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Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
  • Body Movements (Sports)
CONT

... if a team builds an Open Stairstep with an extra grip by the point or tail (making a sidebody instead of a stairstep), and then executes most of the inter before dropping the extra grip just prior to building the Compressed Stairstep, then half the team has done the inter of a Zig Zig - Marquis (a faster block!) instead of Open - Compressed Stairstep.

OBS

A docking manoeuvre in relative work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
  • Mouvements du corps (Sports)
CONT

Les parachutistes, par équipes de quatre ou de huit, doivent, avec leur parachute ouvert, réaliser ensemble et dans un temps limite de 3 à 4 min le plus grand nombre de figures imposées (escalier, pyramide, tour...)

Spanish

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