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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Skydive Vietnam 2008 : We made our first jumps!

Posted by admin on February 25th, 2008

Skydive Vietnam Boogie - Organised by Extreme Sports Cafe & Mekong River Boogies
(c) International Skydiving Association. Nha Trang, Vietnam 2008.

A day of mixed emotions.. We got in the air for 3 wonderful jumps over the Vietnamese Landscape, and in doing so our participants, Extreme Sports Cafe’s staff and the Mekong River Boogie team claimed another [...]