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

Banish Big-way Brainlocks!

Brain Lock Brain lock – A condition of temporary confusion, indecision, or mental paralysis – Merriam Webster Been there, done that, right? We should add – Cognitive lapses that arise from failing to manage the known precipitating conditions. “You can design and create, and build the most wonderful skydive in the world. But it takes

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Catching up with… Reed Ramage

Freefly coach Reed Ramage burst on the European scene this summer like a firework, captivating everyone with his energy, positivity and incredible skills. He’s upbeat, positive, adorable and flies amazingly. He’s just like a labrador… if labradors could skydive. We wanted to find out where and why this lovable Australian puppy has been hiding his

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Never Give Up!

Cutaway to double malfunction Never give up! Phillip Hoang has a skydiver’s worst nightmare – keeps fighting – and ends with a hug! (incident and solutions are explained here – if you have a late 90s Javelin, check it out to make sure your gear is airworthy) ​

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KL Tower Highlights

​ Fabulous highlight video by John McEvoy of KL Tower International Jump, 29 September – 2 October 2017. KL Tower BASE 2017 KL Tower International Jump is an annual BASE extravaganza, with the blessing of the town for BASE jumpers from all over the world to gather to jump the Kuala Lumper Tower for 4

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Water Heater Skydive

Strange things are afoot in the Arizona desert… Some skydivers stumbled upon a deserted water heater that had been left for dead in the desert. Using their high-octane imaginations, the skydivers rigged up the heater with handles then took it up to 14,000 feet and threw it out of the airplane for one hell of

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Changing Thoughts

Changing Thoughts | skydiving art | vexedart – Vedi Djokich In this project I wanted to visually express thoughts, and also physically depict them changing. We invite you to watch the video and then read about its creation… THOUGHTS Positive, Negative, Nothing… Thoughts are ephemeral, they come and go. They can be positive at one

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Rocket Skydive!

Skydiving with a Rocket! This is the first instalment of a 3-part stunt series by Negative4 Productions The Team: Konstantine Petrijcuk, Melissa Payne Petrijcuk, Larry Hack, Dalton swan, Eric Salas, Raymond Adams, Tom Baker, Steve Curtis, Sara Curtis, Tony Antonivich, Stacey Parker Mike Cook. Subscribe to Negative4 Productions if you want to see the escalation!

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