How Skydiving Athletes Practice Their Emergency Procedures
Emergency procedures aren’t just for beginners. Experienced skydiving and BASE athletes share how they rehearse their EPs, and how often.
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Behind Avento: Rethinking Used Gear
Scams and misrepresented equipment can put used skydiving gear buyers at risk. Avento Gear aims to add protection for buyers and sellers.
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Skydive During the Winter
Chasing warmer weather this winter? We found some boogies that’ll keep you jumping from December through April. The end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere doesn’t mean the end of skydiving. While colder weather and DZs closing during the winters can make jumping closer to home more difficult, winter is packed with boogies, skills camps […]
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Spectra Ripcord Bulletin

MANDATORY PRODUCT SERVICE BULLETIN 2015-01, released on June 24, 2015, regarding EXCESSIVE URETHANE COATING ON SPECTRA RESERVE RIPCORD #Affected Parts Spectra Reserve Ripcord Part #: 024 029 001 SPECTRA RIPCORD-24.5″ 024 029 002 SPECTRA RIPCORD-26″ 024 029 003 SPECTRA RIPCORD-27″ 024 029 004 SPECTRA RIPCORD-28″ 024 029 005 SPECTRA RIPCORD-29″ 024 029 006 SPECTRA RIPCORD-30″

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No Pull Fatality

Participants and organizers at the Arizona Challenge, an annual invitational event at Eloy, were shocked and saddened when tragedy struck an experienced member of the group. A well-known figure on the big-way and competition skydiving scene was observed to free fall all the way to impact without deploying either main or reserve parachute. He was

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