In recent years Bir Billing has become incredibly popular thanks to the promise of big mountain flying from October to December. But it can also be strong and committing – and busy. It’s caught out ...

Red Bull X-Alps today announces the lineup for the world’s toughest adventure race, which returns in June 2027.

Jean-Yves Fredriksen is the fiddler on the roof of the world, exploring the Himalaya alone but always with his violin.

The Niviuk 2026 Red Rocks Wide Open took place in Utah last month. It's where the rocks are red, the skies are big, and the terrain is wild.

How does he do it? It’s one of the questions that a new documentary on Chrigel Maurer seeks to answer. Chasing the Flow is a new film from Marcial Sommer which follows Chrigel across the Pyrenees in ...

The Niviuk 2026 Red Rocks Wide Open (RRWO) took place in Utah last month. It’s where the rocks are red, the skies are big, and the terrain is notoriously wild. This paragliding comp has a unique ...

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Regular cross-country pilots who would like some of the proven benefits of a submarine style harness but are wary of stepping up to a competition machine – that’s the pilot Supair have in mind for ...

Spanish pilots Marcelo Sanchez and Paco Navarro Gonzalez took the European 'Straight Distance to a declared Goal' PG record to 329.9km Get instant online access to hundreds of articles and ...

Gin have released the Explorer 3, “a completely new high-performance EN-B wing for ambitious cross-country pilots”. Built around a new aerofoil, Gin say it “delivers more glide, more speed and greater ...

Is flying the secret to a long marriage? That’s the question CJ Sturtevant and her husband George ask as they reflect on decades flying hang gliders and paragliders and travelling the world together.

In this episode Tarquin and Ed sit down to talk through the latest magazine issue as well as recent events in the sport. The podcast begins with the pair reflecting on the Coupe Icare tragedy, when ...