Vertical
Formation
Skydiving
Team: 4 performers and one videographer.
Competition: 10 rounds from 13,000 ft.
Scoring: Judges review the video from each jump immediately after the team lands. They use electronic scoring systems to score the video while watching in real time.
Working Time: 35 secs from when the team leaves the aircraft. This is the amount of time they have to score points.
Draw: The sequence of formations each team has to complete. Each round has a different sequence. All teams are doing the same draw for each round.
Grip: A grip requires stationary contact of the hand on the opposite team member's arm, leg, foot or head as shown in the dive pool.
Head Down: Orientation of the body in which the competitor's torso is approximately vertical with the head pointing towards the ground.
Upright: Orientation of the body in which the competitor's torso is approximately vertical with the head up, pointing towards the sky.
Grip: A grip requires stationary contact of the hand on the opposite team member's arm, leg, foot or head as shown in the dive pool.
Dive Pool: All possible formations in the MFS discipline. The competition draw comes from this pool the night before competition begins. See VFS dive pool
Officials
Meet Director
Randy Connell
USPA Controller
Steve Hubbard
Chief Judge
Jim Rees
Event Judges
Rhonda Kaletz
Matt Fry
Gary Taylor
Deanne Brazelton
