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The Parachute Industry Association (check out the new website!) has started the “Rigging Road...
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Ozone team flying in Qatar
From December 2014 – but still a gorgeous eye candy, this video shows the Ozone Powered...
2015 Skydiving Holiday Offers
This post lists all the Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Holiday deals that we are aware of...
2015 Black Friday – Opening Shock
In business since 1996 – designing and delivering quality skydiving shirts and accessories...
2015 Black Friday – Performance Designs
Performance Designs – The Dream of Flight 25% off sport canopy linesets for black Friday...
2015 Black Friday – Velocity Sports Equipment
The ad says it all – 15% off the base price of a custom Infinity! Offer valid November 27...
2015 Black Friday – Bev Suits
Holiday offer: 25% discount from Nov 27th Black Friday through Dec 11th Midnight...
2015 Black Friday – Fluid Wings
20% off the first five wing orders – 10 t’s for $10! Fluid Wings is a new kind of...
2015 Black Friday – SIC(k)
30% OFF store wide from Black Friday thru Cyber Monday (Nov. 27- Nov. 30). Custom artwork on...
2015 Black Friday – Merlin Suits
Merlin Suits – When fit matters! Is your old jump suit worn out? Want to spice things up with new...
Black Friday 2015 – Featherless
This Black Friday, we are offering $50 off swoop shorts or pants!! Custom color, sizing and...
Black Friday 2015 – Speedfly Soboba
Speedfly Soboba – The ultimate speed flying training site! 2015 Black Friday/Holiday Offer:...
2015 Black Friday – Wicked Wingsuits (Cyber Monday offer)
50% off Wingsuit Rental, as supplies last! Order must be placed and paid for on Cyber Monday in...
2015 Black Friday – ChutingStar
ChutingStar: Your Skydiving Gear SuperStore! All purchases earn ChutingStar SuperStar$ Rewards...
2015 Black Friday – Blue Skies Magazine
20% discount on 1 year or 2 year U.S. or Canada subscription – the choice is yours! Purchase...
Do you know how to properly route your soft links?
If not – we suggest reviewing the instructions thoroughly, so that you are able to a) do it...
Pin through the loop – Official UPT Response
We shared this photo on our Facebook page yesterday, which sparked a great deal of discussion and...
Sun Path Products, Inc takes over manufacturing of Tube Stows
Love ’em or hate ’em – Tube Stows have been around in the skydiving community for...
Don’t Broke the Goat – the story of how a new tunnel...
By Keith Creedy It was 9am at Skydive Paraclete XP’s Up In Smoke event and the forecast was...
Jeffro Provenzano Rules the Living Room
Eloy jumpers have always been somewhat prone to throwing stuff out of airplanes. Ideally located...
Who are these people in the Aerodyne ad, and what are they doing?
We’ve had a few people bring up the latest Aerodyne ad, to ask – well – basically...
Help a jumper out: Andreas Szerbakowski Fire Fund
The skydiving community has come together for incidents like this one before, and we have no doubt...
Thank you, Veterans!
November 11th each year, Americans celebrate Veterans Day, to honor the men and women that have...
Vigil Service Bulletin PSB 01-2015: Cutters Inspection
Advanced Aerospace Designs, manufacturer of the Vigil AAD unit, has released a new service bulletin...
Team Fly4Life moves to Skydive Deland
Deland, FL Team Fly4Life has moved to Skydive Deland after a busy summer on the road and is ready...
Jumpers Over Seventy (JOS) planning a new record in Z-Hills...
As the famous quote by Bill Wood goes – you don’t quit skydiving because you get old...
Bridge Day 2015 – The Controversy Explored
Edited October 15, 2015: A previous version of this post linked to an article on another website...
Jump for the Rose Raises $15,000 to Save the Boobs
By Christy West Skydivers always have a fascination with breast cancer fundraisers, and this one’s...
October Fly-In at Speedfly Soboba
Sponsored by: Speedfly Soboba is hosting Fall Speed Flying Boogie October 17-18, 2015. Boogie fee...
Rookiefest 2015 – Skydive Chicago
By Katelyn Couch Skydive Chicago’s Rookiefest was definitely a success this year! Newly licensed...
Keith Creedy video: “Take a Bow”
Another excellent production from the one-man Keith Creedy factory, featuring one amazing freefly...
Bobby Henline – Accelerated Freefall Training
Bobby Henline has always held a love of the skies and dreamt of flying. During a tour in...
Compass & Crow Studios “Art in the Sky” Contest
Compass and Crow Studios is a skydiver-owned business that specializes in custom helmet...
