Into The Fog
Nick Burden and Joey Stokes BASE jumping into the fog from the “West Hotel” exit point of an 800 foot cliff in Colorado. Photo by Nick Burden. View Photo »
The Matrix: Freefly Edition
Although this isn’t true time-lapse photography like The Matrix: Swooping or The Swooping Matrix: Reloaded shots, it’s a very cool and creative composite of Cristian Vasari freeflying at Fly Zone Fermo in Italy. Photo by Roberto Caratella. View Photo »
The Upskirt View of a Canopy Flock
All you gear sluts out there surely remember the rad skull and crossbones SkyArt canopy I posted back in September. Well here’s another upskirt view of Team Off Track’s sexy SkyArt canopies from Icarus Canopies (by NZ Aerosports). The canopy design competition ends tomorrow (October 19th)… so hurry up and submit your design on Icarus’... View Photo »
Wingsuiting Ninja
Hayden Galvin — founder of 5D Wingsuit School — looks like a wingsuiting ninja in his slick skydiving gear, although I don’t think anyone can look more badass than the Sky Jester (sorry Hayden :-). Hayden’s 5D Wingsuit School was coaching a 4-day advanced wingsuit camp at the Bridgewater Dropzone in Victoria, Australia. Photo by... View Photo »
Blazin' Trails at Air Show
After seeing this shot from below, it’s pretty cool to see the first-person view of Marco Tiezzi leading the atmonauti flock at the 2011 ATP Airshow Locorotondo in Italy. Photo by Marco Tiezzi. Check out the other angle of this shot from below. View Photo »
Jumping Through Human Hoops
This is the money shot of Olav Zipser freeflying through a 40-way sequential at DZ Aerograd Kolomna in Russia. If you missed the video from this jump, check it out here. Photo by Daniel Angulo. Great stuff Olav! View Photo »
Close-Up Canopy Formation Over China
A stunning close-up shot of the Canopy Formation World Team doing a demo jump at the 2011 China International Airsports Fiesta in Laiwu, China — the largest air sports event in China. Photo by Bruno Brokken. Check out the video from the canopy formation 100-way world record from a few years ago. View Photo »
A BASE Jumper Is Born
Rumor has it this is the all-new “happy ending” option on Phoenix-Fly’s Vampire 4 wingsuit. Haha. Photo of Marius Lundeby and Mr. X by Trond R. Teigen. First person to guess who Mr. X is wins a massage with a happy ending. View Photo »
Swooping For Silver at The World Cup
This is how it’s done! Jason Moledzki of the PD Factory Team swooping — and taking 2nd place in accuracy — at the 2011 FAI World Cup Canopy Piloting. Photo by Bruno Brokken. Check out Bruno’s breathtaking sunset canopy flock photo and his hilarious Fun Jumper vs. Tandem Factory video — winner of the 2010... View Photo »
Blue Skies and Water Over Thailand
A 14-way formation skydive at the 2009 Thai Sky Festival in — you guessed it — Thailand. Unfortunately the 2011 Thai Sky Festival was cancelled but will hopefully be back next year. This shot reminds me of a few skydiving pics in paradise, like Luigi Cani flying his wingsuit over Fiji and this 6-way formation... View Photo »
Wingsuit Flying Over Cars
Roads? Where he’s going, he doesn’t need roads! Chris “Douggs” Mcdougall proximity flying over a road in his wingsuit at the recent event in China. Photo by Jeff Nebelkopf of TonySuit Wingsuits. View Photo »
Swooping Like A Boss
Michael Vaughan swooping like a boss in yet another stunning shot from the Icarus Canopies (by NZ Aerosports) Summer Photo Competition. Photo via Icarus Canopies. View Photo »
Nice To Meet You
I love meeting new skydivers… especially in freefall. Photo by Cristian Vasari. View Photo »
Wild Wiiiingsuit Flying
An incredible shot of Jokke Sommer flying his Phoenix-Fly Vampire 4 wingsuit in Romsdalen, Norway. Photo by Trond R. Teigen. I’ve posted some amazing videos of Jokke in the past, from insane wingsuit fly-bys in Norway to speedriding in Switzerland. View Photo »
Fly The Golden Sky
There’s not much to say… other than I wish I was flying in this golden sky with these skydivers. Photo by Trond R. Teigen. When and where was your most memorable sunset jump? View Photo »
GoPro Photo of the Day: Sunset Tracking
Skydiving, sunsets and wingsuits are the perfect combination for great photos, which is why this pic was selected as GoPro’s “photo of the day” a while back. Photo by Greg Boban, founder and Chief Test Dummy at Delta Gear. View Photo »
Epic Head-to-Head BASE Jump
This shot of Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet flying head-to-head is a still shot taken from the third episode of the Soul Flyers’ “Norway Freefly-BASE Series.” If you haven’t seen the last episode from their series, check out this badass freefly-BASE by the Soul Flyers. Photo by Fred Fugen. View Photo »
The Swooping Matrix: Reloaded
Remember the original The Matrix: Swooping pic I posted a few months ago? Well here’s a similar time-lapse shot of Max “Lovestoswoop” Krampe swooping his Icarus VX104, only this time from a different angle. Photo by Philip Be. Which version do you like better: this new angle or the original? View Photo »
The Sky Is Our Playground
The sky is a playground for us skydivers… especially when it looks like this. David Costa, Marco Tiezzi and Gigliola Borgnis were having a little fun in their playground on this atmonauti jump. Photo by David Costa. Here’s another great shot of an atmonauti flock at the 2011 ATP Airshow. View Photo »
Swoop-tastic Perspective
A great perspective of Jari Venäläinen swooping at his local DZ in Finland. Thanks to Icarus Canopies for sharing this pic from their Summer Photo Competition. Check out more pics from the photo competition here. View Photo »