Photographer Craig O'Brien took this shot of members of the Performance Designs and Icarus Canopies factory teams flying their cross-braced canopies together over Perris Valley Skydiving in California.  PD canopy pilots, top to bottom:  Shannon Pilcher, Jay Moledzki and Heath Richardson.  Icarus canopy pilots, top to bottom:  Jim Slaton, J.C. Colclasure and Clint Clawson.

Photographer Bryan Scott took this shot of the quadraplane diamond that canopy formation jumpers built May 4 over Skydive Sebastian in Florida. 

Photographer Norman Kent took this shot of Rook Nelson swooping his Performance Designs Velocity during the Caribbean Challenge on Margarita Island in Venezuela.

Photographer Adam Rosen took this shot of a multi-level hybrid dive during last year's World Freefall Convention in Quincy, Illinois.  Storm Dunker is docked on the left; Damian Atkinson carries the yellow tube and Stuey Newman the red tube.  The upright flyers are Chris Salcone and Heath Richardson (bottom).

Photographer Adrian Nicholas took this shot of a formation skydive that Lyle Presse (head of formation) organized during the Puerto Rico 2nd Freefall Festival in Humacao.

Photographer Tom Sanders of Aerial Focus snapped this shot using a wireless transmitter to a camera strapped to the foot of J.C. Colclasure as he swoops along the shore of Lake Havasu in Arizona.

Photographer Craig O'Brien took this shot of Eli Thompson holding a tube as he docks on skysurfer Gonzalo Espinosa from Argentina during the Flyboyz Freefly Film Festival at Perris Valley Skydiving in California this past November.

Photographer Norman Kent took this shot of a 4-stack flying over Marathon Key, Florida, during Skydive Sebastian's annual Keys Boogie in November.  The jumpers are Jeannie Bankston, Rebecca Carswell, Martin Clennon and Mike Paolin.

Photographer Sven Zimmermann took this shot of Steve Curtis (head down) and Omar Alhegelan during a practice jump over Skydive Arizona in Eloy.  The pair, along with camera flyer Tim Straus, are members of Arizona Freeflight, the new national freeflying champions.

Photographer Janine Hill took this shot of (front to back) Toby Tyler, Ginny Stone and George Lake exiting for a freefly jump over Skydive Lake Tahoe in Beckwourth, California.

Photographer Adam Rosenthal took this shot of Jay Moledzki piloting his canopy across the water during the Pond Swooping Nationals at the Ranch Parachute Club in Gardiner, New York.

Photographer Brad Hood of Jump Run Productions took this shot of Craig Stapleton climbing down the lines of Hood's flag canopy over The Parachute Center in Lodi, California.  The two are members of the U.S. 4-way sequential team, which won the gold medal at the world championships in Spain in June.

Photographer Wendy Smith took this shot of the Russian 8-way team on its way to becoming the new world champion at the World Air Games in Granada, Spain, in June.

Photographer Norman Kent used a specially-designed hand-mount camera to snap this shot of (front to back) Vladi Pesa, Kim Griffin and Nicole Angelides flying their Birdman suits over Skydive DeLand in Florida.

Photographer Bobby Page took this shot of a 9-way head-down jump during the Freefly Shindig at Skydive DeLand in Florida in April.  Chris Fiala holds the center, as (clockwise from top center) Raymond Adams, Janine Hill, John Shoffner, Stan Gray, Thomas Hughes, Kyle Starch, Trey Holladay and Eric Deren surround him.

Photographer Andrew Staich took this shot of Elsinore Psycho Cirkus teammates Lary Sprock and Heath Richardson on a jump over Skydive Elsinore in California.

Photographer Brian Giboney took this shot of tandem instructor Ken Daidone and his student playing around with camera flyer Brian Erler over Skydive Space Center in Titusville, Florida.

Photographer Brent Finley took this shot of pieces of a larger formation tracking away during last year's Arizona Challenge skydives at Skydive Arizona in Eloy.

Photographer Steve Utter took this shot of freeflyers building a three-dimensional formation during the recent Space Games at Skydive America Palm Beach in Pahokee, Florida.  The jumpers are (left to right) Dave Brown and Rook Nelson head down, Tom Balzer and Alejandro Ramos on their bellies and (top to bottom) Chris Fiala and Max Cohn on their feet.

Photographer Janine Hill took this shot of (left to right) John Shoffner, Jon DeVore and Steve Blincoe playing with a weighted Red Bull can over Skydive Lake Tahoe in Beckwourth, California.