WHAT IS SKYSURFING?

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• WHAT IS SKYSURFING?
• HOW DID SKYSURFING GET STARTED?
• SKYSURFING SKILL PROGRESSION
• HISTORY

WHAT IS SKYSURFING?

Sky Surfing is a team sport or team parachuting. Each team has only two players. One of them is a sky surfer and another camera flyer. As all the events take place on air, the players must be well-equipped. In this sport, each surfer is totally responsible for preparing themselves before the start of surfing. Sky Surfing is one of the toughest sports that human being has ever invented. Still it is very popular because of the objectives of playing the sport. The main objective of the sport is to present a sequence of sky surfing moves on sky with a free fall as technically and as artistically as possible but with sure safety. For ages, the siren songs of both sky and sea have been incredible draws for daredevils. This is where the risk is worth the reward: a few minutes of death-defying acrobatics, thousands of feet in the air and above the humdrum of the mundane, or moments of jubilation atop the pummeling force of the ocean's waves. Skysurfing was an attempt to bridge that gap between sea and sky. As a sport, it is a captivating form of skydiving with a mountain of interest, but a diminishing number of participants. And yet - there's no denying its allure. Let's check out what makes it so special. 토토사이트

HOW DID SKYSURFING GET STARTED?

French skydivers Dominique Jacquet and Jean-Pascal Oron are the original inventors of skysurfing. They took note of how boards were used to ride the waves of water and wondered if it was possible to do the same with air during freefall. Turns out it was - and in 1986, skysurfing was born!

SKYSURFING SKILL PROGRESSION

Part of the reason the number of skysurfers has plummeted is the steep learning curve and high skill level requirement associated with the discipline. In and of itself, skysurfing is a high-speed sport with considerable risks: you're falling toward the earth at speeds in excess of 120 mph and your feet are snugly secured in a fixed position on a relatively large, rigid object. The learning progression in skysurfing is also anything but gentle: A jumper must obtain an advanced skydiving freefall skillset before even attempting their very first skysurf. Aspiring skysurfers need to be able to fly in a variety of orientations, both head up and head down (in a seated position or with their head literally pointing toward the ground). These skills take a fair amount of time, training and physical fitness to master. Within the discipline of skysurfing, there is also a progression. Beginner skysurfers will use a smaller sky surfboard with less surface area. As they increase their skill and comfortability with the sport and equipment, they "graduate" to longer boards.

HISTORY 

Slowly but surely the discipline of skysurfing started to gain traction. Interest and participation in the sport peaked in the late '90s - largely due to its increased media presence and inclusion in the ESPN X Games from 1995-2000. Since then, audience enthusiasm for skysurfing has remained vivid and even been encouraged by movies like Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Some highly-publicized stunts - like the one that took place at the NASCAR Coke 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway in 2015 - have also helped keep it in the spotlight. Yet, the number of practicing skysurfers has declined over the years and is currently relatively small.