Did you know that HF Flying Circus broke the 10-average benchmark at the team's first AAA outdoor meet? posted: May 29th, 2017 The next outdoor scores of the 2017 season were posted last weekend, and the teams from the Czech Republic and the Northern Plains Skydiving League carefully separated each other on the latest leaderboard. The four Czech teams posted their scores in the AAA Class, while the NPSL teams were by themselves in the other three categories.
Only four Czech teams showed up for the first outdoor meet this year, and most of the indoor experts, including the multiple 4-way junior teams, were apparently not ready or eligible for outdoor competition yet.
However, it was still a very important meet for... (more)
Did you know that Czech 4-way teams placed on the top of last weekend's A Class leaderboard? posted: Jul 8th, 2016 It was not the first time this year that the A Class competition was the most popular one last weekend. This NSL category with the first eight blocks in the dive pool offers the first stepping stone for new 4-way teams on the way to learn and master the complete FAI/IPC dive pool.
Ten teams from three different countries (Netherlands, Czech Republic, Germany) created a new international leaderboard, and several teams had competed earlier this year.
All ten rounds were completed in the Czech Republic and in the Netherlands, while the German teams were done after five rounds at the Nord Cup... (more)
Did you know that the Czech 4-way teams posted record indoor and outdoor scores within a week? posted: Jul 4th, 2016 The 4-way teams in the Czech Republic switched from indoor to outdoor competition within a week.
Jan Klapka sent the Hurricane Factory's Indoor Cloud League scores and videos for the month of June while the teams were getting ready for the second outdoor competition of the 2016 season last weekend.
Five of the seven teams who completed the ten rounds in Kunovice last weekend had also tried to get on the ICL leaderboard for the month of June. Hvezdy and Impact are outdoor teams, while a few other Czech teams train and compete only in the 14-foot flying chamber of the Hurricane Factory in Prague,... (more)
Did you know that father Jan and son Jakub Klapka competed together for the first time last weekend? posted: May 31st, 2016 Yesterday's update from the Hurricane Factory in Prague, Czech Republic, mentioned that the start of the outdoor season separates the 4-way juniors from the 4-way seniors, who have the additional privileges of exits, sub-terminal moves and parachute rides when they jump from planes in 4-way training and competition.
However, it is a challenging transition, as an earlier TURNING POINTS column in the Blue Skies Mag explained.
It was time for this transition for the Czech 4-way teams last weekend, as the first 4-way outdoor competition of the year took place in Most.
The weather did not cooperate... (more)
Did you know that the Czech teams are holding their ground on this weekend's overall leaderboard? posted: Jul 19th, 2015 This weekend, Czech Skydiving League Director Jan Klapka tried for the third time to get his 4-way teams into freefall from jump planes, and he eventually succeeded.
He had tried two times earlier this year, and bad weather did not allow the Czech teams to post any scores on outdoor leaderboards. This weekend, six teams completed six rounds with great results.
Bad Boys and CZ Ladies handled the block-heavy and, with three slot-switching sequences, challenging AAA Class draw very well. Bad Boys had posted a higher meet average only once in May 2014, when the 30-pointer for a Super Sequence... (more)
Did you know that the Bad Boys completed 23 jumps with coach David Grauwels? posted: Jul 7th, 2015 The Bad Boys from the Czech Republic have been the national 4-way team since they won the country's championship title in 2013. The previous Czech national team Sky Service/Sky Walkers/Lize had retired after the Mondial Dubai 2012, and Jan Lukavec continued with the Bad Boys.
The Bad Boys have still not competed yet as the Czech national team at a World Championship of Formation Skydiving. Only former Sky Service/Sky Walkers/Lize member Jan Lukavec has this experience, while Vaclav Prokes, Marian Jeziak, Jan Klapka and Jaroslav Smitka (Alternate) missed their opportunity last year on home turf.
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Did you know that HF Flying Circus broke the 10-average benchmark at the team's first AAA outdoor meet?
Did you know that Czech 4-way teams placed on the top of last weekend's A Class leaderboard?
Did you know that the Czech 4-way teams posted record indoor and outdoor scores within a week?
Did you know that father Jan and son Jakub Klapka competed together for the first time last weekend?
Did you know that the Czech teams are holding their ground on this weekend's overall leaderboard?
Did you know that the Bad Boys completed 23 jumps with coach David Grauwels?