Collision Avoidance!
Narrow miss video and lessons we can learn…
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Ten Tips to Stay Alive
There are old skydivers and bold skydivers but no old, bold skydivers…
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Rhythm Skydiving 401 Review
Check out the new 4-way App by SDC Rhythm – everything you want to know
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Hang on for DEAR LIFE!
First Time Hang Gliding Nightmare! Don’t Let Go! My first time Hang Gliding turned into a near death experience as my safety harness was never hooked to the Glider. I had to hang on for my life for 2 minutes 14 seconds! The landing was a rough one, but I lived to tell the story.
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Gear Checks!!
I fixed the RSL of a guy in the loading area and he had a cutaway 15 minutes later I have had the opportunity to travel the world skydiving for the last 18 years. Most of my skydiving experience has been with the US Army Parachute Team Golden Knights. Our ‘SOP’ (Standard Operating Procedure) was
Luis Mendez – On the PD Sofa
Luis Adolfo Lopez-Mendez tells a great story about being scared on his first jump… “I like people who are scared, I can relate to them” {"type":"embed","data":"https://www.facebook.com/PerformanceDesigns/videos/366121207288898/?t=213"}
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Catching up with… Mason Corby
Meet Mason Corby – skydiving and tunnel coach, who quit ‘the real world’ years ago because he wanted to work in the sport. It seems to have worked out impeccably! Mason was on the World Record head-down 164-way. He won the Extreme Games 4-way Dynamic competition with team Southern Fly, and created ‘Downunder Dynamics’, a
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C for CAMERA
If you jump with a GoPro or Contour camera, we would like to remind you about USPA’s recommendations: that skydivers hold a C license before jumping with a camera, AND have received instruction about potential problems from an experienced camera flyer. Skydive Arizona wholeheartedly supports these recommendations for very good reasons. Someone with low jump
Foundations: Sit to Sit Backflip
AXIS Flight School Instructor Niklas Daniel demonstrates the four stages of a backflip from head-up… Sit to Sit Backloop Sit to Sit Backflip Starting in head-up neutral, find horizon… Raise arms and pull legs in Fly on back, then kick legs towards the horizon Once vertical, look back to find original heading Anticipate stopping with
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Wingsuit Rodeo
A rodeo is big fun. But it is already a kind of stunt. Be aware of that. Nobody is doing anything unsafe on purpose, but a lot of bloody stuff can happen. I’m logging 2,100+ wingsuit flights now, and it took me quite a while before I considered to take somebody on the top of
