Israel has a new bodyflight record, set Monday by a group of 12 women. In a wind tunnel at the Flybox facility in Rishon Lezion – which simulates skydiving – the members of the all-female group created complicated forms in a state of vertical bodyflight at winds of 240 km/hr (149 mph).
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Bodyflight is a new sport in Israel and demands mental concentration as well as physical exertion, particularly using one's core muscles.
Monday's even was the brainchild of bodyflight instructors Inbar Rosen, a skydiving photographer who has made over 4,500 jumps, and Daphne Morley – Israel's reigning freestyle bodyflight champion.
The youngest member of the record-setting group is only 13, and the eldest is in her 40s.
According to Arik Kaplan, president of the Ayelet Federation of Non-Olympic Sport in Israel, said, "Skydiving is a developing sport in Israel, especially bodyflight in a wind tunnel. We at Eilat are working to promote the sport. We invite the public at large to come and try bodyflight."
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