Author name: Lesley Gale

Lesley has been in love with skydiving for 35 years. She is a multiple world and national record holder and a coach on 20 successful record events worldwide. She has over 100 competition medals spanning more than 25 years and has been on the British 8-way National team at World events. She started Skydive Mag to spread knowledge, information and passion about our amazing sport. Lesley is delighted to be sponsored by Performance Designs, Sun Path, Cypres, Cookie, Symbiosis suits and Larsen & Brusgaard

Team Ripcord POPS 150-way

POPS World Record Event What event would bring together doctors, builders, aerospace engineers, commercial divers, firefighters, lawyers, military and other professions from 28 nations to converge on a small city in California, 90 miles north of the Mexican border? Well of course it’s the Team Ripcord 150-way POPS world record event at Skydive Perris in

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My Skydiving Footprint

Online CO2 emissions calculator Calculate yours at MySkydivingFootprint __ My Skydiving Footprint Recently there have been many discussions about our environmental footprint as skydivers in our community. In April this year, Bryan Burke wrote an article for Dropzone.com titled “How Green is My Skydive” in which he explored CO2 emissions from skydiving activities based on

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Planet skydive

Angle week 2018 Planet Skydive Satori Factory This video was shot during angle week 2018. It is an attempt to assess the status quo about climate change within the skydiving community. Hopefully this video will trigger more conversation around this topics and offer some clues to move towards a sustainable way to skydive, if such

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“T’as la Frite?!”

The Flying Frenchies do it again! {"type":"embed","data":"https://www.facebook.com/flying.frenchies/videos/566958210402759/?t=4"} Wingsuit pilot takes the fries! BLABLA FLIGHT AIRLINES “Captain Hook-Millot” and “Peter Pan-Nochez” say hello! Artefact Production Roman Marlon Advance Paragliders // Slack.fr // Salomon // Talloires Lac Annecy // Camping Campeole La Nublière // Crosscall// Altitude eyewear // Sportihome #flyingfrenchies #parapente #paragliding #wingsuit #captainhook By the Flying

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Foundations: Head-down TURNS

Create a heading change in head-down, increase basic skills and body awareness Head-down turns – Axis Foundations of Flight Head-down Turns AXIS Flight School Instructor Niklas Daniel demonstrates Head-Down flying turns in Daffy, Shelf and Straddle positions. Start small with 90s and build up to 180s and 360s Be precise with stops Fly with a

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