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Issue #29 Woosh!

That’s the sound of the March issue flying through the U.S. Postal Service tubes to your mailbox. If you are a current subscriber, that is. If you are not a current subscriber, you can rectify that situation by clicky clicking here on the big SUBSCRIBE button: Subscribe

 

In this issue:

  • Skydivers Unite Alert #2: Tim “Sage” Sagehorn
  • Lots of Flight-1 Canopy Camps
  • This guy
  • RV Tips from the Hypoxic road show
  • SoFPDaRF Terms and Conditions
  • 2012 Arizona BASE Boogie by Cynthia Lynn Guzman
  • A Personal History of Skydiving As Told by the T-Shirts Which Can’t Be Thrown Away by Cheryl Michaels
    • How many old skydiving T-shirts are in your collection?
  • 100-Jump Wonder by Mary Flannery
    • Who they really are, as told by one of them.
  • Kate’s Last, My First by Melissa Keener Havemann
    • Melissa’s first skydive was her friend Kate’s ash dive. Completing the circle.
  • Centerfold: a very pretty picture by Bill Schmitz
    • Surprise, Bill!
  • Indoor Skydiving Championships 2012: A Photo Essay by Chad Wilcox
    • Yes, you will be jealous.
  • Freeze Your Buns Off by Wendy Faulkner
    • Easy tiger, it’s about the CRW boogie at Lake Wales this February
  • I Jumped It: The EEZYCUT Trilobite by Mike Gruwell of Chuting Star
    • Another installment of our reader gear reviews
  • Good Luck with This: Throwing Some Singles by Karl Meyer
    • We’re pretty psyched about this one. Skydive Arizona’s new marketing manager will toss out some nearly impossible dives for you to try at home! Send pictures and video to shenanigans@blueskiesmag.com.
  • Turning Points: Spring Time – Let’s Get 4-Way Married by Kurt Gaebel, National Skydiving League
    • How do I love thee, teammate? Let me count the ways. This month’s column by Kurt should be required reading for anyone considering putting a team together.
  • The Beginning of the End of My Flourishing Career: Safety Starts Here by Sydney Owen
    • Community. It’s not just a show on NBC.
  • Mid-Life Mania by the Fuckin’ Pilot
    • Princess branches out into fiction. A story we all hope to avoid.
  • Links in the Chain by Melanie Curtis
    • How do you repair your chain once a link breaks?
  • SkyGod’s Official Man Card Application
  • Jump a Random Skydiver
    • Shaggio Rodriguez, as interviewed by the lovely (and very much missed!) Faith. Nope, no idea what his real name is.

Issue 28 ♥

i28 February!

The February issue of Blue Skies Mag is coming. (That’s what she said.) If you are a subscriber, here is what you’ll find (if you’re not, it’s quick and painless to become one and subscribe today right now here):

  • New Canadian rates! More info here.
  • Top ten ways to say, “F*ck You, Cupid” on Valentine’s Day
  • I Jumped It: The MagBag
    • Gear review by Andre Lemaire, of Jerry Baumchen’s magnetic, stowless main d-bag. Videos of the test jumps here.
  • Football Widow
    • Or, how not to become one. How the Drennan family keeps their love alive while Ian is living the dream as a PD Factory Team member, Annie runs her own business, and Kaiya is a professionally adorable 2 1/2-year-old.
  • 100 Jumps for Mike Spann
    • John E. Souders, Jr. did 100 jumps to honor Mike Spann, America’s first combat casualty in Afghanistan. Clark Word went along for the ride and tells us about the day.
  • -ISM + NCCPA = TLF
    • Kim Nocita tells about the great coming-together of NorCal and SoCal swoop leagues to form one that will rule them all.
  • Photo Break: Invasion 2012
    • Kazu Oyama and Bill Schmitz take some fine photos
  • My Freefall Wedding
    • Dave Udell was the first (beeeeeeeeeeer!) man to take the plunge out of Mike Mullins’ King Air when he married his adorable girlfriend Kim in 1993
  • Aerodynamics for Dummies Part 3: Glide Ratio
    • In the final installment, the adorable Julien rounds out his aerodynamics lesson with GR
  • Turning Points: With Fresh Air and Rhythm into the Future
    • Kurt, of NSL lore, fame, and glory, details why SDC Rhythm XP is the next big thing
  • The Beginning of the End of My Flourishing Career: True Love
    • Sydney and skydiving, sittin’ in a tree ♫ k-i-s-s-i-n-g ♪ first comes love ♬ then comes marriage ♫ then comes a back brace
  • The Fuckin’ Pilot: “Bob, A Smart Man”
    • A fictional tale about Bob, a tandem instructor, and the smartest decision he ever made
  • Life Coaching: Tape Your Head to Hers
    • Melsinore gives tips on how to clean up, amp up, and de-clutter up your non-skydiving life
  • SkyGod’s Expo 2012 Calendar

Issue #26 Out the Door

It’s official: Issue 26 has left our printer’s nest and is on its way to you — if you’re a lucky subscriber. If you’re not, you can be, simply by clicking this handy link, or mailing us a check, or calling us on the phone, or seeing us at a boogie, or sending a smoke signal.

