Wind Games are an annual tournament for indoor skydiving, sponsored by Windoor, a manufacturer of vertical wind tunnels. The event first took place in 2014 and as of 2017[update] has always been held at Windoor's facility in Empuriabrava, Spain.
Wind Games includes solo, two-person, 4-person, dynamic, freestyle and speed events, all in a vertical wind tunnel.[1]
Wind Games 2014 was held on January 17–18.[2][3]
Wind Games 2015 was held on 23–24 January.[4][5]
Wind Games 2016 was held on 21–23 January.[6][7]
Wind Games 2017 was held on 3–4 February.[8] Kyra Poh of Singapore won the solo speed competition[9] and also won gold in solo freestyle.[10][11] A video of the third-place solo freestyle performance by Maja Kuczyńska of Poland went viral.[12][13]
The Wind Games is presented by world renowned AirSports presenter Regan Tetlow
References
edit- ^ James Dator, "Wind Games is the dopest, most beautiful sport you probably haven't heard of", SB Nation, 7 February 2017.
- ^ Vania Da Rui, "The Wind Games 2014" (video, 4 minutes 54 seconds), Skydive, 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Wind Games 2014", Fédération française du parachutisme (in French), retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Anne Maxwell, "Wind Games 2015", Skydive, 9 December 2014.
- ^ Windoor Realfly, "Wind Games 2015 Results" (video, 6 minutes 25 seconds), YouTube.
- ^ "Wind Games 2016", Skydive, 21 January 2016.
- ^ Randee Dawn, "Wind Games winner will blow you away with astounding aerial dance moves", Today, 26 January 2016 (videos).
- ^ "Wind Games 2017", Windoor, retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Kyra Poh: The 14-year-old girl who's the 'fastest flyer'", BBC, 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Die 14-jährige Kyra holt zweimal Gold und 'alles für Opa'", Stern, 6 February 2017 (in German).
- ^ "Indoor skydiving: Singaporean teen Kyra Poh wins two golds at Wind Games in Spain", The Straits Times, 5 February 2017.
- ^ Henrik Brandt, "Wind Games: Indoor skydiver goes viral with incredible freestyle routine", Daily Record, 6 February 2017 (video).
- ^ Andrew Liszewski, "We Should Definitely Replace the Olympics With These Badass Indoor Skydiving Wind Games", Sploid, Gizmodo, 7 February 2017 (video).
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