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New "FAI Swoop Freestyle World Championships" announced

Lausanne, Switzerland - The first event will be held from 25-26 August 2017 with a host venue to be announced shortly

A new FAI "Swoop Freestyle World Championships" will see its first event in August this year, following a new collaboration between the FAI and a specialist sports company, A. Sports. The high-impact, adrenalin-fuelled discipline of Freestyle Canopy Piloting is known as Swooping, and involves parachutists flying at high-speed across a ‘Swooping Pond’ to score points based on style and execution. T...

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Rome, Italy, 04/13/2017 10:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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