USPA's 2006 National Skydiving Championships Finish on a (Sky)High Note - More Than 15,500 Skydives Wow Adrenaline Sports Fans!ELOY, Ariz. -- The sky was the limit for hundreds of the nation's most awesome aerial athletes who recently competed at the 2006 United States Parachute Association The United States Parachute Association is a self-governing body for the sport of skydiving. Its headquarters are located in Fredericksburg, Va, parallel to I-95. Functions (USPA USPA United States Parachute Association USPA United States Polo Association USPA United States Psychotronics Association USPA United States Pilots Association USPA United States Polka Association USPA United States Permafrost Association ) National Skydiving skydiving Sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate altitude (e.g., 6,000 ft [1,800 m]) and executing various body maneuvers before pulling the rip cord of a parachute. Competitive events include jumping for style, landing with accuracy, and performing in teams (e.g. Championships, hosted by Skydive sky·dive intr.v. sky·dived, sky·div·ing, sky·dives To jump and fall freely from an airplane, performing various maneuvers before pulling the ripcord of a parachute. Arizona. 15,500 skydives by almost 1,000 world-class skydivers from across the U.S. made it the largest skydiving competition in its 49-year history. Gravity-defying men and women competed in five challenging skydiving disciplines. This year's gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize champion highlights included: Canopy Formation- 2-Way Sequential: Impaired (FL, MA) 4-Way Sequential/Rotation: Arizona Frayed Knot Formation Skydiving- 4-Way Open, Advanced: DeLand Groove (FL), Arizona Divewerkz 8-Way Open, 16-Way: Arizona Airspeed 10-Way: Perris 10 (CA) Artistic events- Skysurfing: Looks like Trouble (FL, AZ) Freeflying: Spaceland Anomaly (TX) Freestyle: Robot Lords from Tokyo (AZ) Style and Accuracy- Men's, Women's Overall: Jim Hayhurst (PA), Cheryl Stearns (NC) Team Accuracy: Skydive Rick's (OH) Winners of open categories in 4-way formation skydiving/accuracy landing/artistic events will represent the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. at the 2007 World Cups in Russia. Photos and interviews of winning teams available upon request. First-time skydivers: Adrenaline sports fans don't need to be professional skydivers to take to the skies. Only a half-hour of ground instruction is needed to prepare for a tandem jump, the easiest and most popular way to experience the thrill of freefall from 13,000 feet while securely harnessed to an experienced instructor. Other first-jump methods are available, allowing students to jump solo. Anyone can earn a license in as few as 25 jumps! Visit the Drop Zone Directory at www.uspa.org/dz/index.htm to pick one of 260 USPA-affiliated drop zones/skydiving centers in the U.S. USPA Group Members pledge to follow Basic Safety Requirements, including providing training by only USPA-rated instructors and using USPA-required equipment. About USPA: The U.S. Parachute Association is America's premier organization dedicated to the promotion of safe skydiving, establishing strict safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. , training policies and programs at 260 USPA-affiliated skydiving schools/centers. USPA's 31,000 members and hundreds of thousands of first-time jump students make approximately three million jumps annually in the U.S. The Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control recognizes and supports USPA's successful leadership role in the self-regulation of skydiving. Founded in 1946, USPA celebrated its 60th Anniversary in July. Information: www.uspa.org, 540-604-9740. |
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