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First things first, we apologize for the lack of Blue Skies Mag in your mailbox. We haven’t...
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Unsung Heroes of the DZ
It's time to thank the people around the drop zone who make it our home!
“That Looks Nasty”
How much do you value your ankles?
New digital issue alert
Issue #111 is out for all now!
Reader question: What makes a home?
We all have a "home" DZ but what makes that DZ your home? Is it where you first learned to jump or...
Reader question: Unwritten rules
What are the unwritten rules of your jumping community?
The FlyBy {i103: July 2018}
Quick reads from our July 2018 issue.
The FlyBy {i102: June 2018}
Quick reads from our June 2018 issue.
What’s the Google Street View of your DZ?
Thanks, Mark Cochran, for the inspiration. Here’s the current google street view of Skydive...
The FlyBy {i101: May 2018}
Quick reads from our May 2018 issue.
i102 Beer Fines
Who owes beer?
Chat with us
Phones suck. Chats rule.
Too Wrapped Up
How? Like, how do they even? How?
Reader question: Gear or coaching?
It’s tax time, Americans! Let’s pretend you get an unexpected refund. (If you’re...
Reader question: What was your 10-year plan in 2008?
Can we take a moment first to acknowledge that we are working on our one-hundredth issue of a print...
2018 Tunnel Awards Presented by Blue Skies Mag and Indoor...
It’s aliiiiiive! We’ve teamed up with the most excellent Indoor Skydiving Source to...
Get The Fuckin’ Pilot published again!
Exciting news for fans of The Fuckin’ Pilot: he’s working on a second book, called...
Reader question: What book has most impacted your jumping?
It doesn’t have to be specifically about skydiving or BASE jumping or paragliding – or...
Gorgeous spinny display of love 💕
We showed you a little peek of the spinny skydiver thingie of love that Tim Uhl made for Elizabeth...
2017 DZ Award Winners
Once again, you the people have spoken—a record number of you people, in fact. More than 1,500...
Subscribe to Melanie Curtis’ YouTube channel!
You know her, you love her, you read her column every month. You might have seen the link at the...
2018 Florida Icarus X race registration open
Registration for the next baby Icarus Trophy is open at www.icarustrophy.com/icarus-x-series. X...
Reader question: What do you resolve NOT to do in 2018?
What do you resolve to stay the fuck away from in 2018?
Last day for DZ Awards voting is: TODAY
It's now or never.
The countdown is on: Two days left to vote for Best DZ!
Voting will close at midnight on November 30 so get your vote on now. You don’t have to...
BASE jumpers: What do you think of the BASE movie?
Have you bought it? Pirated it? Watched it?
Shirts shirts shirts shirts shir shirts! Every-body!
If you haven't noticed, we have some new apparel up in ye olde BSM shoppe!
Reader question: Come sit on Santa’s lap.
Is it really time for this rigamaroll already? Yes. Sure. Whatever. Also that question wasn’t...
DZ Awards voting extended!
Vote here or at blueskiesmag.com/dz-awards.
You can stay in The Fuckin’ Pilot’s Bali villa!
Dean “Princess” Ricci has gone and become the man. A landowning, villa-renting Man with...
Blue Skies Mag offices closed until Irma is gone
Another year, another hurricane headed for DeLand. We’re scheduled to get hit with a monster...
Reader question: How is your discipline (fairly or unfairly)...
Are you a 4-way dude with a mohawk? Under 25 and into CRW? Former college linebacker competing in...
Job Opportunity for Riggers: Sep. 9-21 in Arizona
A course in Arizona needs 3 riggers for a few weeks coming up. Where: Arizona When: September 9-21...
Reader question: Have you ever grounded yourself?
This month we want to talk more along the lines of that little voice. Whether you heard it or not...
i91: July 2017 out now
Digital subscribers can download the issue in your account and print subscribers should have the...
A little voice told me to stay on the ground
But that little voice shouted as loud as tiny little voices can. "DO NOT FLY." So I listened.
