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Greek Blue Rebels over Bulgarian Dropzone - Greek Skydiving Team

On May 24 and 25 of 2008, the Blue Rebels had the nerve to do what no one else has ever done in Greek skydiving history. It was the first time that a Greek 4 way skydiving team participated in an International Competition. After strenuous training and big effort, they are proud for what they´ve achieved and hope to have pleased the people who believe in them. Blue Rebels is a Greek Skydiving team led by its founder Giannis Delaportas.

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Giannis Delaportas

Giannis Delaportas is the inspirator, the creator, the team leader, the instructor and the trainer of the first and unique Greek 4 way formation skydiving team, the Blue Rebels skydiving team. He was born in Messolongi, a small town of Greece. His interest for skydiving has started since his childhood. On 1977 he contacted Mr. Ioannis Zoumis, Mr. Makis Kafantaris and Mr. Fanis Prapavesis who he loves to call “fathers” of Greek skydiving. On 1987 he entered the Hellenic Parachuting School of the army, where he made his first jump and where he served after that, as a Paratrooping Instructor. After he finished his national service he started been activated as a civilian instructor and he does so up to today.

Giannis is a versatile athlete. He deals with water polo since 1974 and has been part of the Greek National Water polo Team from 1978 to 1982. He is a master trainer of Hellenic Federation of Kick Boxing. He has conquered the 2nd place on the European Kick Boxing championship in 1981. He owns a black belt in Okinawa karate (3 dan) and he is an authorized coach. As a typical adventurer he is also a graduate of Greek Diving Center, scuba diving school and since 1989 flies paragliding. He is a teacher of physical education.

Blue Rebels Skydiving

As they put it on their website: If you like to live in a team, if you accept honesty and fairness, if you love skydiving, then sent us an e-mail speaking about yourself. Always bear in mind that your opponent is yourself. You should try to surpass your record each time. There are many skydivers and other teams better than us, and we may never achieve to become like them. We will always compete against our selves, nevertheless. Through this procedure we will be a great team, a strong family, where selfishness has no place. (giannis_freefall@yahoo.com)

They simply love skydiving and travel the world to perform it. So far their team has traveled at least to 21 foreign dropzones around the world.

Address: AVA Flying Centre, Erden airfield in Montana Province, Bulgaria. The airfield was built in 2006. Located 5 km south of Boychinovtsi near the village of Erden. Adrex.com will bring you more information about the dropzone soon.

For courses and possible cooperation with Blue Rebels go to: www.bluerebels.gr

Source: Blue Rebels website Thanks to Giannis Delaportas. All images are property of Blue Rebels Skydiving team. Video: Youtube