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

Review: The Mirage

​ Mirage rigs have a reputation for being well-fitting and comfortable, especially for skydivers whose body shape is non-standard. What does Julia Foxwell, World Champion 4-way jumper think?… ​ Summary The Mirage G4 is the most comfortable and well-fitted container I have ever owned. I’m 5’ 1” in height, and my teammates are 6 foot

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Trakatak!!

​ Trakatak Onepiece Trakatak in the Alps Base jump tracking Trip 2016 from Italy, Dolomites to Switzerland to France. Awesome people, beautiful Mountains S.I.C.K. lines! 😉 Yoshi Schwienbacher S.I.C.K. lines! 😉 ​

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Let’s Stop LAZY Exits

I have noticed over the last couple of years that a lot of really great skydivers seem to have become lazy about exits. It is as if they have collectively decided: ‘We’re good enough to get there fast anyway – so we don’t need to stress about the exit’. They early divers know they can

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Tandem BASE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avVAlpZmlsM&feature=youtu.be Luiza Chiminacio  does her first BASE jump, a tandem with ‘Sean Chuma, at Perrine Bridge ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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XR Dub

Xrw taken to the next level A whole new level of flocking and docking! Flock ‘n’ Dock at Skydive City, Zephyrhills, Florida ​ ​ ​

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Dying for Airspeed

​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anAPO0xqnZE Dying for Airspeed Flight-1 Canopy Coach Brian Vacher’s talk at the BPA AGM 2017 – a real eye-opener! ​ ​ Did you know?… .. that even on a 150 intermediate canopy you can hit the ground at 60 miles an hour? ​

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Making 8-way Simple

Team building and flight discipline This is the first article in a series on 8-way by Martial Ferré, World Champion (4- and 8-way), Team France. First he explains his KISS system to make 8-way slots easy to get your head around. In subsequent articles Martial will cover the secret stuff for the blocks. Team organization

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Canopy Course with Alter Ego

Canopy courses for all levels Spring into springtime with a canopy course. There is no better investment you can make for your safety in skydiving. There is no better investment you can make for your safety in skydiving. Alter Ego’s Curt and Jeannie Bartholomew are teaching a course at Sebastian. Dates are 14-15 April, 2017.

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