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Big Blue Playground

Melanie Curtis — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:50:34 +0000

Narrative from Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld’s TEDTalks sets the stage for a video that shows a crew who clearly love to fly in the big blue playground. Lots of angle, head down, spaceballs, tubes, and fun. Watch their ecstatic faces, watch their inspired flying, watch them kiss the camera whenever they gotta geek. It’s all good stuff.

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FlajFlaj: The Epicenter of Awesome

Sydney Williams — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:50:15 +0000

FlajFlaj (pronounced Fly-Fly) is pretty much the epicenter of awesome freefly learning at Skydive Elsinore. The group, led by Peter Nilsson, invades Lake Elsinore, CA every year and dominates the skies, five days a week, for two weeks. They started with 13 people in 2007, and at last report, had 111 participants and 24 coaches in 2013. Here is the edit of week two by the lovely Lika Borzova. Dates for 2014 are already set, check it out here.

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Zoom-A-Zoom-Zoom at March Madness 2013

Andrew — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:50:52 +0000

Nothin’ but zoomy jumps in Keith Creedy‘s latest edit from March Madness 2013 at Skydive Sebastian. After watching this, all I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom. One of my all-time fave videos from Keith is “Enter The Jumper” — it’s hilarious!

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Where Are The Best Skydiving Sunsets?

Sydney Williams — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:50:20 +0000

Sunset jumps. Some of them border on night jumps, but when you get that perfect sunset load where the sun is absolutely stunning and you can see the whole world lit up below you… there’s nothing like it. Check out this sweet sunset freefly compilation from GuruStunts. Which DZ has the best sunset view?

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Radikale Head Down Big-Way. Booyah!

Melanie Curtis — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:50:37 +0000

Great video of the Radikale head down big-way in Germany (September 2012). Building, flying, and breaking off. Lots of different angles, both inside and outside the formation. Badass feets up right here. Also, check out the 138-way vertical world record here. What’s the largest big-way jump you’ve ever done?

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GoPro Presents: Vertical Skydiving World Record

Andrew — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:50:12 +0000

GoPros are awesome. World records are also awesome. When you combine the two, you get a forest of flying GoPros and 138 skydivers shattering the Vertical World Record. If you’re looking for more record footage after this short ‘n sweet edit, check out our take on the new Vertical World Record.

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The Endless Summer

Andrew — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:50:17 +0000

Most of us wish summer would never end, especially those of us who live through a proper winter with snowshoes, igloos and dogsleds. That is, unless you’re one of those people that swap your rig for a snowboard around this time of year… traitor! Well it looks like Mason Corby kept the party going in 2012 and turned his entire year into a summer vacation, bouncing from dropzone to dropzone, boogie to boogie.

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Team F: Flying, Fun And Friends. ‘Nuff Said.

Melanie Curtis — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:56:24 +0000

It starts off with a dog driving a car. Just sayin’. Stupid skydiver tricks, can’t beat ‘em. This crew looks like they’re having a ton of fun learning together and messing around in the sky. What’s better than that? Sit, head down, belly, swooping over the hot chicks in the pool, and a near cutaway. And damn, that’s a big angle dive. Check it, yo. Comedy series at the end too. Sweet.

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Label 2: Cutaways And High-Fives

Andrew — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:57:43 +0000

Picture this: Cutaway, head down flying, high-five (yes, in that order). Have you ever seen a cutaway followed by some 2-way head down flying? I didn’t think so; neither have I. That’s a first for me, so beers all around. Team Polte knows how to party in the sky. Check out “First Steps” for more Polte action.

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GoPro-Ductions Presents: Wheels UP!

Andrew — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:50:22 +0000

It’s that time of year when all of the fun year-end videos start popping up. This edit from Parachute Montreal is a bit long, but it’s got everything from sit flying to head down, FS to swooping, a few malfunctions, and a little Gangnam Style! Perfect for a hump day lunch break.

