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Smoke on the ... Everything

Competitors at the Canopy Piloting World Championships are plagued by the dense smoke that has engulfed the area.  So, at breakfast in the hotel, PD Factory Team members and some of the South African delegation decided to bond with the locals with a few vodka toasts to set the morning off.  The smoke is pretty thick outside so our chances of jumping are low.  These guys started the meet roulette game early.

Breakfast of Champions

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God bless a bastion of journalistic excellence like the New York Daily News for leading off their story (note awesomely snarky URL) with that line. And making it seem as if his lawyer’s response to “Will Jeb try to jump any other New York landmarks?” is “He’s going to jump out of a plane and land without a parachute while wearing a squirrel suit.”

"2006_04_empireidiot.jpg" from gothamist.com.

In any case, the verdict is in and Jeb Corliss is not welcome at the Empire State Building. Ever. Again.

AP: Judge bans daredevil Jeb Corliss from ever stepping foot into Empire State Building

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And worsties, of course. Here it is, the first Blue Skies Mag “Best Of” poll! It’s an all-write-in poll, so everyone has an equal chance of winning.

Vote here!

Call us elitist, but we do ask that you vote only if you’ve made more than one jump at one drop zone. We know, the place you did that one jump was the best of the best of the best, but …

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Vector Festival is coming to Skydive Empuriabrava in a few short days; one big highlight will be the film festival, with a €1000 prize for first place. Yowza. For the Yanks, that’s about $1,200. Yeah, yowza.

Winners will be chosen based on

• Originality of Idea
• Creativity of Content
• Best Story
• YouTube Views
• YouTube Rating

For your Friday viewing pleasure, here are all the entries (in alphabetical order). If you particularly like any of them, click through to the YouTube page and give it a thumbs up!

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We’d like to welcome our newest subscriber, Crystal Prom, better known as “That Girl Who Landed In the Tree at CarolinaFest 2010,” or “TreeGirl” for short.

Where nicknames are born. Yes, there is a girl dangling under that canopy. Photo by Trunk/Hypoxic.

TreeGirl handled a scary situation like a pro, going up for a second jump later that day. For that kind of spunk, bravery and badassedness, we had to give her a complimentary subscription to Blue Skies Mag. She also got 50% off a Mirage rig from a slightly inebriated Ward Hessig (pictures on the far left) later that night. (Helpful boogie tip: if you want any Mirage shwag, give Ward liquor.)

Congrats, TreeGirl, now you’re really a skydiver!

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We got back from CarolinaFest the other day, and while Kolla probably won’t remember watching this (damn you and your mind erasing powers, Rodriguez Brothers!), Tommy Levitt’s entry into the video contest was awe-freaking-some. My personal favorite bit starts at 2:35

Check out Carolina Kaboom! for more videos, and keep an eye on these guys for more good stuff in the future.

PS – We’re looking for the other video from the contest to post, too, so if you know where it can be found, drop us a line!

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