USIS

With the 2019 USIS Open National Championship coming up in January, all indoor skydiving athletes no matter what skill level are welcome to compete. For a third consecutive year, the USIS National Championship will be hosted by iFLY Virginia Beach, and for a second consecutive year the FS portion will be hosted by Paraclete XP. The Events at iFLY Virginia Beach will take place from January 11-13 and will include Vertical Formation Skydiving 2-Way/4-Way, Freestyle, Junior Freestyle, Dynamic 2-Way/4-Way and best trick. The date for Paraclete XP’s events have not been set, but they are expected to take place mid to late February. Events will include 4-Way/8-Way Formation Skydiving and 4-Way Vertical Formation Skydiving. Events at both venues are broken up into four different skill levels: rookie, intermediate, advanced and open. This allows athletes who participate to compete with each other within the skill level their comfortable with. Junior specific categories are av...

At a recent USPA BOD meeting, a BSR change was made to allow tunnel training to be used so that initial AFF jumps can be made using only one instructor. For more information on the USPA rule changes follow the link below. http://www.skydivestlouisarea.com/USPACentralRegion/TunneltoAFFBSRchange.htm