A Young Flyer
On the team that celebrated the 30-year anniversary of "Parachuting '92" - the Parachuting Exhibition in Support of the Games of the...
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Jul 19, 20221 min read
Parachuting 2022
Thirty years ago today, a series of parachuting exhibitions held in and around Empuriabrava concluded with the final jump at the football...
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Jul 15, 20222 min read
It's Super(wo)man!
With three days to go until The World Games 2022 conclude on Sunday, 17 July, I start with my analysis of each of the 34 sports featured...
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Jul 8, 20221 min read
Taking The Leap
With The World Games 2022 in progress in Birmingham, USA, I would like to redirect your attention from this to another blog I have just...
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Jul 8, 20222 min read
Over The Top
With The World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, the Polish organizers distinguished themselves as diligent hosts and, above all, as expert...
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Jul 7, 20222 min read
Onward Through The Air
From The World Games 2013 Cali, COL, the participation of air sports changed dramatically. While multiple and contrasting...
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Jul 6, 20221 min read
High Spirits
"Top Sports - High Spirits" was the slogan of The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung, TPE. In their eighth edition and for the first time held in...
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Jul 5, 20221 min read
fasciNATIONS worldgames
The national elements of The World Games 2005 were reinforced by a Memorandum of Understanding that had been signed between the IOC and...
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Jul 3, 20221 min read
Star-Studded Cast
One of the particular strengths of parachuting/skydiving in The World Games is the fact that FAI/IPC is able to always bring its very...
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Jul 3, 20222 min read
Back in The Games
I have been involved in The World Games since 1994, when the World Air Sports Federation (FAI) first applied for membership with the...
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Jun 24, 20221 min read
30 Years of High Ambitions
Parachuting (skydiving) started its campaign to become an official medal sport at the Games of the Olympiad after it was fully recognized...
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Apr 13, 20211 min read
32 Years On
With the help of friends I came across a rather unique piece of skydiving history. I knew it existed. Now I’ve watched it too. It is a...
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Feb 17, 20212 min read
Ahead Of Its Time
Skydiving has been ahead of its time for decades. Long before skiers, skateboarders or surfers used video to transmit the essence of...
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Feb 9, 20215 min read
SKYDIVING COMPETITION III
As the FAI Skydiving Commission approached the turn of the decade from the 80s to the 90s, the young air sport it governed since the 50s...
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Feb 3, 20211 min read
Assessment In Progress
The 24 entries in the THROWBACK and the 3 in the INDOOR Contest are currently being assessed by a truly unique group of people. On the...
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Jan 30, 20211 min read
Chloe's In
8-year-old freestyle skydiver Chloe Dony has entered the Sky on Stage INDOOR Contest by submitting two entries. One is performed to...
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Jan 27, 20211 min read
At The World Games
When I wrote about the exploits of the Soul Flyers, Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet †, at The World Games yesterday, I knew I had some great...
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Jan 26, 20212 min read
Missed Opportunity
Reading through an interview that Anna Jacobson, the Communications Officer of IWGA | The World Games, did with her CEO, Joachim Gossow,...
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Jan 25, 20211 min read
Meet Sam
15-year-old Sam Stenzel from Minnesota, USA, is the first contestant who submits an entry into the Sky on Stage (SoS) INDOOR Contest that...
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Jan 22, 20212 min read
Citius · Altius (?)
While continuing work on Part III of SKYDIVING COMPETITION OVER TIME – due for release in the course of next week – I take advantage of...
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