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A Family Affair - the Mondial 2012
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:15
A Family Affair – Evolution?The story of the Canadian Teams in 4-way Open and VFS is the story of one man’s “passion” and started in the late 1970’s. Michel Lemay made his first jump and became a “skydiving addict” – becoming a World Cup champion in 4-way in 1983. After a while he started his own drop-zone and a family. Competitors' stories - Mondial Dubai 2012
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:09
With final and confirmed entries from 58 countries we have competitors arriving from all corners of the world, the Americas, North (U.S.A. and Canada) and South, with the smallest delegation coming from Chile with 2 and Brazil with 58 the largest ever from that continent and from the far side of the world, Asia contributing four delegations, China with India, Singapore and Thailand entering a 1st category event for the first time. The largest ever Australian delegation of 59 is accompanied by its neighbour New Zealand whilst Europe has representation from almost every country in that continent from Ireland in the west to Kazakhstan in the east, including Turkey. Not forgetting the Nordic countries, and Russia and the now independant countries that were formally in the USSR. Africa is sending us delegations from the Republic of South Africa, Morocco and Egypt and in the “home” region of the Gulf along with our hosts the United Arab Emirates there are delegations from Bahrain, Oman and Qatar and the newest member of the FAI, Jordan. Each team, and each individual competitor, have already achieved their first goal – that of being selected to represent their country, many for the first time, others like Abraham Lasschuijt, from the Netherlands has been “there” before. Entering his first World Championships in 1974 in Szolnok Hungary, at 66 has made the national team for Accuracy Landings in Dubai 2012. He would be in competition with Cheryl Stearns, USA (Accuracy Landings & Freefall Style) for the greatest number of years range of national representation, although in terms of the number of 1st category events attended, there is no doubt that Cheryl Stearns is the winner. I wrote to each delegation asking for their stories, and as I receive them, I will update a competitors “blog” for all to read.
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Australia – my first response was from Stephanie Campbell who wrote: ***************************************** Italy – 4-way open team: “I'm Silvia Carloncini, wife of one of the member of theItalian RW4 national Team EX3MO. They are the new Italian champions since 2011, after the previous champions, the Team Sinapsi, stopped competing (they've been 10 times the Italian National Team and won a lot of competitions all over the world: best result a 2nd place in the Mondial in Germany in 2006). Well, after this, my husband, Massimo Fiorini, Team videoman (he has 14.900 jumps): he was previously in the Sinapsi Team, but he loves too much skydiving and competition to stop it! The Team is composed of Ivan Quadrio, Placido Udine, Fabio Lorenzetti, Mario Fattoruso, this last one is also a competitor in the Swoop discipline, one of our best and more complete athlete in Italy. The team is relatively young, in fact two of the members entered the team just two years ago, but the EX3MO project started for the RW8 competition several years ago and has been 6 times Italian champion for this discipline, conquering the 3rd place in the World Cup in 2006 and 2007, in the European Championship in 2007, and in the Mondial in 2008. Last season the Ex3MO team entered the World Cup in Germany, where the team arrived 6th and 5th in the European Championship, the same position they had this year in Czech Republic, where they really haven't been lucky... They aimed to the podium, but the competition turn wrong at the 2nd jump, when Placido Udine at the moment of the exit remained attached to the door of the Let400!!! Really a bad position! The others during the free fall where really worried for him, that fortunately he was pulled back in by the Russian team still inside the airplane, because otherwise he wasn't able to free himself! The fact obviously changed the humour and the concentration of the team.. and it has been really a bad competition... Now, they are trying to train themselves as best as possible for the Mondial in Dubai, to improve their result, but the Italian authority - Aeroclub Italia - has not really enough money for the aim.. so they have continuously looked for a sponsor, to make 200 more jumps before the date of the competition. At the moment the team is training in Portogallo, Algarve, and at the beginning of November they'll be in Empuriabrava for a second stage. Last jumps will be held directly in Dubai the day before the start of the competition. About personal stories: Well, I'd have really liked to be in Dubai with my husband, we have had a son last year in May, so I lost all the competition in that period, before I always used to be with him, because I jump too, or.. I used to... but now I pregnant again!!! and our daughter should arrive the 20th of November, so Massimo will leave immediately after having seen his daughter.. hoping everything will go well! The other guys on the team: well, Mario Fattoruso is a nice young man who hasn't for now a family of his own, but he has a brother who also competes in swoop, with good results in Italy, and a father who has been and still is a great trainer and skydiver. Ivan Quadrio, the team leader, has a fiancé, Elena Piva, who also jumps and does RW4 competition as a beginner. Placido Udine and Fabio Lorenzetti have both a wife, and I think Fabio Lorenzetti has 2 children, but not 100% sure. The team is coached by Pete Allum, a great skydiver and competitor (and winner!), now representing Italy as Swoop competitor! (Previously he has been in the Sinapsi Italian National Team)”.