In this issue:

  • Bridge Day 2011
    Bamwich takes us along on his first Bridge Day!
  • The Sex Skydive Heard ‘Round the World
    Alex Torre takes us along on his first controversial sex skydiving video!
  • “I Jumped It”
    Our new gear review series. Dave Schwartz of Skydive Radio fame reviews Alti-2‘s N3 Audio.
  • The Zen of BASE Part 3: Baffin
    Oh boy, Matt Gerdes‘ story is really getting good. Part 3 of 4.
  • A Week in the Life of Mike Steen
    The lovely Faith chats with paragliding guru Mike Steen across continents and mountains.
  • DIY: Canopy Hanger
    Rigger Please, LLC owner Chuck Marshall shows you how to build a canopy hanger of your own for $65.
  • Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: From Student to Nationals in 18 Months
    Bam again. He introduces us to Team Wonderland‘s Jess, a TV news reporter who…you guessed it, went from student to USPA Nationals competitor in 18 months.
  • Aerodynamics for Dummies Part 1: Lift
    Julien Peelman of NZ Aerosports throws down the physics lesson.
  • Big Girls Don’t Cry: Clair Crawford
    Cynthia brings us another amazing BASE girl. Next month is the last one in the series, so collect them all!
  • Turning Points: Skydiving Competition and the Media
    Kurt Gaebel of the National Skydiving League looks at how competitors handled outside media coverage at this year’s Nationals.
  • The Beginning of the End of My Flourishing Career: California Dreamin’
    Sydney‘s starting a new chapter!
  • The Fuckin’ Pilot: Fucking FAAcebook
    See what we did there?
  • Skydiving and Life Coach: Gold or Gutter Balls
    Melanie Curtis talks Nationals competition and what the elites are really thinking of in competition.
  • Jump a Random Skydiver: Julian Bergstein
    The lovely Faith went to wing night at The Perfect Spot and found us some meat.

Say Hello to Issue #25

Issue #25!

What’s in this issue:

  • Arizona Airspeed is NOT going to Dubai, in case you hadn’t heard. Lots of opinions on this one.
  • The Zen of BASE, Part 2: Very Lucky
    • Last month, Matt Gerdes took you from his first skydive to his first BASE jumps. Now he’s testing his wings and getting very lucky.
  • Big Girls Don’t Cry: Ana Isabel Dao
    • This month’s hot BASE girl fix.
  • The Ultimate Test of Tunnel Training
    • What happens when you take two tunnel gods out of the tube and into the sky for a Jay Stokes AFF rating course?
  • Photo Break Deluxe: The Best of What We Haven’t Shown You
  • RBF Lessons Learned
    • What’s an RBF, you say? Read it and find out ;)
  • Follow the Bromance to Nationals
    • Catch up with Team Scarecrow on their journey from Skydive the Ranch to USPA Nationals.
  • Turning Points by Kurt Gaebel: What’s the 4-Way World without Airspeed?
    • We told you there were a lot of opinions.
  • The Beginning of the End of My Flourishing Career by Sydney Owen: Continuing Education
    • Amanda’sSydney’s educational path so far
  • The F***in’ Pilot by…the F***in’ Pilot: So Hard To Say Goodbye…
    • His other nickname is “Princess” and he gets a little mushy.
  • Venison Steaks by Melanie Curtis
    • What Melsinore’s childhood in the family slaughterhouse taught her about life. Seriously.
  • Jump a Random Skydiver: Missy Keough
    • A dairyland delight.
updated: I accidentally omitted this month’s BASE Big Girl! Ana Isabel Dao is in this issue :)

Your Next Skydiving Tattoo

What’s it going to be? Share your ideas, or if you’re looking, we have something you might like:

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Graphic by Pierre Kotze


This is the design from our brilliant Pierre in the latest issue of Blue Skies Mag. Anyone know what it is?

Doh! Scarecrow Photos by Sonic

If you have our latest issue, #24, you’ve read about Team Scarecrow and marveled at the glorious photos that capture the true essence of bromance. But, you may ask yourself, who took these fabulous pictures?! And you would be right in asking, because we completely forgot to give credit to Kamuran ‘Sonic’ Bayrasli, photographer, owner of The Ranch PROshop, Tonfly USA and UC3 – Ulster County Containers & Canopies, and chief Scarecrow fan. We’re sorry, Sonic! Thanks for the photos and your support of Scarecrow. The boys have a huge advantage in their corner with you.

Team Scarecrow Photos by Sonic

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