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Four different USIS membership packages have been officially made available to the public. Athlete, Non-Athlete, Founder, and Lifetime memberships are now accessible with various prices and benefits listed on the USIS membership page .  Registering for an Athlete or Non-Athlete package grants membership for a full year when purchased. Athlete, Founder and Lifetime memberships qualify all those who register for USIS sanctioned competitions, including US Nationals.  All those who have qualified and wish to participate at the 2018 World Cup of Indoor Skydiving must register for a USIS Athlete, Founder, or Lifetime membership. All membership benefits are currently exclusive to the USIS National Training Center iFLY VA beach with more tunnels expected to participate as we move forward. Find out more information or register for a USIS membership here http://www.usindoorskydiving.com/joinus   "The USIS team is very excited to get the membership up and ru...

When Chief Executive Officer of iFLY Virginia Beach Robert Pizzini walked away from the 2017 FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championship in Montreal, Canada he couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed. Sure he was able to witness some of the best athletes in the world perform miraculous aerial stunts, but he noticed that the USA team wasn’t among the best teams. While teams such as France and Poland seem unified and professional, the US team looked scattered with all sorts of different uniforms. In the eight events at the 2017 WISC, the US was unable to win gold, taking home just two silvers and a bronze. Pizzini was proud the US was able to take home those medals, but he believed that the US team could do so much more through a formal national governing body similar to other sports that culminate in selection to the US Olympic Team. After close examination of similar organizations such as US Ski and Snowboard, US Figure Skating, USA Track and Field, and USA Hockey Pizzini created US ...

Representing the USA, Reese Willson finished 4th in the 2017 FAI World Championship Freestyle Open, missing out on a medal by just half a point. After taking second place at the 2018 US Nationals Freestyle Open, Willson looks to once again compete for a world title.  Q: What first sparked your interest in indoor skydiving? Willson: “I had a skydiving friend move back to Utah, and he wanted me to fly in the iFLY Utah tunnel. It actually sounded dumb to me, which is ironic. It sounded like fake skydiving. I eventually went and thought it was the coolest thing ever, and the rest is kind of history.” Q: You placed 4th in open freestyle at the 2017 FAI World Championship last year. What was it like competing at a World Class event, and coming close to medaling? Willson: “It’s rewarding just to see other flyers. It’s always good to have that opportunity to see what else is going on in the world of flying. I was a little bummed that I didn’t med...

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For the second consecutive year iFLY Va. Beach hosted the 2018 US National Indoor Skydiving Championship. The three-day event had 84 teams and 112 athletes participate in 14 different events, with the first place team/individual from five events – Dynamic 2-Way Open, Dynamic 4-Way Open, Freestyle Junior Open, Freestyle Open, VFS 4-Way Open – qualifying for the 2018 FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving (WISC) in Bahrain. International athletes and athletes below age qualifications were allowed to participate in events, however, only qualified athletes were allowed to advance to the WISC. Brother and sister Kaleigh, 14, and Noah, 11, Wittenburg led team iFLY Aspire to a dominant showing in the Dynamic 2-Way Open posting a perfect score of 600 in the six-round event. Despite the victory, the siblings will not be allowed to compete at this event in Bahrain, due to the 18 years or older qualification.  Kaleigh went on to take first place in the Freestyle Open as well with a ...