2nd FAI World Cup Results

USA Team Arizona Arsenal takes gold with a 20.4 average just ahead of French Team 4 Speed Brienne with a 18.9 average. For full results please click here or check out the Competition link above.

VFS Web Challenge

The IPC's FS Committee has announced that the VFS web challenge has been extended until Oct. 31st. It is now posted on the FAI website.

VFS Web Challenge

The IPC's FS Committee has announced the VFS web challenge. It is now posted on the FAI website. Larsen and Brusgaard have kindly agreed to sponsor the Challenge and provided prizes for the first three placed teams. The details for this 3 round competition are all on the website and we hope that many teams will enter and learn more about this discipline.

To register for the competition please send your teams details to VFS-webC@fai.org as follows: Team Name, Country, Competitors Names, and e-mails. Full details of how and where to upload your visual evidence will be sent to you with your team's password.

All jumps will be available for downloading for other teams to see and for other Judges to view as well. Teams may enter as many times as they wish. There is no entry fee. The Challenge starts on May 1st and ends on July 31st.

Dive Pool update

The final descriptions for the new blocks 11, 13, & 14 and new random D, as well as small changes to grip placement on random A and block 1 have been posted to the IPC website. The new rules also state competition will now be 8 rounds.

Check out the descriptions and please note that one block 13 and 14 the pieces or singles do 360's and can rotate in any direction.

Diagrams will be coming soon.

Good luck with training the new moves.

IPC meeting Results

The IPC took into account the vote by vrw4way.com members and some test tunnel and jumps of the new blocks and random suggestions and came up with the following to have an 8 round meet:

Dive pool changes

• Block 1
  • Solo flyer grip is on flyer with cross at beginning and end of move
• Random A
  • Both outside flyers with only one grip have to have right hand on left arm or vice versa
• Delete Block 11 (overcrank/undercrank)
• Delete Random D (HD Star)
• New Block 11 is Fun buddies
• Block 13 is HD star/HD star
• Block 14 is satellite/satellite
• Random D is Sitline

For all of the US fliers out there, the USPA has also adopted these rules to be in effect for the 2009 season.

Good luck to everyone in the 2009 training and competition season! And thank you for voting!

Time to VOTE for the 2009 Dive Pool

I'll keep this short. The voting window is closing and we have posted the voting page. You have until mid-night on Saturday the 24th to cast your vote! Sorry, but the IPC meeting is on the 27th and we need to create nicer pictures for the new dive pool. Please send this to any VRW fliers that would like to have input and thanks so much to all that submitted formations.

Click here to cast your vote!

Thanks and enjoy!

Have an idea for a new formation...Time to submit!

The deadline for submissions is Dec 8th. So start your brain storming sessions now and put on your creative hats as the IPC has put out the call for new ideas for formations. If you want your formation to be considered...now is the time. Please follow the submission guidelines and get yours in by Dec. 8th for review. Voting will occur soon after. Spread the word!!!

New Dive Pool coming...we need YOUR help!

You heard it right, the dive pool is going to be changed and expanded to help clarify some points, get rid of some other points and add some new points. The goal is for competition to be expanded to 8 rounds from 6 in 2009 thus the need for new blocks & randoms. So if you have an idea for a new block or random, now is your time to share it with us. Submissions can be made to: vrwteam (AT) vrw4way.com or via Fax at +1.320.451.3999. Once we have a selection to choose from, we will send out a note and have the community vote for your favorites online. More details on submissions will be coming soon.

1st World Cup for VFS

Well, the first ever World Cup for VFS 4 way has ended with 3 countries competing. France, Canada & 2 teams from the USA. Several other countries had expressed interest (Australia, Mexico & the UK) but were not able to make the commitment. Everyone was excited about this as it leaves open bigger opportunites for next year!

US Nationals Sets many records

The 2008 US Nationals set many new records this year with 10 teams competing in the Advanced category and 6 teams competing in Open with a total of 80 competitors. In the Advanced category, Team Dysfunction edged out Jedi to take the gold while the race for 3rd was a tight one with Swingline beating both the 4th & 5th place teams by only 2 points:

In the Open category the event started out with the 2007 National Champions Team Mandrin setting a new World Record for the most points ever scored in a VFS round. In the 35 second working time, they scored a 40 setting the bar. Click here to see the video. But a new world record wasn't enough to hold off the local Team Arsenal who made a decisive victory scoring a total of 125 points in 6 rounds solidifying the gold by 12 points over Mandrin. Bronze was claimed by Deland Hybrid XP with a total of 96 points.

European Trophee is claimed

Team 4 Speed takes the gold at the first European VRW Trophee in Chalon sur Saone, France at the end of last week. This French team rallied over the competition and finished with a 12.2 average! Click on the image for results. And Click Here for the French version.

Our Mission

Our goal is to spread the word and promote 4-Way Vertical Formation Skydiving in our community. While at the same time help set the standard and outline the guidelines for the IPC/USPA to include 4-Way VRW in both National and International competition.

If you are interested in learning more and be kept up to date on the latest VRW 4-Way news, please sign up below. If you are searching for information about the discipline, please review the documentation on this site which includes everything from rules, to formations, to when and where the next competition will be held.