Red Bull X-Alps | Recap Day 2

Red Bull X-Alps | Recap Day 2

Jun 18, 2019 | Campaigns, Competition, Events

Athletes are storming through the course line this afternoon, with at least a dozen making Turnpoint 3, Aschau – Chiemsee before 4pm.Leading the pack was Chrigel Maurer (SUI1) and Paul Guschlbauer (AUT1), who landed, signed in, and then set off for the top of the...

Red Bull X-Alps | skywalk Prolog Recap

Jun 14, 2019 | Campaigns, Competition, Events

  The prologue for this years Red Bull X-Alps was intense!   skywalk athletes results:  Place 4 – Paul Guschlbauer Place 5 – Tobi Grossrubatscher Place 6 – Simon Oberrauner Place 7 – Markus Anders Place 21 – Eduardo Garza Place...

X-Alps Athlete Portrait: Tobi Grossrubatscher

Jun 12, 2019 | Competition, Events

  We hiked up to the Seiser Alm with our Red Bull X-Alps athlete Tobi Grossrubatscher (Team: ITA2) and asked a few things about this years race and how he got into paragliding. 2019 will be Tobi’s second X-Alps appearance. Tobi enjoys travelling with his...

X-Alps Athlete Portrait: Paul Guschlbauer

Jun 11, 2019 | Campaigns, Competition

  We had a nice afternoon hiking and flying with our Red Bull X-Alps athlete Paul Guschlbauer (Team: AUT1) in Wagrain, Kleinarl.   2019 will be Pauls fifth X-Alps appearance. He already has three 3rd places under his belt. In 2018 Paul flew from Alaska...
Awesome XC day!

Awesome XC day!

Jun 3, 2019 | Campaigns, Competition, Harness, Paragliders

Recap – 02. June 2019June delivers right from the beginning! Congrats to all pilots!   Markus Anders 284,4 km FAI X-ALPS4 Flight details! Christoph Kirsch 251,6 km FAI X-ALPS4 Flight details! Kilian Hallweger 234,6 km FAI ARAK Kommentar Kilian:...

X-Alps Athlete Portrait: Adrian Keller

May 25, 2019 | Campaigns, Competition, Events

  We spent the day with our Red Bull X-Alps athlete Adrian Keller (Team: SUI3) at his home spot, the Emmental in Switzerland. Adrian has been flying for 24 years and brings a lot of experience to the race. Let’s see if the experience gives him advantage in...

X-Alps Athlete Portrait: Simon Oberrauner

May 15, 2019 | Campaigns, Events

  We spent the day with our Red Bull X-Alps athlete Simon Oberrauner (Team: AUT2). Simon grew up around Graz, Austria and began paragliding in 2012 at his local mountain Schöckl.   We hiked up to the launch site and had a nice chat with Simon about his last...