| | Inquiring minds in ESPN's Programming Department want your input. Help them decide if the sport of freeflying should be part of the 2001 X Games.
Check out the freeflying video, read the explanation of the sport below, then vote in our poll.
According to the SSI Pro Skysurfing & Freeflying tour, freeflying is a team parachuting discipline consisting of three athletes; two freeflyers and a cameraflyer. All team members, fly in mostly vertical oriented body positions, utilizing all four dimensions of their environment. The cameraflyer records the performance with a helmet-mounted camcorder but also contributes to the performance interactively through his or her own creative and athletic skills.
Judges on the ground score the team's video for 50% technical and 50% performance criteria. Teams also earn bonus points for performing different routines.
The freefly team's performance is judged for the first 40 seconds of their 40-60 second freefall that begins at 13,000 feet. Most freefly teams average rate of descent is up to 50% faster than skysurfing, often in the 160-180 mph range, but can reach peak speeds of over 250 mph, making freeflying the fastest human team sport in the world.
Music on video courtesy of Headboard.
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