Wingsuit Boogie Hungary
An international skydiving meeting and competition for wingsuit flyers, bringing together Hungarian and international pilots of the wingsuit community in Hungary every year between 2007 and 2016.
One of the world’s first wingsuit competitions
In 2007, the Hungarian BASE Jumping and Skydiving Sports Association organised one of the first international skydiving competitions in the world — after Russia and Germany — where wingsuit flyers, then representing a new discipline within skydiving, could compete against each other.
From that year until 2016, the international meeting and competition called Wingsuit Boogie Hungary was held every year at the end of July or the beginning of August for the lovers of wingsuit flying.
For many years, the event was one of the largest wingsuit skydiving competitions in the world in terms of the number of competitors.
Launch
The year of the first international wingsuit competition in Hungary.Final year
The meeting was held every year up to this point.Jump
The jumps were made from an altitude of 4000 metres.Categories
From 2013 to 2016, the competition ran in four categories.Meeting, competition, knowledge sharing
During the event, visitors and participants had the opportunity to attend free coaching and consultations every year. Demo and test suits could be tried free of charge, and safety presentations were organised with the participation of international experts.
Most of Hungary’s wingsuit pilots took part in the meeting, along with many foreign jumpers and internationally recognised skydivers.
Since 2016, the festival has been temporarily paused, but we have not given up hope that the event will one day return.
Who can fly the farthest?
The goal of the competition was to find out who could fly the greatest horizontal distance during freefall while losing a defined amount of altitude — in other words, who achieved the best glide ratio.
Jump altitude
The jumps were made from 4000 metres, with scoring measured within the 3000 to 2000 metre altitude window.
GPS measurement
During the competition, participants had to complete a maximum of 10 and at least 4 valid jumps verified with GPS data.
Body-mounted devices
The data was measured using devices attached to the body, helmet or arm.
Three best jumps
According to the rules used in Hungary, the average of the three best jumps counted toward the final result.
Winner
The winner was the jumper who achieved the best average flight angle from their three best results — in practical terms, the one who flew the longest distance.
Four competition categories
From 2013 to 2016, competitors could test their skills in four different categories.
Naked Tracking
Naked tracking category: only shorts above the knee were allowed, with no upper-body clothing. For women, wearing a bra was optional but allowed.
Tracking
Non-wingsuit category: any one-piece or two-piece tracking suit, or no dedicated tracking equipment, but with upper and lower clothing.
Wingsuit
From 2014 to 2016, wingsuit flyers competed in two separate categories based on suit surface area: intermediate and open.
Wingsuit Rodeo
One person flew in a wingsuit while the other wore normal clothing, maintaining continuous physical contact during the measured section. External or internal camera footage was required to validate the jump.
Wingsuit moments
Images from the world of wingsuit flying and the international wingsuit community.
We hope it will return one day
The festival has been temporarily paused since 2016, but the spirit of the event and the memories of the wingsuit community live on.