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World Team Big Way Training Camp

 

World Team FSC event:  Big Way Training Camp

 

THE BIG WAY CAMP is a no fault training camp for big way enthusiasts to improve and refine your skills to participate in the larger big way events.  The event will challenge you in all slots, diving, dive floater, and base experience.  The camp will include information and work on exits, approach strategies, stadium, radial discipline, docking technique, fall rate control, break off and tracking, and canopy pattern discipline for larger groups.  Bring various jumpsuits and weight as the line up will be rotated every day.  The plan is to do 14 jumps over three days.  The big way camps are an opportunity to get ranked on the World Team database for future invitations to World Team Sequential and Big Way record events.  You must have been in 20 way formations to qualify.

“Larger is not necessarily better!”

The Dives:                14 jumps are scheduled

Date / DZ:                  April 29 – May 1, 2011 at Skydive DeLand, Florida

Organizers:              Rob Laidlaw

 

Participation:           All registrants should have been in at least a 20 way   formation

Schedule:                Friday, April 29:        7:30 am - 8:00 am    On-site registration
                                                8:30 am - sunset      Four (4) jumps

 

                                    Saturday, April 30:   7:00 am -  sunset     Six (6) jumps

                                    Sunday: May 1         8:00 am -   4:30 pm  Four (4) jumps

Aircraft:           Skydive DeLand’s aircraft will consist of one Skyvan and one Twin Otters

 

Fall Rate:       All Dives will maintain a medium-fast fall rate.  Everyone should bring the jumpsuit(s), weights, T-shirts, gloves required to fly a variety of slots.  “Dress for Success” is not just an expression… it is an absolute.

Video / Stills:  There will be two videographers.

 

Costs:            $560.00                                          

                        * Event registration fee                  

                        * 14 jumps with coaching              

                        * Video services                            

* A $50.00 non-refundable fee will be charged upon the event of cancellation within 48 hours of the event.  Jump refunds of $27.00/jump for jumps not done will be refunded on your account at Skydive Deland.

 

Registration:            www.theworldteam.com

Payment:      Payment may be made via:

                        Credit card:  HTTP://WWW.THEWORLDTEAM.COM/11REGINFO.HTM

                        Check or money order made out to:

                        World team registrar

                        188 Burly Bear Trail

                         Whitefish, MT 59937 USA

                        Tel:  406-862-5484 / Fax: 406-862-9020

                                bj@theworldteam.com  

                                Dinah@theworldteam.com

 

 

Skydive University would like to introduce our new coach Katie Woods.

 

Katie was most recently part of the British 4way skydiving team that represented the UK at the 2010 World Meet in Russia.  Here they set a new British record of 47 points in time, and finished with a 22 average.

 

In 2005 Katie started working as an instructor at the Bodyflight Wind tunnel. She worked there for 2 years. During this time she also worked as a tunnel coach, AFF instructor, formation skydiving, and 4way coach, and completed a degree in sports and exercise science.

 

 

Kaite is now based in DeLand with Skydive University and is available for 4 way coaching, basic body flight and basic freefly coaching, both in air and in the tunnel.  She is also looking at setting up some player coach teams for 2011.

 

For more information contact info@skydiveu.com

 

World Team FSC event:   “The Core”

 

 

Hello and Happy New Year!

 

I’m sure you have heard of the upcoming “World Team” events in 2011 and 2012.  In preparation for those events a number of qualifying and warm up opportunities are being scheduled.  World team organizers will be running a number of events from elite to starter level Big Way camps.  This is your invitation to join us in Deland for the first event; 60 way sequential jumps.  This event is to gather the “Core” of interested WT participants.  This invitation id being extended to those who have participated on large formation records or large sequential events and would like to be recognized as interested in attending:

1)    Flight of the Phoenix 156 way, Deland,

2)    Kaleidoscope

3)    284 sequential event (2011)

4)    500 World Record (2012)

5)    Can you join us even if not interested in the 284 or the 500, please do.  As long as you qualify for the events our friends are always welcome to join us as we prepare for future exciting challenges.

 

When:             February 25-27, 2011

Where:            Deland, Florida

Organizer:       Rob Laidlaw, World Team Captain

 

The Core details:

 

Includes 14 jumps at an altitude of 15,000

 

Schedule:

Friday:             8:30 AM meeting and 4 jumps

Saturday:        7:30 AM for 6 jumps

Sunday:           8:00 AM for 4 jumps

 

Specific registration information to follow in the next few days.

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Blue Sky,

Rob Laidlaw

 

PS:  FSC (Faster, Smoother, Cleaner)



 


SKYDIVE UNIVERSITY COACH DATABASE: UPDATE YOUR PROFILE NOW!

Greetings all coaches,

Well after one false start earlier this year I am happy to finally announce that the SDU website promised is now up and operational. Due to unfulfilled promises earlier this year the site we thought was about to be launched never was and we had to redo the complete site. You will hopefully notice this in it’s the new presentation.

The most useful items on the site at this time are: the schedule, the coach database, and the online store. The site is fully secure and accepts purchases and registrations through both credit cards and PayPal. The coach database has current postings of newly revised manuals and Session guides for Level 1 as well as Level 1 Course Directors.

All Skydive University Coaches can go to our site, www.skydiveu.com, go to the upper right corner and log in with your e-mail address and the temporary password 1234. Please update your file and change your password. You will probably notice that your address is q from, city q, state q, and postal code 12345. This was done to save time and get the database done as most of it was manual entry. We also did this as it was difficult to read some of the hand writing. Please take the time to update your file. You will also see the option to add a PDF resume to your file and a picture. Please be tasteful with pictures as any unprofessional files will be deactivated. For those who do not have a resume you can fill out the questionnaire following your statistical data.

SKYDIVE U LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

A long awaited new website for Skydive University is Ready!. Searching the world for experienced, top-quality skydiving coaches to instruct you on proper techniques? or registering online for personal coaching? Tunnel AFF program? On Skydiveu website you will find what you want! New Techniques and Tendencies, Training Videos, Cutting Edge Training Programs, Certification Courses, News, Events and much more!... Coaches can login now and update their profiles to be founded by students, have access to course materials and technical support by our professional staff. SkydiveU is now the University of Skydivers for Skydivers. Safety-Skills-Success... Enjoy it!

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