​ ​ I have been an AFF-I for less than a year. To me, recurrency jumps present a fine line between teaching the student everything they need to know to pass the jump safely, and being careful not to insult their intelligence. I took care to walk Mitch through everything he might need to know: […]

Killing base jumpers before they kill themselves Base jumpers: kill them before they kill themselves! Video by David Laffargue Satire from the irrepressible David Laffargue Footage from David, Andy “Sketchy” Lewis, Chris “Douggs” McDougall, Richard Henriksen, some unknown folks. _Note: _all jumpers in this movie were unharmed and walked away with no more than wet

​ The One-shot Record As a result of interviewing JaNette Lefkowitz, one of the leading lights in female skydiving, she invited me on her event, a ladies sequential Florida state record. As the Florida Female Skydiving State Record (single point) is a 60-way, this means a multiple point dive of 15 or more women would

​ Openings The openings of the VK are a real blessing. You get a fast, probably a little “shaky” snivel, and then the canopy always inflates nicely starting from the center cells and outwards, resulting in more consistent on-heading openings. Unlike the Velocity where the outer cells inflate first and start to battle each other

The Mutant is the brand new rig from UPT Vector, which features the only skydiving harness designed to ha made in 8 different sizes 300, 303, 304, 306, 314, 316, 319, 320 – numbers relate to the product line probably up to 135 – want the first jumps to be on a conservative canopy, a

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We heard you . . . we listened . . . we took your ideas a step further! ​ Chronos is a simple and innovative visual-only electronic altimeter that has been designed “from the ground up.” Skydivers will notice very quickly its simple and intuitive nature, and recognize Alti-2’s proven mode detection technology already built

https://vimeo.com/205430060 “The Swiss Army knife of wingsuits” – the multi-purpose suit you can use for base, skydiving, steep, flying with your buddies, back flying, acros, performance. Thanks Squirrel! ​ ​

The 21st annual Freeze Your Buns Off Boogie saw CRW jumpers from around the US and a few other countries converge on Lake Wales, Florida which in recent years has become a bit of a hotspot for CRW training, being home base for Canopy Formation specialists. Last year’s boogie had the group set the world