Your chance to see “Sunshine Superman” is here! CNN will air the documentary...
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Reader question: Leap Year Resolutions
Leap Year Resolutions. We’re making it a thing. Where in the air do you want to be by...
Reader Question: Non-jumping jumping injuries
Rigger Rob stopped by our office this morning sporting quite the shiner. Turns out he got into an...
Dear anonymous: Anonymous really does means anonymous
Whoever you are, I’d love to respond and assure you that we really don’t keep track of...
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s the best holiday in the U.S. this weekend, so the Blue Skies Mag staff will be out of...
Reader question: What gear brands are most popular at your DZ?
What brands does your DZ go for? What is the most popular brand of rig, canopy, helmet, jumpsuit...
i70 Desktop Wallpaper: Head-down over Bay Area Skydiving by...
Another gorgeous one from Jessie Brownlow! Download wallpaper (1740x1080) Katie Hansen leads a head...
Vote!
It’s almost closing time on the 2015 Drop Zone Awards voting, so get your vote in...
Paramotor launch from a truck stop .:. Icarus Trophy update
The closest I’ve gotten to paramotoring was one very confusing early AFF jump where I tried...
The Icarus Trophy paramotoring race has begun!
I like to say that skydivers were my first glimpse into the world of the unconventional —...
Reader question: What makes you want to go to a boogie?
What are your deciding factors for a boogie? Do you go based on the organizers? Aircraft? Friends...
Remember to vote in the 2015 Drop Zone Awards
If you can’t see the voting form below, vote direct at blueskiesmag.typeform.com/to/Pzvgy2...
Write your own boogie article
So you want to write a boogie article but just don't know how to get that good boogie-article tone...
i68 desktop wallpaper: Jurien Bay wingsuit flock by René...
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2015 DZ Awards voting now open!
Vote for the best drop zones of 2015 in our DZ Awards Poll! Results will be printed in the December...
Thiago Peretti, plane to plane wingsuit jump
The legend Patrick de Gayardon did it back in 1997 and now Thiago Peretti can claim to be #2...
Reader question: Best piece of canopy advice?
What’s the best, most helpful piece of advice you’ve heard relating to canopy piloting...
What Lost Prairie Means to Me
I made a teeny tiny trip to Meadow Peak Skydiving this summer to get a teeny tiny glimpse of the...
Monday Links
Just some little clickables for your Monday afternoon. Adrenalin BASE has a new harness out...
Reader question: What movie, book or tv show describes your drop...
This month we want to know more about your drop zone by way of popular culture. Is your DZ more...
Mile-Hi recoups some attorney’s fees from noise lawsuit
We were pretty psyched that Mile-Hi Skydiving — and, disclaimer, my original home...
Kickstarter: Documentary about Gary Connery’s no-parachute...
Remember the glorious summer of 2012 and Gary Connery’s audacious stunt? Hard to believe...
Moments Lived
Norman Kent is a master of his craft. We picked his brain for our i67: July 2015 article...
i67: July!
The July issue of Blue Skies Mag is in the mail now to current subscribers! Please wait until...
Reader question: What comes easy to you? What doesn’t?
This month’s reader question is a two part-er! We all have things we have to work at in...
Skydive DeLand PAC makes emergency landing Thursday, no injuries...
Skydive DeLand’s PAC reportedly made an emergency landing yesterday just after takeoff...
Skydive Dubai Caravan crash
Skydive Dubai has released an official statement about Tuesday’s plane crash: On 7th of July...
Look who’s profiled in the July Parachutist!
It’s photographing interviewer (interviewing photographer?) Zach Lewis! Well done, Zach! If...
DZ Dubsmash
Show us your best DZ Dubsmashes. I mean, I don’t know how you can beat this one from the...
Jessica Edgeington tribute video
The PD Factory Team posted their tribute video to team member Jessica Edgeington, who died in April...
i66
Not a subscriber? DO IT NOW. In this issue (full details and links to online versions here!): Cover...
i66 desktop wallpaper: Golden Knights CF by SSG Mike Koch
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i65 desktop wallpaper: Will Penny’s selfie over paradise
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Reader question: What’s the single best thing about your...