Reader question: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Childhood hopes and dreams, y’all, that’s what we want to know this month. If you care...
Pick your favorite Red Bull X-Alps 2017 white dude
The Red Bull X-Alps 2017 starts this week. Competitors can hike or paraglide the 700-mile course...
Reader question: What’s your favorite quote?
What's your favorite sky-related quote?
Reader question: What’s your best logbook entry?
Scratch my last idea for a reader question, no one likes it. The real reader question for our June...
Hero grandmother tries wingsuit BASE with no parachute
It's been windy as hell here in Florida, but we have seen very few weather-hold shenanigans. Anyone...
Reader question: What would 10-year-old you think of your last...
Take a journey with me folks, this month requires a tiny stretch of imagination. It might still be...
Dino Procos Medical Fund
DeLand skydiver Dino Procos has recently been diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and has...
Got a question for Sigma?
Submit your questions here or via email, Facebook, or Twitter, and we'll get answers.
Meet the SkyFam: Lonnie
Today we introduce you to a member of the SkyFam who is probably already one of your personal...
Reader question: What’s your primal fear in jumping?
Dust devils in the landing area, hard opening with a helmet full of cameras, wingsuit collision...
Meet the Sky Family: Peter
It’s another of the wee members of the family this week. Our little boy, Peter. Peter Pan is...
Meet the Sky Family: Eva
Kolla and I disagree on a lot of things but we are 100% united that this member of the Sky Family...
Find SkyMama!
Find SkyMama at Fitz. Tell her the secret phrase. Win big.
Meet the Sky Family: Piper
Because dogs are the best.
Hug your mail carrier
Take a minute next time you see your mail carrier to say thanks for bringing your beloved Blue...
Meet the Sky Family: Ian
Ian has two wonderful namesakes, both shiny of head and spirit, both Ian H.
Show us your best (worst?) old skydiving jumpsuits
The Fuckin’ Pilot is writing about the evolution of skydiving jumpsuits for the April issue...
Reader question: What took an embarrassingly long time to figure...
This month we want to know what took you way too long to figure out in the sport. Could you not...
Reader question: Before I started jumping, I never would have...
Let’s be honest: times are shit. People are yelling at each other, alternative truths, fake...
Join me for foolishness
Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away.
Get some off-the-DZ skydiving help from Melanie Curtis
If you read and love Melanie Curtis’ column every month, but maybe don’t have the cash...
Reader question: How do you choose what gear to buy?
If almost every manufacturer makes quality, safe gear, how do you choose?
BSM holiday shutdown Dec. 23 through Jan. 2
We’ll be celebrating the holidays with our friends and families starting Friday, December 23...
BSM offices closed Dec. 8-9
Our offices will be closed Thursday and Friday this week for a staff retreat*. Orders placed will...
Meet the Sky Family: Luke
Continuing our Sky Family introductions, today we meet the man of the house, Luke. SkyFam: Luke...
Reader question: What should every drop zone have?
Besides an airplane and a person to fly it, what should every drop zone be required to have?
Reader Question: What do you want from Santa this year?
Easy one this month. What should the jolly fat man leave in your stocking this year? Selected...
Meet the Sky Family: Milly
Today we introduced our newest products to the world: SkyFamily Stickers! Each little sticker in...
Blue Skies Mag HQ closed Friday for hurricane Matthew
Our offices will be closed this Friday, October 7, and possibly Thursday, October 6.
Reader question: The off season
This one’s more for the cold-weather jumpers (except you crazy Wisconsites) who take a couple...
DZ Awards voting is open!
As some of you (subscribers, yay!) know, voting for the 2016 Drop Zone Awards is now open, until...
Instagram dispatch from the Skydive New England door
Was it something I said? Thanks @skydivenewengland for the hospitality, guest shots and ❤💙💚💛💜...
Instagram dispatch from the skies above Skydive New England
When you just want to give the earth a hug but your arms are only so big. Photo by Heidi...
What would you do for a free jump (or a hundred)?
