4 way skydiving formations bookshelf

This is the ultimate app for 4 way enthusiasts at any level, brought to you by sdc rhythm xp. Fastrax divepool generator is a tool for generating 4 way formation skydiving divepools for memorization and practice. Belgium round 5 33 points 21st fai world formation skydiving championships. The united states parachute association and its 43,000 member skydivers enjoy and promote safe skydiving through parachuting training, rating, and competition programs. B stairstep diamond, e meeker, f open accordion, h bow, p sidebody. Jun 07, 20 i have sitting on my bookshelf of skydiving books, the last issue of skydiving magazine, january 2009. Been looking for it for a while, but only places i can find it, it is quite expensive and above the customs free limit for importing to the uk. The starting formation order for the five rounds will be determined by a draw.

The number of formations built per round within a 10round competition are averaged to give the jumpers an idea of how well. In addition to competing in 4 way vfs with arizona xforce during the 22nd fai world cup of formation skydiving, brianne thompson also participated in 4 way fs female with team phoenix xp. The videographer is a member of the team, so 4 way fs teams have 5 members and 8 way teams have 9 members sometimes plus an alternate, too. Alola 4 way formation skydiving team february 9 at 2. Mixed formation skydiving the next big thing disciplines. Not for the ordinary nfto we are a trainhard, flyhard team of four women and. Once a dive size is selected 2 way, 4 way, 20 way, etc. The events of this class are an introduction to formation skydiving competition at the grass roots. For the 2016 season, dallas disturbance is comprised of 18 highly accomplished skydivers from across the usa. No clear intent to build the correct formation or inter is seen and another formation or inter is presented and there is an advantage to the team resulting from the substitution. Wallpaper road, lake, parachute, container, helmet, skydivers, extreme sports, parachuting, formation skydiving, 4 way fs to download. All 16 random formations will be used for the exits. In a tandem jump, you get strapped to your instructor and the two of you fall together.

Oct 30, 2012 brian touhey jump in, ryan sanders perris pickup, niklas hemlin arizona airspeed and bill schmitz arizona airspeed talk about the 4 way formation skydiving competition so far, and the. This is an old clip from 2006 of the world team completing the 400way formation skydivingworld record in thailand. If you look closely at the formation, you can see there is a 4 way diamond in the middle of it. So if anyone has it, can i even borrow it for a while. Competition rules for formation skydiving and vertical formation skydiving uspa. Wallpaper road, lake, parachute, container, helmet, skydivers. The team averages 5 uspa medals per person across 4, 8, 10 and 16 way formation skydiving.

The randoms are singular formations with full separation of all grips both before and after building the formation. National skydiving championships in plattsburgh, new york. In 4 way formation skydiving, each team flies to a set draw of formations. Western australian champion fs skydiver, peter wally waller has shared some notes on getting the most out of your skydiving. Oct 17, 2018 in preparation for the womens record, i did as many formation jumps as i could and honed my skills by skydiving indoors over the winter at ifly toronto. In a 400 way, the stadium can easily occupy 300 feet or more up and out from the base. I think we got a 4 way together before we ran out of altitude. Incidentally, i won a gold medal in the 4way fs intermediate category at the 2018 canadian indoor skydiving championships. Sign up now to get access to tons of content, including articles, flash cards, continuity plans, pictures and over 160 videos. Google some 2 way drillsask a coach for some 2 way drills.

Wally has competed in skydiving throughout the world and represented australia on multiple occasions, so he knows his stuff when it comes to 4 way fs competition skydiving. Disciplines, organizations and dive pool details axis. Theres also big way formation skydiving, which can be anything from 9 to hundreds of people flying together, usually with the aim of making just one or two shapes rather than as many as possible. This allows for recovery in the event of minor collisions. Records database united states parachute association. Nfto are proud to say that we took home for team gb the silver medal at the female 4 way world cup of formation skydiving.

Dive pool for 2way formation indoor skydiving page. Freak accident skydiver hugs stabiliser2 by lubbe10. Formation skydiving article about formation skydiving by. Formation skydiving is a skydiving event where multiple skydivers attach themselves to one another by grabbing each others limbs or by the use of grippers on their jumpsuit while free falling through the sky. Its a super cool shot to get when youre flying outside video above a skydiving formation that shot when the outside camera flyer who is filming the jump without being a part of the formation drops into the center as the formation breaks away, probably turning in place to watch everyone track far and fast before deploying. The 2020 edition differs from the 2019 edition in those paragraphs with a vertical bar in the margin. There are two kinds of formations, called randoms and blocks. A formation skydiving competition team contains 4 4 way fs or 8 8 way fs jumpers who make the formations, together with a freefall videographer to record the formations inair. If a skydiver can, for example, perform well on a 4way skydive, but is unable to dive and approach a target safely, the requirements for fs1 have not been met. The first 4 way formation skydiving event was introduced at the 1970 u. Related links skydiving dive pools indoor skydiving dive pools competition rules. An hour of this and you should be able to visualise and memorise the slot you were creepering fairly easily. Fai ipc competitions rules for formation skydiving and vertical formation skydiving page 4 2015 edition 2.

