IBA to Select US Teams for WISC

The US Parachute Association Board of Directors got together in beautiful Hartford, Connecticut the weekend of July 24-26th. The Board and its committees meet twice every year to discuss the developments of skydiving across the country and make suggestions as to how to move the sport forward. One particular agenda item the Competition Committee was to address was the selection of indoor skydiving teams for the upcoming 1st FAI World Championships happening in Prague this October. This, of course, is a topic dear to the IBA and so Laura Wagner, Marketing Manager, and Rusty Lewis, Director of Training, attended in order to share a voice in the matter.

It is the USPA’s duty to select the US indoor skydiving team for FAI-sanctioned events as the USPA is the national body to administer Sporting Code 5, wherein lies indoor skydiving competition. Rusty and Laura went with the goal to assist the USPA in this matter as they felt the IBA’s role in the sport would benefit the athletes of indoor skydiving, some of whom are not active USPA members, and ultimately choose the teams via the best means possible.

Discussions around fairness and legibility went round table and in due course, 5 out of 5 committee members voted to delegate the task of team selection and management to the IBA. During the final plenary session on Sunday the 26th, a motion was brought up and the board unanimously voted to pass.

The IBA is currently planning a selection competition to be help at Paraclete XP in September. Stay tuned or email Laura for more information or if you would like to compete to represent the United States!