InstaMon: Our favorite InstaSkyGram
Mondays. The show up with an alarming regularity and almost always when you REALLY REALLY REALLY...
Spirit Animal: Soaring in the Kingdom of Imagination
Spirit Animal is not your average high-five, smack, slap, hip-check type of skydiving movie. The...
NZ Aerosports Upsizes
Sponsored by: Check out our new digs! We have WAY more space in our fancy new factory, and now...
Leap for Lupus 2015
By Christina Case – Midwest Freefall Sport Parachute Club Valinda Mitchell’s Leap For...
Thierry L. Photographie – 2016 Calendar
Thierry Leger is a photographer who fell in love with the sport of skydiving. Health concerns...
Wings Rig for sale on Craigslist
A link to this particular Craigslist ad has been floating around social media circles lately. The...
Performance Designs Hiring: Video Production
DeLand based parachute manufacturer Performance Designs, Inc is looking to hire a person to handle...
TurnedOn Contest: Best GoPro Face
Hypoxic, maker of all things geeky and electronic for skydiving (and other extreme sports) is...
Skydive Tecumseh hosting “Get to Know Your Reserve”...
By Nick Barson, event organizer. Michigan dropzone Skydive Tecumseh will be hosting an event for...
Sun Path CP Open 2015
The 3rd Annual Sun Path CP Open will be held Oct 8th – 11th at Skydive Paraclete XP in Raeford...
GrellFab GoPro mount
GrellFAB is a Swedish company, that designs and manufactures highly engineered camera mounts for...
Vertical World Record 2015 – it’s ON!
After multiple record camps and strenuous selection process, the vertical world record attempts...
Marian Sparks – Jump for the Rose
Texas jumper Marian Sparks began jumping in 2006 at the age of 51 and by now she’s up to 2020...
“Wingmen” the movie
It’s no secret that wingsuiting and wingsuit BASE are media darlings. Both have provided the...
Fluid Wings releases a new canopy – the Helix
DeLand based Fluid Wings have released a new high-performance crossbreed canopy, the Helix. From...
Blue Skies Mag Photo Contest on Instagram!
View this post on Instagram The July issue is out! New look – so time for a game! Submit a...
Hypoxic: Hero4 Session Review
Mark ‘Trunk’ Kirschenbaum of Hypoxic – makers of Extreme Electronics for...
A new employee at LiquidSky DeLand
Costanza Zitellini has joined DeLand operations of suit manufacturer LiquidSky...
Yeah Buddy! CRW Camp
Taylor Cole of Team Too Wrapped Up (yes, it’s a CRW team!) is hosting a camp this weekend at...
Performance Designs on unwanted AAD activations
On July 6, 2015 Performance Designs, Inc in DeLand, Florida issued a release urging skydivers...
Job Opening at Complete Parachute Solutions (CPS)
Sponsored by: Complete Parachute Solutions (CPS) based in DeLand, Florida has an opening at their...
Alaska! Squirrel Style
The idea of Alaska really came from Squirrel athlete Scotty Bob. And apparently he was relentless...
Swoop on Valkyrie 96 results in AAD fire
Canopy Pilot Matt Shull experienced first hand what it feels like to exceed AAD activation...
Curt Vogelsang joins Alti-2
Alti-2 general manager John Hawke reports that there is a new Alti-2 employee in town! Curt...
Uli Emanuele: through the 2 meter cave
Let’s start this post off with some conversions, to make sure those of you that like to do...
DILAHYO music video
Skydiving, BASE and other extreme air sports often find their way into mainstream channels through...
Aerodyne Introduces Colorful Reserve Handles
Aerodyne Research has released powder-coated reserve handles in bright new colors, allowing Icon...
Hop, pop, chop and swim.
In that order. Never a dull moment around Trunk from Hypoxic. In the video below you can see...
How to Plan a Skydiving Event – Planet Green Socks Style
Sponsored by: Sydney Williams of Planet Green Socks has big dreams for the events in the...
Cookie Helmets releases Fuel Flatlock Adapter
Earlier this month Cookie Helmets released the long-awaited Fuel Flat Lock Adapter. The Fuel Flat...
Flight-1 Job Opportunity
Sponsored by: Join the Flight-1 Management Team! Flight-1 is the leading provider of canopy control...
USPA CP Nationals 2015 – video by Keith Creedy
A whimsical edit of the many moments of the 2015 CP USPA Nationals, held at Skydive Paraclete XP...
UPT Service Bulletin 2015-01: Spectra Reserve Ripcord
UPT has issued a service bulletin for rigs equipped with a Spectra Reserve Ripcord manufactured...