By visiting this website andor using any of its features you agree to axis flight schools. This is a very impressive 400way like a game of human tetris in the sky. What a week of nonstop jumping and learning heaps from a world record holder, champions and excellent instructors. Fai ipc competitions rules for formation skydiving and vertical formation skydiving page 5 2017 edition 3. Dec 09, 2009 we organised a 6 way attempt out of 6 tiger moth aircraft one time, back in the late 70s, only getting to 4 grand before the performance of the aircraft fell away, as soon as we got out of the front cockpit on to the wing the formation fell apart. Fastrax divepool generator for 4way formation skydiving. As such, it is geared toward jumpers new to 4 way, but you dont have to be a student to be new to 4 way. The 2way formation called 69 is in the mixed formation skydiving dive pool as block 1. Skydivers and getting into skydiving howstuffworks. On a weatherslow day, find someone with a bit of 4 way experience and creeper through the randoms aq, going abc, etc. Buy vehicleartz skydiving 4 way rw formation decal sticker white. The book includes easy and difficult formations as well as classic favorites and. Skydive safety community centre this is one of the many skydiving articles within our library.

Automotive free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Plan your 4 way formation skydiving jumps with and get your ninja on. The stadium is a concept used to help people visualize approach angles, much as the way a real stadium allows everyone to see the fieldstage basecenter. A great planning tool for dive organizers, meant to be used on the dz as well as at home. The end goal is that the novice skydiver can perform the following in a 2 way formation skydive. Feb 10, 2016 8 way basics this is a short series of articles that will help you break down and understand how 8ways are built. Vehicleartz skydiving 4 way rw formation decal sticker white.

Formation skydiving, also known as rw or relative work, bellyflying, or flatflying, is the art of building formations in freefall with multiple people gripping each others limbs or specially built grippers on their jumpsuits. The rules are synchronized between all participating leagues. Awesome week of learning skydiving formations 3,4 and 6way. Fs1 is too oriented towards competition style jumping fs1 is about turning some number of points fs1 doesnt teach you. Pops 4way rules, scrambles and nationals 2015 34 the nationals sequence will start with one of the following formations. The number of formations built per round within a 10round competition are averaged to give the jumpers an idea of how well they are doing. Aug 14, 20 fs1 and the myth of 4 way posted in skydiving chat. Jumpers with experience in other disciplines like freeflying, canopy rw, or skysurfing can be new to 4 way. Iba competition rules for formation indoor skydiving 4 way 040118 3.

This isnt like the mission 100 big way at parachute montreal or the square one 200way sequential at skydive arizona. Axis flight schools kickass, howto instructional articles for the skydiver who cant make it to. Vertical formation skydiving vfs is a subcategory of formation skydiving using highspeed body positions normally associated with freeflying. National formation skydiving championships competition rules version 20191209. And the feeling of it all of being so small and insignificant was a lot like the feeling i got when burn and i would stand on the cliff in the mornings and watch the sun kiss the world awake. Dipc 4 has two different types of fs events 4 way and 8 way. The fai world cup of formation skydiving and artistic events was held at skydive arizona. Dallas disturbance will field additional teams in 4, 8 and 10 way skydiving at us nationals. For tunnel rats and pro skydivers, raefords attraction is da bomb.

Fai ipc competitions rules for indoor formation skydiving and indoor vertical formation skydiving page 4 2017 edition 2. In september 1975, the first fai world championships of relative work took place in warendorf. Divemaker is a windows based programs to draw skydiving formations. After a bit of recent shouting, and not a few pms with different people, i am feeling a bit more philosophical. The discipline will be comprised of the following events. Axis flight schools article series on skydiving safety and training.

For each round, a standard number of formations are drawn, as determined by class. Fai ipc competitions rules for formation skydiving page 4 2014 edition 2. Formation skydiving can be further divided into several subcategories, so named for the number of members in. Just like in 4 way, formations often have a way they dominantly face. This is the official app based on mike truffers popular book, the book of skydiving formations, which has helped skydivers plan dives for many years. Once youve learned to skydive solo, one of the first things youll want to add to your list of skills is the ability to fly with others. In preparation for the womens record, i did as many formation jumps as i could and honed my skills by skydiving indoors over the winter at ifly. Skydiving article big way formations skydive safety. Others from the kingdom participating in the event include two bahraini 4 way formation skydiving teams and the ministry of interior skydiving team who all train at the gravity indoor skydiving facility in sakhir. As per the title, does anyone have the book of skydiving formations. Exits, transitions and plane seams can all be illustrated. Having medaled in both events, brianne is the first american and third person in skydiving history to medal in fs and vfs at the same world level competition. Amazing 400way formation skydiving world record teem. A skydiver requires an a cop prior to participating in 2 way jumps with a b cop holder, who has at least 100 jumps and has been granted approval by a coach 2 to partake in such jumps.

