RED BULL VIDEO. Video profile of Red Bull X-Alps 2009 winner Christian 'Chrigel' Maurer: The Swiss paraglider and frontrunner at this year's Red Bull X-Alps (launching on July 17) gives an insight into his life as an athlete and the fascination of flying.

Date: JUN 24, 2011

Christan Maurer over Austrian Zell am See/Schmitten, Kaprun/Kitzshteinhorn glacier in background. Christan Maurer at his final take off to the finish in Monaco. Well, he did not fly all the way there: Since he was around 200km ahead of the competition, the supreme leader decided to take a bath along the way on the Côte d'Azur, before climbing another hill and taking the final leg to Monte Carlo, photo © Dean Treml / Red Bull

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