Skydiving Safety Articles

In skydiving, as in any other risky endeavor there exists a direct relationship between your knowledge, skill and attitude, and your chances of survival. Explore the categories below for a wide range of skydiving safety and training related articles. Never stop learning.

Recent News Articles

Word of Mouth Marketing and Skydiving

By James La Barrie - 2013-06-03

Thanks to social media, word of mouth marketing has become the most powerful marketing tool in the industry. This approach to marketing is exciting ...more

Rating: | Votes: 8 | Comments: 2 | Views: 1937

Jumping Away from the Normal Dropzone

By Mike Mullins and Gary Peek - 2013-05-23

It seems like every skydiver eventually wants to skydive into an area or event that is not at a regular dropzone or skydiving center at an airport. ...more

Rating: | Votes: 6 | Comments: 2 | Views: 3643

Line of Flight Explained

By Melissa Nelson - 2013-05-20

The topic of “Line of Flight” seems to be a mysterious, yet cool term that is often misused and/or misunderstood. As a freefly load organizer and ...more

Rating: | Votes: 4 | Comments: 12 | Views: 5426

The Business Behind Skydiving

By admin - 2013-05-13

The majority of DZ decision makers hire by plugging in an individual's experience level into the position while forgetting a more important ...more

Rating: | Votes: 10 | Comments: 11 | Views: 5220

Hey Bro, Check Out my Go Pro

By Melissa Nelson - 2013-05-07

The sleek, low-profile design, an easy-to-use system, so small it’s hardly there, and it’s oh-so-glorious high quality images – the Go Pro, Hero. In ...more

Rating: | Votes: 13 | Comments: 10 | Views: 5279

A Guide to Buying Your First Skydiving Gear

By Alain Bard - 2013-02-18

In this article, Alain Bard lays down some advice on how to go about choosing your first set of skydiving gear, focusing on new vs used gear and in ...more

Rating: | Votes: 6 | Comments: 4 | Views: 9204

Learn to skydive:

Get started in 5 Steps

• Be aware of the risk
  
• Choose a method of training
  
• Find a Drop Zone
  
• Set a date and jump!
  
• Get licensed

Disciplines:

• Formation Skydiving
• Freeflying
• Swooping
• Canopy Relative Work
• Skysurfing
• Freestyle
• Style and Accuracy
• Para-ski
• BASE Jumping

More Resources:

• Wing Load Calculators
• Arizona Airspeed Training Articles

Skydiving Fatality Reports:

• 2004 (71)
  
• 2005 (64)
  
• 2006 (60)
  
• 2007 (64)
  
• 2008 (64)
  
• 2009 (68)
  
• 2010 (54)
  
• 2011 (56)
  
• 2012 (50)
  
• 2013 (2)
  

Fatalities by Category:

Collisions (82)	15%
Landings (175)	32%
No Pulls (50)	9%
Malfunctions (95)	17%
Reserve Problems (25)	5%
Other (80)	14%
Total (554)