{"id":48773,"date":"2024-03-28T08:51:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T08:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=48773"},"modified":"2024-12-23T15:32:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:32:07","slug":"big-way-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/big-way-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Big-way Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are organisers of invitational events looking for? <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How can you qualify and be invited to join the party? <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sequential Games jump over Skydive Algarve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Angelo Declerck by Dennis Sattler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Angelo Declerck, the enthusiastic, colourful European big-way organiser, has written a short article about how he selects people for an \u201cAngelo\u2019s School of Big-way\u201d event. If you\u2019re interested in joining his events, or any other big-way event, this is a useful and interesting read, as most organisers have almost exactly the same criteria\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selecting a group is not \u2018first come first served\u2019. There are a lot of factors to keep in mind. Let\u2019s go through some (there are more, but let\u2019s go through the main ones). You will see why I\u2019m sometimes strict\/an arsehole about selection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big-way is something you should earn and work for. Flying well in smaller groups like 4-way is such an important factor before becoming a good big-way flyer. I see more and more people doing big-ways without having decent 4-way skills. How can you fly in a big-way (which is basically multiple smaller groups put together) without any 4-way experience? Ever thought about that? Yes, you can push\/hang\/drag on the formation, but the goal is to fly a big-way! \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everyone must fly to keep the shape of this formation, no hanging or dragging!
Photo: Willy Boeykens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Important Factors for selection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Safety<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is the primary concern and always applies to every event. I will stop people jumping if serious safety issues are happening or could happen. There\u2019s always a chance to get back on events though if someone shows an improvement in safety and awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goal and\/or ability level<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Every event will be announced with a goal or level. This means that we aim to get that goal with the selected group. Participants applying want to achieve that goal. They have their mind set and achieving anything less than that goal leaves a feeling of a disappointment (I have experienced this in the past like many others amongst us).
To avoid that I have to be selective and careful. Quality above quantity.
Sometimes I have to be stricter; it depends on the event or goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n