This past weekend the South African skydiving community came together for the 2024 National Formation Skydiving Championships.

Co-hosted by Skydive Parys and Skydive the Ranch, and in collaboration with the Parachute Association of South Africa, the event was a great success. 

The Chinese female 4-way team has beaten their competition by a large margin, averaging an impressive 30.5 points. That would place them at 3rd in the mixed gender, Open World Cup, had they decided to enter that part of the competition. 

Today will host the opening ceremony for  the 5th FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving. This will be the 3rd European and the 1st Asian Championships and it will take place in Macao, China. There will be over 220 athletes, representing 26 countries, competing for 18 medal sets. Please click the following link to enjoy yesterday's opening ceremony and to watch the live stream. 
 
 
 

Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. It’s March 2024 when a herd of muskox grazes untroubled on the frozen fields on the edge of the great ice cap. Their breath visible in the crisp air. Then, suddenly, a humming noise evolves in the sky. The muskox make instinctively a defensive circle. The humming noise comes closer. It’s a shiny red helicopter from Air Greenland.

Thai national teams completed last week of training before the big challenge of participating in the Indoor Skydiving World Cup in Macao, China. They approach this final phase of preparation with enthusiasm and determination. The team is coached by our athlete Paolo Grisoni. He coached them in the air as well in tunnel. Paolo is a legend and inspiration in our sport with more than 23.500 jumps. A true ambassador of skydiving. The world cup will begin on the 16-th of April at GoAirborne in Macao.

During this last weekend the annual FOO 16/32 unfolded with great success. FOO 16/32 is an invitational event that follows on from FOO 16, the sequential FS camps. Athletes from 4 countries gathered in Brazil for a warm up day with two 16 way groups, joining them on the final two days with 32 way jumps, always with more than one point in each jump. 

The South African National Skydiving Championships in CP, AE, CA & WS was recently held at Skydive Pretoria in Wonderboom, South Africa. Local canopy pilots competed at this event to qualify for the 10th FAI World Championships to be held at this very location 18 – 24 September this year.  Skydive Pretoria is widely known amongst canopy pilots for its smooth and thin air, providing the perfect setup for some new world records to be broken there later this year.

Five of the most prominent skydiving associations have anounced World skydiving day.Skydiving | world record (worldskydivingday.com) . This year will be the first time in history that skydivers will have their own day.  The first annual celebration is JULY 13th, 2024, and will repeat each year on the second Saturday in July. This is great opportunity that all the participants form industry to top athletes join their forces to make skydiving sport as big as possible and maybe revival the Olympic dreams for the sport. Those dreams were very much alive in 1988. 

In the early hours of Sunday, 24 March the legendary Aerodyne athlete Flavio Jordao and his gang took another historic flight over the city of São Paulo. 

A week earlier our athletes Franck Eloffe and Michele Hart took part in a spectacular night Head down  world record. Project Max Pyro 2.0 gathered the most skilled freefly ninjas to Arizona where they completed the new 42 way head down night world record. 

Vojta ''Zohan'' Fikar is one of the members of the Cawabonga freefly team alongside Zemi Abereu.  On this cover of the Italian 90percent magazine he is leading an angle jump at the Czech Made Boogie with a super trendy, custom printed Icon on his back. Zohan and Zemi are both Aerodyne Athletes and in the forefront of the European freefly and freestyle movement. Not only do they have excellent flying skills, as Zemi is also a Judge at some of the biggest competitions.

Aerodyne athlete Adrien Gallot became the French  indoor champion in 2 Way Dynamic (2WD) for the 4th time in a row. This year as part of Team Eaglets with Sofya Pauzin, whom he has been flying with since October 2023. The competition was held last weekend at FULLFLY Bordeaux, France. Adrien and Sofya have been selected to represent France at the Indoor World Cup in April 2024 in Macao, China. Adrien has also obtained a solid 2nd place in Solo Speed which is the new Dynamic discipline.

Luke Rogers achieved gold medals in every competition task at the 2024 APF National Championships at Skydive Great Ocean Road.

Wingsuit Performance competition consists of three disciplines which are Speed, Distance & Time. You can follow more skydivng action Down Under on their federation site.

On Friday, March 15th, the traditional start of the competitive 4-way season will commence next to our headquarters in Deland, FL. You can follow some action-packed jumps on the SKYLEAGUE homepage where you can also find interesting reads in the NEWS section. Aerodyne sponsors two of the top 4-way teams on the world stage: Team Nephtys and Team Aethers. Both of these are the current French national teams. 

