FREEFLY

To be able to control your body and enjoy the sky in all possible positions.

In the beginning of the nineties, some skydivers were experimenting with different freefall positions. The most popular position though is the so called head-down position. Jumpers fall with their head towards the earth, seeing the whole world upside down. Needless to say, this is more difficult than it sounds as the most relaxed position puts you on your belly.

Soon after freeflying was invented, people started to compete. Several formats were tried by various organisers... 3-way teams, human pylon racing, manoeuvrability races with a skyball as reference and more. The main component though is that all acts are filmed by a freefall videographer.

The International Parachuting Commission (IPC) viewed these developments and set the format as a 3-way team, one of the members being the videographer. The event consists of 7 jumps, 2 of which are compulsory routines and 5 free routines. Jumps are scored by a panel of 5 judges, the compulsories on control of the 4 drawn compulsory moves, the free rounds on technical and presentation.

The first worldcup freeflying was held in Eloy, Arizona, USA in November 2000 while the first world championships was held in Granada, Spain during the 2nd World Air Games, June 2001. Top teams are currently training full time and making more than 1000 jumps a year.

Would you like to try FREEFLY? What are you waiting for?