Its fair to say that the general public thinks of skydiving as being strapped to a person while making a tandem skydive. Or simply jumping from a plane and being in a belly to earth…
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Different Skydiving Landing Areas
There are rules and methods to landing your parachute at each drop zone. An important rule is the designation of different skydiving landing areas. To the untrained eye, the parachute traffic at a skydiving drop…
Skydiving in the Heat
Summer is here, and we all are loving the long, sunny hot days. This is the prime skydiving season for many drop zones around the world. However, along with the sunshine comes extra skydiving precautions…
Different Jobs in Skydiving
Have you ever thought about all the different people that make the drop zone function each day? There are many different jobs in skydiving, not just being a skydive instructor. In fact, not all of…
Why Skydiving is Fun?
Why is skydiving fun? Obviously if someone is asking why skydiving is fun, they have never made a jump themselves!! The experience speaks for itself. Even the most scared folk land after their skydive with…
Adventure Seekers – A Skydiving Trip to Egypt
Since the first time I saw a picture of the pyramids, I knew I had to go there at some point. My time arrived and right now, I’m writing this article inside the Alitalia airplane…
HALO Skydive Jumps
HALO jumps are well known around the skydiving community. And now, thanks to movies such as Mission Impossible – Fallout, the general public is also familiar with this military inspired skydive, the HALO jump. However,…
Top 15 Skydiving Myths and Jokes
The world of skydiving can be quiet unknown or mysterious to those outside of our sport. Skydiving is looked at with a very curious view from most onlookers. Which allows people to create speculations and…
9 Best Places to Skydive in Brazil
As you might know, I was born and raised in Brazil. I didn’t spend much time skydiving there. Right after I started skydiving, I moved abroad. That’s why I know only a few dropzones in…
What is the Best Skydiving Clothing?
Its all about the style points and presentation. Right? Okay maybe this is not all the way true in skydiving. Of course skill, knowledge and safety is first up and then we can add our…