NZPF National's Held At Skydive Auckland
Skydive Auckland hosted the NZPF NZ Nationals Skydiving Championships 2025! This freefall competition, took place on 22-23 February, and brought visitors to Auckland, and from as far away as Australia, to compete and spectate. Multiple disciplines were open for skydivers to compete in such as SpeedSkydiving, 4-Way Formations and Wingsuiting. There were 40 skydivers taking part including 6 teams. Training days for the Nationals were held on 20-21 February where there was world-class coaching for all the individuals and teams taking part in the event. Speed and Formation competitions each have different levels so that skydivers of all experience levels can join in with the Nationals.
A total of 336 skydives were completed as part of the competition. Over 500 sport skydives took place across the 4 days 20-23 January (Training days & Nationals comp).
Our very own Tandem Master Owen came first in the Men’s Speed Skydiving at 390.3km/hr. For the very first time, Speed Skydiving was part of the NZPF National’s Skydiving Championships 2025! Skydivers reach the fastest speed possible during freefall. It’s the fastest non-motorised sport in the world! Competitors assume a head-down position, wear tight fitting jumpsuits and record their speed on GPS. The performance is from exit for the next 7400ft freefall and judged by the average of the fastest 3 seconds. Who doesn’t want to go fast!
Paree Del la Varis won the Women’s Speed Skydiving with her best speed at 321.90km/hr.
For the wingsuiting category, competitors wear purpose made suits that allow them to maximise their glide time and horizontal distance in the air. Judging is based on flight duration, distance covered and speed, captured by GPS. One of the world’s top wingsuit athletes, Jason Dodunski, came to Auckland to coach wingsuiting at this year’s Nationals.
During 4-way formation jumps, teams will jump 8-10 times and each time performing a different sequence which they are provided 1 hour prior to doing it. The group of 4 will fulfil the sequence as many times as they can within 35 seconds. The synchronization is challenging and it takes a lot of concentration! All formation jumps are recorded by a video which is provided to the judges so they can count it. The world record is 65 formations in 35 seconds in 4-way by Skydive Hayabusa, who actually trained at Skydive Auckland last year.
Skydive Auckland was also open for tandem skydives alongside this competition and many locals and tourists came to take the leap of a lifetime this weekend strapped to their instructor from 18,000ft.
