Texas Swoopers will not hold "ground meets" due to competitor safety issues. That means that we will only hold meets over a body of water. So far, for the 2010 season the only dropzones that have an available body of water and the ability to host a swoop meet are Skydive Houston and Skydive Spaceland. If your dropzone has the ability to host a swoop meet over a body of water and would like to host Texas Swoopers, please contact me.

As training camps are scheduled in between the meets, information will be found here and in the Texas Swoopers Forums (Community tab). As meets are completed, results will be linked and posted here.

Schedule

1-2 May Texas Swoopers #1 SD Houston
5-6 June Texas Swoopers #2 SD Spaceland
10-11 July Texas Swoopers #3 SD Houston
7-8 August Texas Swoopers #4 SD Spaceland (pre-nationals meet)

2010 USPA National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting
Dates: September 1-4, 2010
Location: Skydive Spaceland, Texas

Meet information

The registration fee for the competition is $45. This does not include jumps. This simply helps cover the costs of having, maintaining the competition courses and general needs for running the swoop comps.

The competitions are all "mixed" meets, with 5ft and 10ft gates. If you have previously earned a "pro" card or competed at a national level event as an open class competitor, then you will be allowed to compete, but on the 5ft gates. All others are able to register to compete on the 10ft gates.

Unless otherwise noted prior to the event, there are 3 competition courses that will be run: Distance, Speed and Zone Accuracy. IPC competition rules will be used as well as the IPC rules for exit weight (and allowed extra weight). Further information is available in the Rules tab.

Saturday of the dates listed is the official practice day. The meets are on Sunday to allow DZ staff the opportunity to compete. Registration for the compettion starts on Saturday. Last minute registers will be allowed Sunday morning prior to the safety and rule briefing.

The approximate time schedule for the meets on Sunday is as follows:

0800: Safety and rules briefing at the pond

0900: First load and continued until the completion of the competition.

Awards

Medals will be given to the first, second and third place finishers at the competiton. An overall standing award will be given this year for the competitor with the highest combined total at the completion of the last competition

2010 season host dropzones:

Skydive Houston

Skydive Spaceland