It’s the last month of 2011 – what do you owe beer for? How about someone else, who might not be so forthcoming with the sudsy deliciousness they owe? Post them in the comments, and look for them in the next issue of Blue Skies Mag.

December Beer Porn by jeremydeades

Who has an amazing first this month? Post in the comments below. We’ll print the most print-worthy ones in the next issue of Blue Skies Mag.

Who owes beer this month? Add ‘em to the comments below!

October's Beer Porn

photo by SteFou!

This past weekend we attended the UF Falling Gators Collegiate Boogie, hosted by Skydive Palatka, FL. Performance Designs sent their tour reps Alex and Matt with a bunch of demos and the fancy inflatable X-gloo PD tent. We set up right next to PD and enjoyed a great weekend of good weather, fun jumps and all the other good stuff that comes with going to a boogie.

Scott Roberts from Slipstream offered a free 2-jump introductory canopy piloting course to the college kids on Saturday, as a little pay-it-forward kind of deal.
On Sunday the winds were a little wonky and hefty cross winds prevailed in the main landing area. Things got interesting to say the least, and under our tents we had front row seating to the carnage. Jumpers forgetting/misunderstanding landing directions, forgetting to pull their strings to flare, opposite landing directions and all sorts of good stuff. Thankfully nobody was hurt, probably largely due to the fact that college kids are made out of rubber.

Melissa Marie, a local Palatka jumpers and the Vice President of the UF Falling Gators Skydiving Club made her BEER video jump this weekend, and captured an absolutely priceless video. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this video has to be worth a million – starting with “oh shit”. God bless the GoPro – this little camera has made sure that time you fuck up, there is someone there to catch it… and share it with the world. Enjoy.

But, all is well that ends well, and PD rep Matt was no worse for the wear.
We have a feeling that Scott will have a lot more jumpers attend the next canopy course, to be held in Palatka Saturday March 12th…..

What have you (or someone you want to call out) done? Don’t be shy, post your beer fines in the comments! Submissions received by Tuesday, October 20 will be printed in the November issue of Blue Skies Mag.

P.S. We know there are a good number of beer fines being incurred at this very minute off a certain bridge in a certain town in West Virginia…

Here’s the latest on our first-ever Get-Alex-VB-Relay (GAVBR): we are looking for someone to bring the three cases of Victoria Bitter (VB) from San Francisco to Lodi by October 11. If that can happen, Alex has lined up someone who can bring those babies home from Lodi to Spaceland (and his tummy). (8 October)Brian has picked up the VB from Cellar360 and is handing off to the next relay person at Lodi this weekend! (15 October)The VB is on its way from Lodi to Skydive Spaceland—and Alex’s Aussie belly…

The one place in America to find VB, "The Best Cold Beer"

• Rob was willing to fit some in his airplane luggage, but we’re not sure three cases will fit.
• A truck driver from Spaceland was going to be driving from Salinas back to Houston, and K-Dub was going to be driving from San Francisco to Salinas! Alas, they missed each other by one day.
• Jen was at Chicks Rock in Elsinore and able to get it as far as Eloy, but no one could get it down to Elsinore.
• Cellar360 is down with the plan! They are holding Alex’s VB in a secure location, waiting for pickup as we speak. Type. Whatever.
• VB themselves, straight from Australia, are down with the plan, too! They tweeted out a call for help, so thanks to everyone who made it here from there. And they said you couldn’t get there from here.

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You may have heard the sad news that PACK’D, the team we were following to Nationals, is unable to go now. So, Blue Skies Mag is holding the first Get Alex VB Relay (GAVBR); instead of following a team, we’ll now follow a case of beer.

Alex is an Australian jumper now working and living at Skydive Spaceland in Houston. His birthday is coming up. He is thirsty. Alas, the one place in the entire U.S. of A. where he can find his favorite Aussie beer is a wine shop called Cellar360. In California. 1,953 miles away.

We are sending out this plea to our fellow jumpers. We know there are angels out there willing, ready and able to answer the call and quench Alex’s Aussie thirst.

The first leg of the GAVBR will need to acquire the beer from Cellar360 at Ghirardelli Square in the Woolen Mill Building and get it started on its trek southeast. Maybe you are a San Franciscan (San Franciscite? San Frannie?) headed to Elsinore for the weekend. Maybe you are driving through on your way to Eloy. Wherever you are from and wherever you are going, we will look for another volunteer at your destination to take it further east – and on, until it reaches Rosharon, Texas by October 12.

Of course, if one person can bring the VB all the way from San Francisco to Nationals, that would be ideal.

Think of it as good beer karma. If you can participate in the GAVBR, please contact us at admin@blueskiesmag.com. And let the relay begin!

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Who owes beer? This is the place for a public calling-out! Post them in the comments and we’ll hold beer-owers to their duties.