2017 CF Web Challenge - About the Judges

	Bernard Nicolas   I joined the world of skydiving nearly 33 years ago.   First as a simple skydiver, then as a competitor and now more than 20 years as a national judge and FAI judge, in multi disciplines. I had to stop jumping. I then decided to lend my support to the development of our sport. To do this I spent several qualifications of FAI judge. I attended several World Cups, World Championships, Mondial of skydiving as a judge or event judge and chief judge. Specialising in Canopy Formation, I participated in the first edition of the CF Web Challenge and I'm very involved in the renewal of this project again.  I hope that the discipline of canopy formation can continue its development and am very happy to be able to judge 8-Way Sequential. I wish good luck to the CF Web Challenge.
	Pia Berggren I started to judge in 1989. My first rating was FS. In 1999 I received my FAI IPC Judge rating in CF. I’ve served as a Principal Judge, Event Judge and Chief Judge. I enjoy judging, the excitement at competitions and the people and friendships. It is fantastic to follow developments in our sports, the skilled participants and their amazing achievements.
	Rina Gallo   I began skydiving in 1987. I enjoy all aspects of skydiving and find fascination in all disciplines as each one is so unique. My enjoyment of the sport led me to judging and I began my judging career in 1995 as a provincial and national judge in my home country of Canada and attended my first international event as an FAI Judge in 1999 in Corowa, Australia.  Since then, I have attended numerous World Cups and World Championships in the capacity of either a Panel Judge, Event Judge, or Chief Judge. I am FAI rated in all disciplines except for AE. I am looking forward to this Web Challenge as I believe the non-traditional format will encourage more CF jumpers to participate. I am also hoping that CF jumpers who have never experienced 8-way speed will opt to try it and enjoy the challenge of it.
	Natasha (Tash) Higman I started jumping 20 years ago and initially focussed on Big-Way Formation Skydiving.  In 2007 I started to learn CF and started competing in 2-way in 2008.  While living away from a CF dropzone, I started to train as a judge keeping up with the CF competitive scene.  I have British and American National judge ratings, am an FAI judge in Canopy Formation and still compete in 2-way CF in the UK.  Although I am unlikely to compete as GB1 or GB2 at a World Championship for a long time, I am pleased to have been able to judge at the Mondial last year and will be judging at the World Cup in Germany this year as well as the Web Challenge throughout the summer.  The Web Challenge is exciting for competitors at my level, providing the opportunity to have performances judged by a panel of FAI judges alongside the National Champions.
	Percy Kristersson   I started jumping in 1982 and still do it. In 1985 I did my first but not last CReW jump. 1990 I visited the WPC in CReW at Chang Mai Thailand. 1997 I was in the swedish CReW team C4 and won the Finish nationals in rotation. In 1998 I did a training judge course in Eloy, USA and left as a FAI judge in CF ( the new name for CReW ) and have been to every WPC, WC and Mondial in CF since then. I’m also a proud member of the World Record CF team since 2003. Looking forward to the CF Web Challenge again and wish all the teams good luck and clear air.
	Julia Sotnikova   I started judging CF at the Russian Nationals back in 2003, and got my first FAI judging rating in CF in 2006 during the Mondial in Stupino, Russia, from Barry McAuley. Later on I also received FAI judges ratings in FS and CP, but CF as the true love “never fades”. I’ve been judging CF at numerous National and 1st category events as a panel judge and event judge, and am thrilled and honoured to be the CF Chief Judge at the World Cup in Saarlois in August this year. I was a judge at the first Web Challenge and I am happy to have been selected for the re-launched Web Challenge this year. I believe it to be a wonderful opportunity for the teams and judges to develop our sport further, give young teams a spirit of a real first-class competition and increase a number of CF events during the year.

Don't miss this deadline! 20th July 2017

Bulletin 2  :  List of pre-registration entries - Annex 1 : Official Registration and Hotel Room Share Application - Annex 2

All now available on this web-site - just follow the link

Registration deadline is 20th July 2017

Breaking News - FCEs in Saarlouis, August 2017

The organiser has now issued an annex to Bulletin 2 (Link Here).

This shows a very healthy provisional participation committments from  23 nations representing a total of 411 competitors.

FS with 30 4-way, 6 Female 4-way, 6 VFS and 7 8-way

AE has 8 freefly teams and 12 Freestyle

CF 7 2-way teams

and Speed 27 competitors.

Although, as you would expect, the majority of NACs are European, there are 4 from other parts of the world - making a competition covering 4 continents!

