They usually train at Paris Jump, at the Chéu-Saint-Florentin airfield. At the beginning of November 2024, they accomplished a feat in Arizona: breaking a world record. The paratroopers tell.
Nine parachutists from Paris Jump are co-holders of the TBS world record (sequential total breaktotal separation between formations) in relative flight which was beaten earlier this month in Eloy, Arizona. They carried the colors of the Chéu-Saint-Florentin aerodrome club very high.
“It’s the largest skydiving center in the world,” explains Polo Grisoni who, in addition to participating, was the coach of the French team. We were one hundred and fifty-one paratroopers, from twenty-seven nations. And the participants, most of them already record holders, totaled 600,000 jumps between them! »
Figures at 180 km/h
The challenge consisted of jumping at an altitude of 5,500 m, joining together to perform a first figure, all connected to each other, then separating to then, quickly, perform a second figure. A feat when we know that the last ones dropped reach 350 km/h to join the first and that the figures are performed in a few seconds at 180 km/h.
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With Polo Grisoni, Manue Nicols, Marion Baggio, Théo Barré, Frédéric Bertin, Thomas Chomel, Alexandre Dumontrond, Jean-Pol Intelo and Arnaud Woiselle made up the local group. Polo Grisoni is delighted: “I am happy that the organizers trusted me by allowing me to take four young people who were new to this type of competition. I had done a lot of technical but also psychological preparation work with them for stress management. »
Théo Barré, one of them, says: “It’s a great experience shared with others and we get to know each other. You have to know how to concentrate, transform your stress into energy. After experiencing this, I only want to do it again. »
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