BirdBabe1 0 #1 August 28, 2009 Husband, Father, Son, Friend, Hero... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpingjunkie09 0 #2 August 28, 2009 Eli, you will be greatly missed. I am so shocked and saddened by the terrible news. Fly free. Blue Skies forever! <3I am "ROGUE" (III Degree Smutsketeer) Official "poster above you" thread starter "And don't forget we like men with balls and no needle dicks. So, basically, you're out." ~LuckyMcSwervy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #3 August 28, 2009 QuoteHusband, Father, Son, Friend, Hero... Sarah, I am so sorry. I'm keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. Blue skies, Eli.Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjulia 2 #4 August 28, 2009 Sawadee ka, Eli, Eternal Spirit. Prayers for Sarah and your family. I am stunned and in tears of gratitude for knowing you, mixed with tears of loss for how much you will be missed by so many. Kop kun ka, aajaan, phuan sanit. Fly free, eternally. Julia Margarita Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BirdBabe1 0 #5 August 28, 2009 I love Eli! and am happy to share the same last name, but he was not my soulmate. Didn't think about that possible confusion. I'm married to Richard Thompson. Prayers for Eli's wife Sarah and three sweet little angels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #6 August 28, 2009 I'm sorry... I couldn't remember Eli's wife's name.... God bless all of them.. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blu 0 #7 August 28, 2009 I Will Miss You Good Friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #8 August 28, 2009 When i started jumping at Perris, Eli and Sarah were some of the first people to make me feel welcome, even though they were freeflyers and i was a hardcore 4-way geek. Truly a kind and caring family, with a kind, caring father/husband. Eli, you will be missed. Andi Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
love2flyhigh 0 #9 August 28, 2009 Blue Skies Eli! A god in our sport yet you would never know it to sit and talk with him. He was so down to earth. You will be missed by so many. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarahh 0 #10 August 28, 2009 i'm stunned.. Eli, i don'teven know what to say you and your family will be in my thoughts.. wow.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rslavick 0 #11 August 28, 2009 You will be forever missed, our thoughts are with your friends and loved ones - blue skies my friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OlympiaStoica 0 #12 August 28, 2009 I have dreaded this moment since my first skydive – the death of a friend. I am saddened beyond words can describe. I feel privileged to have known you Eli … I will never forget you flying circles around me (literally) O Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robinheid 0 #13 August 28, 2009 What you said and always at the cutting edge - even when he wasn't there. He lent me his wingsuit when jeb and i made the first wingsuit jumps from petronas december 30, 2000. Our thoughts are with his family. robin, tamaki and siona heidSCR-6933 / SCS-3463 / D-5533 / BASE 44 / CCS-37 / 82d Airborne (Ret.) "The beginning of wisdom is to first call things by their right names." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trigger 0 #14 August 28, 2009 Fly free Eli .CHOP WOOD COLLECT WATER. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #15 August 28, 2009 That smile... I don't remember ever seeing Eli at the dz without a smile on his face. Skydiving has lost a pioneer and an ambassador. This is a very sad day. My condolences to Sarah, their children, his family and everyone who called him friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stormywinters 1 #16 August 28, 2009 RIP Eli..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
friflaj_glenn 0 #17 August 28, 2009 It is with great sadness that I found out about this terrible news today. Dear Eli, We will never forget when you visited us in Sweden. Your amazing coaching, your laugther, your smile, your unreal party tricks, your god given flying, your professionalism… You where part of what took us to the next level. And for that we will always be greatful…. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and friends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorwardpaul 0 #18 August 28, 2009 sad so sad . . . . unbelievable !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hparrish 0 #19 August 28, 2009 Eli !!! What the hell happened? My sincerest sympathy to his family. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gravitysurfer 0 #20 August 28, 2009 Big contributor...HUGE loss. aloha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,621 #21 August 28, 2009 Blue Skies Eli. It was a privilege to jump with you.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SupaFreeFly 0 #22 August 28, 2009 rest in peace brother, its a sad day for all, ill forever remeber the memorys in thailand blue skys forever. -Oh shit were am i, were are my clothes???- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #23 August 28, 2009 Fuck... just fuck... sometimes I hate this sport... BSBD Eli... many thanks for the lessons you gave me when I couldnt even sit... much less fly.. you will be missed.____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #24 August 28, 2009 Metting Eli was a honour. I was in awe of meeting the flyboyz. First video I ever watched on my first day ever at a dropzone. These guys gave me the vision of my dream. Metting them and hanging with them and learning from them was the most special moments of my skydiving to date. Watching them on my first day to sitting on a couch with them a couple of years later was an amazing moment for me from new Zealand a country far away from those amazing videos they made for the world. We lost who I would call one of the top five inspirations this sport has had. For his friends out there, I am so sorry for your loss. This will undoubtebly be one of the hardest losses the sport has and will ever take. To his family, you don't need us in these forums to tell you how great Eli was, you guys loved and shared his love with him. I don't prey, buy you guys will be in my thoughts for a long time to come and Eli will always be remembered by me as pop star and the dream of the sport I breath. This is a devestating loss. Eli is the guy who put 'cool' into skydiving. Blue Skies Eli. Thank you for the Flyboyz. Thank you for the dream. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adolfocamerano 0 #25 August 29, 2009 bad news blues skies for ever Eli Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
