First Point!

So a bit of a break from the norm for me. A much needed break actually from applications. The USPA Nationals (US Parachute Association) will be at my dropzone this year and I will be competing with a team. It's kinda hard to describe the event but this is where all of the different disciplines in skydiving come together and compete. There is a whole lot more that you can do in the sport than fall and all of the different disciplines are here. I will be competing at the intermediate level in 4 Way formation skydiving. The scale of the event is huge. Teams come from all over the world to compete for fun as well as teams representing their country, The Army Golden Knights for example will compete in 8 Way.

Maybe the best analogy I could give to describe the competition might be comparing the event to a site or event where a single Olympic sport might be held. There are a hundreds of competitors alone as well as judges, planes, the whole nine. From what I have heard, there are over 70 Four Way teams registered and each of those teams makes ten competition jumps. To make that happen, planes will be taking off about every 5 minutes. The whole event to complete all of the disciplines will take two weeks. You do the math.

If anybody out there wants to follow along, you can check out:

Spaceland Blog

USPA Competition Page

My team name is First Point in the Intermediate 4 Way Discipline. There are links for video and scores on the USPA page. We will be practicing Saturday and Sunday and compete Monday and Tuesday. By no means will we be a top team, this is just for fun. Most of the teams train for months and months where we will only have two days. Wish us luck!