Yossarian 0 #26 August 24, 2006 plus i suppose you cant watch things like 4-way live, and even when they play the tape a commentator couldnt talk fast enough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trae 1 #27 August 24, 2006 in reply to "My thoughts: You will never see skydiving in the Olympics in your lifetime. Their effort is on sports that do not need 'devices' and an airplane definitely qualifies. " ........................................................... Does this make it more likely that BASE jumping will get a look in before skydiving ? Still uses devices but no aircraft. Can be entertaining as a spectator sport. Some disciplines are fairly athletic / gymnastic. Relatively affordable allowing for 'level playing field' competition. Apart from the landings skydiving doesn't cut it as a spectator sport . Too insular , too self possessed, too invisible. The financial side kinda disadvantages a lot of people from poorer countries making the idea of competition just too lop-sided = unfair. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #28 August 24, 2006 QuoteAs far as the motor thing all chairlifts, gondolas, aerial trams have motors. In some cases helicopters are used to ferry alpine competitors to the top of the mountain. But they do not NEED them. You can walk to the top of a ski run, you can't jog to 12500 for a jump."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenneth21441 0 #29 August 24, 2006 My guess is you may never see it. Since the internal politics of this group is nothing more then that POLITICS.... Its not what you know but who and now the Olympic commettee is so much worried about money.....remember a few years back with the bribing cases and the black eye they received. also look at who sponsors these events... Get the picture? its all about cash for who wants it. Just my two cents....Kenneth Potter FAA Senior Parachute Rigger Tactical Delivery Instructor (Jeddah, KSA) FFL Gunsmith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
udder 0 #30 August 25, 2006 Couldn't this also be the reason swooping strands a chance of becoming a televised sport. people love carnage. I only used to watch motoGP when I was little for the crashes. I recently saw accuracy on TV in Europe. Italy I think it was. But anyway, swooping is far more interesting than accuracy. And I don't think televised carnage is going to impact any more severely than the 30 something people who die every year. Just like someone dying at a motoGP or during a motoX race, or even a skiing event,doesn't have dire consequences for the rest of the sport. Everyone knows what can happen..."In one way or the other, I'm a bad brother. Word to the motherf**ker." Eazy-E Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krkeenan 0 #31 August 25, 2006 QuoteWe lost out to something like “Flag dancing”. I'm guessing it will never happen. There's just way less chance of any of the competitors in Flag Dancing dying in a violent, mangling accident. I think the Olympics must be sensitive to that sort of thing. I think it's hard for jumpers to truly understand how whuffos perceive skydiving. But, hey, everyone has an opinion. Kevin====================== Seasons don't fear the Reaper, nor do the Wind, the Sun, or the Rain... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snakeeater 0 #32 August 25, 2006 Looks like we all have little faith in the chance that any skydiving disciplines will ever become olympic. But.. Would you all see it as a good thing if it did? I mean.. look where many famous well-paid professional sports are.. do you want to go there? Of course it would be nice to actually be able to earn money with skydiving. Or to win more than a few thousand bucks on a competition. But there might be a trade-off.. Part of what i love about skydiving is that you can go on a dropzone and do a fun jump with a world champion. Try playing a round of golf with tiger woods.. "He tried to kill me! He tried to f***ing kill me!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #33 August 25, 2006 Quote I'm guessing it will never happen. I think that's a safe bet. What I don't get is why skydivers want it to happen. Do you think any flag dancers are really hoping they get a go at the US Nationals? We have our competitions already. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontiego 0 #34 August 25, 2006 Quote What about ground-launching from a hill over-looking the swoop course? Or putting a rig on a ski-jumper (ski... not sky) "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #35 August 25, 2006 Quotelook where many famous well-paid professional sports are Most olympic athletes are amateur scrapping by a living to dedicate whatever they have to their sports. If you think Airspeed, Maubeuge, or Fire would be rich is Skydiving was a olympic sport, you should rather compare us to Archery, Walking, or Luge competitiors: great atheletes, but in obscure sports.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trae 1 #36 August 25, 2006 in reply to 'We have our competitions already." ......................................... Perhaps there's room in the sky and the future for the .............'AerOlympics.' for all the left out newish airpowered sports. