![[Two skydivers freefly in red suits.] Blue Skies Magazine i113: May 2019 | On the cover: French freefly Team AirWax members Greg Crozier and Karine Joly photographed above Skydive Sebastian in Florida. Photo by Norman Kent normankent.com](/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/i113_May2019-244x300.jpg)
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Sun Path: alternate bridle routing
Last September (2014) we published a post following an incident where a pin pierced a bridle...
Canopy Collision Video
This recent video from Alê e Paulinho, shot at Skydive Arizona in Eloy, Arizona, shows two...
Get Current: Flirting with AAD Activation Altitudes
Tom Noonan is a professional instructor and director of the Tandem Program at UPT. Tom wears many...
Get Current: Wingsuit Performance Flying
Jake “Feather” Morse is a Phoenix Fly wingsuit coach operating out of Minnesota. He has been...
Get Current: Landing Priorities
"You’re uncurrent – be honest – are you nervous about your first landing of the year?"
Get Current: Canopy Choices – Understanding the Choices We Make
Tom Noonan is a professional instructor and director of the Tandem Program at UPT. Tom wears many...
Get Current: Proper Harness Fit – It’s More Important Than You Think!
Proper, or “good” harness fit of the rig to your body is one of the most important issues that...
Get Current: BASE Safety Tip from Douggs #2
Chris “Douggs” McDougall is a professional BASE jumper and wingsuit pilot. He’s Australian by birth...
Cold Climate Jumpers: Preparing for a Successful Season
Canadian skydiver Martin Lemay is quite familiar with working with jumpers who take a part of the...
Get Current: I’m not Strong Enough to Flare – Part 2
This is the second part of two on the topic of landings – in particular the strength it takes to...
Get Current: BASE Safety Tips from Douggs #1
Chris “Douggs” McDougall is a professional BASE jumper and wingsuit pilot. He’s...
Get Current: Getting Back Into Skydiving (Recurrency)
Melissa Lowe is a third generation skydiver who made her first jump at the ripe old age of 5. With...
Get Current: Upright Flying with Chris Argyle
Tunnel flying is already a large part of our sport, and certainly a whole another sport in its own...
Get Current: Safety Tips for Camera Flyers by JC Colclasure
JC Colclasure is a member of the PD Factory Team and a Flight-1 instructor. He has been skydiving...
Get Current: I’m not Strong Enough to Flare, Part 1
This is the first part of two on the topic of landings – in particular the strength it takes...
Get Current Series – 2015 edition
Last year we gathered up some good articles from a handful of companies and individuals, and threw...
Get Current 2015: Will worn lines break during opening, in flight or on landing?
The first installment in the 2015 Get Current series is brought to us by Performance Designs, Inc...
Wingsuit Cutaway Following an Unrecoverable Spin
Steve Hubbard, a jumper at Skydive DeLand recently attended a Wingsuit Speed Camp at Skydive...
How to do a Mr. Bill – and live to tell the tale
This past weekend we lost a fellow jumper during a Mr. Bill attempt. It could easily have been a...
Get Current: Setting up to be safe – 10 things you can do to fly safer
If you haven’t heard of The Canopy School yet, keep your eyes peeled. They are the new kid on...
Get Current: Staying Alive with TJ Landgren
TJ Landgren is a flier of all things miniscule in the world of canopies. He has over 20,000 jumps...
Get Current: CYPRES 2 – Adjustable Activation Altitude Setting
The first CYPRES unit saw the light of day back in 1991, marking the dawn of reliable electronic...
Get Current: Staying Alive with Cornelia Mihai
Cornelia Mihai: Cornelia Mihai is the world’s top female swooper – she’s a badass. She is part of...
Get Current: AAD’s and the “set and forget” mentality
Unconscious in freefall? Or injured to the point that you can’t deploy your own main or...
Get Current: Staying Alive with Jasper Williams
Jasper Williams has been the CP course technical director for the last 5 years in Dubai for the...
Get Current: Staying Alive with Robbie McMillan
A few words from Australian Canopy Pilot Robbie McMillan on swooping and staying alive, as a part...
Get Current: Swooping and Staying Alive
As a young student jumper, staying alive is of paramount importance. Everything you are taught in...
Get Current: PD Reserve Accuracy Challenge
This is hot off the press from the Performance Designs gang – the PD Tour is taking the...
Let’s get current!
This past Saturday, March 8th, was the official USPA Safety Day. Safety Day is presented and...