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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...
Lookin’ to Build – video from Texas-Cali Shred Fest
Between the two states of Texas and California, you can find some decent flyers, who like to...
Keith Creedy video: “Take a Bow”
Another excellent production from the one-man Keith Creedy factory, featuring one amazing freefly...
Spirit Animal: Soaring in the Kingdom of Imagination
Spirit Animal is not your average high-five, smack, slap, hip-check type of skydiving movie. The...
Movie Friday starring Keith Creedy
Happy freaking Friday! I know there are a lot of people prepping to head to SDC’s Summerfest right...
“Wingmen” the movie
It’s no secret that wingsuiting and wingsuit BASE are media darlings. Both have provided the...
DILAHYO music video
Skydiving, BASE and other extreme air sports often find their way into mainstream channels through...
USPA CP Nationals 2015 – video by Keith Creedy
A whimsical edit of the many moments of the 2015 CP USPA Nationals, held at Skydive Paraclete XP...
Nanananananananannaa Baaaatman!
Apparently Batman likes helicopter jumps just as much as the average skydiver. But we have to...
Contour and iON Cameras Announce Merger
The Contour camera has been a pretty popular choice in the POV market in recent years, well liked...
Jetman Dubai: Young Feathers 4K
Phenomenal video from Jetman Dubai: Young Feathers 4k. Yves Rossy is well known for his pursuit of...
Wingsuit Flying for Duchenne by Scotty Bob
While we wait for the 1st World Cup of Wingsuit Flying to start (in under two weeks) you can feast...
Norman Kent: The Dangers of Being a Hero
Norman Kent hardly needs an introduction. He has been around skydiving for a long time, much of it...
AXIS Flight School: A Case of the Mondays (on a Tuesday)
Sometimes Mondays have a way of taking over your ENTIRE WEEK. We sure hope that is not the case...
Canopy Collision Video
This recent video from Alê e Paulinho, shot at Skydive Arizona in Eloy, Arizona, shows two...
Satori Factory – LTD: Episode 1
I have no idea how LTD works, as I am your average Joe working the monotonous day-to-day. However...
The Inshredibles
A wee little year-end video, showcasing the highlights of jumper Ben Nelson and friends, based out...
Project: Flight – an all wingsuit movie coming soon!
Project: Flight is an all wingsuit montage video project that spans multiple nations...
This is DeLand – by Edson Pacheco
Edson Pacheco is a local artist – specializing in the medium of film and photos. Edson used...
Paramotoring in Patagonia, Argentina
This video comes to us from Esquel (a small town in Patagonia, Argentina), compliments of Federico...
Movie Club: Swoopy Summer in Chamonix, a la Arnaud Longobardi
It was a bit of a soggy summer in much of Europe, but that doesn’t stop guys like Arnaud...
Movie Club: vexedart
This Friday we bring you a snazzy video, that we don’t quite know how to describe. It’s...
Movie Club: King of Swoop 2014
By Missy Keough With the 2nd Annual Sun Path Products Canopy Piloting Open coming up hot on our...
Movie Club Friday: Halloween is coming….
By Missy Keough The end of summer is here(ish). But turn that frown upside down, because it also...
It’s Tiki Time: Light It Up!
Ever been to the Tiki Bar Boogie at Skydive New England? It’s somewhat legendary, for many...
Blue Skies Mag Movie Club
We like skydiving videos, and you like skydiving videos – what a happy coincidence! Which is...
Pictures in motion: It’s movie time
Sit back, grab the popcorn and don’t even think about holding my beer. Get your own or go...
German freefly at 2013 DM
If you are hungry for about 5 minutes of sweet German freeflying along with great music , go ahead...
Swooper Selfies
God bless those crazy Alter Ego kids. Looks like they had a fun time at the FLCPA meet at the Farm...
Sumo in the sky
We told you about the new Sumo suit by Squirrel last week – a new tracking suit for both BASE...
Knot in a brake line – hello reserve
On a fine Arizona day following a nice skydive, Trunk from Hypoxic turned and tracked, waved off...
Premature Deployment – Video
Pete Jabczynski sent this in saying, “In 10 years of doing camera I have dodged hook knives...
EpicFlight.tv
There is yet another website to suck up your time on the ground, EpicFlight.tv. Founder David...
“Free Fall Safety Procedures” circa 1966
Every successful jump ends where it began: on the ground. This music should be required on every...
Brazilian Paragliding Championship 2012
Ricks Brasil has another sweet paragliding video out, this time of the Brazilian championships held...
Guess Who?
A skydiver we know did some modelling and acting work (not just for us – yes that’s a...
Red Bull X-Alps TEDx talk
Heard of the Red Bull X-Alps? It’s an amazing adventure race that crosses the Alps from...
Top 5 Red Bull Stratos Videos
I’ve found myself watching as many Red Bull Bull Stratos videos as possible, and I still...
Why Felix Baumgartner Is Great
I can add nothing to this.
CRCPL Year-End Video
The California Regional Canopy Piloting League finished up their season with a nice year-end video...
Our Forefathers
Yep, we’re descended from long lines of idiots. Would this count as the first (unsuccessful)...
Tiki Times a la Daniel Croft
Now that it’s been a couple of weeks, most of those that attended should have recovered from...
Pushing The Limits
Our friends Jump4Heroes certainly get up to some cool stuff. They’ve just released their...
Canadian Big-Way Record
In this issue you read (or will very soon read!) about the Canadian big-way record. The Canucks...
Apparently we are not the only ones suffering Summerfest blues….
Daniel Croft has his own going on, but instead of sitting around moping and moaning like us, he...
Awesome Flight
Agreed.
