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Category: Photography

  • I would like to thank Parachutist Magazine for utilizing one of my Todd Love photographs for the August 2013 cover spot. It depicts Todd doing 9-way over Skydive Arizona.

  • I would like to thank 90Percent (Italian Skydiving Magazine) for utilizing one of my Todd Love photographs for the July/August 2013 cover spot. It depicts Todd doing some head up flying during his A-License check dive  over Skydive Arizona.

  • Arizona Arsenal has been a competitive 4-way Vertical Formation Skydiving Team since the first test USPA Nationals in 2006. At this time VFS was called VRW, Vertical Relative Work. Since then Arsenal has maintained its status as a top tier medalling competitor winning gold and silver medals each year at both the National and World…

  • Congratulations Todd! It was an honor to meet you and jump with you. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to next time 🙂  

  • Todd Love is a USMC veteran who lost both of his legs and his left hand to an IED in Afghanistan, who’s determined to not let that get in the way of ANYTHING (Watch Todd’s story: http://vimeo.com/23424390). He has been surfing, skiing, scuba diving, wrestling alligators, and now learning to skydive. After completing his first tandem…

  • “Here are some nuggets from the Vertical Challenge at Skydive Arizona. The song is Colours by Grouplove. Oh yeah, and The Final Countdown by Europe :)” – Video edited by Brandon Atwood The Az Vertical Challenge, ran along side the celebrated belly version, the Arizona Challenge, was held this year May 24- 27, 2013. The event…

  • Turbine Madness Skydive Arizona hosted the annual Turbine Madness Boogie from May 24th to the 27th. The event featured $21 jump tickets, tons of load organizers, boogie beer, and a DJ. In addition Arizona Sponsored teams AZ Arsenal and AZ Airspeed hosted their annual Challenge events for their respective disciplines.     Arizona Arsenal Vertical…

  • Playing with Crayons and the Arizona Sun

  • Anyone who has been in the sport for more than ten minutes knows or recognizes the name Rickster Powell. Rickster is a professional test jumper for Performance Designs and has logged more than 20,000 jumps! In addition to being an amazing canopy pilot, he is also a highly accomplished photographer with many national and international competitions under his…

  • “Todd Love – you might not know the name…yet, but you’ve probably seen some pictures or videos of him.  You’d remember because those were the images that immediately made you stop whining about how hard your day was and how you just couldn’t do something because it was too difficult.  He often has that effect…