Freestyle skydiving

Freestyle skydiving is a competitive skydiving discipline where one member of a two-person team performs acrobatic manoeuvres in free fall while the other one films the performance from a close distance using a helmet mounted camera.[1][2]

History

Freestyle was first performed by Deanna Kent and others for her husband Norman Kent's 1989 film "From Wings Came Flight".[3] It became a competitive skydiving discipline in the early 1990s and became an official FAI sport in 1996.

References

  1. ↑ Stuart, Dale . "The Art and Technique of Freestyle Skydiving." Retrieved 1 July 2000.
  2. ↑ Winddance Retrieved 6 Mar. 2009
  3. ↑ Trailer: From Wings Came Flight Retrieved Oct 15, 2012

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