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

Swiss BASE 2014

The second instalment of the summer BASE trip. Scotty showed up so I got to start working on my camera flying while still focusing on the important things like a good margin for safety, wingsuit starts, and tracking. Huge thanks to Squirrel for making the Aura. I consistently have fast starts, and it’s super […]

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Having your Cake and Eating It

Harley Davidson rider takes his beauty Paragliding past Mt Timpanogos – Brilliant! If pigs could fly.. well now motorbikes can! ThrillSeekers at Cloud 9 Toys and Timpanogos Harley Davidson make a world first by flying a 700lb Harley Davidson under a paraglider. Stunt Director-Jared Willardsen Pilot- Steve Mayer Harley Davidson

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Banana, Banana, Banana!!

Wingsuit flying is undoubtedly the sharp end of skydiving. Suit design and manufacture has created incredibly responsive flying machines. All benefits have their price, and the downside of an ultra high performance suit is, it’s easy to lose control… as this video [below] of a very experienced wingsuiter (700 wingsuit jumps) shows. Steve’s Wingsuit Cutaway

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Cannon ball

Refreshingly different, this short video shows freefall fun in all sorts of ways…tracking front loops, flying head-down in a wingsuit, head-up weaving, synchronised somersaults, and all with massive smiles Refreshingly different, this short video shows freefall fun in all sorts of ways…tracking front loops, flying head-down in a wingsuit, head-up weaving, synchronised somersaults, and all

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Designing your training day

When you form a team, you will make many decisions which include the design of a training day. Crafting the perfect day is a custom experience since each team’s needs, situation, and experience level vary widely. Even a throw-together team meeting for a single weekend you will face questions about pace, meet time, and how

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The Outlaw

The Outlaw is a versatile Base canopy that, Squirrel say, excels in technical landing areas and has more science per square foot than any other Base canopy. The focus on the Outlaw was on making an incredibly versatile canopy, for all base environments. This has been made possible by low-freefall-specific features and reefing devices for

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