Aerodyne teams up with the Tsunami Skydive Event in the Seychelles. Skydivers from around the world gather for thrilling adventures against stunning backdrops. Aerodyne ensures safety and performance, making every leap unforgettable. Amidst breathtaking views. expect an exhilarating event with Aerodyne. The boogie is oo form 10th to 16th of March 2024. 

Aerodyne is proud to be part of the first re-launch issue of The Buzz to be released on March 8th. Keep an eye out for our special offer to be granted for the early bird readers up for a good deal. Subscribe to the Buzz here to get the news first!

The European Skydiving Symposium is the biggest skydiving-oriented conference of this size in Europe. Experts in all fields, members of the skydiving community, instructors, and gear specialists from all over the world will be present.
In addition there is the Expo, where all major manufacturers have a stand, and there are more than 40 safety related seminars. With various presentations about safety, incident analysis, discussion panels, debates, new innovations… and so much more!

Aerodyne is proud to be affiliated with the event as a silver sponsor and we do hope to see you at our stand. Sven Mortberg will be happy to answer your questions and show you what Aerodyne has available for you.

See you there!

Once again, athletes have gathered in Spain to kick off the competitive season with the renowned Wind Games. This competition is held at the Windoor tunnel at Empuriabrava, one of Europes most renowned DZ's.  This years competition will see all the usual suspects sizing each other up before the major 2024 indoor event: 5th FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving, 3rd European and 1st Asian Championships2024''  to be held  between 16th and  22nd of April in
Macau, China. 

Live stream from WINDGAMES

European 4-way FS Champion Tom Mattoni enjoying himself after a 50+way record jump from a Hercules C-130 over the Pyramids in Egypt. before heading back to training with the French National skydiving team. The record jump was organized by the legend himself, Patrick Passe. These jumps took place from 16-19 November 2023.

Australian and Aerodyne athlete Kristina Hicks recently participated in the 108-way 3 point Total Break Sequential World Record! 

A while back, I sent my main canopy (Pilot 150) to Aerodyne for some minor repairs and was pleasantly surprised when it came back with a nice new addition: a Wingsuit Extractor Pilot Chute.



 

The team in Eloy aims to set a 3-point total break 110-way. First formation is just sick. Check the complete dive. Use bottom cursors to navigate trough formations. Really cool stuf to play with.

Super experienced team of coaches will lead the pack: Mikhail, Martial, Milko, Joey, Niklas and Dieter.

 

You can catch Misty Blues on their last show of the season at : 

NAS Pensacola Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show on November 3-4, 2023, with the theme "Celebrating Women In Aviation." The NAS Pensacola Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show is one of Pensacola's largest events, attracting 150,000-180,000 spectators during this two-day event. There is an incredible lineup of aerobatic performers including the Blue Angels and our very own Misty Blues Skydiving Demonstration Team. 
 

Our wingsuit athletes mesmerized the crowds at the USPA Wingsuit Performance National Championship this year. Aerodyne athlete Danny White became the US Champion in speed and runner-up in the overall category. At the open competition level, where all nationalities are allowed to compete, Australian Aerodyne athlete Luke Rogers finished second in performance. Both flying Icon longs with SMART reserves and Pilot 7 mains. 

Results form USPA 2023 Championships


 

Sarah and Hanna have masterfully flown Aerodyne parachutes in North Carolina at USPA Nationals 2023. The competition was held at Paraclete XP in Readford, NC. They competed for the Bad Advice Team together with Sean Plastine, when they won Bronze in Canopy Formation 2-way Sequentials. 
They are also members of the Aerodyne sponsored all woman demo team, The Misty blues. We are immensely proud to see our Icons, Triathlons, Pilots and Smarts performing at the highest level at airshows across the United States.

This Aerodyne team's goal is to win everything possible in the 4-way OPEN class.

The team started in the summer of 2022 with their most experienced teammate being Damien Gouriou, who has been in the French 4-way team since 2013.

Their youngest teammate is Tom Mattoni who is currently only 19 years old and has 600 jumps.



The aim is to compete until the World Meet in 2026.

Our athletes made us very proud at the recent World Cup and the European skydiving championships, bringing home a lot of GOLD in the European championships and several medals from the World Cup.
 

Well done to our athletes!!!
We are proud to have sponsored athletes at the skydiving World Cup and European skydiving championships. 
 

The Belgian sequential records were organized in August this year.

They managed to achieve a 2, 3, and 4-point 28-way partial break large FS formation, which is now considered a superseded FAI category.

Additionally, they set a new Belgian record under FAI rules with a 2, 3, and 4-point 30-way total break large FS formation. The event was a great success.

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