Peace of Mind
Cypres Tubes at the Skydive EXPO 2012 – Skydive Deland
The Cape
Zach Sabel, Colorado TunnelGod, posted this video his dad made for him on Facebook and we just had...
Trunk’s Silly 2011
Trunk, of Hypoxic fame…well, there’s actually nothing I can say about this video...
I Jumped It: The MagBag
Andre Lemaire wrote up his testing of the MagBag, a prototype main d-bag created by Jerry Baumchen...
Thunderstorm Demo Team
It's always a good day in the media when skydiving/skydivers are featured in a positive and...
Speed Flying Fisher Towers in Moab, UT
A little bit of bad-assery for you to check out, right before you clock out of work and start your...
Maybe you should just take up bowling
We’ve all heard of those students that come down after a spectacular performance in the sky...
Not your day to die, evidently
Morten Pedersen, a local DeLand videographer had a bit of a shitty day at work recently. Or a...
Heroes Jump with Mobi
The Jump4Heroes guys have been at it again. This time they’ve been skydiving with an...
Skydive DeLand has the bluest office!
It might be hot, humid, muggy and stormy in Florida during the summer, but nobody can deny that we...
Big Boy Pants Interviews
We had the competitors interview each other. They each chose 2-3 questions from the following list...
Hot damn, now THIS is a 2-way
Badass. Just badass. We have nothing more to add to that. Well except if this makes you want to...
Animation film: Chute (Fall)
One of our followers on Twitter (@jorgegranier) sent us a link to this incredibly cool animation...
The 6th annual Ghana Paragliding Festival
This year I was priveledged with the opportunity to attend the 6th anual Ghana Paragliding Festival...
Heads up DZO’s, looking to hire?
We all know how difficult it can be to get good help – and we all know that skydivers may not...
Hellgate Speedflying
It seems fitting to start this chilly week in Florida (yes, it dipped down to 49 this morning, the...
PD’s new product: landing airbag
This past weekend we attended the UF Falling Gators Collegiate Boogie, hosted by Skydive Palatka...
All The Cool Kids Want Velo 79s
Add this guy to the list. “Read More” to watch the video. [youtube k3y_7y2TxVU Mad...
Slow Flight
Like slow food, there seems to be a movement afoot to promote smarter canopy piloting. Here’s...
Su-su-super bowl!!
OK non-Americans, feel free to avert your eyes in disgust as all of America goes lightly apeshit...
Florida Swoop League kicks off the season
The first meet of the season for the Florida Canopy Piloting Association kicked off at Skydive...
Carolina Ends 2010 with a Kaboom!
Skydive Carolina had their annual awards party Saturday night, and made this tribute video for...
Friday Flying Video
Because today we need to spend some time deep in thought over proofs, followed by doing some honest...
3-2-1 FLARE!
This video was shared with us by a good friend, who normally plays ninja at night, but can be seen...
Blue Skies Mag tv
Hell, why not? We have a Ustream account and just might use it. This is the National Skydiving...
Heliride
Another video for your Monday. This one can be viewed with the volume turned down, for suitable...
The Great Book of BASE
Matt Gerdes has a new book out, “The Great Book of BASE.” Awesome title, and awesome...
Extreme Skateboarding Freefall
This is, like, totally gnarly, bro. And, yeah, a little old. Whatever. It’s Friday. I love...
My Favorite View Around
Rockstar/Skydive New England vidiot Sean Rogan (featured in our November 2009 issue) has another...
Vector Festival
Vector Festival is coming to Skydive Empuriabrava in a few short days; one big highlight will be...
Mel’s View
It’s Friday! Video day! To kick us off for the day, Blue Skies Mag’s awesome monthly...
Skydive Shorties
We got back from CarolinaFest the other day, and while Kolla probably won’t remember watching...
Hey, Before You Go…
…go, could you wake me up? This is the brilliant winner of the BPA‘s Video Festival...
So You’ve Decided to Get a Cameraguy
I’m not sure how we managed to miss this one, but it’s from last summer, is excellent...
Bobo Birthday Swoops
The PD Factory Team celebrated the end of their recent training camp – and team member Ian...
Weightless
The band Nada Surf had a video contest: create a video to their new song “Weightless”...
World’s Highest BASE Jump: Check
Lots of news covering this jump by Omar Al Hegelan and Nasser Al Neyadi, but this one is my...
Happy 75th Birthday to the King
Because we know 1) he’s still alive, 2) he’s a member of the Flying Elvi, which is the...
Post-CP World Meet Mischief
It would be a shame to go all the way out to South Africa and not experience the place. So, with...
No Shit, There I Was: Back in the Air
Dedicated readers might remember Eugenio “Keno” Dominguez from our August issue. His...
The 5th Dimension
Brett from Australia sent us a link to a very cool video indeed: Off-Track to the 5th dimension For...
Last Big Splash: 4 Questions
Yeah, yeah, we’re late with this. Last Big Splash was September 26-27 at Fantasy of Flight in...
Paying the Piper
We all have to do it. Also known as “sucking it up and going to a job you may hate to pay the...
Last Big Splash, Part 1
Kolla had a job judging the Last Big Splash a few weeks ago, and I thought I’d go along to...
My Summer Vacation by Jonathan Tagle
Sick wingsuit BASE video from JT. It may not be possible to get any closer to getting out and doing...
“Did you feel it?”
60 Minutes had a great piece about wingsuiting this week—very decent looking boys doing very...
Speed Flying with Nick
If you read Scott Roberts’ article about speed flying in our September issue, you might...
Why? Because it’s Thursday.
Just a couple sweet tunnel videos from our good buddy Nik Daniel for your Thursday viewing...