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‘What else is possible?’ Wounded warriors take up skydiving To view video, click here. Although an IED attack and severe infection left Army vet Joe Grabianowski in a wheelchair, he never gave up on skydiving. “I’ve wanted to do it for a long time now. Well before even I was wounded. I’ve had dreams of…
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Over the past couple of weeks a U.S. Army veteran and wounded warrior, Joseph Grabianowski, learned to skydive in Eloy, Arizona. Joe is a story of survival, triumph, and courage that has already inspired thousands. After sustaining wounds from a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan on May 29, 2012, Joe underwent a grueling series of surgeries…
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“On February 26th AXIS Flight School and Johnny Gunn donated their time to perform a demo jump into the Pinnacle Peak Country Club in Scottsdale, AZ for the Tee It Up For The Troops golf outing. Johnny jumped with Army Ranger SFC Cory Remsberg in tandem onto the driving range. Cory was hit by a roadside bomb in…
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“This photo is a bit cryptic, but when you are flying a tiny little high performance canopy right along a really-damn-big wingsuit, in the dark, a few thousand feet above a bunch of thorny, prickly things, your attention might not be completely on the camera work. Nik Daniel (canopy pilot) and Alex Swindle (wingsuiter) completed the…
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I would like to thank Blue Skies Magazine for utilizing one of my XRW photographs for the December 2013 cover spot. It depicts local Eloy wing-suiter Alex Swindle and myself completing a surf dock over Skydive Arizona. The photo was taken with a GoPro Hero 3 mounted to an extension pole set on time lapse mode (One photo per second).
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