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 14 #37 August 25, 2006 That would be the WAG - World Air Games. Its already around Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #38 August 25, 2006 Quote But they do not NEED them. You can walk to the top of a ski run, you can't jog to 12500 for a jump. Lots of people have hiked to somewhere arround 400' for parachuting accuracy competitions. Planes just make it more convienent and safer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yim666 0 #39 August 25, 2006 actually, a friend at my dropzone is experimenting with live transmission of jumps. it works but it needs fine tuning.don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #40 August 26, 2006 Quoteactually, a friend at my dropzone is experimenting with live transmission of jumps. it works but it needs fine tuning. Tell you friend it was done at the Seoul Olympics by Tom Sanders, Norm Kent ET all. The Olympic Rings where shown live to millions around the world.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #41 August 26, 2006 QuoteLots of people have hiked to somewhere arround 400' for parachuting accuracy competitions. Planes just make it more convienent and safer. No where near the same thing as a normal ski run. But hey take your grief to the Olympics commission."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #42 August 26, 2006 For your education: From the FAI: http://www.fai.org/news_archives/fai/000127.asp Quote Excerpts: "During its meeting held on 29 August 2002, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board discussed the Olympic programme for the future Games of the Olympiad, specifically the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008 in Beijing. Following the recommendations of the Olympic Programme Commission, the IOC Executive Board decided not to admit parachuting to the Programme of Beijing 2008." "The Olympic Programme Commission pointed out that any changes in the structure of the Olympic Programme should result in increased value and appeal of the Olympic Games, that global public and media interest should be considered as key elements in the analyses of sports, and that sports should give special emphasis to youth and development. " ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,047 #43 August 26, 2006 Hi Sparky, The way I 'heard' it, during a practice jump (before the actual money jump) at the '88 Seoul Olympics, one of them had a mal and ended up landing a reserve in the midst of some parade or some such thing. I heard the officials were crapping their drawers worrying about it happening when the jump was for real. Or maybe it was just a rumor, Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #44 August 26, 2006 QuoteHi Sparky, The way I 'heard' it, during a practice jump (before the actual money jump) at the '88 Seoul Olympics, one of them had a mal and ended up landing a reserve in the midst of some parade or some such thing. I heard the officials were crapping their drawers worrying about it happening when the jump was for real. Or maybe it was just a rumor, Jerry I hadn't heard that one but I don't doubt it a bit. What you don't understand can scare you and you know they did not understand what was going on.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BKR 0 #45 August 26, 2006 QuoteHi Sparky, The way I 'heard' it, during a practice jump (before the actual money jump) at the '88 Seoul Olympics, one of them had a mal and ended up landing a reserve in the midst of some parade or some such thing. I heard the officials were crapping their drawers worrying about it happening when the jump was for real. Or maybe it was just a rumor, Jerry Rumor, I was there in the rings. Everything was perfect. Skidiving will never be a Olympic sport for mainly one reason, MONEYJérôme Bunker Basik Air Concept www.basik.fr http://www.facebook.com/pages/Le-Luc-France/BASIK-AIR-CONCEPT/172133350468 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,047 #46 August 27, 2006 Hi Jerome, Thanks for the correction. Glad to hear from the jumper's mouth, Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #47 August 27, 2006 Quoteactually, a friend at my dropzone is experimenting with live transmission of jumps. it works but it needs fine tuning. Who's doing that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DragonWolf 0 #48 August 27, 2006 Well, i dont see why sky diving isnt at least in the olympics... i think they had olympic ping ponging at one point, or still do, and stupid stuff like that. So if they have stupid stuff like that on there, cant they atleast have sky diving Dreams are like rainbows. Only fools chase them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #49 August 27, 2006 The irony is that if you mess up in this sport, you may be eligible for the Special Olympics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 54 #50 August 27, 2006 QuoteRumor, I was there in the rings. Everything was perfect. What was the exit altitude, opening altitude, and how LONG were the rings held during the actual live jump? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
