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Skydiving in Thailand on the up and up again…

Posted by admin on July 22nd, 2008

 
Tandem Skydive Experience with Extreme Sports Cafe at our partner Drop Zone in Sri Racha near Pattaya in Thailand.
To do a Tandem Skydive requires no experience but there are weight restrictions.
The maximum weight for a Tandem Skydive is 95 Kilos. (fully clothed)
Available all year round
WE ARE NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR TANDEMS FROM 14th NOVEMBER 2008
Full [...]

Jet Powered Bicycle & Skydiving with Jets..

Posted by admin on May 21st, 2008

Cool article on Wired.com..
Maddox has been into skydiving for 20 year and used to compete in tracking contests, where free-falling skydivers move horizontally across the sky at speeds approaching 120 mph. His buddy was always just a little bit faster, so Maddox thought “it’d be fun to strap a jet engine to my chest and [...]

Skydive Vietnam - Videos from the World Record….

Posted by admin on May 5th, 2008

On the 6th March at 10:45am local time I jumped out of a helicopter from 2,800 feet. I opened my parachute after 1.5 seconds. We opened over the ocean and flew back to land on the beach where over 1000 Vietnamese locals looked on with interest. I jumped with Wendy Smith who happens to be the number [...]

A skydiving friend’s gear has gone missing. Please forward far and wide and keep a look out for any and all pieces.
Forwarded from Lauren:
My name is Lauren Demme and my gear bag that has all of my skydiving gear in it has disappeared. It is black with purple pinstripes from the Sunshine Factory, [...]

If you didn’t know already that Skydiver Network (setup by Omar - one of the Skydive Vietnam Load Organizers) was the place to be here’s another reason to go there..

Kevin Elvis King (one of our participants) has put a bunch of really cool photos from the Skydive Vietnam boogie (and those bad weather days) on [...]

Skydiving Geckos

Posted by admin on March 18th, 2008

This is from a very interesting article published on ArsTechnica..
[Researchers also found that geckos in windtunnels (pictured above) were able to control their decent and steer towards a solid surface using their tails. When on their stomachs, gliding in a pose similar to Superman's, the position "allowed them to use their tails to turn or [...]

Skydive Vietnam 11 Way National Record - Vietnam

Posted by admin on March 18th, 2008

Thank you once again to all the participants and organisers involved in the Skydive Vietnam Boogie.
We are just getting sorted again at HQ, and plan to finish the blogging (late I know) of the last few days of the boogie.. Including info on National Records set in Vietnam and the World Record we assisted in…

In [...]

Rest Days… Demo Jump Planning… Oxy-10!

Posted by admin on February 29th, 2008

Time to re-charge the batteries.. We still did not find time to try out the rides at VinPearl Land but hope to perhaps next week one evening..
During this time we have been preparing for a small demonstration jump for Vietnamese VIPs on the morning of the 1st of March… After that we hope to speed [...]

Skydive Vietnam - Some arial shots courtesy of Wendy Smith.

Posted by admin on February 28th, 2008

It’s a real privilege to have the best at what they do working with us at the Skydive Vietnam Boogie… Over the next few days we hope to bring you some taste of the skies over Nha Trang filled with skydivers.. This first batch is from our dear friend Wendy Smith and also has some [...]

Skydive Vietnam - Awesome 2nd day of jumping…

Posted by admin on February 26th, 2008

It’s late.
We partied, after jumping all day, getting a sunset load, and bidding a fond farewell to our first week Russian party..
Some pictures to show the mood of the day, and the amount of spectators who came to watch the fun..
Hank and Stephane (two of our organizers finally managed to get a jump in, and [...]