Last night was our first full staff meeting since my arrival here at Skydive New England. The team structures held well and this year with over 30% new staff we are in for one awesome season of jumping and development. All the team leaders are jazzed at not only their positions but the possibility of creating something new with their team and the season. We have well over 30 staff members and all of us are living on property. The passion for the sport, culture and community is almost tangible. No where else have I seen such commitment to a business’ people, community and infrastructure then right here with Fred and Carp. All the new staff are from all over the world with a big contention from Australia. More after the jump……
Owners Fred & Carp over hauled the place with new upgrades including new showers, bathrooms and new campground electric with meters. As a staff member I couldn’t ask for more. There are always needs and wants and something to fix or improve and this place is on top of it.
Club Jump IN! I started last year has really taken off and with Eli Bolotin at the helm of AFF our student program and jumper retention is going to go through the roof. Club Jump IN! has really held its membership and activity even through the winter. Totally dedicated jumpers. The communication is definitely helping our safety here as well.
Our video team is upgrading to full digital and Swoopware, which has been a mission as each individual cameraman is working his own station. I broke up with PC years ago and still lament on the wasted time in that relationship making it harder to plunk down the big stack of cash needed for the PC, burner, HDD and software. Hours and hours of computer pain. But, it should be worth it. Our videos will go head to head with any DZ in the country and the flexibility of production for whatever purpose is seemingly infinite. I hope to be posting some Tips, Tricks and Fix videos on the Swoopware, Vegas and DVD architect soon.
And for the Pictures. I am just getting settled and up and running. This is the first fun jump I’ve even been on here yet this season. Sam, one of our new Interns, made his 100 jump during a 13way tracking dive. It was sunset and short on notice I used my GOPRO for stills. I knew what I was going to end up with, but still love playing with the colors and just whacking out the photos.
It was a good jump and a great way to end the day. Using Swoopware and my newly created Tandem Template I was able to hit the ground and burn a DVD of the jump in just a few clicks and a pack job worth of minutes. Now that’s cool!
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Check out the Slide Show and the Video below
Happy 100th SAM!
