How Not to Case In A Reserve Landing
How does your reserve fly?If you've never had a cutaway, you probably have no idea. You might be super-confident landing your main canopy in some pretty hairy situations, but be warned: your reserve is...
View ArticleHow to Nail Your Braked Turns
A hotshot braked turn won't necessarily save you from serious lack of planning and/or awareness, but it's likely to save you more than a couple of ugly-but-avoidable injuries in the ...Read Full Post
View ArticleWingsuits Are Not Made of Magic
...though I'll admit that they kinda seem like they are. Wingsuits turn the human body into an airfoil, so fly by many of the same rules as other airfoils in the sky (with a few interesting...
View ArticleDefining "Extreme Sports"
Airsports athletes are constantly accused of being "adrenaline junkies." While many of us find that moniker vaguely ridiculous, the fact of the matter is that brain chemicals have a lot ...Read Full Post
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Stay Out of the Bug Zapper
Power lines may seem like a straightforward hazard for skydivers and paragliders to avoid -- but they're not. Sometimes, they're surprisingly sneaky. Here's what you need to know to keep yourself out...
View ArticleWanna Wingsuit? Don't Believe *This* BS.
Once you graduate from student status you'll have approximately 200 skydives to go before you can put on your wings (and that's a thing to be celebrated, not grumped-over). Along that path, there are a...
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How Not to Get Eaten by a Dust Devil
Since they're not uncommon occurrences, dust devils have more than their share of lore. If all you hear are the stories, it's easy to misunderstand the actual dynamics of the phenomenon. Here's what...
View ArticleWe Like Full Ball Pits.
When you come screaming in and tumble halfway down the landing area at a new dropzone, it's unlikely that you would chalk your misery up to "pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature and...
View ArticleSci-Fi, Screensavers, Neuroscience and Skydiving
Hey, nerds! Guess what? A trick from sci-fi TV might have made you a better skydiver. (Hint: it's not the Vulcan mind meld, and it's not Tardis-related.) Read on to find out what the heck I'm talking...
View ArticleBSBD: Jeff Nebelkopf
Singularly talented artist, human-flight pioneer and beloved friend Jeff Nebelkopf has succumbed to injuries sustained during a skydiving accident at Florida's Skydive Sebastian. The tragedy has once...
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