In the last two months we had four premature openings…. One inside the aircraft, three in freefall. One of them ended with major bodily injuries to the skydiver involved. What can we learn from these dangerous incidents?… Premature # 1 – Wingsuiter A wingsuiter taking his place behind the pilot in a Cessna Grand Caravan […]
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Jimmy Pourchert of Apex BASE takes you on a radical jump off a Russian Swing in stunning Kjerag… Are you ready to get launched?! Russian Swing jump, by Jimmy Pouchert This jump took place at the annual SBK Heliboogie BASE jumping event, where each year hundreds of base jumpers from all over the world descend
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Austria, it’s not so far! Last year was the first edition of this event, the VIP 32-way Invitational Sequentials. The Austrian Markus Kordesch, whom I met at the Klatovy 100-way Challenge three years ago, proposed to me to organize a group of 32 very experienced skydivers, which would be a first in Hohenems. There are
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Inka Tiitto enters America’s Got Talent, to a standing ovation – brilliant for her and amazing for our sport! Auditions 6 @ America’s Got Talent 2017 Auditions 6 @ America’s Got Talent 2017 New Technology “iFly” Enters America’s Got Talent and WOWS the Judges!
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SAKURA CUP Invitational 31 March – 1 April 2018 The best dynamic teams in the world will be invited to an all-expenses paid, sponsored competition! Dynamic flyers! Unite! We have some great news. After over a year’s break, spent making dynamic an FAI-sanctioned event with official World Champion titles, we are back organizing our very
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Holy Crap! I’m SURROUNDED by BADASSES! The nerves have already set in. It’s Day 1 of the Power Play – 7:30am – and I’m looking for a place to set down my rig and gear bag before we meet to start the long weekend. The sun above Skydive Perris, California, has graced us with decent
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Many skydivers also enjoy scuba diving – but how long should you wait after diving to fly? This study by DAN (Divers Alert Network) Europe has some answers.. Flying After Diving… Finally, the Facts (Not Just Theory) The study of data collected in the first research campaign of DAN Europe’s Diving Safety Laboratory (DSL) “Flying
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Jumping out of a plane can be a life-changing experience. My Mum was inspired at the age of 60 by doing a tandem skydive. It gave her the confidence to attack her retirement by taking up all sorts of new challenges. She said when she felt she couldn’t do something new, she thought “Well I’ve
