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  • Blue Skies Magazine Cover – December 2013!

    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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  • 90Percent Cover – November 2013!

    I would like to thank 90Percent (Italian Skydiving Magazine) for utilizing one of my XRW photographs for the November WebNews 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).

  • Belgian oldest TV show iComme : Skydive Arizona special edition

    Watch the Belgian TV show iComme about the Eloy crew. Reached 27% of the belgian homes that day. Best results ever. Special thanks to Georges Reuter!

  • AXIS on VH1

    Our AXIS Swoop and Slide YouTube clip aired on VH1’s 40 Greatest Viral Videos on Saturday September 14th, 2013. “About Episode – You have to see this video! It happens a couple times a month. A video comes around that is so cute, funny or even shocking that it spreads across the internet faster than you can…

  • Skydive Radio Photo of the Week Show #192!

    I would like to thank Dave at Skydive Radio for making my image below their pic of the week! Skydive Radio is the world’s leading internet radio show dedicated to the sport of skydiving.  Weekly episodes include commentary, feature interviews with industry insiders, listener-contributed photos, and e-mails from an audience that spans the globe.

  • Ernie Torres sets new World Record

    This morning Ernie Torres set a new World Record for the number of pine boards broken in freefall! The previous record was 7, set by Jason David Frank, best known for his role as the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver. Ernie shattered the old record by breaking 12 boards. He was supported by Skydive Arizona,…

  • Swoop’n slide Video gets some media attention

    A video I uploaded over a year ago has been getting some new attention. First picked up by iLoveSkydiving.org in october 2011, Right This Minute, and then theCHIVE are now featuring it on their news feed. Check it out!

  • AXIS learns to Wing-suit

    Over the 4th of July weekend, AXIS Flight School took a trip to Skydive San Diego in an effort to learn something new… wing-suit flying. Barry Holubeck, a highly accomplished wing-suit pilot, skydiver, photographer, and BASE jumper, showed us the ropes over two days.   Here are a couple of screen grabs from Barry’s Go…

  • Blue Skies Magazine #33 Featured Photo

    I would like to thank Kolla, Lara & Pierre from  Blue Skies Magazine for making one of my recent images their featured photo! It depicts Bill Butler (AXIS Flight School Student) and myself completing a “Compressed Stack” over Skydive Arizona. BTW, if you don’t have a subscription to Blue Skies Magazine, what are you waiting for?  Click…