Todays update comes to us from Team Evolution, the Canadian National FS 4-way team. The performers on the team are made up of a father, Michael Lemay, and his 3 sons, Vincent, Martin, and Benoit. The team trains out of Nouvel Air with their videographer Daniel Paquette. Enjoy their point of view on the event and Dubai...
I have been sitting in front of my computer for few minutes trying to find a proper way to describe this meet. World-class skydiving, great people, sun, beaches, amazing city, prize money, unbelievable scenery and Shannon Pilcher is around (haha)... what better to ask for? These last days have been a great experience for the team. The pace is slow, but the sun is hot and the beach is nice to walk along. I really hope that the Dubai International Championship and Gulf Cup becomes an annual event. The city is under construction and I don’t think we have seen the lights of it yet.
As for the team, it has been a great learning journey in Dubai. The first 5 rounds have been incredible skydives for the team and we ended up posting some good scores on the board. We were standing 3rd after these 5 first rounds, 3 points ahead of the French. Unfortunately, we had a bad round at a bad timing. It was hard to swallow, but all of us will leave this meet better competitors. Canada will bounce back!
There are bunch of cool activities to do around Dubai. Since we had an early finish on Thursday, part of the team went to spend the afternoon at the water park. There are several places to go and things to see around Dubai. We all consider ourselves very lucky to be able to see the World Island and the Palm Jumeirah from above. This competition is definitely one of the highlights of the team’s young career.
Reported by:
Evolution
Canadian National Formation Skydiving Team
PD Sponsored Team
Photos by: Bruno Brokken
