PARACHUTIST STORE Search Register Login Competition / SCM Overview PDF | ONLINE | FLIP BOOK The USPA Constitution binds USPA "to sanction skydiving competitions, to document officially all state, national and world skydiving records set by citizens of the U.S., and to select and train the United States Parachute Team for world competition." The Skydiver's Competition Manual prescribes procedures by which national competitions are selected and conducted, how judges are rated, how records are set, and how teams are selected. Download a chapter or the entire Skydiver's Competition Manual on the right. Annually, USPA conducts the National Parachuting and Skydiving Championships to recognize national champions in the sport’s seven competition disciplines: Accuracy Landing, Canopy Formation, Canopy Piloting, Canopy Piloting - Freestyle, Formation Skydiving, Artistic Events, Speed Skydiving and Wingsuit Flying. In addition, USPA hosts the National Collegiate Skydiving Championships annually for the collegiate skydiving community. The top placers from each Open class of the National Championships (except the Collegiates) are chosen to represent the United States at international parachuting and skydiving competitions. In the United States, USPA oversees all competitive and record-setting parachuting activities, in consonance with its relationship with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). USPA is a member of the International Skydiving Commission (ISC), the parachuting arm of the FAI. ISCis responsible for promulgating the rules by which the world meets are conducted and world records are measured and ratified. USPA's delegate to the ISCis National Director Kirk Verner and the alternate delegate is Steve Hubbard, USPA's Director of Competition. Early each year (late January/early February) the ISC meets to deal with issues of international scope. Skydiver's Competition Manual Chapters & Archives Name Type Size Archives Skydiver's Competition Manual (Complete) pdf 30.2 MB Change Document pdf 140.0 KB Chapter 1: General pdf 346.3 KB Chapter 2: Judging pdf 239.2 KB Chapter 3: Records pdf 277.0 KB Chapter 4: U.S. Parachute Team pdf 263.8 KB Chapter 5: Site Selection pdf 300.7 KB Chapter 6: International Activities pdf 208.9 KB Chapter 7: Collegiates pdf 4.6 MB Chapter 8: Accuracy Landing pdf 242.0 KB Chapter 9: Formation Skydiving pdf 22.1 MB Chapter 10: Canopy Formation pdf 368.8 KB Chapter 11: Artistic Events pdf 537.4 KB AE Routine Description Form pdf 3.1 MB Chapter 12: Canopy Piloting pdf 745.0 KB Chapter 13: Canopy Piloting - Freestyle pdf 613.3 KB Chapter 14: Wingsuit Flying pdf 380.4 KB ISC Wingsuit Grid zip 18.0 MB Chapter 15: Speed Skydiving pdf 290.7 KB 2021 Test Event - 4-Way FS Beginner Class pdf 4.4 MB USPA 5401 Southpoint Centre Blvd., Fredericksburg, VA, 22407 (540) 604-9740 M-F 9am-5pm Eastern (540) 604-9741 uspa@uspa.org Copyright 2021 by United States Parachute Association Privacy Statement | Terms Of Use