17,9 average for French female 4way

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Very impressive average for a female team, seems like the french girls are in very good shape for the upcoming international event...

Patrick

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how many rounds was the competition, and what was the draw?

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--Dwight D. Eisenhower

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8 rounds, I am surprised that the draw is not on NSL because it was supposed to be common with other competitions, including in the US.

I don't remember it all but it is neither fast nor slow...

Patrick

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Very impressive average for a female team, ...

Very impressive for any team - as for all females, if it was Lise, Natasha, Eliana and Adrianna, then we'd think it was an off day, wouldn't we?

I'd like to see some footage, this is very cool to hear that the bar is being raised by the french again

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Of course my point was not to say that women score less than male but the average is significative in term of female only teams for international events...

This score gives a very interesting starting point for a comparison don't you think?

Patrick

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This score gives a very interesting starting point for a comparison don't you think?

Of course.

But, if the french have women of this talent, why hasn't the french open team picked up the very best of them? "open" does not equal "men only"

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looking at some of the compeitions in the last year our female teams here in the US have been pushin out scores around the 15-16 point avg., looks like our girls need to pick up the pace a little. tough competition rox

disclaimer on that statement though, i couldn't find any female scores from teh US any more recent than 2005 nats, i'm sure they've gone up a few points since then.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

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k i just checked again and the most recent score posted by elsinore select was a 13.3, we have a lot of ground to cover

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

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[replyBut, if the french have women of this talent, why hasn't the french open team picked up the very best of them? "open" does not equal "men only"

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the draw was:

R1 6-O-13
R2 3-9-2
R3 L-5-B-D
R4 18-J-H-F
R5 1-10-P
R6 E-19-4
R7 M-17-Q-20
R8 A-22-16
R9 11-12-8
R10 7-21-K

Blade, are U sure you'd like to see girls in french open teams?? it's becoming tough isn't it?

Guillaume

French 4-way & 8-way suporter

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talentuous

You're kidding, right?

What's wrong with 'talented'?

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Tu feras surement moins le malin si on parle en francais mon grand...

You wanna try in French see if you can correct me again?

Patrick

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No, your French looks pretty good

Sorry, I was foolish enough to think you were American, they make up a lot of new words

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they make up a lot of new words

that, Ima sayin' isbein untterly rediculosiusishness. we'nt bidoin nothin of thesort

just axe anyone about it

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Perfect, beautiful and fast.

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just axe anyone around

there.. the visual is better

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I bet the french chicks are gonna do good in Germany. In fact I´ll bet they´ll win! They´re much more than talented, they are bad ass skydivers. France has always had very good female skydivers, but I think the french belive in separated classes, female/male and I belive that´s why they´ve never had any females on their open class team. It took a long time before they accepted FAI´s idea of having a female class, and a open class. They belived in pure male/female classes (same as Kurt Gable, NSL). I personally think it´s very good idea to have a female class. We need more girls doing serious skydiving and competiton, and not ending up as "the girlfriend of....." We all have to accept that girls are usually smaller and not as strong as the guys and it can be difficult for them to jump on a open class team.

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We all have to accept that girls are usually smaller and not as strong as the guys and it can be difficult for them to jump on a open class team.

Sorry mate, but I don't agree with you. Fire, Fastrax, Airspeed, Sinapsi, Norgies. Five of the top teams in the world, and each has a female member. I don't know about the Russians.

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fastrax? umm, huh?

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fastrax? umm, huh?

Bugger. My brain must be losing its last few working cells.

Thanks for the catch.

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My brain must be losing its last few working cells

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[arlo 0]

the person posting that is ditta from the norgie team Arcteryx. i think if anyone knows what a hard time smaller females can have in the open class, it'd be her.

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the person posting that is ditta from the norgie team Arcteryx. i think if anyone knows what a hard time smaller females can have in the open class, it'd be her.

No kidding, and boy (sorry, GIRL) can she skydive!

To dispute an earlier post though, I think that if you asked any of the women on the top teams they would say that they wanted to be regarded as a competitive, skilled athlete (period) Not *pretty good for a girl* Women in this sport are faced with a certain set of challenges competing with and against men, but then so are men.

Overcoming challenges to level the field is what competition is about isnt it? It shouldnt be determined by your gender in a sport that is as technical and sophisticated as this...

just my 0.2 pence

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I don't know about the Russians.

Alena is a kick-ass flier, former Russian Champ in Open, does a great job in Russian 8way

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Thanks for sticking up for the chicks mate - I really appreciate it

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