Freeflying is a skydiving discipline which began in the late 1980s, involving freefalling in various vertical orientations, as opposed to the traditional "belly-to-earth" orientation. The discipline is known to have originated when Olav Zipser began experimenting with non-traditional forms of bodyflight. Zipser founded the FreeFly Clowns as a two-person competitive team with Mike Vail in 1992, and was joined by Omar Alhegelan (1st ever FAI Freestyle World Cup & World Champion), Charles Bryan, and Stefania Martinengo in 1994. The FreeFly Clowns are also credited with opening the first school to teach freeflying, The First School of Modern SkyFlying. Freeflying broke into the limelight in 1996 when the SSI Pro Tour added freeflying as a three-person competitive discipline at the second televised event (with Skysurfing), part of ESPN's Destination Extreme series. 150 countries watched the FreeFly Clowns (Olav Zipser, Charles Bryan and Omar Alh
Se sabe que la disciplina se originó cuando Olav Zipser comenzó a experimentar con formas no tradicionales de vuelo corporal. Zipser fundó los FreeFly Clowns como un equipo competitivo de dos personas con Mike Vail en 1992, y se unió a Omar Alhegelan (primer campeón de la FAI Freestyle World Cup & World Champion), Charles Bryan, y Stefania Martinengo en 1994. Los FreeFly Clowns también se acreditan con la apertura de la primera escuela para enseñar vuelo libre, The First School of Modern SkyFlying. Freeflying entró en la luz en 1996 cuando el SSI Pro Tour añadió como una disciplina competitiva de tres personas en el segundo evento televisado (con Skysurfing), parte de la serie de países de la ESPN Extestination, Alhhhhns Omar, y el Charles F. Bryan 150 (Bryan Free, Olav Bryan 150).