Looking forward with pleasure and excitement to a stunning world meet - both World Cups and European Championships.

See you in Saarlouis!

6th FAI Junior & 9th FAI EC in Freefall Style & Accuracy Landing in Podgorica, MNE, 2017 - Bulletin 1 CHANGES

06.06.2017

Futher errors were found in the e-mail addresses as posted in the Bulletin 1 on this website.

These have now been corrected again - please follow this link

They are also given here:

 "17. REGISTRATION/REGISTRATION FORMS

 The Preliminary Registration Form must be submitted to the Organizing Committee before 20th June 2017.     registration.ECP@yahoo.com

 The Final Registration Form and Document must be submitted to the Organizing Committee before 20th July 2017. info.ECP@yahoo.com

 The Room sharing plan and arrival details must be submitted to the  Organizing Committee before 20th July 2017. org.ECP@yahoo.com

 Note 1: For registration please use the files available for download  from the Website:  registration.ECP@yahoo.com or here and send them to us in the same format
 (Exel).

2nd FAI WC in WF - Acrobatic Flying - Deadline Extension for Registration

Following the implementation of SC-S5-4.10 there were less than 4 NAC's registered for the Wingsuit Acrobatic Flying Event at the 2nd World Cup to be held in Overton, Nevada, USA 2017.

The Bureau has issued a statement regarding this and it is available on this website - link here

In effect the event registration deadline has been extended to 31st July 2017 and will take place if a minimum of 3 NACs are registered by that date.

Thanks are due to all the work done by the Organiser, USPA and the chair of the Wingsuit Flying Committee to ensure this event takes place.

The Organiser's Web Site is now live : FAI 2nd Wingsuit Flying World Cup

2nd FAI World Cup in Wingsuit Flying, Overton, Nevada, USA - 1-9 Nov 2017 _ Bulletin 1

The 5th FCE of the year - filling the skies above Nevada with Wingsuit Flying.

The 1st Bulletin for this event is now available on this site - follow this LINK

The plans are afoot to make this a stunning event in keeping with the locality - Los Vagas!

2nd FAI WISC Laval, Quebec, Canada 19-22 Oct, 2017 - Bulletin 1

Bulletin 1 has now been published for the 2nd World Indoor Skydiving Championships to take place in Laval, Quebec, Canada on 19-22 October 2017.

This is available by clicking on this link

Alternatively you can find it on the Events Calendar under the entry for Laval, Quebec, Canada under the second icon.

The IPC Bureau has issued the following statement with regard to the 4-Way Indoor Formation Skydiving Junior Event in this competition:

"The Chair of the FS committee received notification of intent from France and Canada and the organisers have also received informal indications from Czech Republic and Singapore that they plan to send teams for the 4-Way IFS Junior event. This means that currently we have four teams (NACs) wishing to compete in the junior competition.

Please be informed, that the position of the IPC-Bureau will be an analogy to that of the CF-event in Saarlouis, in other words, the Junior 4-Way IFS event in Laval will take place and the title of a champion will be awarded, provided a minimum of 3 NACs have entered the event by the final registration date."

ECs & WCs in FS, CF, AE & SP, Saarlouis, Germany 2017 - Bulletin 2

Announcing the release of Bulletin 2 with revised Booking Forms (to take account of the removal of CF 4-Way events).

This is now available via this website on this link

You can also reach it by going to the entry for Saarlouis on the Events Calendar to the right of this news feed.

3 months to go .....  looking forward to a fantastic summer of competition.

Interim Bureau Decision 03/2017

Following the decision of CISM to hold their Military World Parachuting Championships in Hungary in 2018, with the closing and awards ceremony co-inciding with the Hungarian National Day of 20th August to maximise on media and political publicity; your Bureau was asked to consider changing the date of the 35th FAI World Freefall Style and Accuracy Landing Championships due to be held in Eden, Montana, Bulgaria at the same time.

Today they have issued Interim Bureau Decision 3 for 2017 reflecting their decision, how it was reached and the reasoning behind it.

You can read this IBD on this website by following the link here

You can also find it under Documents - Interim Bureau Decisions or under the Menu tag "About Us" - IPC Bureau News" - "Interim Bureau Decisions".

Canopy Formation 4-Way Events Cancelled

Today, formal notification has been issued of the cancellation of the Canopy Formation 4-Way Sequential and 4-Way Rotation events at this years European Championships and World Cup in Saarlouis, Germany.

With only 2 NAC's for 4-Way Sequential and 1 for 4-Way Rotations indicating an intention to participate there is no event.  Follow this link.