The Canopy Piloting World Cup was held at Sydney Skydivers in Picton Australia at the beginning of November 2007.The kiwi Team all arrived 3 days prior to the event to get in some practice on the course, on the fantastic purpose built swoop pond at Sydney Skydivers. A great bit of forethought, unfortunately scuppered by the worst weather anybody at Picton could remember.
Fortunately, the Locals, Sally and Jesse of Team Crux, and Douggs and Cookie and a few other locals were on hand to make sure something was going on, and there was an Impromptu BASE mission from a Nearby Bridge to entertain the troops.
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Team New Zealand got their Team Uniforms and quickly became one slick looking unit.(Deepseed made sure this was always going to be the case!!).
Deepseed were well represented in the field of Athletes, Deepseed's Mikey Holmes (team GB), Team Sweden Jens and Martin (who finished an amazing 3rd in zone accuracy), The New Zealand Team (Ricky Good, Laszlo, Tukes and Malachi), Cameron Rolfe, Shea Convery, Rodger Mulckey of Team Australia were all trying out or had bought or were sponsored with Deepseed Swoop Gear. Feedback on the pants was generally good, and several great mods were suggested to make them even better, so it was a great experience for us to be around at a premier event like that with so much experience on hand.
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Deepseed had intended on setting up a Beer Tent / General Chill Out Area in the competitor section , but our supplier let us down badly.Fortunately, they breed em good in Oz and Terry Wingate saved our bacon by providing his 1970's mega structure tent. There was room for several Deepseed Beanbags, The sound system and the beer Cooler.
The weather did play ball just about long enough to get the competition underway and there was a high level of skill on display. Dingo did a brilliant job trying bringing the gathering crowd into things with his own special brand of Commentary, and was more and more amusing as more and more bottles of beer were passed his way.
At the end of the event, the PD factory team and the other PD staff, proved just what a gulf in class they are and Jay Moledski, having broken several world records during the course of the event, went on to finish 1st Overall.All in all, a good event, and a valuable experience for all concerned. Here's hoping the weather can improve next time!!
Comment from Ricky Good, highest placed kiwi at the event:
"The event was a wicked experience, seeing the top boys fly and taking in all the info I could has boosted my canopy piloting progression to a whole new level. The NZ boys did everyone proud considering for most of us it was our 1st major competition. We had an awsome time that we won't ever forget, my ribs still hurt from all the laughing".
