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December 24th – January 4th Event Schedule ****be aware that this schedule is still in the works and its awesomeness will grow, so keep checking in as details evolve**** Beer Truck Every Night! The famous Budweiser beer truck will open every night when the last load takes off. The truck is always flowing four taped kegs. The beer is provided for all registered boogie peeps over the age of 21. December 24 (Wednesday): Day one! Cheap jumps, load organizing and beer truck all begin! December 25 (Thursday): Christmas Day! Cheap jumps, load organizing and beer truck continue! December 26 (Friday): Canopy Safety: December 26th at 6:30pm in the Main Hanger This seminar is going to focus on canopy safety at Skydive Arizona during the boogie. The seminar will be run by DZ management December 27 (Saturday): Annual Giant Desert Bon Fire: December 27th This gigantic burn is a big hit year after year! A tram will run people out to the desert where we will burn a year’s worth of wood scraps and various other unwanted things. We will also have burn barrels scattered around where people can roast hot dogs. All the dogs and fixins will be provided. Freefly basics with Omar: December 27th at 6:30pm in the Main Hanger This seminar is geared towards anyone learning to freefly or interested in learning to freefly. Omar has been around through the evolution of freeflying. His eloquent communication skills, many years of experience and pure love for skydiving and life itself make for an attention grabbing and information-filled discussion. December 28 (Sunday): VRW Mentorship Camp: December 28th: register with Amy Chmelecki You can come as an individual or a team. Individuals will be grouped with those with like skill levels and a coach. Minimum skills required are that you must be able to take docks in head down and fly straight down safely in a group of 4. To reserve your slot, please contact Amy Chmelecki. You must register by sunset on December 27th. Carnival Night at the Bent Prop: December 28th This night will be filled with pure shenanigans. A carnival theme will surround the evening and set the stage for silliness and childlike behavior. Silly things will happen... trust me! ;) December 29 (Monday): Talent Show: December 29th People can know each other for years and not know what hidden talents they may have. This is everyone’s chance to show off their entertaining skills. DJ Moo with be here to MC the show. Very silly things will happen-----be afraid. December 30 (Tuesday): Head Down Big Ways with Arizona Arsenal: December 30th and 31st : register with Amy Chmelecki To join the fun you need to have flown safely in a 4-way head down, fall straight down, and dock on a base without assistance. You also need to be able to 180 and track on your back safely away from a formation. We would like to do some cool formations, so come check it out! Please contact Amy Chmelecki to register. You must register by sunset on December 29th. December 31(Wednesday): Arizona Arsenal Big Ways Day Two Jump into the New Year: December 31st There will be a DC3 load at midnight on New Year’s. Spend the moment of new year’s in freefall----sweet! Balloon Drop at Midnight New Years Party: December 31st This party is guaranteed to be a great one, thanks to the sweet sounds that will be provided by DJ Moo. Appetizers will be provided as peopled dance into 2009. At midnight the annual balloon drop will happen. Some of the balloons will have certificates for sweet prize baskets. January 1 (Thursday): New Year’s Day The awesomeness will kick off at 10:00am with load one (we can all have a sleep-in.) January 2 (Friday): Obstacle Course Hit n Chug: January 2nd at Sunset----don’t ask, just do it! Calling all red necks!!!!!! At sunset on landing there will be a series of obstacles and challenges to perform. At the end of it all we will see who the true athletes are. January 3 (Saturday): Sunset Canopy Flock: January 3rd We will take as many planes as we need to lift anyone interested up to 13,000 feet where we will all open our canopies on exit and fly back to the DZ as we enjoy the sunset. Mexican Fiesta: January 3rd This party will have a Mexican theme with margaritas, Mexican food, piñatas, and south of the border music. It will be held at the Bent Prop. January 4 (Sunday): The last day of cheap jumps, load organizing and beer truck. Don’t cry, see ya next year. Event Information Load Organizers Arizona Training Center Arizona Arsenal Arizona Airspeed Omar Alhegelan Aircraft Fleet Super Otters Super Sky Vans DC3 Beach 18 Porter Hot Air Balloon Jump Ticket Price: $18.50 Jumps Registration: $30 Registration Fee Includes - Boogie Tee-Shirt - Load Organizers - Seminars - Beer Truck - Party after Party after Party!!!!!

