Golden Knights Set New Record
The US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team has set a new world record in the Eight Way Formation at the FAI World Air Games this week. To set the new record they executed 33...
Government Shutdown Provides Opportunity to Furloughed Workers
While the recent government shutdown has had negative effects on many of the federal employees, some businesses are looking for ways to help and support the 800,000 people who won't be getting a paycheck...
Skydivers Banned in Oz
Lawrence, KS is making headlines in skydiving news in whether it should allow skydiving at its municipal airport. The issue emerged again publicly at the Lawrence City Commission’s Nov. 10 meeting. Previous requests date as...
United States Skydiving Nationals
The 2008 U.S. National Skydiving Championships was held between October 19-25, 2008 in Elroy Arizona.
Women’s Vertical World Record 65-Way
On their sixteenth attempt, the women at Skydive Arizona set a new world record for a vertical formation of sixty-five women.
The jump team consisted of women from 18 countries meeting in Elroy, Arizona. The...
Skydiver Attempts Guinness World Board Breaking Record
Topping the headlines today in skydiving news, David Frank is going to attempt to break as many pine boards while skydiving from 14,000 ft. The current record holder Travis Donley, won the record in...
2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships
The 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships are taking place from October 12 through the 25th at Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon, Texas, just south of Houston.
This year's event will include formation skydiving, freeflying, style & accuracy,...
The ‘Sport’ of Full Contact Skydiving is a Hoax
Recently UFC featherweight contender Urijah Fabe produced a video promoting something called “full contact skydiving." This sport involved two men punching, kicking, and otherwise trying to do one another harm while falling from a...
Skydive Mt McKinley
Ever feel the need for a high altitude jump from 22,000 feet? If so then this story might be what you've been looking for, that is, if you have deep pockets.
Between June 20-25, 2009,...
New Sony Camera for Skydivers Hits Shelves in September
Have you ever been skydiving and wish you could have given your friends a bird's eye view of such an exhilarating experience? Or better yet, have you heard of a skydiving world record and...
Coupe Icare 2012
If you happen to be in France right now, you're in for a treat. The Coupe Icare has been the most anticipated air sports event since 1974. Held against the backdrop of the breath-taking...
Felix Who?
Felix Baumgartner was born in Salzburg, Austria on April 20, 1969 and as a young boy he dreamt of flying helicopters. Little did anyone know at that time that he would become one of...
USA Sends First Parpalegic to Compete at World Skydiving Competition
When you consider all that's involved in skydiving, from prepping, to jumping, to landing, it most certainly involves a high level of dexterity. But sometimes when you love a sport, you figure out a...
138 People Break Skydiving World Record
Perseverance is the key, as was discovered by the 138 people who broke the vertical skydiving world record earlier this month in Ottawa, Illinios. The previous record was set in 2009 and the count at that...
USPA Tests New Event in 2013
The United States Parachute Association held its first quarterly meeting last month, and it was perhaps as exciting as that sounds. For those waiting with rapt anticipation on the status of a wingsuit-instructor rating...
Close Encounter Over The Skies of Houston
Hopefully no one in our Houston audience had a run-in with a Southwest Airlines jet as it was landing at Hobby Airport at 3:47 p.m. on Thursday, September 20th.
That’s when the Boeing 737 jet...
2010 World Skydiving Championship – Formation and Canopy
Skydiving specialists from around the globe gathered at the 2010 World Skydiving Championship in Menzelinsk, Russia from August 1st through the 5th to engage in competition for the events of Formation Skydiving and Canopy...
Global Comp for Indoor Skydiving
On November 5th their will be a first for skydiving competitions: the first ever Online Global Competition for Indoor Skydiving.
This event will attract skydivers from all over the globe who will not need to...
First Time Jumpers Must Be Over 18
Adventurous young people wanting to take their first jump will need to wait until after their 18th birthday, or be content to practice at one of the indoor skydiving locations. In skydiving news, the US...
Charity Flight Breaks Wingsuit Skydiving World Record
Former Navy Seal Andy Stumpf, from San Diego, California, set out to break the world record for absolute distance covered in a wingsuit jump, which includes the distance traveled after the chute has opened....