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So what does my esteemed copy editor/mother think is so great about this issue? This:
Ryan Brownlow bringing it home during the FLCPA Meet #3 at Raeford Parachute Center. Photo by Chad Wilcox. | Blue Skies Magazine May/June 2013
On the cover is Chad Wilcox’s first (BEER!) cover shot, of Team Alter Ego member Ryan Brownlow at the swoop meet in North Carolina.
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Opening Kuwait by Chris “Douggs” McDougall
Douggs Opens Kuwait
Douggs‘ first article of the month, about the first BASE jumps in Kuwait, is the cover story.
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Where You Need to Be
- Wingsuit Sequential Competition, Chicagoland Skydiving Center, June 28-30 >>link<<
- Vector Festival, France, July 9-14 >>link<<
Project “Skydive the Freezer,” Alaska, July 12-25 >>link<<Unfortunately the boogie has been canceled this year :(- Redemption Boogie, LSPC, July 18-21 >>link<<
- tit4tat Day at PST, Toronto, July 27 >>link<<
- Flight-1 Canopy Control Courses >>link<<
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The FlyBy
World CP Rankings, the monthly tit4tat, reader news and views, Cold Steel Award, Double Uniform Porn, 500 Naked Skydives, Lodi Ladies Sequentials
Skydiving Word of the Month: Bridle
| Is: bridle Noun The length of fabric that attaches your pilot chute to your deployment bag. |
Is not: bridal Adjective Of or concerning a bride or a wedding. |
 Bridle: This is part of a rig and helps to save your life. |
 Bridal: This cannot fit in a rig and will not save your life. |
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Death in the Sport of Life by Douggs
Douggs has stories to tell about all these people.
Douggs’ second contribution this month. Read it in full here and in the Australian Skydiver Magazine.
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Not the Usual Suspects by Dean “Princess” Ricci
Roberta over Skydive Dubai | Photo by Noah Bahnson
Fun facts about skydiving’s favorite supermodel: she was a kickboxer, worked in a pizzeria to pay her way through AFF, and is Italian.
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Photo Essay: Riviera Nayarit Beach Boogie by Norman Kent
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Airtight Bodyflight: How to Start Clunking Around in a Clear Tube by Annette O’Neil
Lesson 1: You will not look like this your first time in a tunnel.
Learn a thing or two about this tunnel thing everyone’s talking about.
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Paving the Runway: Crash Test Dummies and Stealth Bombers by Blannie Wagner
Post-op, shmost-op.
The latest installment from the “Hey, let’s open a drop zone!” files.
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Love in the Air by Murv
Still feel like complaining about whatever terrible thing you thought happened in your day?
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BSBD, Kurt Ruppert, Jr. by Betsy Waite
Kurt + Betsy
You’ve surely heard about the Florida wingsuit jumper lost in the mountains of Washington earlier this year. Now read about the man we lost, from his girlfriend Betsy.
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Turning Points: Outdoor/Indoor Skydiving 2013 by Kurt Gaebel, NSL
Tunnels, yay!
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Tunnel Vision by The Fuckin’ Pilot
Tunnels, boo!
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Gravy by Melanie Curtis, highcomms.com
Ease up and make some gravy.
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Dear SkyGod
Help us all.
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Rats in the Ductwork by Moe Viletto
Another back-in-the-day BASE story from the master storyteller! And, did you catch him on the latest Skydive Radio?
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And that’s what made reader Missy comment, “Wow. Stellar issue this month!! ‘I always try to hug my friends when I see them and hug them again when they leave’ – best advice and fantastic article by Chris “Douggs” McDougall. And Annette O’Neil’s article about the tunnel > THANK YOU. I want to hug the shit out of this woman. Finishing the rest of the mag tonight where I’m sure to bother you again later Really great job this month everybody!!”
What do you think? Email me, lara@blueskiesmag.com, or submit a letter to the editor, or stop by our offices, or write stuff on a piece of paper, address it to Blue Skies Mag, 1665 Lexington Ave. #103, Deland FL 32724, and give it to a mailman.
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If you have news, story ideas, photos, or reader accomplishments for our next issue (#44, July 2013), please get it to me by May 31 at lara@blueskiesmag.com.
