Tom Payne

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

‘It’s out-of-this-world hard’

Explore the challenges of the 2025 X-Alps Route. Breaking down the longest route ever with insights from Tom Payne
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Eli Egger prepares to launch from the Paternkofel, Italy on June 20, 2023. Photo: Lukas Pilz / Red Bull Content Pool

The evolution of the Red Bull X-Alps

Race watcher and former Red Bull X-Alps athlete Tom Payne on how the race has changed – and why that's not a bad thing
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Chrigel Maurer and Tom Payne

Masterclass: Understanding the 2023 Red Bull X-Alps route with Chrigel Maurer

Multiple X-Alps winner Chrigel Maurer and former X-Alps pilot Tom Payne give some fascinating insights into the 2023 Redbull X-Alps route
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How to survive the coronavirus layoff

Tom Payne on what to do if you are facing restrictions over paragliding in the time of coronavirus
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Stanislav Mayer and his supporter Jiri Dlask during the Red Bull X-Alps in Garzeno, Italy on 10 July 2017. Photo: Honza Zak / Red Bull Content Pool

Tom Payne: ‘All dig deep in the closing act of the X-Alps’

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Competitors perform at the start of the Red Bull X-Alps in Salzburg, Austria on July 2, 2017

Tom Payne: ‘The World’s Toughest Race Just Got Tougher’

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How to Talk to Non-Pilots: By Tom Payne and Steve Ham

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Tom Payne introduces Borne to Fly live tracking

Bornes to Fly starts Friday – Cool live tracking

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