The Awesomeness At Skydive Elsinore
It’s super-mega-duper-epic-out-of-this-world dynamic flying, that’s what it is! With the line up of coaches like Peter Nilsson, Mikey Carpenter, Petter Jonsson, Steph Soria and countless of the other badasses featured in this vid, FlajFlaj at Skydive Elsinore is the Burning Man of sky jumping. You’ve GOT TO be there next year! I have no idea... Watch Video »
More Fly-Fly In The Sky-Sky
Watching this video of FlajFlaj (pronounced Fly-Fly) at Skydive Elsinore literally put my life in perspective. Oh yeah… this is why I don’t have a life, why I work all week to play on weekends, why I count up my food and rent bill in jump tickets — a new currency. This is why I... Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Bridle Wrap, Wingsuit Rodeo Goes ...
What could possibly go wrong with a wingsuit rodeo — if it doesn’t work out, you just fall off the wingsuit and business as usual, right? Think again. Remember, wingsuits have large burbles. Here’s what can happen if you pitch while on the back of a wingsuit, not to mention the extra pucker factor of... Watch Video »
FlajFlaj: The Epicenter of Awesome
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... Watch Video »
Slow-Mo Swoop Session At Skydive Elsinore
Everyone likes watching pretty swoops, duh. So we decided to slow it down a bit to give you a little extra enjoyment. And of course, a nod of love and a little blue steel to JT, who rocked this -ISM Swoop Comp at Skydive Elsinore in 2010. Watch Video »
BONEAnza 2012: Bananas, And Condoms, And Rodeos! O...
[Music is NSFW] Okay, so there’s more to Skydive Elsinore’s BONEAnza boogie than wingsuit rodeos, bananas and condoms, but obviously Lana’s jump with Spot is the highlight of this video. She can roll it like a pro. Lol. Have you ever tried putting a condom on a banana in freefall? C’mon, be honest… Watch Video »
Crankworx Mountain Bike Skydive Stunt From 10,000f...
To celebrate their first year of sponsoring the Crankworx Whistler freeride mountain bike festival, Bud Light Canada attempts the most epic mountain bike drop from 10,000 feet with a bag packed full of goodies. Skydiving with a mountain bike is right up there with riding a bike off a 3,500ft cliff in Norway. Watch Video »
Half Past 2012: When Swedes Invade The Southwest
Check out some of Johanne’s footage from the first half of the 2012 skydiving season. Sweet angle flying in Elsinore, Eloy, and Sweden — and maybe a little bit ‘o pie… to the face. If you could take a year off to travel and skydive anywhere in the world, where would you go? Watch Video »
No Man Left Behind: Redefining Teamwork
Have you ever gone low on a formation? Look at me in the (virtual) eye and tell me you haven’t. This is the tale of Round 4 at Skydive Elsinore’s Poker Run Competition. John Hamilton saves the low man with flying skills reminiscent of Clark Kent. His team goes on to win the gold medal... Watch Video »
Best-of-the-Best: Elsinore Stealth Freefly Invitat...
WOW. When I see this, I think “zoom zoom” and it’s not just for Mazda anymore. World Champion freeflyer, Andy Malchiodi of SoCal Converge, rips it up with some of the finest freeflying at Skydive Elsinore in Southern California. A must-watch! Watch Video »
First Artistic Wingsuit Competition In America
Further proof that human flight really is beautiful. Great camera work by Jarno Cordia of Phoenix-Fly. Awesome flying by some of the competitors at Skydive Elsinore for the first Artistic Wingsuit Competition in the United States. And congratulations to the Elsinore Bad Wings – Joel, Val, and Tom on camera – who placed first at... Watch Video »
New Kids On The Block: Bridge the Gap at Skydive E...
Highly revered as an event for newbies, with visions of wet A-License stamps on foreheads, Bridge the Gap is great for newbie freeflyers as well. 12 different coaches, bridging the gap between where you are in the sport and where you want to be. Bam. Join us in 2013 at Skydive Elsinore! Watch Video »
Kickass Swoop Comp Finals at Skydive Elsinore
Great turnout for the ISM 2010-2011 Swoop Competition at Skydive Elsinore. I have swooped this pond MANY times myself, and so to see these guys hitting it with the downwind push… yeah, NOT easy to shut it down and stand up in those accuracy zones (and most don’t)! Distance, now that’s another story… love the... Watch Video »
Skydive Elsinore = Freefly Paradise
Mountains, check. Lake, check. Ocean, check. Sick freeflying, quadruple check. A little Honey Badger action (Bryan Gile and Nathan Smith), a little Malchiodi flying, and a whole lot of awesome at Skydive Elsinore in this super sweet freefly-heavy vid. Grab a beer. Watch this. Watch Video »
Swooping Over Glass at Skydive Elsinore
The pond looked like glass as Mike Kim swooped across it at Skydive Elsinore in a shot for one of Icarus Canopies‘ photo competitions. Photo by Alfonso Paz. View Photo »
Atmonauti Tracking Over Skydive Elsinore
Mike Kim and Eric G. (aka Freefly Child) tracking over Skydive Elsinore in SoCal. Photo by Montana Powell. View Photo »
Exploring The Blue Skies: Life In A Wingsuit
What’s it like traveling from dropzone to dropzone, exploring the blue skies and living life in a wingsuit? That’s the life of Richard Schneider, and he put together an awesome collection of his journey – from Skydive Elsinore in California, Skydive City (aka Z-Hills) in Florida, Skydive Mesquite in Nevada and Vega Baja in Puerto... Watch Video »
SHOCKING: Wingsuiters 'Going Down'
Ok, ok… so maybe some skydiving porn wasn’t what you were expecting (or maybe it was). Douglas and Matt get a little too close to each other in their wingsuits and end up ‘bumping uglies’ on an awkward jump at Skydive Elsinore. Thanks to Douglas Spotted Eagle for the edit; the music and blurry/pixelated face... Watch Video »
Wingsuit Flocks Over Skydive Elsinore
A collection of fun wingsuit jumps by Douglas Spotted Eagle who took the crew out for some mixed vertical/horizontal formations at Skydive Elsinore. Watch Video »
From The Archives: First 50-Way Skydive, Circa 197...
According to the Interwebs, this is a clip from Carl Boenish’s film “Sky Dive!” of the first 50-way skydive formation over Lake Elsinore in 1978. Does anyone know more details about this footage? Watch Video »