{"id":19540,"date":"2017-12-14T20:07:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T20:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/?p=19540"},"modified":"2023-10-29T13:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T20:24:43","slug":"what-is-xrw-skydive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/blog\/what-is-xrw-skydive\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is XRW?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In skydiving, several of our disciplines have the word \u201crelative\u201d in the title. \u201cRelative Work\u201d (or \u201cRW\u201d) is the word we use to describe \u201cflat\u201d jumps–where all the jumpers are oriented belly-to-earth, and the goal is to move relative to each other to take grips and make shapes. \u201cCanopy Relative Work\u201d (or \u201cCRW\u201d\/\u201dCReW\u201d) is the word we use to describe the discipline in which several (or many) jumpers fly parachutes relative to each other and link up into shapes in comparable ways. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

XRW is the newest addition to this full house of \u201crelatives.\u201d The acronym stands for \u201cCross Relative Work,\u201d and it\u2019s the word we use to describe the art of flying big wingsuits with tiny parachutes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This discipline is no beginner\u2019s pursuit. It\u2019s a challenge right at the outset to find pilots capable of successfully navigating either the suit or the parachute. Enormous wingsuits require incredibly delicate handling (as they\u2019re widely acknowledged to be tantamount to aircraft, albeit the most pernickety, ill-tempered aircraft on the planet) and tiny parachutes seem to relish throwing themselves into a brutal malfunction (nevermind that they always have to be landed at racetrack speeds). Putting the two elements together is nuts. <\/span>In fact: There\u2019s a <\/span>relatively<\/span><\/i> tiny number of pilots who have actually successfully \u201cdocked\u201d an XRW formation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also <\/span>amazing<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

XRW is beautiful to watch. It\u2019s <\/span>invigorating<\/span> to push the boundaries of what\u2019s possible. And there\u2019s much to be said for the sheer challenge of the thing: Putting an XRW jump together takes a lot of trust, preparation and practice. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This <\/span>discipline is SO new. At this stage of the game, we’re pioneering the discipline in much the same way that the very first skydivers did when they were first working towards passing a baton from one jumper to another in freefall.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch this incredible video of an XRW jump captured at Perris:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n