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Freefly World Record Canvas Prints

Lara — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:14:16 +0000

Brian Buckland has really amazing prints of the 108-way for sale over on his blog, blog.brianbuckland.com.

Own a little piece of history, support an artiste and get a discount. I really don’t know what more you could want. Well, maybe I do, but they don’t sell that. Well, maybe they do, but it’s not legal. Well, maybe it is, but this isn’t Nevada, you know.

FAI Ratifies JFTC World Record

Lara — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:17:26 +0000

The Jump for the Cause 181-way women’s world record has been ratified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale! Record

Jump for the Cause 2009 | Photo by Willy Boeykens

Congratulations, Ziara ABUD (Brazil), Leigh AINSWORTH (New Zealand), Jean AITKEN (Canada), Anastasia AKIMOVA (Russia), Rosa ALVA (USA), Nicole ANGELIDES (USA), Rebecca AUSTIN (UK), Mary BAUER (USA), Marina BERETTA (FAI), Kari BERG (Norway), Tone BERGAN (Norway), Cherie BERKE (USA), Hannah BETTS (UK), Viki BINGHAM (UK), Fiona BIRNIE (UK), Amelia BOBOWSKA (Poland), Jeanine BONVIN (USA), Ulrike BORNGRÄBER (Germany), Martina BRANT (Ireland), Sally BURGESS (USA), Clare BUTCHER (UK), Sarah CANNON (UK), Diane CHAMBERLAIN (USA), Nesta CHAPMAN (Canada), Yong CHISHOLM (Korea), Sarah CHURCHILL (UK), Carolyn CLAY (USA), Barbara CLEINO (USA), Ellen COENRA (Australia), Catherine COON (USA), Kate COOPER-JENSEN (Denmark), Shirley COWCHER (Australia), Leanne CRITCHLEY (Australia), Elizabeth DANBY (UK), Carrie DOLL (USA), Jennifer DOMENICO (USA), Isabelle DREYSSE (France), Ekaterina DUBROVINA (Russia), Susan DUKE (USA), Erika EIDER (Germany), Lara EISENBERG (USA), Veronika EMER (Germany), Helle ERIKSEN (Denmark), Valerie ESTABROOK (USA), Mariya EVTEEVA (Russia), Sharron FIELDING (USA), Deanna FRANK (USA), Debbie FRANZESE (USA), Christine FRIKKEN (USA), Lesley GALE (UK), Nathalie GAUDREAULT (Canada), Gulcin GILBERT (USA), Mariana GOMEZ-NUNEZ (Paraguay), Louise GOWER (UK), Larenda GRAHAM (Canada), Debbie GRANNUM (USA), Ruth GREEN (UK), Andrea GREENING (Canada), Zivile GUDAITYTE (Lithuania), Carla GUEDES SALGADO (Brazil), Thi Bich Van HA (France), Amy HAASS (USA), Nicole HANNAN (Australia), Yukari HASHIMOTO (Japan), Joanne HAWLEY (UK), Claudia HEINEMANN (Germany), Celeste HILL (UK), Christiane HOFFMAN (Germany), Caroline HUGHES (UK), Nataliya ILYUKHINA (Russia), Cornelia IOTTI (Switzerland), Carmen IRENE (USA), Cynthia JARDINE (Canada), Debbie JASEK PARISI (USA), Carolyn JOHNSON (USA), Samantha JOSEPH (USA), Rhonda JOYCE (Canada), Anna KALININA (Russia), Anastasiya KAMBALOVA (Russia), Amanda KARLSSON (UK), Meng-Hua KATS (Chinese Taipei), Angela KATSOULIS (USA), Jaclyn KAYLOR (USA), Ekaterina KHARITONOVA (Russia), Anne KNABE (Switzerland), Bambi KNIGHT (USA), Olga KOSHKINA (Russia), Michelle KOSMER (Australia), Loraine KRAEMER CLARK (USA), Brenda KRAMAR (USA), Virginia KUHLMANN (USA), Liudmyla LAKOVLIEVA (Ukraine), Joanne LAMMENS (Portugal), Nancy LA RIVIERE (USA), Lisa LARKIN (USA), Verena LAUER (Germany), Heather LITTLE (Australia), Kateryna LOGGINOVA (Ukraine), Nadja LONNROTH (Finland), Debbie LOVEGROVE (Canada), Janet LUNDQUIST (USA), Cheryl MARKS (UK), Anne MAXWELL (USA), Elena MAZAEVA (Russia), Cheryl MCCLURE (USA), Andrea MCNEW (USA), Michelle MEAKINS (UK), Patricia MENKE (USA), Susan MESEBERG (USA), Lidiya MISHCHENKO (Russia), Ellen MONSEES (USA), Lise NANSEN (Norway), Julie NICHOL (Australia), Laurel NICHOLS (USA), Vaike OIGLANE (Finland), Molly OSBORNE (USA), Anna PANASSIUK (Russia), Katherine PELLAND (USA), Melanie PESCHIO (USA), Jennifer PIERCE (USA), Zinaida PIROGOVA (Russia), Tatiana POLIANSKAYA (Russia), Tatiana PONKRATIEVA (Russia), Joanna PRICE (UK), Rosalind PULHAM (UK), Laura RAMPINI (Italy), S Hollister RENO (USA), Pamela RIGGS (USA), Cheryl ROBERTSON (Australia), Lynda ROBINSON (USA), Eliana RODRIGUEZ (USA), Gudrun ROKNE (Norway), Audrey ROWE (UK), Helaine RUMANER (USA), Maria RUSSELL (UK), Varvara SADOVNIKOVA (Russia), Erika SAMPAIO (Brazil), Helen SAMUELSSON (Sweden), Mary SANTANGELO (USA), Robin SAUNDERS (Canada), Victoria SCARGILL (UK), Claire SCOTT (UK), Lea Fabiana SERFATY (Venezuela), Mary SERGOTT LEE (USA), Mariya SEROVA (Russia), Eiko SHIMURA (Japan), Irina SINITSINA (Russia), Monica SMINES (Norway), Wendy SMITH (New Zealand), Kristin SOSSO (USA), Kate STEPHENS (UK), Marloes SWARTHOFF (Netherlands), Sue SWEETMAN (USA), Maxine TATE (USA), Valerie THAL-SLOCUM (USA), Sandra THIEDE (USA), Audrey THIES (USA), Lori THOMAS (USA), Jennifer THOMLISON (USA), Paula THUES (USA), Mary TORTOMASI (USA), Rossella TURA (Italy), Ilse UNGEHEUER (Germany), Conny VAN SETTEN (Netherlands), Corrie VEENSTRA (USA), Elena VERTIPRAKHOVA (Russia), Alfia VESELOVA (Russia), Amy VON NOVAK (USA), Elizabeth WAGNER-GANTZER (Germany), Lisa WALKER (USA), Susan WALSH (Ireland), Susan WASSERMANN (USA), Debra WEST (USA), Marie WINTHER (USA), Karen WOOD (USA), Julie WOODROW (UK), Mary WRIGHT (Canada), Jennifer WRYNN (USA), Janna WYNNE (USA), Kristina YOUNG (UK), Elena ZAKHAROVA (Russia)!

