On The Ground

Skydive Blog on October 10th, 2011

I’d be hard pressed not to simply admit it. I’m a horrible blogger. I truly wish I had the time and/or dedication to keep this as up to date as I wish I could — mostly, because I presume one day I’ll be old and gray and will need this record of events to look [...]

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Skydive Blog on June 6th, 2011

As in many other things, it is the same in our sport. The day you stop learning, you’ll start forgetting. Keep doing that long enough, and you might as well find your rocking chair and start telling students about the good-ole-days when you used to jump! I had the excellent opportunity to be in Brian [...]

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Skydive Blog on May 31st, 2011

It’s hard to believe that May is now behind us, the first two months of the season gone, and only five short months remaining. But May went out on good terms – after losing many weekends to torrential downpours and other horrible weather here in Michigan, Memorial Day was delivered to perfection: 90 degrees, clear [...]

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Skydive Blog on May 24th, 2011

It is great to be back in the air! Sorry for the lack of posts so far, but I think I really needed the first few jumps this year to just clear out some of those cobwebs that seem to grow all winter long! The weather has been less than perfect through most of April [...]

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Skydive Blog on April 1st, 2011

Yeah, I know it’s not the first time you’ve heard that word, but maybe we can think about it for a minute. To most people, winter is simply the season after Autumn and before Spring. Some people love it (those crazy snowmobilers), most people tolerate it, some people move to avoid it! Generally speaking, Skydivers, [...]

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