Newbie 0 #1 December 25, 2003 i know this was a ways back in Sept, but i just got around to reading about it now. I was wondering what the "politics" and reasons were that was quoted in the article i read about it in Skydive Mag, that dictated that the USPA did not allow him to compete? Is it something to do with his "unofficial" record? If so, that's not really a valid enough reason to not allow him to enter a valid competition is it? I don't know much about swooping, but i find it bizarre he was not allowed to enter. Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to why? Thanks "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #2 December 25, 2003 The same reason I wasn't: neither one of us was able to make it to the rescheduled meet in Oregon because we had already committed to other things. Originally, the "US qualifying event" was scheduled to be at the WFFC in Rantoul. It was much-later rescheduled to Oregon because the USPA thought the WFFC was not the best venue to host the meet. Unfortunately, several of us had already allocated that time and couldn't just up and change our plane tickets and travel plans at that late hour. In my particular instance, I had already promised my time to one of the vendors at the WFFC in order to defray the cost of the trip. When the meet change was announced, there was no way I was going to bail on one of my key sponsors, so I kept my plans and went to WFFC instead of the Oregon meet. Shannon was off somewhere coaching and wasn't going to ditch that job to compete. As such, neither of us were able to compete at the world meet. They made no exceptions; either you competed at the Oregon meet or you didn't. Every single competitor who competed at the Oregon meet was able to compete at Perris. Everyone who missed that meet, no matter their competition record, was denied. Chuck Blue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumperconway 0 #3 December 26, 2003 I umderstood the same that you said . Sucked to be ya'll! Merry Christmas Chuck! Blues Conway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie 0 #4 December 26, 2003 that's wack, but understandable from a beauroctatic perspective. Good luck with it next yeah Chuck. Hopefully you guys will both make it out then. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yurbai 0 #5 December 26, 2003 QuoteIs it something to do with his "unofficial" record? and what was his record? if it isn't a secret ofcourse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie 0 #6 December 26, 2003 QuoteQuoteIs it something to do with his "unofficial" record? and what was his record? if it isn't a secret ofcourse. he's the world distance record holder with a swoop of 418ft "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