Saturday Biggish-Ways at DeLand

Lara — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:49:44 +0000

If you have our November issue, you know there are many compelling reasons to visit sunny Florida for all your jumping needs this winter (Cali, you’re next on our “Traveler’s Guide” list.) If you do not have our November issue, you can subscribe right here, super easy!

Back to the topic at hand, Chris from right here in DeLand, brings us news of some low-key big-way action:

There is an informal group meeting Saturdays at Skydive Deland for introductory big-ways. Martin Sutton is organizing group skydives for people who want to learn and get experience on larger formation skydives. He has the blessing of the DZ and folks like Carl Daughtery who participates occasionally. Here is a link to my YouTube site to see my 399th and 400th skydives on the big-ways. It’s been a lot of fun and everyone is learning a lot. Anyone is welcome to attend no matter your skill level. Everyone is considered in the dive plan so there is the best chance of everyone being in and gaining confidence.

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Kaleid-O-Kids

Lara — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:20:00 +0000

We so wish you could be here at Skydive DeLand to see the truly kickass sequentials going on. Our puny little video cameras just aren’t doing them justice, so we’ve brought in some HD big guns for Saturday. We’ll also try to sneak a little inside video footage from the camera team room. For now, enjoy some video interviews and this one of kids explaining what the skydivers are doing. [Note to self: kids are always funnier when the camera's not rolling.]

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Photos and videos!

Kolla — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:54:23 +0000

We have added a few photos and videos from Friday at the Kaleidoscope jumps in DeLand to our respective YouTube and Flickr accounts.

The photos can be found here.
We interviewed a handful of people and will do more of that today.
Click here for Charlie the pilot, Carey from Sky Systems, Derek Thomas from Sun Path and Yves de Burbure from Belgium to hear what they have to say.

100 Ways at Skydive DeLand

Kolla — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:50:03 +0000

The morning started with a bit of low clouds at Skydive DeLand, but around mid morning loads were flying.

The formations being built are incredibly cool looking and the high clouds provide for a perfect backdrop for spectators on the ground.
We have been busy with our cameras all day so tonight we should have a few quick interviews and photos uploaded, featuring people from all over the world.

The Eagle team is about to take off now so I’m going to get ready to watch and maybe get some video of the landings, those are always fun to watch

If there is anyone in particular you would like to see us interview, make a note in the comment section and we will see what we can do!

Kaleidoscope Landings

Lara — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:04:27 +0000

Our trusty little Flip video camera is fantastic for things like interviews, but for recording aerial displays of ridiculous awesomeness from the ground…not so great. We did get a quick video of the landing area, though, and trust us, it’s no place for the weak.

