VIC Mentor Update June 2017
by admin
Star Crests were held at Skydive Nagambie on Saturday May 13th with a 10-way group being load organised by Christian. Two candidates managed to blitz through their SC jumps on the day. Congratulations to local Nagambie jumper Ozzie and Michael from Commando Skydiver’s (at just 80+ odd jumps!), for completing their SC in excellent fashion. With each jump getting slightly more complex than the last, it was good to see that completed 10-ways were the order of the day, except for jump 1, where the base never really built,….it is rare, but it happens! It was good to see the mixed experience across the group did not diminish the basic disciplines of bigway flying: safe approaches, flying in the stadium, stopping before docking, picking up grips only when ready, and tracking off safely while flying a nice pattern under canopy.
Also in May, newly formed Nagambie 4-way Inter team “4BIDDEN”, consisting of Christian Peric, David Gough, Dean Sampson and Catherine Bennetts-Cash began their training campaign for the Vic champs in November and the Nationals set in their sights in March 2018. By the time the weekend was up, the temporary team name was promptly retired, and rebranded to INSTAMATIK.
What does June have in store for flatties at Nagambie? Well it will get even busier. For the Queen’s birthday long weekend, Saturday June 10th will see Drew load organise Star Crests once again. On Sunday 11th June, Ben Allen will host a 10-way speed star event, with the aim to coach fast and safe approaches to a large formation, a vital discipline and skill for bigway jumping! Finally, June 24th/25th will see Aussie 4way champions Rotor-Out holding a 4way training weekend at Nagambie, where flyers of all skills are welcome, teams or individuals alike, to learn from our 4way Masters on how it’s done!
Hope you can make it to one or all of these great skills learning and fun events.
Wishing you Blue and safe Skies,
Christian
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