Author: Randy Connell
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I Feel The Need for Speed!
If skydiving is a strange game of reverse-dodgeball (throw yourself at the dirt ball and try to just miss), then speed skydiving is the upper end of the game. As the fastest sport on Earth, at no other time will the “ball” be coming at you that fast! For neither the faint of heart nor…
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Judging Roles
Let’s take a quick pause on rules, and discuss the various judge’s roles and who can help you with a question or a problem. For starters, take note that a judge’s rating and their role are not the same thing. Judges are rated (in the U.S.) as Regional, National or FAI Judges. This rating is…
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Recent Changes in Judging Procedures
Editor’s note: “From the Fishbowl” is a series of short articles by U.S. National Judge Randy Connell, and it is intended to educate competitors about commonly misunderstood or little-known rules of formation skydiving. References will often be made to the Skydiver’s Competition Manual (SCM). At the USPA Board Meeting in February, the USPA Competition Committee approved…