This month’s Skydive Radio got us debating the classic DZ debate: Should dogs be allowed on the drop zone?

Dogs at the drop zone?

• Yes
• No
• Yes, as long as their owners are not like Al Berchtold, who lets his dog shit in the peas without picking it up.
• Yes, in designated areas/times only.

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Kickstarter can give you...a kickstart. Duh.

We just found out about Kickstarter, a funding site for artists, do-gooders, filmmakers, musicians, writers—anyone who creates stuff that generally requires money. Thinking about a higher-level, long-format skydiving video? Are you a photographer who wants to start exhibiting your aerial shots? A group from the DZ planning to go volunteer in Haiti but need cash to buy supplies? Got a story to write about BASE jumping? Or, do you want to do something completely unrelated to aerial sports? We guess that’s allowed, too.

If you have a project you’ve been itching to make, give it a shot and let us know! We think skydiving, BASE jumping, paragliding, speed riding and anything else that happens in the sky is just ripe for an artistic takeover of the world.

PS – The January/February issue of Blue Skies Mag has a kickass article on making the greatest skydiving video in the history of the universe, by the one and only Melsinore. Combine that with Kickstarter and you could be the next James Cameron.

PPS – Our N3A contest deadline has been extended to February 15 by popular demand, so get going on those pull alarms!

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The band Nada Surf had a video contest: create a video to their new song “Weightless” and winner gets $3,000! Well, here, let the dude tell you himself:

Skydive New England’s Sean Rogan (featured in the November issue of Blue Skies Mag!) won second place for this video that we think you’ll like:

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Ted Mayfield just can’t stay out of the sky. The guy some people claim is your hero and mine, DB Cooper, and the former owner of Pacific Parachute Center, flies without a license.

A 74-year-old Sheridan man with a decades-long history of defying federal aviation rules just can’t seem to stay out of the cockpit.

Teddy Ernest Mayfield was sentenced Tuesday for flying a single-engine plane from Eugene Airport to the Independence airport in June 2008 — 26 years after the Federal Aviation Administration last revoked his pilot’s license.

The Register Guard (Eugene, Oregon)

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SkyGod in Dubai

Original photo by Jonathan Tagle, who is competing in Dubai at the Dubai Parachuting Championships and Gulf Cup 2010. Good luck to JT and everyone playing in the sand!

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Because we know 1) he’s still alive, 2) he’s a member of the Flying Elvi, which is the perfect disguise, really and 3) it’s the King, for crying out loud!

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From the Camden Macarthur Chronicle:

Dad Russell Brown, an instructor at the skydive centre, said his daughter had been “bugging” him for ages to do a jump.

“She basically comes to work with me; I knew she had the maturity and understanding to know what she was doing,” he said.

While the legal skydiving age in Australia is 14, Elise took advantage of a trial by the Australian Parachute Federation and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

So what do you guys think; is nine too young to understand the risks of skydiving?

How young is too young to skydive?

• No one should skydive under age 18.
• 16 should be the youngest anyone can skydive.
• You can reasonably understand the risks at 14.
• A 9-year-old should be able to skydive, no problem.
• Six is about the right time to start someone jumping.
• It depends on the person, parents and circumstances.
• There should be no age minimum.

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