Every world title is decided twice: once in the air, and once by the people who write the rules, read the data and sign off the scores. Steve Hubbard has spent fifteen years and around 8,000 jumps on both sides of that line, from flying for the first US team at the inaugural World Cup in Netheravon to serving as Chief Judge at the 2026 FAI World Championships at Skydive Elsinore.
In this episode of Leading Edge, recorded on site at Elsinore, Steve explains how performance and acro are actually scored, why five judges beat three, what a Chief Judge really does, and how the FAI and ISC turn a year of committee work into the rulebook. He also makes the case for where competition goes next, from acro's unlikely revival to a standalone flare event. The takeaway: competitors will always push the rules until they break, and that cycle is exactly how the sport moves forward.
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