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Each year, more than half a million people enjoy the life-changing experience of jumping out of an airplane for the first time. United States Parachute Association members, numbering around 42,000 along with about a half million first-timers, made roughly 4 million skydives last year at more than 230 USPA-affiliated skydiving centers across the country.

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Star Awards Deadline Quickly Approaching
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Star Awards Deadline Quickly Approaching

In an effort to encourage technological innovation that advances our sport, USPA is holding its technology development contest in conjunction with its exhibit at the Parachute Industry Association Symposium in Reno, Nevada, February 27-March 3, 2023. USPA’s Skydiving Technology Advancement Roundup (STAR) competition is a collaborative effort to spotlight and support technological innovations that benefit skydiving in some way. Finalists will have the opportunity to demonstrate their products live or remotely at USPA’s exhibit booth to compete for a cash prize and attention from potential investors. In addition to the overall winner chosen by the judging panel, USPA will award an Honorable Mention and a People’s Choice Award.
Entries must be submitted no later than January 27, 2023. Finalists will be selected by February 3. More information is available by visiting uspa.org/star or emailing it@uspa.org.

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The United States Parachute Association is a voluntary non-profit membership organization of individuals who enjoy and support the sport of skydiving. The association is incorporated in New York and follows the by-laws contained in the USPA Governance Manual.

Membership in USPA provides education that enhances safety, benefits that keep you secure, and services to keep you skydiving.

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