Wind Games Explained
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 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
Notes and References
- 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.
- http://www.ffp.asso.fr/wind-games-2014/ "Wind Games 2014"
- Anne Maxwell, "Wind Games 2015", Skydive, 9 December 2014.
- Windoor Realfly, "Wind Games 2015 Results" (video, 6 minutes 25 seconds), YouTube.
- http://www.skydivemag.com/stream/wind-games-2016 "Wind Games 2016"
- Randee Dawn, "Wind Games winner will blow you away with astounding aerial dance moves", Today, 26 January 2016 (videos).
- https://www.windoor-realfly.com/en/windgames/2017 "Wind Games 2017"
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38890112 "Kyra Poh: The 14-year-old girl who's the 'fastest flyer'"
- http://www.stern.de/sport/sportwelt/wind-games-2017--die-14-jaehrige-kyra-holt-zweimal-gold-und--alles-fuer-opa--7315518.html "Die 14-jährige Kyra holt zweimal Gold und 'alles für Opa'"
- http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/indoor-skydiving-singaporean-teen-kyra-poh-wins-two-golds-at-wind-games-in-spain "Indoor skydiving: Singaporean teen Kyra Poh wins two golds at Wind Games in Spain"
- 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).