Your home DZ might be the one you started at, it might be the one you call home now, or it could be...
DeLand Airport Advisory Meeting June 9
Hey DeLandites, the city’s airport advisory committee is meeting on June 9 and is open to the...
i65: It’s all about the people, people!
Not a subscriber? DO IT NOW. If you don’t have your May mag by June 1, please let us know by...
Sunshine Superman opens May 22!
We hear lots of big talk in this strange little sky world of ours. Big plans for big movies, big...
Free Issues!
Not the emotional ones, either. Starting this year, Blue Skies Mag will phantasmagorically appear...
Reader question: Rookie of the Year
This month’s reader question: Who are the hot young whippersnappers we should know about? The...
i64 desktop wallpaper: Golden Knights’ VFS by SFC Jon Ewald
We’re sticking with the head-downers in this month’s centerfold. No civvies this time...
It’s OK to Feel Nothing When Someone You Love Dies
People dying sucks. It hurts and they’re gone and you can’t bring them back and...
i64: Pachangon
That’s just fun to say, even though I’m probably saying it wrong. Pa. Chang. On and on...
Reader Question: How do you recover from your dumb mistakes?
We have ALL made dumb mistakes, and don’t you even try denying it. Maybe you forgot to turn...
i63 out now!
If you are not a current subscriber, what in the ham sandwich are you waiting for? Click below and...
i63 Desktop Wallpaper: Sunset flocking by Jessica Vander Schauw
Ooh, this one’s purrrrty. It even feels warm like spring. Pamper your computer with a new...
Reader question: What’s your favorite piece of jumping...
This month we want to know about your favorite “thing.” Maybe it’s a t-shirt from...
i62 Desktop Wallpaper: PD Factory Team by Kenneth Gajda
Treat yo’ self. And yo’ computer. Install this desktop wallpaper, straight from our...
Sparkles gets a new altimeter
Well, he could. Today in the Kickstarter files, we have two skydiving-related projects for your...
Dori Bachman, 1942-2015
It is with a sad sad heart that we learned of Dori Bachman’s death yesterday. Dori, her...
i62: February 2015
We’re one cover away from just naming our February issues the “Luis Prinetto Guide to...
Reader question: Who is your safety role model?
Safety Day is coming up so this month we want to know: Who is your personal safety role model...
Warning: Fake altimeters
Holy scariness, Birdman. Be on the lookout for toy replicas of the famous Alti-2 Altimaster MA2-30...
LTD job opening: Alti-2 Marketing & Sales Manager
Attention LTD job seekers: Alti-2 in DeLand, Florida is looking for their next marketing and sales...
Want to become a Canopy Piloting Judge?
Our sport is not all secret handshakes and high-fives in the airplane, it has a competitive side...
i61: January 2015
The first issue of 2015 is out! If you are not a current subscriber, you can change that right...
Buy the Fuckin’ Pilot’s Book
Please. Dean “Princess” Ricci, everyone’s favorite monthly Blue Skies Mag pilot...
Reader question: Quitting?
Have you ever thought of quitting jumping? Have you quit and come back? Why? How? When? This...
Be our neighbor!
New office space is available in DeLand! From the (quick, friendly, helpful and charming)...
i60: December 2014
Ho ho ho! The December issue is mailing out now to current subscribers. If you are not a current...
Tell me old friend, what are you doing here?
I said words once lost, and broke down in tears soon after. “Hi, I am Josh and I’m your instructor.”
Reader question: What’s your jumping weather window?
Up here in this hemisphere, it’s getting cooooooold. We’ve heard rumors that it’s...
Caption this: Trunk’s View
We haven’t had a good old fashioned caption contest around here in eons. That stops today...
New shop items!
Seriously talented people write for us and take pictures for us and — surprise! — those...
i59: Working the Dream
It’s alive! Our November issue is mailing out now to current subscribers. If you are not a...
Super Sky Sleuth
If you got your November issue, did you notice our new little ‘find the difference’...
Strike that, reverse it
When I said I’m not a data scientist, I meant it. My last chart-happy post about male versus...
Happy voting day!
Hey Americans, did you vote today? You totally should. Participation is the bedrock of democracy...
