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"Who all can tell you not to sing your story, who all can tell you that you're singing off key ...

Fear isn't panic, fear isn't terror—fear is the mentor, fear is the teacher, fear is the little...

It's been cool sitting back and watching the evolution not only of the flying in our sport, but the...

Don't be too quick to dismiss something because it seems a bit outlandish or borderline nuts.

I hope one of the biggest stresses of your daily life is trying to get your phone into camera mode...

Do I really believe I should be a jumper? Do I really want to be a pilot?

In retrospect, it was totally my fault.

The AFF instructor who signed me off in the sport was my first real role model. He wasn't an over...

"You know if I ever catch you off the drop zone, I'm gonna nail your ass, right?"

In skydiving it's not six degrees of separation—more like two at the most.

I wish each and every one of you an incredible summer filled with thrills and happiness, safety, as...

Well, RS was certainly right about one thing: It is without a doubt one brunch I will never fucking...

Totally pro porn.

Take a small piece of advice from someone who's been there.: take the laptop into the fucking...

I can no longer churn out any more of the over the top, outrageous, offensive and revealing stories...

I’ve also had the misfortune of working for some of the biggest fuck sticks in the sport—just as I...

“Is he completely full of shit?” This question I can actually understand. I have had, without a...

In every one of my thousands of skydives or flights, I've made the same exact choice that every...

It hadn't dawned on me until quite recently that I've now pretty much split my time in skydiving...

I’d managed to avoid disaster by retrieving the elusive ginger pussy and had not, to my great...

How about DZOs, instructors, camera flyers and all start sticking to the safety standards that are...

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I was having a conversation the other evening that brought back one of the strangest memories I...

This conversation seems to come up a lot when you’re a skydiver. I’m sure every jumper out there...

Skydiving can be pretty fucking intense. On only very few occasions during my career as a tandem...

In all honesty, on a personal level, I know exactly fuck all about choking myself out during...

We were leveled off at 17,000’, sucking down the O2 and enjoying the view. As we crossed over the...

It's true. If you put me in a room with 99 normal well-adjusted women and one bi-polar...

Well let’s face it, the word pervert certainly isn't a word that most of us skydivers haven't heard...

They have a year for pigs, for sheep, for rabbits and tigers, ox, rats, monkeys and even dragons (I...

I wish I could tell you that it all ended up roses. I wish I could tell you that everyone at CK...

Question: "So Dean, you ever gonna let your daughter make a skydive?" Answer: "As long as she...

Look, it's been a good ride, but dude, we gotta have a talk. The whole adrenaline amp thing was...

Once upon a time, there lived a poor little peasant boy by the name of Phunnel. Phunnel was born...

By the end of the next sentence, those of you who aren't familiar with my writing will know what...

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"Sir, is this your bag?" I smiled my best condescending smile and said, "No, actually it's not.”...

The Mayan calendar finished one of its great cycles in December 2012. This simple fact fueled...

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Until that moment, I had no idea that a grown man could be so completely entertained with his own...

The stupid shit guys will do for women is simply mind boggling.

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I’ve never felt further away from home than I did at that moment. I could feel the pieces of tooth...

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Raise your hands if you’re a skydiver who hasn’t done any type of drug … Alright, I see 23 hands...

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If you’re tired of the Brit or the South African banging all the hot chicks ‘cause they’ve got the...

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If you’re a DZO paying your tandem instructors $25 bucks a jump I have a suggestion: Pull your...

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