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Rodeo Gone Wrong? Try Head Down Carving. In A Wingsuit.

Andrew — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:52:27 +0000

Ever had a fun wingsuit rodeo not work out, turning the rest of the jump into a boring solo? Why not keep the party going with some head down carving… in your wingsuit! Jarno Cordia of team Fly Like Brick sure makes it look easy. Check out Fly Like Brick in the first artistic wingsuit competition in America.

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[#SFW] Summerfest, Day 1: The 142-Way Vertical World Record Attempt

Andrew — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:45:43 +0000

Disclaimer: You might watch this video at least a dozen times… it’s THAT good! Summerfest at Skydive Chicago is one of the biggest and best boogies of the year, which was the perfect place to host the biggest vertical skydiving world record with 142 of the world’s best skydivers. Here are highlights from EnglishJon’s amazing coverage of the first day of the vertical world record attempt, which was later completed with 138 people (video coming soon).

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[Summerfest Week #SFW] 138-Way Head Down World Record At Skydive Chicago

Andrew — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:50:17 +0000

To kick off our 2012 “Summerfest Week” series, I thought it was fitting to feature world-class skydiver TJ Landgren‘s POV footage from the new 138-way head down world record, which was completed during Summerfest 2012 at Skydive Chicago. Congrats to TJ and everyone else on the new vertical record. Check out this behind-the-scenes look at TJ freeflying.

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New York, New York, New State Head Down Record (2012)

Andrew — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:50:20 +0000

On July 8, 2012, a new 18-way head down State record was set in New York. After only one day of tryouts, they successfully set the new record on the second attempt! Well done and congrats to everyone involved. And a big shout-out to Rob, Tuck and Leland of Team Scarecrow for organizing this new State record.

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Jump No. 9: Badass Freeflying Student?!

Andrew — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:50:23 +0000

You’ve heard of the term “100 jump wonder.” But what does jump #9 look like for a skydiving student who also happens to be a tunnel instructor? Something like this. Not bad for jump 9! Imagine what his 100th jump will look like. Now he just needs to downsize and start swooping by jump #12 ;) If you’re a freeflyer, how many jumps until you were flying head down? Let us know in the comments.

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More March Madness at Skydive Sebastian

Sydney Williams — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:50:03 +0000

Another Jonathan Pears creation. Here’s a look at March Madness at Skydive Sebastian, as well as an inside peek as to why the vertical world record organizers have formatted the tryouts the way they have. Sweet flying. Sweet editing. You know, the usual.

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Friday Freakout: Skydiving Collision CLOSE Call

Andrew — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:50:33 +0000

Wow, that was way too close for comfort! Kenneth and his friend narrowly miss each other in what could’ve been a nasty crash while flying head down in Sweden. But thanks to the fetal position, they were both lucky this time — unlike these other guys who followed through on their mid-air collision.

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Nobody To Jump With? Use The Airplane!

Melanie Curtis — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:50:17 +0000

All I have to say is WHOA. Talk about a 2-way with video! The best part for me is when the guy docks on the wing of the airplane chasing it head down. The outside view will widen your eyes even more. There will be WHOA’s all over the place. Super cool, and oddly looks totally safe… or that’s just how good they are. Quintessential badass right here, peeps. And here’s another version of a similar stunt, only in stunning slow-mo.

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New State Record at Skydive Sebastian Invasion

Andrew — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:00:49 +0000

Day 6 of the 2011 Skydive Sebastian Invasion saw the big way camp set a new 42-way Florida state record. Many thanks to everyone at Skydive Sebastian for making the Invasion possible, and to Jonathan Pears of Back To Awake for another sick edit. Check out some footage from the 2010 Invasion.

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Head Down, Ass Up, That’s The Way We Like To F…

Andrew — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:00:49 +0000

Freefly… that’s the way we like to freefly! Sorry, I ran out of space in the title. Babylon Freefly doing their thing, with Kuri behind the lens.

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