A guide to filming competitive 4way axis flight school. Notice is that everyone is facing the same direction. Each team consists of four skydivers who perform the formations and one aerial camera person who accompanies the performers on every dive to record the jump for judging purposes. In 4way formation skydiving, each team flies to a set draw of formations.

Uspa represents parachute jumping from aircraft and helps keep skydivers in the air. They can hone skills and practice freefalls in a fraction of the time and expense it takes up yonder. While we are focusing on the formations in the competition pool, the skills and tools shown here are highly transferable to general formation skydiving. Equinox 4way skydiving team is with diana di and 3 others.

Iba competition rules for 3 way formation indoor skydiving 061416 6. Large formations bigways a competition in 4 way formation skydiving fs 4 takes place like this. Absolutely free fully animated transitions even with blocks. Not for the ordinary nfto we are a trainhard, flyhard team of four women and our cameraman.

Inflight dubai sandstorm formation skydiving dive pool. The following video is a 5way 5person formation skydive i did in march of this year with my friends mickey, robyn, mike, and peanut. The experience of learning the techniques and advancing our skills together is almost spiritual. This is a relatively typical skydive for my friends, though we like to get a little bit more done in the air we were a little slow. This short video talks about what has become the staple of competition skydiving.

However, once you have a firm grasp of shooting 4 way, the same principles can be applied to 8 way and larger formations. The blocks are double formations with a special designated movement. Mikhail kusnetsov russia, vladimir pavlenko russia, sergey shenin russia, oleg shalamykhin russia, andrey seliverstov russia. The international parachuting commission has just met in bulgaria and they have decided to change 2 of the 4 way blocks 1 and.

Inflight dubai sandstorm formation skydiving dive pool blocks. This is the complete divepool for 4way formation skydiving filmed at paraclete xps 16 foot skyventure tunnel. Theres also 8 way formation skydiving, which is similar to 4 way but with different shapes and with 8 people, meaning different skills are required. The front of this group is the point green, the back is the tail purple. Nov 25, 20 crazy week of jumping 3 way, 4 way and 6 way. Fury coaching formation skydiving coaching and events by. With skydiving magazine and now mike truffer gone, there is a huge hole in skydiving for all of us.

Golden knights usa, 4 way formation skydiving by aleks4. Iba competition rules for vertical formation indoor skydiving 4 way 040118 5. The 2 way fs endorsement requires a minimum of 5 training and evaluation jumps with a coach 2, as detailed below. If you have never been skydiving before, one popular way to make the first jump is called tandem jumping.

Divemaker a skydiving formation drawing tool for windows by. This is something which doesnt happen very often 7 years ago was the last time, so when it does, it means theres going to be a lot of new learning, crashing and head scratching but thats exciting too. We are world silver medalists on the quest to become world champions 2020. If i can paraphrase some of those conversations, a few related misconceptions come up repeatedly. The goal for this phase is to learn all the 16 shapes from the random ipc pool and get introduced to most of the 4way foundations. We are the british female 4 way formation skydiving team. Axis draw generator for skydiving disciplines axis.

This will fully include the rookie class teams in any possible prize giving. Iba competition rules for 4 way vertical formation indoor skydiving 080316. It also gives guidance on how to give and maintain your best when coaching. Skydiving teams eagerly zoom across continents to synchronize four and eight way formations here. Formation skydiving and vertical formation skydiving rules 2015.

A multilingual skydiving scoring system and single application to score fai disciplines on the fai competition rules while your. Formation skydiving grading system fs1 and provide a good foundat ion for them to progress. Quotes tagged skydiving the view was, to say the least, incredible. They completed a womens 4 way fs world record sequence of 30 formations on one descent during round 2 of the 4 way at the british open formation skydiving nationals on 31 july 2005 at target skysports, hibaldstow. Rhythm skydiving 401 a rhythm coach in the palm of your hand. He brought a few other topshelf skydivers to help him work out the. Mixed formation skydiving is ready to take over the worldandy. The formation skydiving competitions are recognized by the ioc international olympic committee and sanctioned by the fai federation aeronautique internationale, the ipc international parachuting committee and by the uspa united states parachute association in the united states. This is the complete divepool for 4 way formation skydiving filmed at paraclete xps 16 foot skyventure tunnel. The instructor carries one large parachute on his back big enough to support your weight and his together. Competition rules version 20180811 draw generator 4.

Formation skydiving coaching manual british skydiving. The main objectives of this manual are to provide you with guidance to prepare you to become. Eclipse are a british 4 way formation skydiving team established in 2010. Save dives to come back to later random fs draw generator share skydives with a link memorise the divepool with flashcards much more still to come, like the fsn facebook page for the latest news. This really helps with remembering all the randoms.