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

Never Give Up

Never give up! This skydiver had a double malfunction after a suspension line got caught on a tab, on the closing loop tab, causing the main to inflate and immediately go into a dive. When he cut away, his main risers disconnected but the suspension line had become too tight around the tab, leaving the […]

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Indoor Wingsuit Flying

For the first time, Indoor Wingsuit flying is possible, using a horizontal tunnel adapted for human flight. The LT1 wind tunnel in Stockholm, completed in 1940 for military testing of combat aircraft, has been converted by adding an inclined tunnel section. The work was masterminded by aeronautical enthusiasts Peter Georén and Anton Westman, who thus

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Santa Jump Cocoa Beach

Skydiving Santas @ the Cocoa Beach Pier jumping from a WWII C-47. Due to wearing the Santa Hat I had a different helmet on that I hadn’t yet put a GoPro mount on. Surprisingly, there was already a GoPro mount on the wing of the plane. So I still was able to get some good

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