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

BASE Influence

The impact of British jumpers in developing BASE in the early days You guys have just made the whole world jumpable – Carl Boenish Base Development The early days of BASE and the impact British BASE jumpers had in developing BASE is not commonly known. My first BASE jump was El Capitan on the 4th […]

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Catching up with Mike Cook

Mike Cook is dedicated to creating innovative, creative videos of amazing experiences. His company, Negative4 Productions, specializes in BASE jumping, proximity flying and other extreme sports. They brought us the Skydiving car, the human slingshot and the quarter of a mile zipline BASE, among other amazing projects. Negative4 is also the driving force behind the

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Book Review: TYPE T

Type T by Andy Guest Type T is a book about his life on the edge. It includes descriptions of displays, world record stacks, intentional wraps for filming, early BASE jumps, double mal, mid-air rescue, 300′ opening and much more. Andy’s editor made the comment, “How the HELL are you still alive?!” A thumping good

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1/4 mile Zipline BASE

Andy Lewis is always up to new ideas. In this adventure, he rigs a 1/4 mile long zipline. It starts on the top of a huge rock located in Moab, UT 1/4 mile Zipline BASE Jump – Andy Lewis To access this tall, otherworldly rock, Andy and his friends must climb to the top. Once

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MFS Half Rebel Exit

Foundations of Flight Nik Daniel and Brianne Thompson demo the Half Rebel exit Foundations of Flight – Half Rebel exit More Foundations of Flight Videos AXIS Flight School has produced more than 30 videos about all aspects of body flight, click the link for more: Foundations of Flight Videos

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Made to MEASURE

You’ve talked to your local instructors, scoured dropzone.com, clicked through the gear shop websites and even ventured into the risky eBay waters. Yet that first rig continues to elude you. Although you’d love to go all new, the cash isn’t there. So finding something used or continuing to rent seem to be your only remaining

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Ladies World Record

The ‘Fly Girls’, a team of badass women led by Amy Chmelecki, set a sequential vertical world record in the skies above Sebastian. Amy also ran an event bringing elite female athletes together from a range of sports, and found they had a lot in common! Pro Skydiver Amy Chmelecki Leads Women’s Sport Summit Red

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2017 USPA Fatality Summary

And how to avoid making the same mistakes Beau Riebe and Albert Berchtold of Performance Designs review the 2017 USPA Fatalities list, and suggest how to prevent the biggest killers from happening to you… {"type":"embed","data":"https://www.facebook.com/PerformanceDesigns/videos/10155884526886293/"} "Let's make every day Safety Day" – Albert Berchtold Related Article 3 simple ideas that could save your life – by

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