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

Fly it FORWARD

The World Team’s 20th anniversary event, a 2 point, 222-way world record attempt, entitled Fly it Forward has begun! At the dropzone in Eloy, AZ, the skydivers from 28 nations have converged! The excitement, camaraderie and sheer joy of meeting up with fellow team members for this epic world record is palpable. Training Days There

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New Mexican Record

40 Mexican jumpers completed the formation to achieve the new Mexican Record, on 17 February 2014. 40 of the most experienced skydivers in the country met in one of the most important DZ´s in Latin america Skydive Cuautla, located in Cuautla Morelos, México. They had to deal with some aircraft and altitude problems, but finally

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NYC Freedom Tower BASE

NYC Freedom Tower BASE Jump – Video from helmet camera of ironworker James Brady. James was on the team of that completed the spire, making it the tallest building in New York. He later sneaked back and base jumped it, with a couple of well chosen friends. Fair Play! Brady was following tradition.

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Cypres 2 New Option

Opening altitudes for main canopies have been rising in the last several years for safety reasons. There has been a general upward trend for more than a decade, due to canopy opening characteristics changing as designs develop. C and D licence parachutists are now required to open higher if they jump at USPA or BPA

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Little & LARGE!

Too Porky? Hello Roy We have just started training again (in the wind tunnel) with our 4-way team, after a bit of a break over winter. My piece partner, who is Tail, seems to have put on a lot of weight since we last flew. She says she’s put on 6 kg but it looks

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VFS2014

The Lemay Family are somewhat like the Olympic Torch. Generations of skydiving World Champions, their Canadian National team could not possibly be more aptly named: Evolution. Beginning with father and 3 sons, all who did tandems as children, Evolution have been 4-way FS Canadian Champions for a decade, recruiting more talent when Dad

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