Help a Jumper Out: Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams, a jumper from Massachusetts, was visiting Tsunami Skydivers last weekend when...
Male and female confidence in skydiving abilities
So a while back I wondered, “Do we fly differently?” First, thank you to everyone who...
Reader question: What’s your dream life?
We wax damned poetically about Living The Dream. The elusive, beautiful, mystical LTD. We post...
Friday Photo Challenge: Halloween Costumes
It’s Friday, which is the best of all the days to issue challenges. And the f/ph sound, you...
Do we fly differently?
I don’t know if this is allowed or cool or against the rules of reddit or the galaxy, but...
i58: Do It Anyway
It’s alive! Our October issue is mailing out now to current subscribers. If you are not a...
Reader question: What are you most thankful for?
Yes, this is for the November issue. Hard to believe, but in just about 6 weeks, Americans will...
Have you JUI?
Like most of you guys, I got my copy of Parachutist yesterday and went pretty straight to the...
Highlights from Tony Uragallo’s AMA
As you know, I was very excited for Tony Uragallo’s AMA and the charmer did not disappoint...
TBT: Rings over Seoul
Remember this? A bunch of no-name (tee hee) skydivers got to jump into the opening ceremonies of...
Reader question: What’s your biggest fear?
Oh boy, late call on this one! I need answers PDQ for October’s reader question, which is:...
Tony Uragallo is doing an AMA tomorrow!
9/17/14 11:40 AM EST: The AMA is live! Tony Uragallo, the most interesting man in the world, is...
i57: Coming Soon
We just got word that i57, the September 2014 issue of Blue Skies Mag, is in the mail to...
2014 DZ Awards Voting
Note: You may also vote directly at . November 7, 2014: Voting is now closed! Look for the results...
Jumpers, help mental health professionals treat our brand of...
Erin Wenzel is a Seattle skydiver and a graduate student at Antioch University researching mental...
Reader question: What is the most beautiful thing you’ve...
Answers to our monthly reader questions are published in The FlyBy section of Blue Skies Mag. The...
What happens when you talk openly about suicide prevention
12 August: By tragic coincidence, this post was published before it was announced that Robin...
i56: The Getaway
This is the 56th issue of Blue Skies Magazine. Wow. It will mail this week, so you probably do not...
Let’s talk about suicide
Happy Monday, Blue Skies Mag-ers! It is me, your editor Lara, here to ask you to help me help...
“Maybe your mailman is stealing your magazines” is...
Our mail carrier here in Deland is fan-flicking-tastic and will go out of his way to deliver...
Boobs
This is our 1,000th post and we wanted to make it special. We also like every chance we can get to...
Donate to the U.S. Parachute Team
Quick links for short attention spans: Support the 2014 U.S. Parachute Team! Help the 2014 US...
Cards Against Humanity, Skydiver Expansion Pack
Issue #48 seemed like just yesterday, didn’t it? I mean, it really could have been just the...
Choosing between a digital or an analog altimeter?
My first job in the skydiving manufacturing industry was in customer service/marketing for Alti-2...
Reader question: How can you tell a jumper is in it for the long...
This month’s reader question (select answers to which will be printed in the August issue of...
Learn to BASE jump from Douggs
Big news, y’all. Douggs, of Douggs fame, has started a BASE jumping school in...
Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog, these skydivers can dance...
Melanie Curtis, melaniecurtis.com, and Jorge Alonso started it with one at Skydive Carolina. As if...
Couch Surfing for Adventurists
There’s an indiegogo project now that wants to help you find cool couches to crash on for...
Throwback Thursday – Packing
Packing, the way it was done back in 1967.
This woman was sick of eating ramen noodles. You won’t...
I really just wanted to come up with a good click-bait post title. But seriously, a lot of us are...
i55: The Big One
Five years ago this month, we sent our first issue off to the printer. Of course, a few months...
Turned On by Hypoxic
Trunk & the Hypoxic crew have raised over their $30,000 goal to start production of Turned On...
Wanted: GoPro hand mount loan for D Day 70 commemoration
UPDATE: A hand mount has been located for the historic jump! Funjump Rigging is lending one of...