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USPA Adds 8-way Advanced Class

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http://www.uspa.org/NewsEvents/News/tabid/59/Default.aspx#36995

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A new advanced class has been added to the 8-way formation skydiving event. The eligibility rules for the advanced class will be modeled after the 4-way advanced class eligibility rules.



Be interesting to see if this increases the total number of teams doing 8-way, or just makes three smaller classes.
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Hey Kris :)
What were the number like before in the classes? (sorry dont know the divisions in USPA)

Was it a level playing field or was it more like a bunch of teams fighting for 5th place?

any idea if it would be a more advanced dive pool?

If it knocks a bunch of the top teams out of the current class i think it might encourage more intermediate teams to compete in a more level playing field :)

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The folks at Spaceland Lite spearheaded the effort - here's the analysis they posted and the results of a survey they conducted to try to have some data to bring to the board. I think it gets to most of your questions.

USPA says it'll be similar to 4-way, so the Open/Advanced pool will be the same.

http://www.spacelandlite.com/8-way-advanced-survey/

http://www.spacelandlite.com/8-way-advanced-survey-results/
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