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thrillstalker

more questions from the newbie

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Surprise, surprise. Three replies that all belong in Bonfire, not in a topical forum.

Here's a serious answer for the OP. Freestyle is where freeflying came from. Basically dancing/gymnastics in freefall. The best freestylists are amazing; it's a lot harder than it looks and a lot harder than what is now consider to be freeflying.

Like skysurfing, freestyle is (was?) mostly a solo discipline, at most a two way (freestylist and camera flyer). And it's hard. Together, those reasons may be a big part of why you've never heard of it...

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The video here will illustrate the difference. At ~4:50 into the video is an example of freestyle. However, you need to watch the rest of the video to see how it compares to freeflying.

http://www.uspa.org/AboutSkydiving/PressCenter/tabid/309/Default.aspx

What freestyle is to ballet, freeflying is to square dancing.
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