'It’s high-flying fun': Calgary hosts 2023 Indoor Skydiving Championships

Athletes from across Canada strapped on their helmets and suited up in Calgary on Saturday to compete in the West Canadian Indoors Skydiving Championships.

Athletes from across Canada strapped on their helmets and suited up in Calgary on Saturday to compete in the West Canadian Indoor Skydiving Championships.

The event, held at iFly Calgary at Deerfoot City, welcomed some of the most talented skydivers and tunnel flyers competing in various disciplines including solo freestyle, vertical and team formation disciplines.

Calgary general manager Amanda Fahlman said 38 teams entered this year accounting for about 76 competitors of all ages.

"That's one of our biggest things is we want to share the dream of flight with everybody and for all abilities. It's an afternoon of high flying fun," she said.

"This is the second competition we’ve put on and we’ve been training people for a long time for events like this, lots of people come very often to our facility, they fly weekly and now they're competing."

One of those younger athletes is 19-year-old Kate Bayda who only began learning about indoor skydiving just a couple of years ago.

She now has dreams to compete internationally and win championships on the world stage as she continues to improve her freestyle skills.