{"id":31090,"date":"2021-02-16T12:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=31090"},"modified":"2023-06-26T12:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:58:11","slug":"catching-up-with-gustavo-cabana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/catching-up-with-gustavo-cabana\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up with… Gustavo Cabana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are few camera flyers out there that could rock their job in almost all skydiving disciplines\u2026 One of them is Gustavo Cabana!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gustavo in a classroom running a camera seminar
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Having put a rig on his back for the first time 32 years ago in his home country, Argentina, Gustavo started on his journey always with an eye on how best to improve his flying skills so he could film whatever he wanted.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s the only camera flyer who filmed the biggest four skydiving World Records \u2013 the Formation Skydiving 400-way, Freefly Head-down 164-way, the 84-way Head-up and the 100-way Canopy Formation record. We think he did amazing J, but most importantly he did it always with a great vibe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young Gustavo, on his first trip abroad, to Paraguay, with about 50 jumps and his first Vector rig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gustavo, how many jumps, what type, how long in the sport?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I did my first jump in December of 1988 thanks to the Club Argentino de Paracaidismo, and I now have over 25,000, 95% with camera. Around half are belly, canopy and freefly shooting and half are tandem videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You were born in Argentina, how did the move to Spain happen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was born in Buenos Aires, but all my grandparents came from Spain and I always knew that I\u2019ll be the one to go back to the origins of the family. Before moving here I lived for a while in Brazil and the US. I was in San Diego in 2001, giving a camera seminar at the Parachute Industry association Symposium, when I met the Skydive Empuriabrava managers. They invited me to come and I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The unique opportunity of jumping at A World Heritage Site: the Iguazu National Park <\/strong>with the largest waterfall in the world in the year 1993 and the first picture that I was proud of\u2026 the long spot gave us a perfect background, but didn\u2019t allow us to make it back to Argentina, and we had to land in Brazil.”  \u2013 Gustavo Cabana<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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How did you come to join the elite group of camera flyers who can rock any discipline?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In my club we had Norman Kent\u2019s poster of the first 100-way world record and then I watched \u201cFrom Wings Came Flight\u201d, where he showed all the disciplines at the time, and both inspired me to do what I been doing ever since \u2026 24 FAI World Records to date in FS, CF and FF\u2026 I am so glad to have been in so many. I believe they help push the sport forward, making people desire to improve and to be able to be part of these unique gatherings\u2026 And what I like the most, is that there\u2019s quite a few instances in sports, in which a group of people get together to work as a one team, not against other teams, or towards a monetary goal… It is just for the pleasure and satisfaction of making it happen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have always been impressed with Gustavo’s progression and talent. I think the thing that always stood out the most is that he was willing to step out of the comfort zone and go to student status again to learn new disciplines to keep up with our ever-changing sport. He is an amazing flyer and amazing cameraman. I have lots of respect for him in every aspect of his career. Go Gustavo, Go!!!<\/span><\/p>Norman Kent<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Video: 736 skydivers<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

4 World records: 400 Way Formation Skydive, 164 Way Head Down, 72 Way Head Up and 100 way Canopy Formation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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