sistaluv 0 #1 July 14, 2005 To my friends who love skydiving. I am asking for your help in keeping Skysurf in USPA Nationals. The Board of Directors is meeting friday to discuss keeping or removing skysurf from competition. The way that USPA has told me(today) how to be a positive influence is to email USPA BOD, address is USPA@USPA.org attn BOD. Emails can be short and sweet or long whichever. We can conquer this vote by numbers. Please help me to help support skysurfing so that one day you may see my skysurf team on the world podium someday.Emails must be sent today to make to the hands of the BOD before the meeting.I apologize about the urgency, the word got out this morning about this issue on the table. This was sent to me from a friend and I thought you guys would like to know...thanx vicky Blue Skies and Terminal Memories 4 Life Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sistaluv 0 #2 July 14, 2005 keeping at top of page thanx Blue Skies and Terminal Memories 4 Life Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crotalus01 0 #3 July 14, 2005 already replied. i love to watch skysurfing, and my regional director was one of my AFF-Is. i see him almost every weekend, so i will bring it up. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #4 July 14, 2005 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1728648;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douva 0 #5 July 14, 2005 QuoteDear Fellow Skydivers, This weekend the USPA Competition Committee will vote on whether or not to eliminate skysurfing from Nationals. Nationals is the last venue for competitive skysurfing in the United States, and if dropped, skysurfing will all but disappear from the United States. Although skysurfing has been going through a rebuilding period over the last two or three years, leading to fewer competitors than before, it is still a viable modern skydiving discipline. Skysurfing requires as much skill as any discipline in skydiving. It is visually dynamic and one of the most recognizable disciplines to non-skydivers. Most Americans didn't even know skydiving competitions existed until they saw skysurfing on ESPN. Who in this sport hasn't had a spectator or tandem student ask, “Do you ever jump with one of those boards?" A quick poll of any modern drop zone will find a number of jumpers who became interested in skydiving after seeing skysurfing on TV. Skysurfing has done as much to bring positive exposure to the sport of skydiving as any discipline in skydiving’s history, through numerous commercials, print ads, TV shows, and movies. It also brought the first and only nationally televised skydiving competitions to the American public, in the early days of the X-Games. Nationals is the U.S. qualifying event for the FAI-IPC World Championships. Is the USPA now prepared to forfeit the skysurfing world championships indefinitely? Skysurfing is an internationally competitive sport, and the United States of America should be represented. The most logical way to select and validate those who will represent us is through head-to-head competition at the National Skydiving Championships. As long as there are USPA members willing to compete in skysurfing, the USPA should be willing to let them. There is virtually no added cost to keep skysurfing in Nationals--The entry fees cover jump tickets, judges, medals, and swag bags. To drop skysurfing from U.S. competition simply because it doesn't draw the dozens of teams each year that the other disciplines do dishonors the memories of the Rob Harris, Vic Pappadato, Jerry Loftis, and all of those who came before. Skysurfing is not dead; it simply needs time to rebuild after the loss of these and other pioneers. If you are interested in helping save skysurfing from an untimely death, please send an email to uspabod at skydivehard dot com stating your position. Your email will be seen by every USPA director (regional and national). THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE! These emails MUST BE SENT OUT TODAY (Thursday, July 14), to be certain they reach the directors before the vote. Thanks and blue skies, W. Scott "Douva" Lewis D-22772 AFF-I L.A.S.T. #1 Last American Skysurfing Team PS. Please feel free to forward this email to any U.S. skydiver you think might be interested in helping. NOTE: The USPA BOD email address is written the way it is to prevent spammers from finding it on this website and adding it to bulk email lists. To correct it to its useable form, simply replace the word "at" with an "@" and the word "dot" with a period and remove all the spaces.I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douva 0 #6 July 14, 2005 BUMPI don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sistaluv 0 #7 July 14, 2005 BUMP Blue Skies and Terminal Memories 4 Life Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
