This past September 2010 Raise the Sky produced an amazing tribute to Steve Harrington 11.25.68-11.11.09, who was killed in a skydiving accident during the 2009 US National Formation Record. Everyone surrounding this project was very generous with their work and time. Taya Weiss, founder of Raise The Sky, is an amazing person dedicated to her mission of giving back to the world. This memorial event created the possibility for a new foundation formulated by Raise the Sky, The Steve Harrington Scholarship Fund. A great weekend of jumping at Pepperell Skydiving Center, Steve’s local Drop zone. Organizers for both RW and Wingsuiting were on hand to help out. Jeff Nebelkopf successfully organized an “S” formation with the pool of Steve’s wingsuiter …
SNE RW & FreeFly Scrambles
This last weekend saw both an RW and a FreeFly scrambles by SNE Local Teams T-Minus:01 and Aeris.Both teams planned a full day of jumping attracting almost 20 jumpers. Brian Touhey of T-Minus:01 and Local Club Jump IN! planned rounds for two way and then took the same people for rounds of three way. Team Aeris organized three rounds of four way with a team member as captain for each team and included video. Aeris also took the time to give a seminar on rigs and canopies to new jumpers. A full day of jumping for SNE fun jumpers.The scrambles was custom tailored for the newer jumpers this year giving each the chance to test, hone and develop skills during …
Emma’s Birthday Prom Party
At Skydive New England the season is short here in Maine for jumping. Just about every week something is going on, one celebration or another. This week was Emma’s Birthday. Being from Australia Emma didn’t get a Prom, which became the theme for the party. Weather moved in the night before and pretty much washed all activity away for the big event leaving only the true locals on . A true pot luck where everyone brought something and before you knew it there was too much of everything, again. In anticipation for the event I thought it time to start getting all the little goodies I’ve made a list for regarding off camera lighting. I’ve been a fan of Strobist …
July 4th Boogie SNE
July 4th boogie here at SNE was a BLAST. Beautiful weather gave way to solid back to back loads all the way through the weekend. From tandems to Fun jumpers to AFF everyone was jumping, all day long. We had two people get their “A” licenses this weekend, Kevin and Jamie. We’ve got a lot of people coming off AFF and moving into the coaching realm and more “A” licenses are on the way. Definitely a fine summers crop of skydivers ready to ripen and blossom. On Friday Dale made his 100th jump with great video and as standard, ceremoniously pied and tossed into the swoop pond when we all finally caught up to him. Saturday saw a full day …
Perris 100 Way Camp COMPLETION
Want to check out all the pics, go to the low priced, easy download GALLERY. Want to tag yourself, your friends? Go to my FACEBOOK profile. The end is here. The camp is over. LAST jump and my group did it! They completed. The other group had to do a go around, lost floaters and had to land. What a great weekend. Never before have I seen a camp this big where people generated so much big way experience. The learning curve was HIGH to say the least. Many of these peoples limits were pushed beyond their own expectations. Any of you looking to take your RW to the next level should check out Perris Valley Skydiving It’s the end …