Kaleidoscope Throwdown: Falcons vs. Eagles

Lara — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:07:03 +0000

Two teams enter, one team leaves. Given the solid lineups of the Kaleidoscope dives, which predatory bird team will kick more ass and take more names?

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Cheat sheet courtesy Kaleidoscope Web site:

Larry Henderson – Falcon Team
Pål Bergan
Kate Cooper-Jensen
Tom Jenkins
Victor Kravtsov
Wladimir Abad
Jim Alkek
Gary Allman
Dmitri Aristov
Mike Arzillo
Darby Avant
Illya Balashov
Andrey Barabash
Mikhail Baranov
Antoine Bich
Richard Bisson
Calvin Blacker
Liam Brennan
Dennis Brooks
François Burgaud
Marco Carrara
Fred Clark
Barbie Cleino
Celso de Mello
Rich Delgado
Marty Diller
Dmitry Dmitriev
Bob Domeier
Susan Duke
Mikhail Dyagilev
Chuck Finley
Sally Finley
Scott Franklin
Louis French
Mikhail Gerasimov
Herbert Gölss
Jim Graham
Thi Bich Van Ha
Johan Hansson
Garth Harley
Dave Harper
Al Hively
Gordon Hodgkinson
Alex Huber
Bob Johns
Ilya Katz
Katy Katz
Dr. Dick Klimas
Rouven Krafzyk
Scott Kucel
Pete Langehans
Gilles Leboeuf
Bill Legard
Fred Leslie
Kathy Leslie
Paul Leslie-Smith
Ernie Long
Nathalie Métivier
Jakob Mo
Larry Moore
Tim Morrison
Denis Myachenkov
Pierre Nadeau
Mike Nestor
Jeff Nicholson
Corey Parker
Carey Peck
Jonathan Perl
Sarge Preston
Mario Prévost
Tom Reiman
Klaus Rheinwald
Pam Riggs
Jack Ronalter
Veera Ronalter
Dan Rosenthal
Christian Roy
Helaine Rumaner
Jason Russell
Claudio Serafini
Vyacheslav Shalygin
Ron Shipp
Jimbob Slocum
Angus Smith
Phil Smith
Les Stachyra
Mark Tennison
Val Thal-Slocum
Klaus Unterhofer
Dmitry Uspenskiy
Shaun Vineyard
John Walrond
Steve Weiss
Shawn White
Michael Wolfe
Joseph Wood
Jørgen Wrang
Dmitry Zhdanov

BJ Worth – Eagle Team
Mike Johnston
Patrick Passe
Roger Ponce de Leon
Lou Tommaso
Solly Williams
Alberto Alibrandi
Nacho Alvarez
Vidar Antonsen
Becky Austin
Jarle Bakk
Theresa Baron
Mary Bauer
Alexander Beloglazov
Denis Bérat
Fiona Birnie
Jose Brouwers
Kate Burn
Joshua Burril
Neil Butcher
Rambo Calledare
Wesley Claessens
Tom Clayes
François Colombi
Gugu Damasio
Julien Darre
Carl Daugherty
Chris Davies
Breno de Assis
Yves de Burbure
Jean-Marc Desfourneaux
Mike Donlon
Jack Donovan
Burt Edwards
Laura Escabedo
Gérard Felin
Dafi Filliposwki
Dmitry Friedman
Nick Furchner
Sabine Gijzen
Gulcin Gilbert
Giggles Giuca
Luis Herrera
Celeste Hill
T.J. Hine
Lee Hunnicutt
Maxim Iliev
Pablo Iragorri
Cabeca Januario
Rod Johnson
Steven Joyce
Jaclyn Kaylor
Kevin Keenan
Marc Kelchtermans
Barbara Kobzik-Juul
Maxim Koryakin
Brian Lippert
Luc Maison
Russ Manhold
Oleg Martynovsky
Mario Mauro
Des Meyer
Julien Meylan
Koen Michiels
Truett Miley
Greg Mirkin
Mike Oolman
“Pelayo” Pelayo
Lucas Peri Brusa
Ricardo Pettena
Raul Quiñones
Julie Regnier
Mark Rejhon
Andy Reyling
Bruce Robertson
Fortson Rumble
Maria Russell
Isa Schoonbroodt
Fabiana Serfaty
Liz Settle
Oleg Shapovalov
Jean Simon
Hal Spence
Martin Steimle
Bob Stumm
Jeffrey Taffet
Derek Thomas
Kyle Thomas
Bruce Travis
Didier Valin
Alain Vejux
Alia Veselov
Joe Weber
Gary Willard
Karen Wood
Kelly Woods
Mike Woods
Patty Woods
Bob Wright
Mary Wright
Janna Wynne
Igor Yurash

Kaleidoscope

Lara — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:59 +0000

We’ll be at Skydive DeLand today, reporting (hopefully!) live on the Kaleidoscope Dives. There are some big names in town, so we hope to have fun interviews, plus pictures and video from the jumps. Stay tuned!

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