Polte
Team Polte is a brand new team from Finland. Team member Lauri says, “The concept of Polte is to have fun and fly free, and share it to the world by videos and photos. That’s how people can really see what Polte and skydiving is all about. Our future plans include competing and get more involved in different skydiving events around the world and arrange our own events in Finland. At the same time we offer services for companies to promote their products in form of videos, photos and stories.”
Team Polte: (l to r) Matti, Tuomas, and Lauri
• Lauri Aapro
• Tuomas Hulkkonen
• Matti Miilumäki
• Jonne Kuoksa
We can’t wait to see what comes out of Finland and Team Polte!
Poppy Power
Well there’s nothing like raising awareness for our Troops. Throwing yourself off some insane mountains, buzzing the cliff face in a wingsuit and having a ton of fun is certainly a great way to do so.
In the build up to Veterans Day on 11 Nov (the funny British way of saying November 11), our British colleagues sell red poppies and everyone around the country wears one in recognition of those that have served. Our friends Jump4Heroes have emblazoned their gear with Poppy logos in an effort to get the message out in their own ‘extreme’ way. Our favorite video of theirs shows some pretty darn cool wingsuit proximity flying in the Italian mountains. Check it out and click ‘like’ if you support their efforts.
Extreme Hotel Booking
Apparently the “latest trend in extreme sports” is extreme hotel booking. Is this a thing at your drop zone now? Are we all behind the extreme trend power curve?
Either way, it’s a fun commercial with the always adorable JT Holmes:
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Canopy Piloting Training Series – CPTS
Getting into competitive canopy piloting is no easy feat, as many bruised bums and battered skydivers can attest to. The siren song of whistling 300 HMA lines is irresistible to many and just about every day a guardian angel gets a workout as the next Nick Batch/Greg Windmiller/Jay Moledzki (pick your favorite) stabs out of the corner for the first time.
In order to provide an environment where canopy pilots can train safely and receive proper coaching and feedback, John Nolan has established Canopy Piloting Training Series (CPTS). The CPTS will serve FLCPA pilots and provide quality training events for the pilots participating in the FLCPA league meets.
Their first event is coming up next weekend and will be hosted at the Raeford Parachute Center September 2nd-4th. Wold class canopy pilot (and Golden Knight) Greg Windmiller will be the event coach. Participants will train on 5′ inflatable course markers on the Raeford pond in Speed, Distance and Zone Accuracy. This event will serve as a great training event for the upcoming USPA Canopy Piloting Nationals (Skydive Spaceland, TX, September 14th-17th) but non-competitive pilots will also given opportunity to be coached in high performance landings.
Watch this space for future announcements and updates from their camps, and check out the CPTS Facebook page for more information and camp dates. We wholeheartedly support this kind of initiative and applaud John for taking this project on.
Cost for coaching is $100 per day, or $200 for all three days. Interested participants can contact John Nolan by e-mail or communicate through their Facebook page. The fee covers coaching and video debrief of every jump, refreshments, an event DVD (containing photos and edited videos to take home to learn from), catered meal (Saturday) and indoor air-conditioned packing.
The CPTS would like to acknowledge and thank Sun Path Products, SkySystems USA, Performance Designs, Alti-2 and Vigil for supporting this event.
John Nolan performs the weedwhacker flawlessly.
Big Boy Pants Interviews
We had the competitors interview each other. They each chose 2-3 questions from the following list, plus 1 of their own:
* What does it take to be a Big Boy?
* What is your best pickup line?
* How do you stay safe while going all out?
* Explain why, aerodynamically, this event is being held at Mile-Hi Skydiving in Colorado?
* What is your occupation?
* What color and size are your big boy pants?
* Do you shave your balls? (Tutti wants to know)
Enjoy.
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