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Month: September 2011

  • Arches National Park

    It just so happens that Utah’s Arches National Park is only a 15 minute drive from Skydive Moab. So after the MOAB Boogie I spent a few hours hiking through the park while the sun was setting. Here are a few of my selects:  

  • MOAB

    The M.O.A.B. Boogie (or Mother Of All Boogies) is an annual skydiving event held at Skydive Moab, Utah. AXIS Flight School attended the 8th annual event to organize formation and freefly jumps. In addition, I was able to take part in some of the off-site jumps, such as MOAB Airpark and Castle Valley in order to…

  • Camelback Mountain

    Even though it is legal to BASE jump Camelback Mountain, it is no place for a beginner. From the exit point, it is 240 feet to impact. The landing area is located another 120 feet below that. I followed DZ friends David and Andrew to this location to check it out and take some pictures. We reached the exit…

  • Bumping end-cells and kicking pilot-chutes

    Just the other day I did some fun jumps with Amy Chmelecki of Arizona Arsenal and Travis Mills from Team Disfunction. Both of them were under new canopies, and some flocking jumps proved a great way to dial them in. I took the image below by mounting my still camera on my helmet backwards. Here…

  • Skyventure Arizona Photo Gallery

    I would like to thank Skyventure Arizona for offering me some of their wall space to show off some of my art work. Skyventure AZ is located at Skydive Arizona. Just in case you have never been to this tunnel, here is a great video (oldie but goodie) by WindWorx.

  • CReW on Velocity? You betcha!

    Brianne and I snuck out this morning to do a fun jump with our beautiful orange Performance Designs canopies. “The Velocity is designed specifically to satisfy pilots who have already been jumping high performance elliptical canopies at high wing loadings, and are looking for something more. Its rigid crossbraced structure and extremely responsive controls provide a…

  • David’s Edit

    On August 28th, I made a jump with David Strobel and his 1,100 sqft flag. Here is the freshly edited video footage. Enjoy 🙂

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight – Head Down Flower Exit

    In the September issue of Parachutist‘s Foundations of Flight, we examine the 2-way head down flower exit.