The last of four Swoop Clubs was held at Skydive Arizona on November 23rd. Sam Baker won the November comp and Travis Mills took first over all for the season. Here are the results Name June July Sept Nov Total Travis Mills 13 15 18 17 63 Sam Baker 13 17 12 19 61 Kieth Fournier 9 NA NA 16 25 Wes NA NA 12 11 23 Todd Hawkins 12 NA 6 NA 18 Paul Hardin 8 8 NA NA 16 Alex 8 4 4 NA 16 Jim Stengell 5 4 7 0 16 Dusty Smith 15 NA NA NA 15 Steve Curtis 15 NA NA NA 15 Jamie Knoop 14 NA NA NA 14 Mike Friedman 11 3 NA NA 14 Jim Vance 7 NA 7 NA 14 Jason Sanders 9 NA 3 NA 12 Larry White NA 10 NA NA 10 Jeramy Peters NA NA 10 NA 10 Bill Jones NA 9 NA NA 9 Sean Anderson 9 NA NA NA 9 Philip Buyne NA NA NA 8 8 Shane Miliore NA NA NA 6 6 Sandy Radsek NA NA NA 6 6 Matt Hill NA NA NA 6 6 Trunk 1 4 NA NA 5 Brad NA NA 4 1 5 Adam Durbieno 4 NA NA NA 4 Sara Curtis 3 1 NA NA 4 Jeff Schlabs NA NA NA 3 3 Matt Mason NA NA NA 3 3 Curtis Larsen NA 2 NA NA 2 Nick Blacksher NA NA NA 1 1 John Lyman NA NA NA 1 1

Okay, never mind about the registration deadline being on the 23rd. Just register with me the night before each event! My Bad-------Sorry!

Also, A 20 way belly round is really really really hard!!! We had a blast trying!!

VRW Mentorship Camp Dec 28 Skydive Arizona and Arizona Arsenal members will be holding a VRW mentorship camp on Dec 28 during the Holiday boogie. You can come as an individual or a team. Individuals will be grouped with those with like skill levels and a coach. Minimum skills required are that you must be able to take docks in head down and fly straight down safely in a group of 4. To reserve your slot, please contact Amy Chmelecki. You must register by Tues Dec 23 latest. Head Down Big Ways Dec 30 and 31 Skyive Arizona and Arizona Arsenal will be hosting head down bigways Dec 30 and 31 during the Christmas boogie. To join the fun you need to have flown safely in a 4-way head down, fall straight down, and dock on a base without assistance. You also need to be able to 180 and track on your back safely away from a formation. We would like to do some cool formations, so come check it out! To register please contact Amy Chmelecki by Tues Dec 23 latest.

Words can not descibe how excited I am for this boogie!!!!

Hi Guys, Here are all the final results. I will do my best to post all the draws and scores for each team during each round. Thanks so much to everyone who came out. It was more fun then I could ever put into words. FS 4-way Pro 1st Arizona Airspeed- 283 points Mark Kirkby, Eliane Rodriguez, Andy Delk, Craig Girard 2nd Perris Fury 273 points Chris Farina, Josh Hall, Christy Frikken, Ulrich Stuewe 3rd Black Cats 264 points Alexander Kvochur, Alexander Golovkin, Evgeny Stashchenko, Vasily Korotkov 4th Aeon 230 points Ellie McCoy, Paul Gatley, Gary Beyer, John Eagle 5th Divewerkz 223 points Annaliese Peterson, Cindy Nieves, Chad Smith, Blane Boyton 6th Entourage 186 points Todd Hawkins, Jon Hamilton, Steve Simar, Emma Beyer 7th Mystery Man 166 points Sas Discassio, Joey Jones, Craig Vaughan, Darren Pearson FS 4-way Intermediate 1st v-max 197 points Wong, Sebastian, Weili, Leonard 2nd Team Future 182 points Kayla Tinucci, Justin Tinucci, Dan Perry, Rusty Lewis 3rd Arizona Throttle 145 points Jim Stengell, John Coffman, Steve Iverson, Scott Pearsall 4th High Flyerz 136 points Ny Seny Huat, Maheswaran, Koh Han Boon, William Chan 5th Elsinore Jedi 116 points Melanie Curtis, Jonathan Tagle, Meeli Modini, Adam Tippie 6th Nothing to Lose 47 points Rhonda Kaletz, Erika Lopez, Ian Mackenzie, Todd Porter VFS 2-way Pro 1st Decade Spent 156 points Jason Peters, Ray Kubiak 2nd SoCal Converge 149 points Travis Fienhage, Andy Malchiodi 3rd NorCal Alliance 144 points TJ Lansreu, Mx Bill Halsey 4th Frotis 141 points Jeffro Provenzano, