1st FAI World Cup of Vertical Formation Skydiving

It's official, with the FAI / IPC releasing the 2008 rules & dive pool (see the menu to the left), the First FAI World Cup of VFS (VRW) will be held directly after the USPA Nationals at Skydive Arizona. Rumor has it that many international teams are looking at competing in the US Nationals as a guest teams in order to warm up for the World Cup. As an incentive to make the World Cup a successful meet, Skydive Arizona owner Larry Hill is giving 1 free hour of tunnel time to every Nation that shows up and participates in the World Cup. Not a bad deal at all!

Skydive Arizona hosts VRW comp

April 19th & 20th, Skydive Arizona and AZ Arsenal hosted the eleventh VRW competition with great success. Nine teams showed up to compete, unfortunately two of the teams had to withdraw at the last minute. But with 7 teams, the comp showed just where VRW is going with Arsenal taking the gold upping their average to an astounding 15.67! Go Arsenal!

French version of VRW4Way.com coming soon!

VRW enthusiest Edouard Duban is working on converting this site for our French readers out there. We're hoping to have a link to it in the next few weeks. In the meantime, keep up to date on the latest French VRW news.

IPC Considering VFS 4-way as World-Level Event

The 59th IPC Meeting in Paris, France, is this next week, 22 - 27 January, 2008. During this meeting the new IPC VFS 4-Way rules draft will be reviewed by the Formation Skydiving committee. This draft was written by Eric Deren, former member of Team Mandrin, who is working closely with the IPC FS Committee Chair, Fiona McEachern. The discussion will certainly involve the question of international participation, and whether the three open teams that participated at the 2007 US nationals constitutes an anomaly or a sign of things to come. Show up and attend FS meeting if you can and give your insight!

2008 SDC Mandrin4 Project Announced

Current USPA Nationals VRW 4-Way Champions Team Mandrin are forming 3 vrw teams that will train side by side Mandrin during the 2008 season at Skydive Chicago and Paraclete XP. The idea is to have new teams benefit from Mandrin's experience, methods and team coach. Even if you are looking to build a team, there is room for you. For more details please review this document. Deadline is Feb. 29th!

First European VRW comp gets coverage

At the end of September, the first European VRW competition was held which incuded 5 teams from across Europe! This strong showing proves that VRW is growing world wide and with news that it will be a part of the up and coming World Cup it will ensure that it's here to stay. Here are the latest 2 articles in both the Skydive the Mag from the British BPA and 90 Percent which is the leading Italian Skydiving Magazine.

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.