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Yes, the PST's new DVD "Two Thousand Three" is now shipping. Formatted for both PAL & NTSC 1 hour 7 minutes long. Check out the bonus feature when you get it...

The PST would recommend an instructor from "Flight 1" Canopy Flight School located just over in Deland, Florida. For more information contact us at: [email protected]

If I've told you once I've told you a thousand times...What happens on the tour, stays on the tour. Oh wait, that was at the Ranch a couple years back. Peace out...Jim SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

Online registration is now available for The "Quest" on the PST website, so quit calling!...Just kidding...Jim

Are we going to see more of Skymonkey this year or are you spending your time up in fayettNam. Oh, and look for your Monkey head on the upcoming PST DVD "Two Thousand Three"...Jim

Welcome to the 2004 Pro Swooping Tour. Get up to date information on the 2004 season by logging onto the PST website at: http://www.proswoopingtour.com[url]

Merry Christmas from all the staff and members of the Pro Swooping Tour. The new 2004 schedule will be out by mid Jan and the 2003 PST DVD will be out in Feb. Check us out online. Happy Holidays

Team Extreme is still out there alright. We spend a great deal of our time traveling, teaching, competing and just getting our groove on. It takes most of our time these days but the best is still to come. Hear it from us first, "Becareful what you wish for because you just might get it"! Chech us out at: www.teamextremefilms.com or www.proswoopingtour.com

Wow, you guys don't miss much! Yes, these are Icarus prototypes. We have several new designs but very few are flown in public. Maybe I'll pull a few more off the cutting table for next year. P.S. GX is not a typo, or was it...? Jim

The final standings for the PST's 2003 season are now posted on the Pro Swooping Tour website. Here are the top positions: Top 10 1st Clint Clawson 2nd Heath Richardson 3rd JC Colclasure 4th Jay Moledzki 5th Ian Bobo 6th Jim Slaton 7th Francisco Neri 8th Luigi Cani 9th Chris Irwin 10th TJ Landgren Top 7 Teams 1st Team PD 2nd Team Extreme 3rd Team Evolution 4th Team Performance Pilots 5th Team Xaos 6th Team Red Air Performance 7th Team Kama Swooptra

The PST's "Swoop Park" is Open full-time at Perris Valley Skydiving offering: -Onsite Admin -Onsite classrooms -Onsite video services, debrief/video room -Pro Shop (Swoop Park T-shirts, merchandise, ect) -Competition size swoop pond -Swoop ditch -Accuracy, distance, obstacle & other PST courses -Team training services -Canopy control/HP training -One on one coaching -Season coach/competition season coach -PST qualification & much more.... The Swoop Park at Perris is the headquarters of the PST & operated by it's staff. Reservations are required for a personal coach, as well as, advanced one on one training at the Swoop Park. Training facilities open year round! We are booked for Oct-thru mid Nov but currently taking reservations for December. For more info check out the Swoop Park at proswoopingtour.com or Reservations & info at [email protected]

The PST is gearing up for our 2003 season end party and competition in Baja, Mexico Oct 7-10th. The Baja Challenge and Beach Boogie will take place in Loreto, Mexico on the Sea of Cortez. For more info log onto www.proswoopingtour.com

Detailed scores and video from the World Cup posted on the PST home page... SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

The time is near... SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

The training camp is being offered by the PST Swoop Park at Perris Valley Skydiving. The chief instructor is Jim Slaton and all additional coaches will come from the US Team of Canopy Piloting... SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

A skills camp has been scheduled for Sept 18-21, 2003 at the new PST Swoop Park in Perris valley, California. The camp is for high performance canopy pilots focusing on competition preperation and course training. Non-World Cup competitors welcome. For more info contact....... [email protected]

The Pro Swooping Tour's "Baja Challenge" & boogie is set for Oct 7-12, 2003 in Loreto, Mexico on the sea of Cortez in Baja. This is the PST's 2003 season finals & will include Pro Team, Individual & Advanced Series events. Check out the pictures of the location, flight arrangements, discounts for the resort & much more by logging onto www.proswoopingtour.com See you on the beach! SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

Members of team extreme have tested the Icarus Extreme line of canopies above 25,000ft. They also opened their VXs above 20,000ft in the European Alps for the numerous expeditions that can be seen on their new DVD "Out of the Blue". Safety note: opening altitudes of this height utilizing small, highly loaded canopies requires special equipment and additional training that's not readily available in the skydiving industry. SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

At first the USPA was going to use the PST tour ranking for selection of the US Team. However, they decided to just use one of the PST competitions as the qualifier for selection of the US Team. They needed a qualifier this year since Canopy Piloting (a.k.a Swooping) is not part of our Nationals yet......yet. The USPA had 20 slots, 10 for the Ultra class and 10 for the Standard class, reserved for the US Team initially just in case slots filled up by many participating countries. That's where that magic number 10 came from, just the reserved minimum slots if required. Since registration for the World Cup is comming to a close they know now there are more slots available for all countries envolved. The IPC & organizers have made 120 total slots available for the World Cup. Competitors must be sanctioned by their NAC to gain entry into the World Cup. The USPA made the PST Open in Oregon the US Qualifier for selection of the US Team which means only those qualified with the PST that attended this meet can be sanctioned by the USPA. The USPA selected the top 20 for Ultra and top 9 for the standard class. Hope this helps... SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

The USPA has selected it's 1st US Team of Canopy Piloting for the World Cup in Perris Valley, California September 24-28, 2003. To find out more info on the World Cup or see the US Team member list by visiting www.proswoopingtour.com SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

The Pro Swooping Tour is currently fielding coaches for a variety of countries around the world. As soon as the PST got Canopy Piloting passed at this year IPC meeting the tour went to work on a coaching package for the masses. The PST coaches are current instructors and the top ranked pilots of the tour. If you would like to find out more about individual or team canopy coaching please contact us at [email protected] or check us out online at www.proswoopingtour.com SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

THe PST & Team Extreme will be in Netheravon, England this weekend for a weekend of swooping, coaching & party! For more info log onto: www.netheravon.com SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

The link for the Photo gallery of PST's 2003 Scandinavian Challenge is below: http://www.proswoopingtour.com/Norwayphotogallery.htm SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

One of the most intense, hard core swoop competitions has just finished in Norway! All the results from the PST's Scandinavian Challenge have just been posted on the tour's website at www.proswoopingtour.com SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com

We almost forgot! Their website is currently under construction but the future home for Team extreme's official website is: www.TeamExtremeFilms.com SlatonAirSports.com CanopyPiloting.com