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Featured DZ Photo by Andrew Matsis | D-38560   (Sep 2020) Featured Photos Featured DZ

Brendan Greeley (left) and wingsuit flyer Alexander Lemaire carve around each other at Skydive Danielson.

Featured Event Photo by Garth Baker | USPA #346098   (Sep 2020) Featured Photos Featured Event

Sven Jeseppi swoops in during a speed round at the Florida Canopy Piloting Association meet at Skydive City Zephyrhills in Florida.

Safety Check | National Suicide Prevention Week is September 6-12 By Ron Bell   (Sep 2020) Safety & Training Safety Check

Jumping—usually from a structure—accounts for 5.8 percent of all suicides in the United States, and has an 85 percent success rate, which is similar to suicide by firearm.

Ask A Rigger | Help! I Can’t Pull My Main-Deployment Handle! By Kevin Gibson   (Sep 2020) Safety & Training Ask A Rigger

Far too often, skydivers face difficulties pulling their pilot chutes, and the results are often far too serious.

Rating Corner | Judging: The Other Ratings Track Jim Rees | D-13359   (Sep 2020) Safety & Training The Rating Corner

For jumpers, earning a judge rating can be another means of progress and personal development within the sport.

Keep an Eye Out | Damaged Locking Loop   (Sep 2020) Safety & Training Keep An Eye Out

A jumper caught this damage to his locking loop while performing a thorough pre-flight inspection of his gear before his first jump of the day.

Featured Training Photo Photo by David Gerstein | D-28242   (Sep 2020) Featured Photos Safety & Training Featured Photo

Tandem instructor Mike Hennessy gears up a tandem student at Connecticut Parachutists Inc. in Ellington.

Centerspread Photo by Craig O’Brien   (Sep 2020) Featured Photos Centerspread

Friends of jumper Kellie Infante, who passed away earlier in the year, honor her memory by performing a simulated ash release with pink feathers at Skydive Perris in California.

Featured Jumper Photo by Pete Jabczynski | D-25812   (Sep 2020) Featured Photos To New Heights Featured Photo

Phil Lamm (upper right, blue helmet) and friends complete a 16-way in celebration of his 3,000th jump at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois.

Gold State Gear Takes Over Retail Sales from Square One   (Sep 2020) Five Minute Call Gear & Industry Spotlight

After nearly 30 years as a skydiving equipment retailer, Square One passed the torch for retail sales to a new company, Gold State Gear.

Donors   (Sep 2020) Donors Five Minute Call
Boogie That Wasn’t a Boogie Visits Melbourne Beach By Jeff Holmstock   (Sep 2020) Event News Five Minute Call

Tribe of The Traveling Tiki held its Beach Boogie—officially a three-day demo event—July 10-12 in Melbourne Beach, Florida.

Jumpers Attend 16-Way Training Camp in Byron By Lauren Liddell   (Sep 2020) Five Minute Call

On Saturday, June 20, organizers Jeff and Karen Bodin, with assistance from John Verley, held a 16-way sequential formation skydiving training camp at Bay Area Skydiving in Byron, California.

Up-To-Date USPA Event Information Available Online   (Sep 2020) Five Minute Call

Due to the everchanging landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic nationally, USPA has been adapting its plans for events such as the 2020 USPA National Championships and the USPA Board Meeting long after Parachutist goes to press.

Jumpers Honor Infante at Perris   (Sep 2020) Featured Photos Five Minute Call Featured Photo Five Minute Call

On July 14, friends and colleagues of Kellie Infante, B-46875, performed a memorial series of jumps at Skydive Perris in California, her home drop zone. 

D-1 Becomes JON-23   (Sep 2020) Featured Photos Five Minute Call Featured Photo Five Minute Call

Lew Sanborn, D-1, celebrates his 90th birthday at Mid-America Sport Parachute Club in Taylorville, Illinois, where friends held a cookout in his honor and presented him with a certificate proclaiming him the 23rd member of Jumpers Over Ninety (a subgroup of the Parachutists Over Phorty Society).

A Record for Indiana Photo by Ted Freidline | D-31175   (Sep 2020) Featured Photos Five Minute Call Featured Photo

From left, Junior Melton, Dana Parker, camera flyer Dave Durant, Floyd Kehl, Chuck Surges and Al Lavine pose for the camera in October at Skydive Indianapolis in Frankfort, Indiana, after setting the Jumpers Over Seventy State Record for Largest Formation Skydive with a 5-way.

Spaceland Hosts Sixth Annual 3-Way Formation Skydiving Competition By Christy West   (Sep 2020) Competition Five Minute Call

Coronavirus slowed but did not stop the Skydive Spaceland 3-Way Formation Skydiving Competition!

America Gets a Dose of LSD at Spaceland Houston By Alethia Austin   (Sep 2020) Event News Five Minute Call

After having great success in Europe over the past four years, the LSD (Level, Slot, Dock) Skills Camps made their way to the U.S., landing at Skydive Spaceland–Houston in Rosharon, Texas, in July.

Elsinore Hosts Its Infamous Poker Run   (Sep 2020) Five Minute Call

Skydive Elsinore in California held its 22nd annual Poker Run on June 29. This year’s event saw five teams participate in the combination 6-way formation skydiving meet and tequila-fueled poker game.

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