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Simon Oberrauner

My wing [Skywalk X-Alps6] is completely new

The Great Game: ‘There is so much energy in this race’

Join Simon Oberrauner as he shares his journey to finishing X-Alps third, revealing his mindset and strategy during the race.
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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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Simon Oberrauner and the winners of the X-Pyr 2024

Watch: X-Pyr 2024 – The Documentary

The X-Pyr is one of the world's premier multi-day, hike-and-fly paragliding races. Re-live the highs and lows in this full-length film
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X-Pyr 2024: The Mole Report

X-Pyr race reporter Judith Mole reveals what happened at this year's fast and furious race
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Simon Oberrauner on the road during the X-Pyr.

Simon’s X-Pyr Sprint Finish

Simon Oberrauner had to run, run, run to win this year’s X-Pyr Hike-and-Fly race. Tarquin Cooper spoke to him after he made goal.
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Simon Oberrauner

Simon Oberrauner wins X-Pyr 2024

Simon Oberrauner won the X-Pyr 2024 having led for much of the race. Christian Schugg and Shane Tighe completed the podium
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Paragliding in the centre of the Pyrenees. Photo: Jerome Maupoint

X-Pyr 2022: All you need to know

Hike-and-fly across the Pyrenees – the X-Pyr 2022 kicks off this weekend and it looks set to be one of the most action-packed ever
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Patrick von Känel performing during the Red Bull X-Alps 2021 above Zell am See, Austria, on June 29, 2021. // SI202106300024 // Usage for editorial use only //

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: Splashdown on Day 10

Switzerland's Patrick von Känel took second place after a neck and neck sprint to the finish line with Austria’s Simon Oberrauner.
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Philipp Berger, Ferdinand Vogel and Simon Oberrauner

Ferdi Vogel wins Bordairrace Kampenwand

Nova Team Pilot Ferdinand Vogel (DE) won the Kampenwand Bordairrace 2018, over the weekend of 21/22 April 2018.
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Simon Oberrauner (AUT4)

Red Bull X-Alps 2017: The Matterhorn Mission

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