbrath talks to Chrigel Maurer about the regime of “progressive and systematic” training that helped Chrigel get (really) good
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My Flying Life: Chrigel Maurer and Peter von Känel 

The two adventure pilots talk about the gear they took on their X-Peaks  adventure – and what really mattered 
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