No new record at boogie show

No new record at boogie show

JAKARTA (JP): Due to strong winds, 130 sky divers of the international Bali-Lombok boogie show were only able to form a little star of no more than 30 parachutists -- far from the Asian record of 80, let alone the world record of 216, though some of them are world-rated.

Inadequate time for joint parachuting training was also responsible for the failure, a show organizer was quoted by Antara as saying.

A participant, Mark Newman of England, was flown back to his country after landing at Lombok's Senggigi beach and getting a sprained ankle on Tuesday. Around 80 foreign parachutists, including those from the U.S., the Netherlands, Japan and Germany, have taken part in the two-week show slated to end yesterday. (arf)