Did you know that father Jan and son Jakub Klapka competed together for the first time last weekend? posted: May 31st, 2016 Yesterday's update from the Hurricane Factory in Prague, Czech Republic, mentioned that the start of the outdoor season separates the 4-way juniors from the 4-way seniors, who have the additional privileges of exits, sub-terminal moves and parachute rides when they jump from planes in 4-way training and competition.
However, it is a challenging transition, as an earlier TURNING POINTS column in the Blue Skies Mag explained.
It was time for this transition for the Czech 4-way teams last weekend, as the first 4-way outdoor competition of the year took place in Most.
The weather did not cooperate... (more)
Did you know that the Czech teams are holding their ground on this weekend's overall leaderboard? posted: Jul 19th, 2015 This weekend, Czech Skydiving League Director Jan Klapka tried for the third time to get his 4-way teams into freefall from jump planes, and he eventually succeeded.
He had tried two times earlier this year, and bad weather did not allow the Czech teams to post any scores on outdoor leaderboards. This weekend, six teams completed six rounds with great results.
Bad Boys and CZ Ladies handled the block-heavy and, with three slot-switching sequences, challenging AAA Class draw very well. Bad Boys had posted a higher meet average only once in May 2014, when the 30-pointer for a Super Sequence... (more)
Did you know that the Bad Boys completed 23 jumps with coach David Grauwels? posted: Jul 7th, 2015 The Bad Boys from the Czech Republic have been the national 4-way team since they won the country's championship title in 2013. The previous Czech national team Sky Service/Sky Walkers/Lize had retired after the Mondial Dubai 2012, and Jan Lukavec continued with the Bad Boys.
The Bad Boys have still not competed yet as the Czech national team at a World Championship of Formation Skydiving. Only former Sky Service/Sky Walkers/Lize member Jan Lukavec has this experience, while Vaclav Prokes, Marian Jeziak, Jan Klapka and Jaroslav Smitka (Alternate) missed their opportunity last year on home turf.
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Did you know that father Jan and son Jakub Klapka competed together for the first time last weekend?
Did you know that the Czech teams are holding their ground on this weekend's overall leaderboard?
Did you know that the Bad Boys completed 23 jumps with coach David Grauwels?