SKYDIVING

Skydiving is the sport or activity of jumping from an aircraft and performing acrobatic maneuvers in the air during free fall before landing by parachute.
The key elements here are “aircraft” and “parachute”. An “aircraft” has to be just that: a vehicle moving through the air. The aircraft doesn’t have to be an airplane – it can be a hot-air balloon, a microlight, a paraglider with a tandem harness to jump from, or a big ol’ dirigible. The “parachute” must be present, but it doesn’t have to be of any particular kind. It can be an old-school round or a modern ram-air (square) number. These days, it’s almost always the latter.
Skydives are performed using a “two-parachute system”, which comprises of a “container” (the backpack into which the fabric is folded) and two parachutes: the main canopy and the backup parachute (or “reserve”) in case the main one malfunctions. In most skydiving systems, there’s a device installed which opens the reserve parachute in the eventuality that the skydiver does not or is not able to open his/her own parachute unaided.
These failsafe permit the stupendous statistical safety of tandem skydiving (which is heavily regulated).

Shooting:
1) Skydive Arizona – Christmas Boogie – Dec 2018 2) Skydive San Diego – Jan 2019 3) Skydive Perris, California – 2018-2019 4) Skydive Lodi Parachute Center – 2015-2019 5) Skydive Chicago – Summerfest 2018/2019 6) Skydive Burning Man 2017/2018/2019 7) Skydance Skydiving – Augusto Bartelle Boogie – Aug 2019 8) Skydive Moab, Ut – Mother Of All Boogie – Sept 2019 9) Skydive City/Z-Hills – PD Factory – Oct 2019 10) Skydive Key West, Fl – Oct 2019 11) Skydive Byron, Ca – Jul 2019

Characters:
Augusto Bartelle, Bill Booth, Bill Dause, Chasen McLook, Chris Peterson, Codi Coleman, Dan Brodsky Chenfield, Denis Gogol, Gentry Boesiger, Inka Titto, Jamie Leibert, Javier Wilensky, Jeff Shapiro, Joe Stone, John LeBlanc, Joseph Lohmuller, Courtney R., Keith MacBeth, Nikolay Tatur, Kyle Stubbs, Sarah Hong Thao, Davide Carron, Mark Shooby Knutson, Matt Laj, Miles Daisher, Nathalia Bassegio, Joseph Fusco, Cristian Trefault, Olav Zipser, Armando Fattoruso, Mario Fattoruso, Justin Price, Travis Mills, Pete Swan, Raymond Adams, Rook Nelson, Scott Roberts, Sean Chuma, Sebastian Alvarez, Taylor Cole, Vanessa Larocca, Vayne Jiang, Vitaly Cheresh

B.A.S.E. JUMPING

BASE jumping is the sport of jumping – while wearing a one parachute safety system – from non-moving objects. These systems are designed to open quickly and on-heading in a perilously short space of time. There is no reserve canopy in a BASE-specific container.

The term “BASE”, in fact, is an acronym that stands for the objects most commonly jumped (so you can think of it as B.A.S.E. jumping): Building, Antenna, Span (bridge), Earth (cliffs). Other objects (for instance: billboards, wind turbines, ski lifts, cranes, high-altitude cables, etc.) also count as BASE objects if the exit point is static.
Because BASE jumping does not meet the Federal Aviation Administration’s definition of its jurisdiction (“the descent of an object to the surface from an aircraft in flight”), it is not overseen by the FAA or any other regulatory body.

Shooting:
1) Perrine Bridge – Twin Falls, Idaho – 2017-2019 2) Moab, Utah – 2017-2019 3) Bridge Day – West Virginia – Oct 2019 4) Turkey Boogie – Moab, Ut – Nov 2018/2019 5) Andy Jackson Flight Park – San Bernardino, CA – 2018-2019 6) Greece – 2018 7) Italy – 2018 8) Norway – 2019 9) Malaysia, KL Tower 2018/2019 10) South Africa – 2018

Characters:
Andy Lewis, Chasen McLook, Chris Peterson, Denis Gogol, Gentry Boesiger, Jamie Leibert, Javier Wilensky, Jeff Shapiro, Joe Stone, John LeBlanc, Joseph Lohmuller, Courtney R., Keith MacBeth, Nikolay Tatur, Kyle Stubbs, Matt Laj, Miles Daisher, Pete Swan, Raymond Adams, Rook Nelson, Scott Roberts, Sean Chuma, Sebastian Alvarez, Taylor Cole, Vitaly Cheresh

WINGSUIT FLYING

Wingsuit flying (or wingsuiting) is the sport of flying through the air using a wingsuit which adds surface area to the human body to enable a significant increase in lift. The modern wingsuit, first developed in the late 1990s, creates a surface area with fabric between the legs and under the arms.

Wingsuits are sometimes referred to as “birdman suits” (after the makers of the first commercial wingsuit), “squirrel suits” (from their resemblance to flying squirrels’ wing membrane), and “bat suits” (due to their resemblance to the animal or perhaps the superhero).

A wingsuit flight normally ends by deploying a parachute, and so a wingsuit can be flown from any point that provides sufficient altitude for flight and parachute deployment — normally a skydiving drop aircraft, or BASE-jump exit point such as a tall cliff or a safe mountain top. The wingsuit flier wears parachute equipment specially designed for skydiving or BASE jumping. While the parachute flight is normal, the canopy pilot typically unzips arm wings (after deployment) to be able to reach the steering parachute toggles and control the descent path.

Shooting:
1) San Diego – January 2019 2) Arizona Christmas Boogie – 2018 3) Norway 4) Turkey Boogie 2018/2019

Characters:
Andy Lewis, Bill Booth, Denis Gogol, Jamie Leibert, Javier Wilensky, Jeff Shapiro, Joe Stone, John LeBlanc, Joseph Lohmuller, Courtney R., Kyle Stubbs, Mark Shooby Knutson, Matt Laj, Miles Daisher, Pete Swan, Raymond Adams, Rook Nelson, Scott Roberts, Sean Chuma, Sebastian Alvarez

SPEEDFLYING

The roots of this young sport go back to the late ’90s when skydivers started “ground launching” their high-performance canopies for the purpose of “swooping” long portions of downhill terrain. This was superior to the short swoops they could achieve when landing from a skydive. It was also a lot cheaper!

Although these high-performance canopies had great flying characteristics, they were not meant for inflating in this fashion, and the paragliding industry saw the opportunity to develop wings designed specifically for this purpose. Other great advancements included the addition of adjustable wing pitch (trimmers), highly efficient airfoils and a variety of harness designs.

The early community of pilots adopted the name Speed Flying for this brand new sport. It has become the easiest and least expensive flying sport to learn, but is also one of the most exciting!

Shooting:
1) Soboba Flight Park, California – January 2019 2) Montana 3) Andy Jackson Flight Park – San Bernardino, CA – 2018/2019 4) Norway 5) Moab, Utah 6) Twin Falls, Idaho

Characters:
Andy Lewis, Denis Gogol, Jamie Leibert, Javier Wilensky, Jeff Shapiro, Joe Stone, John LeBlanc, Kyle Stubbs, Miles Daisher, Armando Fattoruso, Mario Fattoruso, Justin Price, Travis Mills, Pete Swan, Sean Chuma, Sebastian Alvarez

HANG GLIDING

Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorized foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminum alloy or composite frame covered with synthetic sailcloth to form a wing.

Shooting:
1) Sylmar Paragliding Association – February 2019 2) San Bernardino Paragliding December 2018 3) Andy Jackson Flight Park – San Bernardino, CA

Characters:
Joe Greblo, Rob Burgis, Jeff Shapiro, Joe Stone, Kyle Stubbs, Linda Salamone, Lua Silveira, Miles Daisher, Vitaly Cheresh

PARAGLIDING

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing.

Shooting:
1) San Bernardino – December 2018 2) San Bernardino – November 2019 – Lua’s tribute, spread ashes, safety day 3) Sylmar Paragliding Association – February 2019 4) Andy Jackson Flight Park – San Bernardino, CA

Characters:
Mitchell McAleer, Lua Silveira(R.I.P.), Nacho Peresson Bill Booth, Jamie Leibert, Javier Wilensky, Jeff Shapiro, Joe Stone, Kyle Stubbs, Linda Salamone, Miles Daisher, Pete Swan, Scott Roberts, Sean Chuma, Sebastian Alvarez, Joe Greblo, Vitaly Cheresh