Photographer Craig O'Brien took this shot of the Ilse Vanbouchout and Dan Cook exiting a hot air balloon over Perris Valley Skydiving in California.

Photographer Jason Peters took this shot of the 24-way over Skydive Sebastian in Florida that has been submitted to the FAI as the official head-down world record.

Photographer Dave Brown took this shot of national champion freefly team Alchemy, with (left to right) Mike Swanson, Rook Nelson and Jon DeVore, during the team's first training camp of the new season at Skydive Sebastian in Florida.

Photographer Jason Peters took this shot of the completed 300-way that set a new world record for largest freefall formation December 12, 2002, over Skydive Arizona in Eloy.

Photographer Norman Kent took this shot of one of the five 50-ways a group of canopy formation jumpers completed to claim an unofficial U.S. record during a CF big-way event at Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales.

Photographer Brad Hood of Jump Run Productions took this shot of the 131-way that marks a new women's world-record set during the Jump for the Cause event at Perris Valley Skydiving in California in October.

Photographer Craig O'Brien took this shot of Jim Slaton swooping across the pond during the Pro Swooping Tour 2002 Team Challenge at Perris Valley Skydiving in Californina in October.

Photographer Adrian Nicholas took this shot of formation skydivers building a big-way during the Hercules Boogie in Lidkoping, Sweden, in August.

Photographer Janine Hill took this photo after Ron Noffz transitioned to an upright position while (left to right) Jon Devore, Kenny Cosrove, John Shoffner and Sven Zimmermann fly head down over Skydive Lake Tahoe in Beckworurth, Califorinia.

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.