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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
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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, 2022
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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, 2022
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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, 2022
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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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
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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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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 26, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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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- Jan 19, 2021
- 5 min
SKYDIVING COMPETITION II
Part 2 of 4 on SKYDIVING COMPETITION
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