1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (328+ words) The race series is the ideal gateway for pilots keen to try hike-and-fly Wanderbird, the community hike-and-fly series, is due to host two events in Austria. On 10 July the popular race series returns to Kitzb'hel in the heart of the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (239+ words) "Performance levels of an EN-D" Mac Para's newly released Elixir is a high-performance two-liner in the high EN-C category aimed at XC pilots upgrading from traditional EN-C wings, comp and sports class pilots as well as hike-and-fly enthusiasts seeking a…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (400+ words) Winning for a record fifth time Chrigel Maurer won the X-Pyr for a record fifth time this week " and he did it in style. He finished the trans-Pyrenees hike-and-fly race in three days and seven hours "well ahead of Germany's…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (504+ words) Chrigel Maurer is the favourite "but for many the vibe is more adventure than adventure-race The seventh edition of the X-Pyr gets underway on Sunday 21 June, with a record field of 50 pilots setting off from the beach at Hondarribia on…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (387+ words) Alex Ploner and Christian Ciech have battled it out head-to-head for more than a decade Italy's Alex Ploner won gold at the FAI European Hang Gliding Championships in Gemona, Italy at the weekend "again! It is the fourth time he…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (332+ words) P'l Tak'ts and Mette Krum take the top spots at the Naviter Edition of the SRS in Slovenia After four tasks in the stunning Slovenian So'a valley and visit to Lijak, Hungarian pilot P'l Tak'ts finished on top of the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (361+ words) Go flying in the midnight sun "Ekstremsportveko welcomes pilots to Voss, Norway, in June Ekstremsportveko returns to Voss in Norway this month (20"28 June), bringing paragliders, speedflyers and other extreme sports athletes, including skydivers and mountain bikers, to the Norwegian fjord…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (998+ words) The 2025 X-Alps champion spent 24 hours hiking up and flying down Aaron Durogati has set a new 24-hour hike-and-fly world record after climbing and flying an astonishing 19, 424m of vertical ascent in a single day on Norway's Slogen mountain. The challenge took…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (391+ words) Pilots enjoy four days of flyable conditions at legendary venue In the buildup to the K'ssen Super Paragliding Testival the forecast was so bad that manufacturers were asking whether it would be shortened by a day or two. In the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (151+ words) Cross Country Magazine Tarquin Cooper talks to former X-Pyr winners Chrigel Maurer and Simon Oberrauner about what's in store Fifty teams from 20 countries are gearing up for the biggest hike-and-fly event of the year " the 420km crossing of the Pyrenees from…...