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.

Photographer Michael McGowan took this shot of a 4-way and overall formation skydiving national champion Arizona Airspeed at practice over Skydive Arizona in Eloy.  Team members are John Eagle, Craig Girard, Neal Houston, Mark Kirkby and camera flyer Marc Steinbaugh.

Photographer Norman Kent took this shot of Nicole Angelides and Hunter Roberts playing around over Skydive DeLand in Florida.  Kent used and eight-millimeter lens for the shot.

Photographer Brian Erler took this shot of the 2000 X Games champion Yahoo! Skysurf Team, with Stephan Klaus and camera flyer Brian Rogers, on their way to the gold medal over the Roche Winery in Sonoma, California.

Brad Hood of Jump Run Productions took this shot of the unofficial world record for the largest formation with a tandem.  With James Perez and Coral Degagne in tandem, jumpers made athe skydive as part of Jump for the Cause 2000.

Photographer Robbie Culver took this shot of jumpers exiting the Twin Otter for a big-way formation skydive over Chicagoland Skydiving in Hinckley, Illinois, during the Memorial Day weekend.

Photographer Brad Hood of Jump Run Productions took this shot of the U.S. canopy formation 4-way sequential team flying a diamond during a practice jump over The Parachute Center in Lodi, California.

Photographer Craig O'Brien took this shot of world-champion female skysurfer Tanya Garcia-O'Brien leading a tracking dive on her skyboard over Perris Valley Skydiving in California.  The other trackers are (top to bottom) Billy Calhoun IV, Mike Ortiz, Eli Thompson and Jeff Calesa.

Photographer Michael McGowan caught this shot as formation skydivers turn pieces during the South of the Border Boogie in San Carlos, Mexico.

Photographer Oscar Oczkowski caught this shot of Washington jumpers Ken Hiatt and Richard Bailey exiting the hot-air balloon over Skydive Arizona in Eloy.

Photographer Brian Erler took this shot of Joao Fernandez and Juliana Se sharing a challenging kiss pass over Skydive Space Center in Titusville, Florida.