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

Squirrel >> AURA 3

The Brand New Wingsuit from Squirrel https://vimeo.com/215723577 The A3 is a totally new design. It retains the signature AURA series short start performance, but offers increased speed and flare power and improved behavior in steeper lines of flight. Evolved from the super-stable C-RACE series, the A3 features low-drag compression inlets, a profile and leading edge

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GOING UP?

FLARE POWER In 2011, I gained altitude in a wingsuit. I was flying the original TonySuit X-Bird, my favorite suit back then. Video showed it, GPS proved it. The gain was minimal, 50-60 feet, but it was a gain. At the time, many people didn’t believe it was possible. Wingsuit factory team pilots, wingsuit instructors,

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Heart Stopper

Closest Ron Hill ever came to dying skydiving Ever wonder why most national organizations want a degree of experience before allowing you to jump a camera? Some people have heard the story of my closest call skydiving (and no, not the low cutaway), shown in the video above… I had a friend show up and

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Amazing Customer Service

Unprecedented Vortex Rig Replacement Effort Complete Company meets target for more than 700 customers affected by recall  April, 2017 The Vortex recall by Parachute Systems is now officially a good news story. Today, the company’s CEO and founder Chris Dales announced that the last rigs to complete the recall are on the production line. More

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