{"id":55925,"date":"2024-09-24T09:37:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T09:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=55925"},"modified":"2024-11-04T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T11:53:50","slug":"catching-up-with-maja-kuczynska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/catching-up-with-maja-kuczynska\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up with\u2026 Maja Kuczynska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Maja, now 24, started skiing when she was 2, gymnastics aged 6 and did a tandem jump aged 10 with her father. Five years later, during the official FAI competition in Prague, she became the first junior champion in indoor freestyle. Maja, talented, determined and hard-working, has never looked back, winning or medalling at countless other tunnel competitions. This year she is dedicating herself to skydiving, entering freestyle at the forthcoming World Championships in October.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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When did you start tunnel flying Maja?<\/strong><\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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About six months after the tandem we went to FreeZone, the tunnel in Moscow. At that time there were not many tunnels. Another six months later they opened Hurricane Factory in Prague, that just happened to be where we lived so that was a really lucky coincidence. I started training mostly because of my Dad; it was his hobby and he took me along because I really enjoyed flying. Somehow, I just kept doing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you always want to do freestyle?<\/strong><\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There wasn\u2019t any freestyle back then, not in the tunnel. Freestyle started as a discipline in 2015 at the World Championships. I won that one, in the junior category. I thought that was the most interesting type of flying. Then I did some 2-way Dynamic but I wasn\u2019t a big fan of the compulsory rounds. So I just kept doing freestyle. There are more things that you can do with freestyle, it feels more creative and artistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video: Maja performing at the World Indoor Skydiving Championships 2023, where she won a silver medal<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n
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A post shared by Maja Kuczynska (@kuczynska.maja)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n