Did you know that XPG4 has a new lineup for 2023? posted: Jan 10th, 2023 The U.S. national indoor and outdoor team in 4-way Women, XPG4, recently announced their next change in the lineup for the near future:
"Happy New Year from XPG4! The new year finds us with a new lineup. We are extremely excited to announce Shannon Catalano and Joss Martin (video) as our new teammates! Shannon is the 2021 Advanced FS Champion, and Joss has extensive video and demo experience, being a current member of Team Fastrax. We feel confident they will rise up to the challenge and be awesome teammates as well as role models to the community. After four years, Jeana Billings has stepped... (more)
Did you know that the New Hampshire Tunnel Fest is ready for the full-swing comeback? posted: Dec 10th, 2022 The schedule of events for the beginning of the new year is an exact copy of the order of indoor events in January 2022. The Indoor Cloud League teams have the whole month to complete the six January sequences, and the first 10-round meet is the 3rd event of the Czech Tunnel League.
The Czech Open 2023 will follow shortly after the league event, and the New Hampshire Tunnel Fest concludes the first 4-way month of the new year. The next Czech league event follows in February, before U.S. teams have their national indoor championship at Paraclete XP.
The next New Hampshire Tunnel Fest is the... (more)
Did you know that SNE Fly Girls have plans for the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023? posted: Oct 7th, 2022 As in most other countries, the USPA Nationals are the qualifiers for the FAI/ISC events in the following year, either the world meets or the world cups. The qualification event for the upcoming FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 was last year's national championship, where Arizona Airspeed (4-way Open), XP8 (8-way Open) and XPG4 (4-way Women) won their respective national titles.
The 4-way Women competition does not have a separate leaderboard, and it is embedded in the 4-way Open Class competition. The winners still receive USPA medals and their places on the podium.
All three champions of 2021... (more)
Did you know that Rhevolution XP won this year's tightest 4-way competition? posted: Sep 23rd, 2022 The 4-way Advanced Class leaderboard of the USPA Nationals featured the most exciting competition for the three sets of USPA medals in the traditional Formation Skydiving events this time. Four teams were separated by a total of eight points. Rhevolution XP won by four points, and AZ Alpha finished for more points ahead of SDC Rhuthless.
The competitive field between the medal winners and behind them becomes even more obvious with a closer look at the highscores round by round. The team in 9th place, This is Our Season, with iFLY Colorady Springs' Indoor Cloud League organizers Emily Bombardi... (more)
Did you know that the 4-way Women top contenders of 2022 are probably the same as in 2019? posted: Jun 12th, 2022 This year's situation in the FAI/ISC 4-way Women category is probably the most unknown territory in the horizontal Formation Skydiving competition world. The world's arguably strongest teams in this event have not met each other directly at international meets, which have offered insights and competition practice and experiences in the past.
Worldwide health and political crises have made it more difficult to run and attend events where teams have the opportunities to enjoy the live atmosphere and direct competition with potential opponents. It was at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019 where the... (more)
Did you know that Emily Bombardi and Eric Daniel launched a new Indoor Cloud League team in Colorado? posted: May 28th, 2022 It was in March this year when Emily Bombardi and Eric Daniel began hosting monthly 4-way tunnel events at the new iFly Colorado Springs location. Emily Bombardi was a regular participant at events of Florida's Indoor Cloud League teams at iFLY Tampa and iFLY Orlando since 2016.
Emily Bombardi and Eric Daniel both are also outdoor competitors. Emily Bombardi trained and competed with Hands Full in 2016/2017, and she attended her first USPA Nationals in the AA/Intermediate Class at the national championships in 2017. She was back at the USPA Nationals 2019 with Florida team SCZ ZEUS before she... (more)