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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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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 18, 20213 min read
SKYDIVING COMPETITION I
SKYDIVING COMPETITION OVER TIME I | Roland Hilfiker looks at what used to be his sport of choice after a longish hiatus – and with...
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Jan 17, 20211 min read
No Robots
Stefania Martinengo, the organizer of Sky OnStage (SOS), circulates a message to the participants and assessors ...
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Jan 16, 20211 min read
The Envelope, Please
Stefania Martinengo, the organizer of Sky on Stage (SoS), announces the winners in the three OFFICIAL events of the virtual contest on...
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Jan 14, 20211 min read
Why Not?
Olga Bakulina is the first and so far only freestylist who has submitted a performance into the inaugural edition of Sky on Stage INDOOR....
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Jan 11, 20211 min read
Sydney At Last
We had been waiting quite some time for Sydney Kennett, the junior freestyle standout, to enter Sky on Stage (SoS). Finally, she did...
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Dec 14, 20201 min read
Do It!
2020 has been an annus horribilis and remains one through the end. With every international indoor skydiving competition canceled since...
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Nov 18, 20201 min read
Double Entry
The first entries into the Sky on Stage Contest have been submitted. Among them a double entry: one into Freestyle, as one of the...
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Nov 5, 20201 min read
On Track
Work continues to define the format and the appropriately loose "regulatory framework" for the Indoor Freestyle event of Sky on Stage,...
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Oct 27, 20201 min read
Artistic Freedom
Efforts to define rules for an artistic indoor freestyle contest continue. This time it is "Fighting Shadows" performed by Finnish...
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Oct 23, 20201 min read
HandiFly Takes Flight
An initiative launched a few years ago by the French Parachuting Federation receives again support from the European Commission. This...
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