SKY DIVING - Skydivers walking on air over great contest success

The head judge at this weekend's skydiving nationals, Steve McCurley, believes Whangarei could become a regular host of the event in the years to come.
The Tauranga judge was so impressed with the way the competition has gone that he is willing to bet it won't be long until the nationals return.
"Personally, I hope it will be here again next year ... I think they're near shoo-ins to get it again," he predicted.
"Everybody has had a good time, it hasn't been a complete walkover by any individual or team, so it's been very competitive and lots of fun," McCurly said.
He said the joint hosts - Whangarei's Air Action Sports Skydiving club and skydiving academy Ballistic Blondes - deserved reward for their organisation of an event put together at very short notice.
"They put on such a good show that I would like to see it here again," he said.
Awarding the event was a year-by-year decision and there was no set process involved.
"Sometimes drop zones get it two to three years in a row and other times they'll have it once and never get it again - it has a lot to do with the performance of the clubs when they host it," he added.
Organiser Kelly Cullen said positive feedback from the judges and the competitors had encouraged them to think about a bid to hold the world swoop competition in Whangarei at some stage.
"We'd like to bring a world championship event here one day but we'd need to build a swoop pond here first, so that's the next stage for us," she said.
Whangarei's Laszlo Csizmadia was the big winner over the weekend, winning three national titles. He won the four-way formation event with Richie Munro, Attila Csizmadia, Tim Sheehan and Brendon Swain (camera), the two-way with Csizmadia and Munro (camera). Whangarei had a clean sweep in the expert swoop competition, with Whangarei's Davy Hogg and Tony Donaldson second and third respectively.
Whangarei's Ida Donley and Auckland's James Niven won the intermediate two-way contest, with Auckland's Jill Hewitt and Aaron Mariett and Taupo's Jo Snowden winning the free fly competition.
Niven also won the junior swoop contest ahead of Whangarei's Kevin Purdie and Gary Cullen, while New Plymouth's Frank Conway won the classic accuracy title ahead of Whangarei's Gary Cullen.
Kelly Cullen said the weekend had been a spectacular success.
"Heaps of people have stopped in just to say how much they've enjoyed the awesome visuals over the airport and we've had a fabulous weekend - everybody has been safe and it's has been a great event."