{"id":51074,"date":"2024-05-20T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=51074"},"modified":"2024-05-20T13:52:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:52:59","slug":"whats-your-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/whats-your-story\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s YOUR Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-are-you-ready-to-share-your-story\">Are you ready to share <a href=\"https:\/\/www.performancedesigns.com\/whatsyourstory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YOUR story<\/a>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-performance-designs-wants-to-get-to-know-you\">Performance Designs wants to get to know you&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&#039;s Your Story?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ES-XR3v3SNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-pd-s-story\">What&#8217;s PD&#8217;s Story?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After forty years in the sport Performance Designs has discovered a few things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Skydiving and Canopies are the two most fun things in the world. Any day that we get to spend skydiving and flying our canopies is a day well spent. This will always be at the heart of Performance Designs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that there\u2019s a canopy for every skydive and every skydiver. It\u2019s why we make canopies for each stage of your journey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That your safety and ongoing education is our number one concern. It\u2019s why we\u2019re always focused above and beyond on our R&amp;D, fabric, testing, quality control, and ongoing education. We believe that there\u2019s always more we can do.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That our culture is worth safeguarding. 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