Search by Keyword

Search by Issue Date

(Not all articles appear online. More articles being added every day!)

Search by Author

Launch Full Issue in Flipbook

Flip through the pages of back issues from September 1957 to today as if you were holding the real magazine! Once you open an issue, swipe the hand icon to the left to begin reading. (You may need to disable your pop-up blocker to view.)

August 2014 Cover   (Aug 2014) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Luciano Bacque | USPA #140185
Paulo Pires (center) and (from left) Luis Prinetto, Nicolas Lesser, Gabriel Martin and Juan Manuel Garcia Coni angle fly during the Elite Latin Skydivers event at Skydive Perris in California.

June 2014 Cover   (Jul 2014) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Cheryl Brown| USPA #244108
Thomas Dellibac lands during the zone accuracy event while on his way to winning the open-class overall gold medal at the USPA National Championships of Canopy Piloting.

June 2014 Cover   (Jun 2014) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Zach Schroedel | D-29163
Bram Clement, owner of the SkydiveRatings instructor school in Zephyrhills, Florida, plays the student while exiting a Skyvan with AFF-rating candidate Ryan Bolohan.

May 2014 Cover   (May 2014) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Norman Kent | D-8369
Diana Osuna and Alex Klockner exit over Banderas Bay during Skydive Mex's Pachanga Beach Boogie in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

April 2014 Cover   (Apr 2014) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Randy Forbes | D-10858
The 4-way base of a 20-way formation flies down the hill during a Wuest Ways event hosted by big-way organizers Doug and Marilyn Wuest at Skydive Perris in California.

March 2014 Cover   (Mar 2014) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Randy Swallows| D-31271
During the USPA National Collegiate Parachuting Championships at Florida Skydiving Center/Skydive Lake Wales, Air Force Eufouria sets a 40-point national collegiate skydiving record on its way to winning gold in the 4-way open formation skydiving event.

Choosing a Canopy by Jim Crouch   (Feb 2014) Homepage Safety Check

The choices you make when purchasing skydiving gear can literally mean the difference between life and death. The data on the causes of skydiving injuries and fatalities makes it pretty clear that nothing is more important when it comes to gear than the size and type of main canopy you choose to fly and the decisions you make while flying it.

February 2014 Covers   (Feb 2014) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Jason Peters | D-23332
At Skydive Arizona in Eloy, 63 jumpers set the Women's World Record for Largest Head-Down Formation.

The RSL: Separating Fact from Fiction by Jim Crouch   (Jan 2014) Homepage Features

There is probably no other piece of skydiving equipment more misunderstood than the reserve static line (RSL). If you want 10 different opinions on why you should or should not equip your container with one, simply ask 10 different skydivers.

January 2014 Cover   (Jan 2014) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Brian Binder | D-32459
Bob Caminha flies his canopy over the scenic landscape surrounding Skydive San Diego in Jamul, California.

December 2013 Cover   (Dec 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Norman Kent | D-8369
At Skydive City Zephyrhills in Florida, Gage Galle of the Performance Designs Factory Team "threads the needle" through a group of canopy formation skydivers at PD's Project Orange, an event highlighting all aspects of canopy flight

November 2013 Cover   (Nov 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Brian Festi | D-26788

Clean Air turns points on its way to winning the gold medal in the canopy formation skydiving 4-way rotations event at the 2013 USPA Nationals at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois.

October 2013 Cover   (Oct 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Norman Kent | D-8369
Jumpers enjoy a formation skydive during the Summerfest boogie at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois.

September 2013 Cover   (Sep 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Raymond Adams | D-30158
Jarod Orrell carves head down during the Wetter Hotter Americanner Summer Boogie at Skydive Atlanta in Thomaston, Georgia.

August 2013 Cover   (Aug 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Niklas Daniel | D-28906
Justin Price photographs Todd Love (bottom center) flying a 9-way with a group of world champion skydivers to celebrate earning his A license at Skydive Arizona in Eloy through the Operation X-Wing Program.

July 2013 Cover   (Jul 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Katie Blain | C-38725
Yuri Garmashov competes in a speed round during the USPA National Championships of Canopy Piloting at Skydive City Zephyrhills in Florida.

June 2013 Cover   (Jun 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Zach Schroedel | D-29163
Ted Chen flies his wingsuit at Bay Area Skydiving in Byron, California.

May 2013 Cover   (May 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Bryan Scott | D-10265
In the beam of a 22,000-lumen plasma light, jumpers practice their canopy flying at Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales in anticipation of setting the unofficial night canopy formation world record, a 26-way, a few weeks later.

How Skydiving Changed My Life by Gary Holden   (Apr 2013) Homepage How Skydiving Changed My Life

This adventure all started around my 60th birthday, in March 2009, while talking with my co-worker, Abby, who has the same birthday as I do (though I’m 30 years older). We were trying to come up with something special to do. I mentioned that I would like to jump out of an airplane before I got too old to do it. Abby said that she had always wanted to do it, too, and we made a pact: I would do it if she would.

April 2013 Cover   (Apr 2013) Featured Photos Covers

Photo by Randy Swallows | D-29371
Mark Randall hangs from a skid in preparation for a helicopter jump at Skydive City Zephyrhills in Florida.

First105106107108110112113114Last