Wind Games
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The WindGames (formerly The Wind Games) are annual indoor skydiving competitions hosted by Windoor, an operator of vertical wind tunnels.
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| Sport | Indoor skydiving |
| Location | Empuriabrava, Spain |
| Established | 2014 |
| Broadcast | Wind Games's channel on YouTube |
| Website | www |
History
The first WindGames event took place in 2014 at Windoor's indoor skydiving facility in Empuriabrava, Spain, where every event has been held since. The WindGames includes Vertical Formation Skydiving, 4-way Formation Skydiving, 2-way Dynamic, 4-way Dynamic, Solo Speed, Freestyle and Freestyle Junior.[1]
In January 2016, The WindGames became the first major international competition to mandate a routine performed to music in their first Freestyle event.[2] This integration of music is credited with transforming the discipline; within 36 hours, the performances from the event went viral, bringing the sport to a mainstream audience for the first time.[3][4] The format's impact continued in subsequent years, as a new generation of flyers achieved similar viral success and maintained the sport's visibility in the public eye.[5][6]
After an extended pause in events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The WindGames resumed in 2024.[7]
Events
| Year | Date | City | Videos |
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| 2014 | 17–18 January |  Empuriabrava |
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| 2015 | 23–24 January | Empuriabrava |
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| 2016 | 21–23 January | Empuriabrava |
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| 2017 | 3–4 February | Empuriabrava |
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| 2018 | 1–3 February | Empuriabrava |
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| 2019 | 31 January – 2 February | Empuriabrava |
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| 2020 | 30 January – 1 February | Empuriabrava |
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| 2024 | 23–24 February | Empuriabrava |
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| 2025 | 30 January – 1 February | Empuriabrava |
Medalists
Vertical Formation Skydiving
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2014 | Team 4 Speed | Transfert | Element |
| 2015 | Avalon Realfly Sion | ||
| 2016 | SDC Core | Avalon Realfly Sion | Transfert |
| 2017 | SDC Core | Amudy | Flyspot Definition |
| 2018 | SkyRiders | Esercito | 4 amigos |
| 2019 | Italy VFS Team | SkyRiders Flyspot VFS | Ycaro Speed |
| 2020 | Full Speed | Esercito | Windoor Team |
| 2024 | Windoor barcelona | Vertical Storm | Top Top Quality |
| 2025 | Flyspot Synapses | VFS Warriors | Grip |
4-way Formation Skydiving
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2014 | NMP PCH HayaBusa | Arizona Airspeed | |
| 2015 | NMP PCH HayaBusa | Arizona Airspeed | Gavroche |
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | NMP PCH HayaBusa | Weembi Lille | Realfly Sion |
| 2018 | NMP PCH HayaBusa | Arizona Airspeed | Realfly Sion |
| 2019 | NMP PCH HayaBusa | Weembi High Rollers | Arizona Airspeed |
| 2020 | NMP PCH HayaBusa | Arizona Airspeed | SDC Rhythm XP |
| 2024 | Aethers Medjay | Qatar Tigers | NFTO |
| 2025 | Aethers Medjay | NMP PCH HayaBusa | Tunnel Vision |
2-way Dynamic
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2014 | |||
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| 2017 | Windobono | Hurricane Factory | Windoor Warriors |
| 2018 | Vipers | Windoor GB | Aspire |
| 2019 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2024 | Fanatics | Dodos | Eaglets |
| 2025 | 2WD Windoor | Windoor's Warriors Eaglets | Siro Gravity Windwerk |
4-way Dynamic
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | Windoor D4W | Friends 4 Eva | Guns & Waffles |
| 2018 | Nemesis | Windoor Vengadores | Windoor Fighters |
| 2019 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2024 | Kings of the Sky | Windwerk | Eaglets Fanatics Arena |
| 2025 | Windoor Empuriabrava | Kings of the Sky | Guardians of the Galaxy |
Solo Speed
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | Kyra Poh | Cesar Rico | Jamie Arnold |
| 2018 | Cesar Rico | Andrzej Soltyk | Noah Wittenburg |
| 2019 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2024 | James Rogers | Adrien Gallot | Lewis Hard |
| 2025 | Adrien Gallot | Lewis Hard | Cesar Rico |
Freestyle
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | Leonid Volkov | Maja Kuczyńska | Guillaume Boileau |
| 2017 | Kyra Poh | Jakub Harrer | Maja Kuczyńska |
| 2018 | Kyra Poh | Kaleigh Wittenburg | Maja Kuczyńska |
| 2019 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2024 | James Rogers | Evelina Kalugina | Daphny Morali |
| 2025 | Daphny Morali | Harrison Noel Murdock | Johannes Heptner |
Freestyle Junior
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
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| 2018 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2020 | Sydney Kennett | Kai Minejima Lee | Mate Feith |
| 2024 | Sofiya Korkhina | Fuyuki Kono | Tacy Giacometti |
| 2025 | Julia Schweizer | Melania Bociaga | Uliana Volynets |