posted Aug 21st, 2023 - The official training day of the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 is eventually in full swing. Once again, the daily rain showers had to be waited out before the teams could take off in all jump planes available at Skydive Voss.

It's the day when the judges are warming up for their job. They have selected two sequences that they are testing the technology with, and that they use to become familiar with the videos and the backdrop they can expect to see during the competition. The numbers and letters are identical between 4-way and 8-way teams, while both events have different formations and blocks related to the sequences.

The U.S. delegation used the last training opportunity, as well. Only Arizona Airspeed could use the day for resting and relaxing, after a previous camp in Voss with five jumps per day. GKXP8 became active on Monday, and Jeana Billings switched back and forth between 8-way and 4-way with XPG4 for the first time at the competition site.

Qatar Tigers, now with coach Andy Grauwels present in Voss, made a few training jumps on Monday, together with both French national teams. The whole French delegation were searching for Elise Poindron's parachute after a cutaway at the end of Sunday, and both teams were back in action next day.

Two sequences for the official training jumps on Monday at Skydive Voss

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One of the major ingredients at the major events, at least at the outdoor world championships and world cups, is sadly missing again so far, and the story is also related to the French delegation. The Fun Flag was last seen at the Outdoor World Championship 2022 where the French national team in 4-way Open provided evidence of its presence.

There has been no sighting of the Fun Flag in Voss so far, and the current proprietor of it has one more day to show it in public. There have been events in the past where participants had to run campaigns in the search of the Fun Flag.

The history of the Fun Flag in the NSL News archives goes back to 2005 when the Canadian team Stratosfear took possession of it. However, Tim Wagner and Tim Stevens explained on 28 September 2006 that the Fun flag was created in 1985, the time when the current rules for Formation Skydiving competition were introduced.

Dutch Chaotic Motion VIXX competitors Jaap Keuter and Danny Dörfel brought up the topic of the missing Fun Flag and pointed out a perfect location for it at Skydive Voss. There is hope...

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NSL-TV Unfiltered: Official training jumps on Monday at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023. Recorded on 21 August 2023 at Skydive Voss

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