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The team consists of Kate Cooper-Jensen (world-known organizer), Nadja Lønnroth, Vibeke Birk Tiedemann, myself and Kim Jensen (male) on camera. Our alternate is Mine Petersen and our coach is Torben Tiedemann, who also competes in Canopy Piloting.” *****************************************
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Alan was born profoundly deaf, and is now one of the few skydivers fluent in sign language, and the only one I know of representing his country at a world level. (In the female category of 4 way formation skydiving, the camera flyer can be male or female.) The reason this team will only have been together for two months is that the original team that qualified a year ago and trained all year disbanded due to personal issues, so three of the original team decided to recruit two new skydivers to complete the line up so that they could still have the opportunity of going to the competition in Dubai. The team will train as much as they can in the short amount of time available, in the UK wind tunnel Bodyflight Bedford and at Langar DZ in the UK. The UK female teams have won gold at the World Championship competitions for many years, so it would be a shame for the UK to not even be represented in this category, especially at what will be the biggest Mondial yet. This team is made up of myself (Sarah Smith Cannon) Sian Stokes, Laura McLelland, Helen Arnold and Alan Thompson. “ *****************************************
Sweden – Formation Skydiving – 4-way Female from Åsah Helenius "Team Fire started jumping together 2011 with the goal to be the first team in 10 years to qualify as Swedish National Female 4-way team. To do this we needed to reach an average of 13 in competition, which we accomplished in the summer of 2012. Our main motivation is to have fun while evolving our formation skydiving skills and at the same time inspire younger and less experienced skydivers and help strengthen skydiving as a sport in Sweden. At our side we have our coach Joey Jones and our packer, massage therapist and slap-in-the-head-get-your-act-together-mental coach Lena Jones. Annica Carlsson is the Center Inside. She has been jumping since 1995 and claims that she is 42 years old. Annica works as a quality developer at ICA, Sweden’s leading Retail Company. She is also a trained chef and sometimes lets the rest of the team get the pleasure to try out some culinary delicacy that she’s whipped up. Moreover, Annica is an experienced skydiving instructor who has long since lost track of how many static line students she has kicked out of a plane. Helena Hanses is the Point of the team. She started jumping in 1997 and has since then earned a number of gold medals in the hardcore skydiving discipline 10-way speed formation. Helena is always in full control of all the practical things that need to be solved in a 4-way team and ensures that we always find our way to where we’re going, no matter what country we’re in. She is 34 years old, lives in Borlänge with her cat Sessan where she also work at the Swedish steel making company SSAB. Åsah Helenius is our Center Outside. She started jumping in 2001 as part of her military training. Åsah is also 34 years old and lives with her two cats Sensei and Samurai, who accompany the team on our training and competition tours around Sweden. She works as an officer at the Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing in Linköping, and is also an instructor as well as a member of the Swedish skydiving association’s safety and training committee. Åsah has also competed in Accuracy, and is the Swedish Female Champion in Skeleton 2011 and drives our rental cars all over the world fast and safe. Elisabeth “Bettan” Wetterlund is the Tail of the team. She has also been jumping since 1995, is also 34 years old and works as a postdoctoral research fellow at Linköping University, doing research in renewable energy. Since she has a documented skill of talking more or less constantly, works with writing stuff and practically lives on the internet, Bettan has found her niche as the team’s communicator and writer. Bettan is also an experienced skydiving instructor and likes to pretend she has a dog, Ronja. The dog is real, it´s just not hers. Elof Wecksell is our Camera Flyer. Elof started jumping in 2005 and is with his 27 years of age he is the youngster of the team. He works as a Non-commission Officer in Enköping where he also lives. He is also a tandem camera flyer and a true master at catching our exits and keeping us in frame. He is an important player in the team, not least if one of us cut away since he is also a rigger. Elof is also great at all kinds of work that includes graphics or film editing and always has at least one film project going, why he can sometimes be found at strange places looking for the perfect camera angle.” Canopy Formations - 2-Way Sequential - Team 1 sent by Lars Eriksson
"We are three guys from the north of Sweden so jumping in Dubai is sweet for us that are used to cold weather and -20c when jumping out. Henrik Norin works with a little of everything, the best way to describe him is a hunting woodsman that live in the deep woods - Lars Eriksson work as a project manager at a web agency while Jonas Nilsson spends his time running a construction supply shop. We usually spend our time in conditions like the last image, this is from last christmas eve when we greet children with candy from above."
