The Paraclete XP/Golden Knights 4-on-4 8-way camp is designed to give basic foundational skills to get you started in 8-way. It’s traditionally been a hard arena to enter as so much knowledge is required across all 8 participants. Kirk has designed a formula that will quickly teach a team the basics of 8-way, or that

How to combine tunnel and sky? Dear Roy How is it best to balance tunnel and skydiving in our training plan? We have a budget of €6,000 per person and we’re planning next year. It will be the second year of the team and we are in AA class with a 12-point average. This year

Can you perform in that one moment that decides everything? A new cognitive test has been developed with University College London to see how well people perform under pressure The study revealed how an instinctive part of the brain performs 82% faster in sportspeople under intense pressure. A gruelling series of physical and mental tests commissioned by

How important is the exit? Dear Rolls We are an AA team just going into AAA, and about to book our training for the year. We hope to do 100-150 training jumps (depending on weather) in 2 training camps, plus 5 hours of tunnel. Our major competition is the National Championships, where the meet is

PD has been known to host some really fun and unique events, like PD Tvier and PD Big Boy Pants. This year, Project Orange, held at Skydive City, Zephyrhills, was no exception. The idea was to hold an event focused around the main canopy disciplines: Accuracy, Swooping and CRW. At the end of the week,

An App has just been released where you don a wingsuit and ‘proximity fly’ down various courses. ‘Wingsuit Infinity Flyer’ is an App for iPhones and iPads, developed by Vaghinak Srapyan, released on 3 November 2013. The App teaches a little about wing suit flying; their description is actually fairly accurate, as it is lifted

The Swift is the product of a long and focused development process, and is perhaps the most versatile wingsuit in our range. Although its primary purpose is to be a beginner suit for talented new wingsuit flyers in the skydive and Base environment, its capabilities are not limited to beginner flying. Our mission for the

Awesome edit by Visual Persist of Jeb Corliss’ amazing footage, shot while building up to the flying dagger stunt Awesome edit by Visual Persist of Jeb Corliss’ amazing footage, shot while building up to the flying dagger stunt

Coach or More Jumps? Dear Roy How important do you think it is to get an outside coach? We have a lot of experience; everyone has over 2,000 jumps and has been on 4-way teams before. We don’t have much money to train and it seems that we could save a lot of money by

The Dubai Winter Festival is more like an exclusive party than a boogie. The guest list of organisers reads like the Who’s Who of the freefly world, and there are plenty of them to go round. Plus the stunning vista of jumping over the Palm, the rawness of the Desert drop zone and the fun