Congrats to the Home Team

I have been very fortunate to have some of the best sky divers in the world around me at my Dropzone. Most importantly for me that means that I have people that I know will look out for me and keep me safe but it also means that I have easy access to coaching from the best. Nationals are still going on in Chicago, but we have already had a couple teams win gold medals. SPX 8 won gold in the intermediate 8 way group and Anomaly won gold for the third year in open class freefly. Congrats to everyone!

For me watching nationals this year really has me re-evaluating my desire to compete because of the level of competition that is out there at all levels. Going with the expectation of wining any kind of medal just is not realistic so in some ways I wonder if it is worth it next year. On the other hand, if I can align myself with a good team, I will learn a lot. This should still be fun no matter what. The day it is not, I will stop.