Tom Payne

Judith Mole interviewed me for a podcast about the X-Alps. She asked a lot of difficult questions! You can listen to the podcast online or d...

It's been a pretty windy Spring in the French Alps, but a ridge of high pressure built over the France and the Western Alps over the wee...

On Thursday I met up with two-times X-Alps veteran and 2009 competitor Aidan Toase to check out route around the area of the Simplon Pass an...

My X-Alps wing arrived on Friday! Thank you Axis UK ! She's a beauty: 6.3:1 flat aspect ratio and racing trim giving her accessible comp...

A forecast for strong winds and rain in the afternoon meant that flying was off the cards, but the morning was sunny. I headed for the Col ...

The first cumulus clouds of the season, the first sign of instability in the atmosphere, have appeared over the last few days. The first te...

It's snowed a lot and I've been out to play. On Saturday I headed in to the mountains with the Amis Montagnards mountain sports club...

Part of my preparations is to learn as much as possible about each of my competitors. Some are amazing XC pilots, others are great runners,...

The Alps are simply spectacular at the moment. Several metres of snow have now fallen and the meteorologists are saying that it's the wh...

So, last Saturday was the Escalade race in Geneva, 7.25km up and down through the twisty cobbled streets of Geneva's Old Town. The race...