Big Way Skydive Traffic: 100 Canopies Landing
A bit of traffic in the air at Parachute Montreal for the Mission 100 big way — the recent attempt at setting a new Canadian 100-way record. Unfortunately they were just a few grips shy of setting the new record, but there’s always next year! Photo by Katherine Weishar. View Photo »
Flyfactory's Freeflying Fun
Flavio Santoro of the Flyfactory team — a Brazilian vertical formation skydiving (VFS) team — put together a collection of his freeflying fun earlier this year at Skydive Boituva and Londrina in Brazil, and Skydive Arizona in Eloy. Watch Video »
Fly Girl Buzzing A Cliff
Roberta Mancino and Maurizio Di Palma buzzing over a cliff in their wingsuits on a proximity flying BASE jump. Photo by Roberta Mancino. Oh, and did I mention today is Roberta’s birthday? Happy birthday and blue skies Fly Girl! View Photo »
Fast Speedriding in Switzerland
Yann Planes and Jokke Sommer do some fast speedriding in Wengen, Switzerland. Check out some more speedriding videos in the past… Watch Video »
Red Bull Swooping at Balloon Festival
A great shot of Jeff Provenzano of the Red Bull Air Force as he swoops in front of the crowd — nearly 120,000 people — at the 29th annual Quick Check Balloon Festival in New Jersey. Photo by Luke Aikins. View Photo »
Proximity Flying: 40 Seconds of Tickle
Badass wingsuit proximity flying by Matt Gerdes — author of The Great Book of BASE. This is a crazy line, and may be one of the longest “no pull zones” in BASE jumping I’ve seen yet. Here’s Matt’s BASE jumping version of “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Too!”: Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Trees, Over... Watch Video »
Building A Big Way
Building a big way formation skydive at the 2011 Euro Big Way Camp in Poland. Photo by Juan Mayer Photography. View Photo »
The Petra 69 Project: Fast As F**K!
I’m sure by now you’ve heard that Icarus Canopies‘ new high performance swooping canopy, the JPX Petra (aka “Playmate of The Year“), is here to stay. And you all remember Nick Batsch, the distance world record holder, swooping a moving truck. Well here’s a sneak preview of Nick’s early jumps on his JPX Petra 69;... Watch Video »
Funny "Planking" Skydive Exit
In an attempt to outdo the flying crane exit, Nasser Al Neyadi pulled off a new “planking” skydive exit over the Palm Islands at Skydive Dubai. I assume he climbed on the roof and slid off — kind of like a slip ‘n slide from 13,000 feet. How fun! You should also check out video... View Photo »
Friday Freakout: Sit Fly Premature Deployment
Ansar Mohammed got a nice surprise — a premature deployment — while sit flying with Whit Bakers, Andre Stepsky and Joe “The German” at Skydive Sebastian in Florida. He’s lucky he wasn’t head down when this happened, like this scary head down opening. Yet another reminder to check your pilot chute and closing loop before... Watch Video »
Flying Crane Exit... On Tracking Dive?
Instead of diving out of the Skyvan head-first like the rest of his friends, Marc “The Ninja” Pinault thought he’d show off his flying crane technique on exit for a tracking skydive at Parachute School of Toronto (PST). Photo by Freakfly. Great form buddy. I give this exit (the flying crane) an 8.5. On a... View Photo »
Incredible Tunnel Routine by Team4Speed
Team4Speed is a badass vertical formation skydiving (VFS) team from France. They visited the Paraclete XP SkyVenture wind tunnel in Raeford, NC and performed their incredible 4-way routine. This is some very impressive flying; it makes this kid’s belly flying in the tunnel look like child’s play. Watch Video »
Falling In Love With A Wingsuit
Monika Szabo is finally getting the hang of her new wingsuit and loving every minute of it! Photo by Ovidiu Balan. Check out Ovidiu’s self portrait, Smiling At The Sun. View Photo »
Baby Does Belly Flying in Wind Tunnel
There’s a new skydiving kid on the block. This cute 3 year old tries belly flying for the first time in the wind tunnel at SkyVenture Colorado. Watch out Skywalkers, this kid is going to give you some stiff competition in the next 15 to 20 years. Watch Video »
Hoppin' Outta Helicopters
Cristian Vasari and Loris Cognigni starting off a day of skydiving by hopping out of a helicopter. Photo by Giovanni Marilungo. Everyone loves a fun heli jump now and then. When and where was your last heli jump? View Photo »
PD Factory Team Swooping Waterfalls in Norway
Jonathn Tagle and Ian Bobo of the PD Factory Team were invited to Skydive Voss in Norway to do some incredible speedflying in the Gudvangen Valley — including swooping over cliffs and down wateralls. This is the stuff dreams are made of. Big thanks to JT for sharing this edit. Watch Video »
Smile, It's Your Birthday!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve surely heard of the Soul Flyers; you know, the guys behind the badass Freefly-BASE. Well today is Fred Fugen‘s birthday, so why wouldn’t he be smiling? Not that he needs a reason to smile… the man skydives and BASE jumps for a living. Happy birthday and blue... View Photo »
In Memory of Arne Aarset. Fly Free.
Midgetbase recently lost one of their brothers: Arne Aarset. He died doing what he loved most — wingsuit proximity flying — not to defy death, but to celebrate life on the edge (and what a view he had). R.I.P. Arne. You now have the best wings any soul can have. Fly free brother. Watch Video »
Wingsuit Flying Over The Palm Islands in Dubai
Luigi Cani flying his wingsuit over the Palm Islands at Skydive Dubai. Photo by Craig O’Brien. View Photo »
Friday Freakout: Bow-Tie Line Over Malfunction
If you’re going to have a malfunction and cutaway, the least you could ask for is a perfectly shaped bow-tie line over. But forget about this handsome looking mal; there were some pretty interesting emergency procedures going on here — watch his hands closely (WTF??). But at the end of the day he landed safely... Watch Video »