Friday Freakout: Crazy Plane Landing! Don't Try Th...
For the first few minutes of this clip, all I can think of is Kitty Corliss. Seriously. Watch it and you’ll understand. Then I’m distracted by the hectic, crazy, maddog skills of this pilot. Don’t try this at home?! Screw that, if you can pull this off, I’ll buy you TONS of beer! Respect. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Crushing Canopy Collapse
There are those unexpected moments when you suddenly yell “WTF!” out loud. This is one of those moments. One minute he’s coming in on final for a standard landing, the next minute he’s winded, gasping for air as he lie on the ground in shock from a 30 foot fall (give or take) due to... Watch Video »
What Gates? Swoop Through The Trees!
Who needs swoop gates when you have trees. For those of you who are curious, this was a JVX79 with a 2.3 wingload. Not too shabby. Watch Video »
Swooping Palm Trees. Beach Landing. Life Is Good.
Life is good when you can swoop some palm trees and land on a beach. When and where was your most exotic landing? (no, landing off in a corn field does NOT count as “exotic.”) Watch Video »
Gary Connery's World Record Wingsuit Landing (Aeri...
Check out this aerial view of Gary Connery’s world record wingsuit landing. On May 23, 2012, stuntman Gary Connery became the first skydiver in history to land a wingsuit without a parachute, with the help of 18,000 cardboard boxes as his landing strip. The people who helped set up all those boxes were probably a... Watch Video »
BREAKING: World's First Wingsuit Landing Without P...
Congrats to stuntman Gary Connery on making aviation history on May 23, 2012 as the first skydiver in the world to land a wingsuit without a parachute. The landing strip consisted of 18,000 cardboard boxes stacked 350ft long, 40ft wide and 12ft deep. Crazy, but way cool. What an amazing “first”… that’s beer Gary! Watch Video »
Look Ma, No Hands... F**k The Toggles
Why use toggles for landing when you can look this good without them! Have you ever tried a ghostrider swoop before? Watch Video »
Swooping: Just Add Water
What do you do when your dropzone doesn’t have a swooping pond? Take a handful of skydivers, some high performance canopies, and just add water! Watch Video »
Beach Bums
If you’re stuck in cold winter weather, you could probably use a warm vacation right about now. But if you can’t make that happen, at least you can live vicariously through this clip of a paraglider landing on a sandy beach in Iquique, Chile. Watch Video »
Under The Bridge
A nice shot from Bridge Day 2011 of a BASE jumper setting up for landing, with rappel lines under the bridge in the background. Photo by Andrew Revesz. View Photo »
Skydiver's Barrel Roll Landing Close To Ground
What do you get when using your rears and harness close to the ground on a Velo 90? A barrel roll that scares the shit out of everyone watching. This must be more fun than the dizzying 1080 swoop I posted last week. Some might say Ryan has big balls for trying this, while others... Watch Video »
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 »
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 »
Up In Smoke
Mathias Holtz of the SkyWalkers ditching a smoke canister after a skydive at Extreme Sports Week in Voss, Norway. Photo by Trond R. Teigen. View Photo »
Sunset Skydiving Silhouette
A nice silhouette shot of a couple of skydivers about to land as the sun begins to set in the background. Photo via Roger Brown. View Photo »
Boat Landing in Dubai (Alternate Ending)
I’m sure you remember Jonathan Tagle’s badass boat landing near Skydive Dubai that I posted last week. Well here’s an alternate ending from Nasser Al Neyadi as he tries to swoop the yacht. Soooo close, but still badass :) Watch Video »
Badass Boat Landing Near Skydive Dubai
Look down, now back up. Where are you? You’re on a boat with the man every man wishes he could swoop like. Look again… the boat is now diamonds! Anything is possible in Dubai, including Jonathan Tagle from the PD Factory Team landing his Velocity on a big yacht. JT, you’re one badass mofo! UPDATE:... Watch Video »
Skydiver Flies Straight Into Blimp
Just when you think you’ve seen everything. This guy could’ve landed anywhere on the DZ but flies his canopy straight into the side of a giant MetLife blimp… and walks away without a scratch. What do you think: target fixation, asleep at the toggles or just a little, um, slow? Watch Video »
Close Call With Swooper on Final Approach
Trond Teigen had a close call at Skydive Empuriabrava in Spain… a swooper comes straight at him on the final leg. If anything, learn from this mistake and remember to follow your DZ’s landing pattern to avoid close calls like this; it could’ve been a lot worse! Trond is also a photographer; you can find... Watch Video »