Parachuting: The Skydiver's Handbook

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Even if you’re not a skydiver, this is a great read for anyone who wants to see what it’s like to be living a lifestyle fueled by adventure. Discover Skydiving has temporarily closed all new bookings for 2020. We will continue to work with charities and existing customers to find a suitable dates for you to return and make that fabulous skydive.

Skydiving and drug smuggling. Yes, you read that correctly. Sugar Alpha is the Skydiving Chicago must read book. You almost cannot even believe in Roger W. Nelson’s real-life. He wrote much of the book. However, after his unexpected death, Melissa Nelson (daughter) finishes the project that their dad had been writing for years. The next relevant historical reference can be traced to over a century later. In 1595, a Hungarian mathematician living in Italy, Fausto Veranzio, put forward the idea of a ‘fall breaker’. He claimed to have made a number of successful trial jumps from a tower in Venice. However, there is no evidence to substantiate his claims.While Mr. Nelson was running a skydiving center ( Skydive Chicago), focusing on skydiving competition and raising a family, he also was attempting to leave behind the drug smuggling scene. Roger was looking to retire from smuggling after dodging the authorities one too many times. The book highlights the fun times and crazy lives of dropzone bums and addicts. This might remind some of your own skydiving friends and memories. In the bloodsport of BASE jumping, you get your “BASE number” by documenting your jumps from a building (“B”), antenna (“A”), bridge (“S,” for ‘span’) and cliff (“E,” for ‘earth’). Jevto Dedijer is BASE 66, or the 66th person to have successfully done so. BASE numbers are well into the 2,000’s now , so being a double-digit is a big deal. As #66, Jevto was in it on the ground floor, and lots of people around him were dying trying to figure it out. There are several types of competition skydiving, including aerial formations or aerial gymnastics performed in freefall, and speed skydiving, as well as formations under canopy, canopy piloting, and the classic disciplines of freefall style and accuracy landing. The sport continues to develop, and in 2015, the new discipline of Wingsuit Flying, also known as Wingsuiting, was formally recognised.

Brian’s unique ability to combine a clearly defined technical explanation with his own self-realized Zen approach to flying offers the reader a truly comprehensive insight into the experience that is canopy piloting.”– Jay Moledzki, World Champion Above All Else – Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld Douggs maintains perspective and tells some incredibly funny stories in the only way a true-blue Aussie can – unfiltered and honest.The Parachute and Its Pilot from Brian Germain covers it all. Regardless if you are a new jumper or a seasoned skydiver, it has something for everyone. Indeed, this is a must-read for us all! Author Brian Germain is an industry-leading parachute designer, previous dropzone owner, creator of a popular flight skill and safety course, and host of a safety show on Skydive Radio. Yet, this is just to name a few of his accomplishments in our sport. Sufficient to say, Brian is very educated in the sport of skydiving and his book is now in its 5th edition, containing over 20 years of skydiving experience.

Nothing could get me in the sky, not even my problems. I watched the sun as I fell. So what, I thought, if Mom and Dad divorced? Would it really be the end of the world? This was the world - this huge thing below me, reduced to nothing more than toy-like dioramas of forests and towns. There were a hundred million problems waiting for me when I landed, but when you got high enough, all those problems seemed so small and insignificant. The sun didn't care about divorce. The sky didn't care about grades. No one cared, except me and the people in the below-world. I wasn’t a scholarshipper up here; I wasn’t a teacher’s pet, a wannabe psychologist, a girl who left her friends behind, or an attempted good-daughter. I Thankfully, across the globe, skydivers have become very creative at sharing live streams, videos, and posts. In an effort to keep us learning and thinking about flying during this unexpected “weather hold.” We want to provide some more options to pass the time. While keeping flying at the forefront of your thoughts. And so, here are six skydiving and BASE related book recommendations. I want to read during quarantine as much as possible. I made a shortlist of the first six books I’m going to read. Although there are many skydiving books, these are the ones that catch my attention at first. The Parachute and Its Pilot – The Ultimate Guide for The Ram-Air Aviator – Brian Germain If you’re interested in skydiving, planes, or even just thrilling stories, this one doesn’t disappoint, and to know that it was at least mostly based on the truth makes it all that much more incredible.” Adam Tuttle Bird Dream also includes a very informative introduction to the history of BASE jumping and wingsuit BASE jumping. The author discusses the technology behind the sport and how its been developing over the years. Higgins explains some technicalities of wingsuiting, offering readers some idea of the science behind a wingsuit and its flight. Are you interested in learning more about the development of BASE jumping and wingsuit? Bird Dream will be an exciting read for you. Body-Flight Basics – Andy Newell The view was, to say the least, incredible. And the feeling of it all - of being so small and insignificant - was a lot like the feeling I got when Burn and I would stand on the cliff in the mornings and watch the sun kiss the world awake.Another peak performance handbook by a skydiving athlete/motivation and performance-enhancement specialist, Derosalia’s book is aimed at both skydivers and non-skydivers, though skydivers would probably benefit from it most. The book is written to deliver practical methods and techniques for designing realistic plans to achieve goals. It’s full of tools for cognitive optimization, teamwork, visualization and anxiety mitigation. Matt Higgins offers first-hand reporting and interviews of the lives of the two wingsuit pilots. Along with countless other jumpers with dreams of flying and adventure-oriented lives. He includes some of the most spectacular moments in the wingsuit BASE movement, as well as the moments of devastation and disaster. This book will take you straight into the extreme and fascinating world of wingsuit BASE and its athletes.