***************************************** The Netherlands – Accuracy Landings from Abraham Lasschuijt “I am around in that circus for a long time: my first WPC was in 1974 in Szolnok Hungary and ever since I have done many many (Military) World Championships, World Air Games and Paraski WCP' s, all around the world. Unfortunately I never won, but now, being a little older, I agree with the slogan " participating is just as important as winning" ! Also this year ( at the age of 66) I made the Dutch classic accuracy- team, I will be competing in Dubai at the next World Meet. It is not a new DZ for me, I participated the last 4 years in the UAE during their International Competitions. ***************************************** Brazil – Delegation from Fabio Pelayo “I’m sure this will be a huge and excellent event. ***************************************** New Zealand – Formation Skydiving – 4-way Female & Canopy Piloting from Lynette Warn “Our NZ team consists of a female 4 way RW team and 2 CP boys. ***************************************** Finland - Accuracy Landings and Para-Ski – from Timo Toionen and www.ttsport.fi “Parachutist Timo Toivonen is a world-class competitor accuracy, which is a jump in addition to representing the Finnish national team in the weight lifting! Uttilainen program service entrepreneur thrives in competitive sports, but also climbing and diving on. Timo brings to Halti osaamistansa mm. Outdoor collection development project.” …. More to follow : Susan Dixon : 1st November 2012 IX Latin American Skydiving Championships 2012
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 10:28
Congratulations to the winners: Accuracy Landings - Team Gold Medal - Argentina Silver Medal - Brazil Bronze Medal - Chilie Accuracy Landings - Male Individual Gold Medal - Marcelo Ricci (BRA) Silver Medal - Juan Carlos Perez (ARG) Bronze Medal - Rogrigo Goncalves (BRA) Accuracy Landings - Female Individual Gold Medal - Mansol Maldonado (CUB) Silver Medal - Ana Isa Garcia (CUB) Bronze Medal - Ivana Canovas (ARG) Canopy Piloting Overall Gold Medal - Marat Leiras (BRA) Silver Medal - Pereira Manoel Neto (BRA) Bronze Medal - Aresca Matias (ARG) Follow the link for the full results table: IX Latin American Parachuting Championships 2012 Results Mondial - Latest News
Friday, 26 October 2012 10:03
“I can’t wait to perform my first ever show for all my Middle East fans in Dubai,” said Perry who has cemented her status as a best-selling superstar with the global success of her second studio album, Teenage Dream, which debuted at number one in eight countries and has spent every week in Billboard’s Top 200 album sales chart since its release two years ago. The World Parachuting Championships will come to a close on December 8 beginning with an awards ceremony and victory parade to celebrate the winners from the previous week, followed by a performance by Usher featuring all the hits from his 17-year career as well as from his current album, Looking 4 Myself, and ending with a live show from Perry. While Usher has been to Dubai before, his sell-out concert at Dubai Media City still a talking point in the UAE, this will be Perry’s debut performance in the Middle East. “I’m excited to be returning to Dubai to perform for all my fans at the World Parachuting Championships,” said Usher. "A Mondial" : What on earth is that?
Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:12
Well not so much "on earth" really – but of the sky.
It is a huge Skydiving Event – an opportunity for the world wide skydiving community to showcase all our top athletes in an event which combines every element of Skydiving competition disciplines in multiple World Championships. Conceived as an idea in the early 2000's by the then President of the International Parachuting Commission (IPC) of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), Patrice Girardin from France; the first Mondial was held in Gap, Haute Alpes, France in 2003. Over 700 skydivers from 26 different countries took part in the 5 different World Championships. The opportunity for athletes to meet other competitors across disciplines is a rare and enlightening experience adding to the joy of taking part.
26 days to the Mondial- Bulletin 2.& Final Registration
Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:28
Bulletin No. 2 has been published - follow the link for all the details, including the Final DZ's that will be used and the Overview of the Total Registrations. As was expected the statitics make very interesting reading: Total no. of Nations represented = 59 Total no. of persons attending = 1443 Freefall Style and Individual Accuracy: Teams Male = 41 + 7 individuals Teams Female = 11 + 14 individuals; Junior Male = 27 Junior Female = 13 Style = 140 competitors Para-Ski : Male = 61 Female = 16 Formation Skydiving: 4-way open = 38 ; 4-way Female = 14 ; V.F.S. = 9 and 8-way = 16 Teams Canopy Formations : 2-way sequential = 23 ; 4-way sequential = 5 and 4-way rotations = 9 Teams Artistic Events : Freestyle = 12 and FreeFly = 22 Teams Canopy Piloting = 132 competitors. ALL the Judges Panels for Dubai after the changes on 22.10.2012 September Preliminary Registration is completed - as of today there are 56 Nations entered and 1469 individuals registered with delegations - we knew this was going to be big - but this is huge! August: Spotted on a London Bus during the Olympic Games - what great publicity - thanks Niels-Christian Levin Hansen for sending this to me. Beginning to get excited as the time draws nearer. Follow this link to see the excellent publicity campaigne being conducted in the UK and beyond. The Organisation have now arranged for their bank to accept entry fees in Euros and Dirham as well as American Dollars - this will be confirmed to each Delegation that has made a provisional entry and also included in Bulletin No.2 June 2012 Bulletin No 1 and supporting documents now available (Click on each document title to view)
The Organiser's Web Site for the Mondial has been launched and can be reached from this link
The Complete Judge's Panels for all Disciplines - Follow the link
Speed Skydiving Test Competition - Dubai 2012
Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:11
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