While playing “real” Quidditch with a flying broomstick may be impossible, a group of skydivers have found the next best thing.
The sport came into being after it was described in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. It’s usually played on the ground; players have to carry a broom between their legs when running to pretend to be flying.
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But these skydivers have taken the game to another level entirely.
A recent video, which was uploaded to Facebook, shows a group them dressed up in their Quidditch gear leaping out of the plane, racing to capture the Quaffle, a ball around the size of a football, which you throw into one of three hoops to score your team points.
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Even though there were no bludgers, balls of iron enchanted to knock players of their broom sticks, or a golden snitch, a golden ball with wings almost impossible to catch, the participants were at least in the air – one step closer to the “real” Quidditch.
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