Check out the pics of my friend Tete who is paraplegic and skydived last week in Seville. Tete has very little movement in his lower extremities and still had the guts to jump from a a plane at 15,000 ft and go into a one minute freefall. He was so amazed by the experience that he wants to come back to the dropzone asap for another jump.

Check out the pictures:

Check out this music video by PLANET FUNK which illustrates the beauty and magic of freeflying.

Freeflying is a skydiving discipline which adds to the traditional belly-to-earth positions, vertical flight situations where the flyer is in an upright position or in an inverted position (falling head first). These positions can increase freefall speeds considerably and in addition to that make new types of formations possible.

A freeflyer, in order to fully understand the aerodynamic power of the body in freefall, needs to first learn to control all of the skydiving forms: in the box position , which are belly-to-earth and back flying. These positions are usually not held for the duration of the full skydive. Freeflying involves constant transitions in position and speeds, with vertical and horizontal orientations.

Have a close look at the video to see what its all about:

This week I visited one of europe´s most popular drop zones in Empuriabrava – Spain and now I know why it is. Beside having two planes run parallel and the biggest landing area i have seen so far the views are to die for as you come flying down towards the earth… but judge for yourself.

http://www.skydiveempuriabrava.com/

Definition be the USPA:

The A – licence is the first level license which signifies that a skydiver has advanced beyond the student phase. Persons holding a USPA A-License are able to jumpmaster themselves, perform basic group freefall jumps and water jumps, participate in certain USPA collegiate competition events, and pack their own main parachute. It is the licence that is most accepted internationally.

In order to qualify you need to have:

• completed at least 25 jumps

• completed all requirements listed on the USPA A License Proficiency Card… a link to the document is here . USPA A-Licence Proficiency Card

• completed five group freefall skydives involving at least two participants

• and received the signature and official stamp on the USPA A License Proficiency Card or USPA A License Progression Card (ISP).

I am happy to announce that after completing my AFF level course and 10 consolidation jumps I am now a licensed skydiver ready to take over the skies at speeds up to 300km/h

Check out the video of my consolidation jump No 10: