Teaming Up: Part 2/3 – Sponsorship
Compared to many other sports that operate a similar system of patronage between manufacturers and athletes, skydiving is relatively small. Even if you sell yourself brilliantly right from the start, the big goal of free stuff is not something that happens straight away. You are going to have to work for it. Wait! Work for […]
Teaming Up: Part 1/3 – Getting Started
Looking back across a season of high profile competitions and seeing professional teams across many different disciplines throw down their best performances can have a powerful effect on the imagination. The pull towards the ziggurat of organised competition can be strong – but what you ultimately witness is the end product of a lot of […]
Indoors Outdoors Part Six: Wrapping Things Up
Before you have invested the considerable time and effort to persuade your brain how to understand freefly properly it can all feel rather difficult. Witnessing highly accomplished flying in both the sky and the tunnel appears akin to magic, and the road to being able to do all that stuff yourself can seem very long […]
Teaming Up: Part 3/3 – Getting Stuff Done
Skydivers are a diverse bunch, drawn to the sky from across the length and breadth of human endeavour – and we each bring with us into any group dynamic a particular set of strengths and weaknesses. Across the different available disciplines teams are very different beasts, from the fairly compact pair of people that make […]
Indoors Outdoors Part 3/6: Back Flying
Crossing over your skills. 3 of 5.
Indoors Outdoors Part 2/6: Head Up
Crossing over your skills. 2 of 5.
Indoors Outdoors Part 1/6: Introduction
Crossing over your flying skills. 1 of 5.
Indoors Outdoors Part 5/6: Head Down
Crossing over your skills. 5 of 5.
Indoors Outdoors Part 4/6: Belly Flying
Crossing over your skills. 4 of 5.