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LOL yes well I agree...not one of your strong points Damn straight and May too! Take care of you sweetie and I will see you soon! Oh folks..you're just gonna luv her! B2

Wahoooooo! Good to see you! Been way too long...now about that dress I wanted to borrowLOL

Wronger? Wronger? LOL hummm me thinks the grammar queen will hit this one. Jessicakes where are you? eener...I'm not even going to ask! My eyes! My eyes!

Happy Birthday Mario! Mario is simply awesome, for those of you that have never interacted with him...he is definately top notch. X's and O's to you my friend! B2

Wahoooo Judit! Welcome (finally) to dropzone.com! For those of you that don't know Judit, here is a photo of her at one of the women's VRW skills camp. She is the little lady on the right in blue and grey

It was that way for 9 years. Not quite. The World Cup and Championships are different. World Champs is from the top 3. World cup can be up to 5 teams and that it decided by the organizing committe. 2005 will invite the top 3 teams from Nationals. According to the rules SCM 11-1.4 Lawrence..I don't know why. Bryce 2003 Nationals was selction year for World Championships 2004...and thanks for the honorary membership

For those of you needing to use a credit card to register for the camp you may download one here and fax it back. Hope this helps

Bwahhhhhhhh Lori ya crack me up! Um sorry for the pun...LMAO!

The best thing to do is ask your instructor.

Lake Wales and the USPA have requested a date change for the event from the FAI. Information can be found here

Wowza! I hope you were kidding. I would suggest rather than doing that you jump the same size/type reserve as a main.

BB waves at JJ Archie gone...Pete gone...seems things always have to change.Look on the bright side though...Opie is still there! LOL As to this post. Perception is the key word here. If someone had an experience that wasn't positive...why try to discount it? It was after all THEIR experience. Which might be different than the experience that others had. It doesn't mean that it didn't happen. I am an aquaintence of two of the members of this team...the other two I know very well. It doesn't serve a purpose to try to defend them, or negate Kirk's experience. I can only hope that all the parties invloved will use this as a learning experience and try to do better the next time. Regards. B2

This is just and FYI for those who are unaware of the change. The selection for both the World Cup 2005 (Eloy, AZ USA) and World Championships (Gera,Germany) for US Teams will come from the US National Championships 2005 in Perris Valley, CA Most teams that have trained this year (2004) thought that they were vying (top 3 ) for invitations to the World Cup 2005, and (top 3) teams competing in 2005 US Nationals would be eligable for the World Championships 2006. What that means is, this years U.S. Nationals is a non-qualifyer meetfor US Team selection.

This is actaually the 3rd thread on this topic. Upon learning of the cancellation, Skydive Arizona submitted a bid to host the event in November. The venue has been changed to another location in Brazil (Boituva) and will take place during the original time frame. I wish much success to all teams competing, and to those that have opted to stand down, I hope to see you in Germany 2006. One other point of interest. The selection for both the World Cup 2005 (Eloy, AZ USA) and World Championships (Gera,Germany) for US teams will come from the US National Championships 2005 in Perris Valley, CA

Wahooooooooo! Good for you Moody girl!

Not only that but due to the devastation, Lake Wales has had to postpone the 2nd World Cup of canopy piloting. I really feel for Betty, Debby and the crew. Drop zones turn a lot less profit than folks would think. Mother Nature ...lets hope she is a bit kinder this time around. B2

No video? You know the rules....then again you may have just been dreamin'

A good question to pose to the IPC.

they have see here

For additional information see here

UPDATE 9/3/04 5TH WORLD ARTISTIC SKYDIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS - BRAZIL CHANGE OF VENUE On Monday 30 August 2004, the Brazilian Parachuting Confederation (CBPq) informed the FAI International Parachuting Commission (IPC), without prior warning, that the 5th World Artistic Skydiving Championships, planned to take place in Brasília from 14 – 18 September 2004 were cancelled. The IPC reacted immediately by informing the Brazilian authorities that a cancellation at such a late stage was unacceptable, not least because many competitors had already bought non-refundable air tickets. Intensive work started to find a solution. Discussions with the CBPq revealed that it might be possible, even at such short notice, to organise “no frills” World Championships on the same dates at a drop zone near São Paolo called Boituva. In weighing up the possible courses of action, the IPC Bureau had in mind principally the interests of the athletes, who had been training for a long time to take part in the World Championships, and who, in some cases had paid entry fees and made firm travel arrangements. The Bureau took into account the inevitable fact that a contest organised at such short notice was likely to be at a lower level of efficiency and have less well-developed infrastructure than normal IPC-sanctioned competitions. They also gave consideration to the possibility that some competitors may have difficulty in changing their airline bookings from Brasília to São Paolo. And they tried to minimise the financial impact of the late change of venue, in so far as this was possible in view of the total absence of sponsorship and government funding announced by the CBPq on 30 August. After carefully weighing all these and other relevant factors, the IPC Bureau has decided that it would be in the best interests of all the Artistic Skydiving athletes to go ahead with the 5th World Artistic Skydiving Championships at BOITUVA. We therefore announce that the Championships will take place at Boituva from 14 – 18 September 2004 and that all administrative details will be available on the organisers’ web-site at: http://www.wpc2004.com.br/ Bulletin No 3 will be published by the organisers very soon. Entry fees of US $275 will be payable on arrival to Mr Paulo ZANELLA. NACs / delegations who have already paid entry fees are advised to take proof of payment (bank receipts). The entry fee will cover the costs of competition jumps, lunch on site 14-18 September, staff facilities, and transportation between hotels and Boituva drop-zone. The entry fee does not include hotel accommodation, breakfast and dinner. These have to be arranged by the delegations themselves. All entrants are kindly requested to contact Mr ZANELLA (skyzan@bestway.com.br) as soon as possible to confirm their participation and make administrative arrangements. In these difficult circumstances, we kindly ask all participants to support these Championships, and to participate in them in a positive and sporting manner, making allowances for the inevitable short-comings and recognising the great efforts made by Mr Zanella and his team at Boituva to save this event. Patrice Girardin, IPC President 3 September 2004 This has been a strenuous time for all involved in the World Championships. A few teams have indicated that they will not be participating. Early on when this came to light (last week)Skydive Arizona offered to host the meet in November in the event that Brazil would not be able to. It is good to see that the IPC and CBPq have been able to work this out. To all of the teams that are participating in the WPC AE 2004, I wish you the best of luck! I hope to see you in Germany 2006

Remster is one of my favorite people, and I don't care if he is Canadian! LOL I have some Canuck roots myself

LOL well you ARE the one that opened the door, i just walked through it!

And a lot of tsk tsks!

Why yes it was! Trevor is a the bomb! He has been here several times this past year and is always so respectful. I wonder if thats because I'm his elder! Bwahhhhhhhhh