Help a jumper out: Freedom Tower BASE jumpers
Nary a person in or around skydiving or BASE jumping has not yet heard of the NYC Freedom Tower...
World Wingsuit League Qualifications in Voss, Norway
Most of our readers are well familiar with the World Wingsuit League (WWL). It originally was...
Henry Kochen joins ChutingStar in DeLand, FL
Henry Kochen, formerly of Ready Set Go Sports has joined gear retailer ChutingStar as the manager...
Emergency landing by a jump plane from Skydive Canyonlands
Moab Sun News reports on their Facebook page that a plane from Skydive Canyonlands in Moab, Utah...
Nanananananananannaa Baaaatman!
Apparently Batman likes helicopter jumps just as much as the average skydiver. But we have to...
Change.org Petition: Remove BASE jumping from U.S. National Park...
A petition has been started on Change.org, gathering signatures to remove BASE jumping from the U.S...
Parasport Skydiving releases the first of “F” series...
Parasport Skydiving (formerly Parasport Italia) has begun to incorporate new materials and fabrics...
Swoop Challenge in Copenhagen, Denmark
Swoop Challenge is a Danish outfit that is all about bringing swooping to people – and in the...
What Happens in Mexico…
Submitted by Michael Cook of Negative 4 Productions Last May, GoWorld Project (GWP), along with...
Video: Johnny 2015
The first Johnny video was so fantastic that we weren’t quite sure it could be topped. It...
Judge finds in favor of Mile-Hi Skydiving following Longmont...
Dropzone owner Frank Casares and jumpers at Mile-Hi Skydiving Center can breathe easier after...
Help a Jumper Out: Kylie Rhoads, Wilderness EMT Training
In our “Help a Jumper Out’ posts, we usually bring to your attention skydivers that...
BSBD Dean Potter, Graham Hunt – wingsuit BASE accident in...
Dean Potter and Graham Hunt were killed during a wingsuit BASE jump in Yosemite Valley, California...
Job Opening: Para Concepts seeks Rigger
Sponsored by: Para Concepts is seeking a Master Rigger, or Senior Rigger with Master...
Contour and iON Cameras Announce Merger
The Contour camera has been a pretty popular choice in the POV market in recent years, well liked...
Help a Jumper Out: Instructor Nick Barson
Skydiving Instructor Nick Barson broke his leg badly on Sunday May 3rd. After spending 2 days in...
Jetman Dubai: Young Feathers 4K
Phenomenal video from Jetman Dubai: Young Feathers 4k. Yves Rossy is well known for his pursuit of...
FAI World Record: Canopy Piloting Distance (female), Cornelia...
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Wingsuit Flying for Duchenne by Scotty Bob
While we wait for the 1st World Cup of Wingsuit Flying to start (in under two weeks) you can feast...
PD Packing Guide
If you have been around the sport long enough (5 minutes should do), you have probably spotted a...
S-Fly Releases the Ridge – a big mountain wingsuit
SFLY have launched a new wingsuit expressly designed for the mountain environment. The suit boasts...
FAI South-Asian record claim by Mohammed Baker
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FAI World Record Claim: Carved Speed
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Norman Kent: The Dangers of Being a Hero
Norman Kent hardly needs an introduction. He has been around skydiving for a long time, much of it...
Helicopter Birthday Party
Some people settle for cake and a few candles, but Carolina skydiver Curt Vogelsang took his...
Florida Skydiver Launches a New Business!
Laurie Steel, a Florida native, and local skydiver to Skydive Lake Wales has started her own...
MAD sale on Blue Skies Mag t-shirts!
Look good at the dropzone this coming summer, and help us with a bit of a spring cleaning at the...
Sun Path: alternate bridle routing
Last September (2014) we published a post following an incident where a pin pierced a bridle...
AXIS Flight School: A Case of the Mondays (on a Tuesday)
Sometimes Mondays have a way of taking over your ENTIRE WEEK. We sure hope that is not the case...
Complete Parachute Solutions (CPS) is hiring!
Sponsored by: Complete Parachute Solutions (CPS) based in DeLand, Florida has a few positions open...
Canopy Collision Video
This recent video from Alê e Paulinho, shot at Skydive Arizona in Eloy, Arizona, shows two...
Inspecting your Risers
Ohio Rigger Mary O’Reilly Whitehouse shared a couple of photos showing a pair risers on a...
Job Opening: UPT looking for a senior rigger
Want to live in Delightful DeLand? Jump every day-ish at Skydive DeLand? Work in the wild and...
Petition: Help Skydive Tecumseh stay open in current location
Michigan dropzone Skydive Tecumseh had intended to open its doors on April 1, but will be delayed...