gweeks 1 #1 June 21, 2005 Team up with Skydive Delmarva's RW Concepts this weekend to commemorate and pay tribute to the architects and founders of freefall Relative Work. The Bob Buquor Memorial Star Crest Awards, begun in 1967, are the original, traditional, and time-honored awards for recognizing proficiency in freefall formation skydiving. They distinguish a qualifying parachutist as a “Select Type of Accomplished Relative Worker Combining Reliability, Enthusiasm, Skill, and Teamwork.” Robert H. Buquor was a skydiving pioneer who played a major role in the origin of star formation relative work in the 1960s. He initiated and photographed the majority of the early star attempts in Arvin, California and captured the first 8-man star there on film on October 17th, 1965. Tragically though, Bob drowned off Malibu Beach, California in 1966 while filming a dangerous movie sequence for a major studio and it is to his driving enthusiasm for skydiving in general, and RW in particular, that these awards and membership in the BBMSC are dedicated. RW Concepts will focus their efforts this weekend towards organizing skydives designed to give interested jumpers the opportunity to earn these prestigious awards. The SCR is awarded to all participants of a freeflown 8-way or larger formation held stable for a minimum of 5 seconds. The SCS is earned by entering 8th or later into a freeflown 8-way or larger star formation also held stable for a minimum of 5 seconds. So mark your calendars and make plans to attend this SCR/SCS awards camp and earn YOUR Star Crest awards. Award applications will be available during this weekend and once submitted to and validated by BBMSC, recipients will receive their official Star Crest numbers and have their names permanently entered onto the roles of the BBMSC where you will be in good company with many of the forefathers of our sport. Remember, everyone is a one man star! To build something bigger you gotta do RW!! IMPORTANT NOTE: to help us plan ahead, RW Concepts would like to get an idea of how many people will be participating in this event. Please contact us via this web site: http://www.skydivedelmarva.com/contact_us/rwconcepts.html Thanks and we hope to see you all there. Blue skies….. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amanduh 0 #2 June 21, 2005 [CENTER]ON YOUR KNEES, MAGGOTS!!!! [/CENTER] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #3 June 21, 2005 Its great to see some of the northern states assisting in keeping this alive. Seems like the south has been the ones who kept it up. Hope you have a great turnout... J Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 June 21, 2005 Seems like the south has been the ones who kept it up. *** Texas. It seems like outside of Texas SCR ceremonies are few and far.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #5 June 21, 2005 QuoteSeems like the south has been the ones who kept it up. *** Texas. It seems like outside of Texas SCR ceremonies are few and far. I stand corrected young man.. yeeee haaaawwwww Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #6 June 21, 2005 And please don't call delaware a northern state. Anything below CT is the deep south as far as I'm concerned. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #7 June 21, 2005 QuoteAnd please don't call delaware a northern state. Anything below CT is the deep south as far as I'm concerned. Dave I have always said that I am geographically challenged. I guess this proves it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gweeks 1 #8 June 21, 2005 QuoteI have always said that I am geographically challenged. I guess this proves it. It's all a matter of perspective when it comes to North vs. South. I'm a Marylander. My wife is from Long Island and she considers me a Southerner. On the other hand, all my Virginia relatives think I'm a damn Yankee from up North. I do think it's great that these awards are being revived somewhere other than Texas (not that there's anything wrong with Texas)! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #9 June 21, 2005 Congrats on keeping the tradition... Bob Buquor Memorial Star Crest AwardsMy reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #10 June 22, 2005 In Australia, the Starcrest is part of the licencing structure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #11 June 22, 2005 QuoteIn Australia, the Starcrest is part of the licencing structure. Really, how does that work? Do they require you to send in the paperwork? That is the biggest problem is that we tend to do the jump and ceremony but people tend not to send in the 20.00$ or the form?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #12 June 23, 2005 Yup. To jump in a group containing 8 or more people, you must posess a Starcrest. There's no separate SCR & SCS; just a Starcrest Award. To get a Starcrest you must sucessfully complete three jumps all of which meet the following requirements: - 8-10 particpants. - Starcrestee must dock fifth or later. - Jump witnessed by two current Starcrest holders. The scheme is administered separately to the one in the USA. The CI (~=DZO) at my dropzone is very reluctant to sign off C Licences (=100 jumps) for people that don't have their Starcrests. Of course, once you receive your Starcrest, you must buy . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krkeenan 0 #13 June 23, 2005 I agree with the others. It's great to see that this tradition is being kept alive. When i got mine in Texas, I thought it was a universal thing. When I moved east to Florida, I found out otherwise. I hope your weekend is successful. I wish I could be there to pour some beer. Kevin K. SCR 3022 SCS 2226====================== Seasons don't fear the Reaper, nor do the Wind, the Sun, or the Rain... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gweeks 1 #14 June 27, 2005 Just an update... 11 Awards were earned this weekend. Congratulations to all the participants and thanks to the guys who already had their awards and helped make it happen! SCR Recipients included: Grant Spurrell Bruce Roberts Rob Julian Christine Weeks Gregor Weeks Steve Smith Chris Osborne Ed Short SCS Recipients included: Grant Spurrell Gregor Weeks Ed Short Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
