Congrats to Alexey Galda, who won both Speed and Distance events at the CSC WOWS. He was joined on the Distance podium by Kristian Szczepitko and Jorge Bernal. For Speed, Kyle Lobpries and Joe Ridler took 2nd and 3rd.

Most competitors in the event, and all podium finishers for both Speed and Distance, were flying the C-Race or the CR+. Congrats to all present, and we’ll see you at Kapowsin for the next comp! Full results here.

At the 2017 Norwegian National Championships, Espen took Gold – or, in this case, a fancy silver cup called a King’s Pokal, which looks like a great way to deliver a drink or three after a hard day’s flying. In Espen’s words: “A new generation of wingsuit pilots are gaining skills quickly in Norway, and this year’s nationals was the second ever. The federation is supporting pilots in the discipline, as well as encouraging wingsuiters to skydive more and compete in skydiving. Notable on the results board is Oscar Pessey who participated in a Sausage, doing 2:1+ GR on tricky cross wind conditions as well as doing the 6th fastest in speed run with 148 mph. Full results here.

Congrats to Alexey Galda, who took first overall at Wings Over Marl 2017. Dawid Winczewski gets another podium, taking 3rd.

Four out of the top five pilots flew the Squirrel CR+ (Thanks to Leo and Alex, rounding out the top 5). Full results here http://bit.ly/2uRetFt.

Congrats to Dawid Winczewski, who is having a very strong season flying his CR+. Dawid crushed the former FAI speed world record, with a 324kmh average (the previous was 302kmh). https://ppc.paralog.net/listtracks.php?sort=Speed&record=C

A few weeks later, in the Netherlands, Dawid took first overall at the Benelux Performance Cup, defeating a small but strong field of pilots, check out the results.

Honorable mention goes to CR+ pilots Stefan Gilbert, a newcomer to performance competitions who destroyed everyone in both Time tasks getting 100% each time, and Ulf Munkedal, who was the fastest in the comp, winning both Speed rounds.

Also this month, the WOWS Regional Event in GA, USA, wrapped up with Squirrel pilots sweeping the Speed and Distance podiums. Full results here.

Congrats everyone, we’re honored to be able to support so many of the world’s best pilots. Cheers, from all the Squirrel Team.

Squirrel Team Pilot, Chris Geiler, took first overall at the Italian National Championships with another stellar performance and a 9.9 point lead over 2nd place, flying his CR+ against a strong field of competitors. Alexey Galda, also flying the CR+, took 3rd. Full results here. CR+ pilots continue to be successful at performance competitions around the world. The same weekend, in Canada, Nicolas Alie-Charland and Blair Egan took first and second at the East Canadian Wingsuit Performance Comp.

Some wingsuits go up, sometimes. It has been this way for a while. For a few years now we have seen GPS data of wingsuits gaining altitude, we have seen video of it, and we have seen skepticism. Not that the skeptics matter. What matters is the feeling, and the feeling is good. For that reason, we put together a little team outing in the desert where we all passed the same landmark and booted it back up into the sky as best we could. It was an amazing day with friends, and this video shows a bit of the fun that we had.

The South African National Championships have come to a close and Squirrel pilots have once again swept the podium. Big congrats to Pierre Marais Badenhorst, Oliver Nothen, and Andrew de Jonge, who finished within a few points of each other but well ahead of the rest of the field.

The first Wide Open Wingsuit Series Championship event wrapped up yesterday at Skydive Perris, CA. Both speed and Distance Podiums were all Squirrel. This was the final event of the first season, which featured three Regional races at Chicagoland Skydiving Center, Skydive Perris, and Skydive Kapowsin. All WOWS races are 4-Cross format, where pilots race head-to-head through elimination brackets. A $3,000 championship prize purse was supported by sponsors (Squirrel) and competitor entry fees.

If you’d like to compete in a 2017 Season event, head to www.wingsuitrace.org and register. The comp format is friendly with an emphasis on sportsmanship and camaraderie.

It is inspiring and encouraging to see so many pilots invest in their skillset by attending these events. The 4-Cross format is exciting and relevant and it is a lot of fun to train for, together with your friends! Big thanks to Joe Ridler for organizing the heck out of this event, and the entire series. Curt Vogelsang, Mike Cook, Natalie Stella, and Andy Clement were indispensable.

Congrats to the winners! Full results can be seen here.