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Category: Events
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The first offical information bulletin for the 6th FAI World Cup of Speed Skydiving at Hohenems Austria has been release (25th – 30th August 2025). For those competitors who are still interested in receiving their competition flysight tracks from the 5th FAI World Speed Skydiving Championships 2024, you can now put in a request to:…
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The International Speed Skydiving Association (ISSA) is a non-profit organization that promotes speed skydiving, organizes annual World Cup Series events, and develops the sport. The World Cup Series is a sequence of meets held around the world. The competitor with the most points at the end of the season is the ISSA Speed Skydiving World Series Champion.…
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What is it? The ISSA Earnest Holdford Memorial Sword is a perpetual trophy that is presented to the ISSA World Cup Series Champion at the end of each year. The competition consists of several individual international meets. The overall result is determined by the sum of an athlete’s two best competition results regardless of the number of events…
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The 7th and final ISSA World Cup Series Event of 2024 hosted by AXIS Flight School has concluded at Skydive Arizona. Over two days 10 competitors gave it their all, many achieving new personal bests. Congratulations to all participants who came from near and far! Special thanks to Skydive Arizona and the judging team who…
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Join us for The Foundations of Canopy Flight webinar hosted by USPA on December 11th at 5:30pm eastern. This session dives into the core skills every skydiver needs for safe, effective canopy control, from proper harness positioning and weight shifting to toggle inputs and managing canopy dynamics. Perfect your landings, maneuvers, and turns with expert…
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Speed Skydiving (SP) Skydivers reach speeds well over 400 km/h (250mph), diving head-first toward the ground to reach the maximum descent rate possible using nothing but their bodies. Speed skydiving is the fastest non-motorized sport in the world and athletes have eight jumps to attempt the fastest vertical speed for three seconds. A GPS speed measuring…
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How fast can YOU go? The International Speed Skydiving Association (ISSA) is an association of Speed Skydiving enthusiasts. The ISSA is a non-registered not for profit organization with the goal to develop the sport, to organize annual World Cup Series events and to promote Speed Skydiving. AXIS Flight School will host two ISSA competition events in 2024 in the…
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