irst up, what’s a MARD I might hear you ask? Well, it stands for Main Assisted Reserve Deployment, with one of the first examples being…
How to use fighter pilot thinking and apply decision cycles to your skydiving.
I’ve been thinking about the way that we as skydivers collect information…
For most of us this is a quieter time, jumpwise, so take a look at your rig. Give it a brush down; maybe leave the…
Since the last Mag, there have tragically been two skydiving plane crashes in less than two months, killing 20 people. All 10 skydivers aboard and…
Back in January, CYPRES changed their maintenance policy from ‘highly recommended’ to ‘voluntary’ for any units manufactured after January 1 2016. This was based on…
It’s always far better to learn from the mistakes of others than to have to experience them yourself, so here are the highlights of all…
YES! With 200 jumps in your logbook, it’s time to peel the sticky back from the GoPro snag hazard point − sorry, I mean the…
After 21 years of voluntary service, Paul Applegate has retired as Chair of the Riggers’ subcommittee. Riggers is a part of STC, the British Skydiving…
When we interviewed the retiring Chair of the BPA Riggers’ Subcommittee, Paul Applegate, we asked him what wound him up about how people treat their…
Intentional high-performance ‘swoop’ landings are probably the most dangerous skydiving discipline and cause more serious injuries and fatalities worldwide than any other aspect of the…