“It all started with a bottle of moonshine in Louisiana.” And it ended with Skydive New...
Instagram dispatch from the skies above Skydive New England
Exit exit exit! Sweet shot by Meaghan Meehan of Jordan Fleig, Randy Eastburn and Dick Tucker going...
Instagram dispatch from the mystery DZ
Anyone know where are we today? #firstcorrectguesswinsaprize #dzheaven #peace #love #skydiving...
Reader question: Who’s making your jumping life better...
Every time someone dies, we all make this pact with ourselves to not wait until a memorial to tell...
i79 Desktop Wallpaper:
Download wallpaper (1750x1075) Darren Burke leads a big suit flock over Skydive Dubai Desert Campus...
The Definitive Beer Fine Rules
Everyone knows you have to pay beer fines for firsts. But, BUT. How much beer? What firsts? What...
History of Mondial (Mondi-what?)
You know, a Mondial. This morning the IPC answered one of our most burning questions: What the f is...
Text your mother a skydiving photo
Text your mother (or father or grandparent or guardian) the most recent photo of you in the air...
Reader question: Should we be growing the sport(s)?
This month we want to know if you think our sports should be recruiting more members or not. Should...
Face Off: AXIS versus Grillets FS Challenge
In the name of healthy competition, smack talk and shenanigans, we asked both sides some pre...
i78 Desktop Wallpaper: CaliFlocking by Jessica Brownlow
Download wallpaper (1740x1080) Scott Robinson, Sam Lendle and Chip Keating display some excitement...
UK Paramotor Race!
After a cracking start to the global Icarus X Series in the USA, the UK edition is upon us. The...
Get by with a little help from our friends
When it feels like the world has its claws in you, turn to your sky family. We've gathered quite a...
#OrlandoStrong
Jumper Linda Thompson has organized a worldwide skydiving memorial to the 49 victims of the Orlando...
Reader question: What would you do with $3,428?
If a relatively small chunk of change landed in your lap today, what would you spend it on? New...
Twin Otters on a rescue mission; are best planes ever
The Twin Otters most of us get to jump from on a regular basis are badasses of the aviation world...
Help a band out?
Cursing Stone, an unsigned Australian indie rock band is making a music video and could use some of...
i78 mailing now
It’s here! Our June issue has started mailing now to all current subscribers. (Not a...
Reader question: Your most memorable jump?
From Cliff Phillips: Where was your most memorable jump? And why? As always, bonus points for...
i77 desktop wallpaper: 72-way by Greg Gasson
Download the May 2016 centerfold by Greg Gasson as your desktop wallpaper.
Guess what’s on the next cover …
What do you think is on next month's cover?
Reader question: What’s the most inspirational thing...
Reader question this month comes from James Eaddy: What was the most inspirational thing another...
VSC FTW
Our resident life coach, Melanie Curtis, is launching a new online group specifically for skydiving...
Reader question: Strange new DZ edition
What is the most important question to ask when you arrive at a strange DZ?
i75 desktop wallpaper: The Lonely Track by Michael Anderson
Download the March 2016 centerfold by Michael Anderson as your desktop wallpaper.
Could you be Des Moines Skydivers’ sugar momma?
The Des Moines Skydivers are looking for women who are able to put up with our adrenaline seeking...
29% off with code LEAP
Use coupon code 'LEAP' for 29% off your entire purchase of $29 or more, valid Leap Day 2016 only.
The difference between ‘good’ and...
This is the difference between good and excellent. James "Punisher" Flaherty, Amy Chmelecki and...
Being a Skydiver Dad … Revisited
So yesterday I posted The Fuckin' Pilot's online reprint, "Being a Skydiver Dad." I also kinda...
i73 desktop wallpaper: Fly4Life in Chile by Luciano Bacqué
The Blue Skies Mag January 2016 centerfold by Luciano Bacqué as a wallpaper for your computer...
Reader question: Have you ever lied about your jump numbers?
This month’s question comes from Nikolay on Facebook. Now, we certainly don’t condone...