Mr. Bill BELLY Exit?? Hmmm...
Here’s a standard 2-way belly exit where one person immediately deploys into a Mr. Bill. Looks like a premature deployment, which is why my danger alarm bells are going off. Given this is a deliberate execution of said move, it looks like it went well! Be careful out there, team… and have fun too! Looks... Watch Video »
Skydive Dubai Winter Festival 2012 - Day 1
Skydive Dubai has been putting out some awesome videos lately, and this one is no exception. Here’s Day 1 of The Dubai Winter Festival 2012. This boogie will feature the Euro Sequentials, Atmonauti Record and daily load organizing by the finest of the skydiving world. While we wait for more of their daily videos, check... Watch Video »
Air Show Stunt: Wingsuiters vs. Wingwalkers
People walking on wings and flockers docked on planes. That’s what you get when you combine a wingsuit formation team with a wingwalker team from the Scandinavian Airshow. What would have been super-mega-cool is if the wingsuiters had docked on the wingwalkers. Anyone up for the challenge? Watch Video »
Fly It, Spaceland
Make no bones about it, Skydive Spaceland has a pretty hot scene going on. We’re also stoked to show you THE Simon Bones without his trademarked, patent-pending Bones jumpsuit. That, and some good ole fashioned skydiving clips. But really, BONES WITHOUT BONES, Y’ALL! Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: AFF Student's Pilot Chute In Tow
I’m not exactly sure how many jumps this AFF student had prior to this one, but it doesn’t matter, a pilot chute in tow is a scary malfunction for any skydiver. You know it’s a bad situation when you’re instructor screams “oh fuck!” The unstable deployment surely didn’t help, but it seems the bridle got... Watch Video »
Back In Byron: Awarded 'Best Video' at Freeflight ...
Voted ‘Best Skydiving Video’ at the NorCal Freeflight Film Festival 2012 in San Francisco, this is Alex Cashman’s homage to the incredible sensation he felt being back home in Byron, California after spending a summer overseas. Watch Video »
Tracking Through Twenty-Twelve
All I want for Christmas is a tracking dive that lasts nearly four minutes. Is that too much to ask? Belly tracking, back tracking, and some steeper stuff peppered with some freeflying for those of you who aren’t into tracking. And a dash of trippy-reflective-mirror visual effects for good measure. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Premature AAD, Two-Out, Water Lan...
Having your Vigil fire prematurely, then getting your head stuck between a twist in your reserve risers and not being able to see what’s happening behind you, followed by a water landing kinda sucks. Definitely not the best way to start off your weekend. My advice: buy a case of beer, get a re-pack, and... More »
The Santa Skydive
It’s that time of year again… Christmas is right around the corner and Santa is working on his freefall skills before the big day. The only problem is there are 14 Santas on this jump and all but one are impostors. Which one do you think is the REAL Santa Claus? Watch Video »
Just... Jump: A Life Of Flight With TJ Landgren
World-class skydiver TJ Landgren was born to fly. As a child, he would jump off the roof of his house to pretend he could fly. Now he travels the world jumping out of planes, off cliffs, and everything in between — not to mention a few world records along the way. Thanks to The Aviator... Watch Video »
Wonder Why We Wingsuit?
Wingsuiting is one of those things in skydiving that’s easy to fall in love with. The first time I tried it I screamed and yahoooooo-ed for a full few minutes under canopy then promptly ordered a wingsuit (in hot pink, naturally). Videos like this from the S-Fly High Skill Camp 2012 in Propriano remind me... Watch Video »
Fun, Sun and Freefly Love
This video brings a whole new meaning to having fun in the sky. I don’t know about you, but our DZ is shut down for the winter and I sure as hell wish I was there jumping with these guys right now. Some fun flying. Sun shining. Smiles all round. That’s sky love, biatches. Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: 2 Parachutes, 1 Nasty Mess.
Getting a leg wrapped up in your riser during deployment is definitely up there on the “ooooohhh fuuuucckk” list. Lets just say that the six-hundred-and-something square feet of trailing fabric probably wasn’t making this guy feel all warm and fuzzy inside — but a clean pair of underwear sure would. Watch Video »
Stunt Junkies: Jonathan Tagle's 3-in-1 Stunt
The late Jonathan Tagle is flying high, wherever he is (RIP buddy), but his legendary stunts will stay with us forever. In this episode of Stunt Junkies, the one and only Tizzle attempts a rad 3-in-1 trifecta that goes from swooping to cutaway to BASE jump. Watch Video »
Wingsuit Rodeo Fail. Try Again. Wingsuit Rodeo Win...
Wingsuit pilot Josh Sheppard really wanted a wingsuit rodeo, so when the first attempt goes to shit, plan B is to make plan A work. Period. He ends up getting two rodeos for the price of one. Watch Video »
Eating In Freefall: Fast Food or Fine Dining?
Remember that Seinfeld episode when George Costanza combines sex and food? Well this is kind of like that. Just replace sex with skydiving (although adding sex into the mix would be the ultimate). These guys attempt “fine dining” in freefall, but I’m leaning more towards fast food. Really faaaast food. Definitely looks like fun, but... Watch Video »
Mondial 2012: The World's Best Skydivers
Although not as intense as Skydive Dubai’s Mondial trailer, here’s a recap of Day 7 from the 2012 World Parachuting Championships at Skydive Dubai. This edit has it all… canopy piloting, artistic freefly, CRW, formation skydiving, VFS, and more. Oh, did I mention Nick Batsch broke his previous distance world record of 222 meters! Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Low Wingsuit Cutaway At 800ft
How’s this for a first cutaway — in a wingsuit no less: a tension knot which leads to a cutaway at 2,500ft and an open reserve by 800ft. Unfortunately we can’t choose how good/bad our first cutaway will be, or any other cutaway for that matter. What and when was your first cutaway? Watch Video »
Friday Freakout: Mr. Bill Malfunction. Don't Do Th...
A Mr. Bill with inexperienced jumpers can go wrong really fast — like getting wrapped up in your pilot chute and bridle right out the door. Take notes… don’t do this! I’m sure it sounded like a good idea at the time. What could possibly go wrong? Watch Video »
Skydiving With Teddy Bears Helps Sick Kids...
This video makes me want to jump out of an airplane with a teddy bear. Big time. Because that bear will then go to a kid in the hospital, giving them happiness and a symbol of bravery to help them through their own struggle. The founders of Canopies For Kids have obviously created something they... Watch Video »