gweeks 1 #1 June 20, 2006 Team up with Skydive Delmarva's RW Concepts this weekend (6/24-6/25) to commemorate and pay tribute to the architects and founders of freefall Relative Work. The Bob Buquor Memorial Star Crest Awards, begun in 1967, are the original, traditional, and time-honored awards for recognizing proficiency in freefall formation skydiving. They distinguish a qualifying parachutist as a “Select Type of Accomplished Relative Worker Combining Reliability, Enthusiasm, Skill, and Teamwork.” Robert H. Buquor was a skydiving pioneer who played a major role in the origin of star formation relative work in the 1960s. He initiated and photographed the majority of the early star attempts in Arvin, California and captured the first 8-man star there on film on October 17th, 1965. Tragically though, Bob drowned off Malibu Beach, California in 1966 while filming a dangerous movie sequence for a major studio and it is to his driving enthusiasm for skydiving in general, and RW in particular, that these awards and membership in the BBMSC are dedicated. 2006 marks the 40th anniversary of Bob Buquor's death and RW Concepts will focus their efforts this weekend towards organizing skydives designed to give interested jumpers the opportunity to earn these prestigious awards. The SCR is awarded to all participants of a freeflown 8-way or larger formation held stable for a minimum of 5 seconds. The SCS is earned by entering 8th or later into a freeflown 8-way or larger star formation also held stable for a minimum of 5 seconds. So mark your calendars and make plans to attend this SCR/SCS awards camp and earn YOUR Star Crest awards. Award applications will be available during this weekend and once submitted to and validated by BBMSC, recipients will receive their official Star Crest numbers and have their names permanently entered onto the roles of the BBMSC where you will be in good company with many of the forefathers of our sport. Remember, everyone is a one man star! To build something bigger you gotta do RW!! IMPORTANT NOTE: to help us plan ahead, RW Concepts would like to get an idea of how many people will be participating in this event. Please contact us here. If you already have your awards, we could use your help too! Thanks and we hope to see you all there. Blue skies… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
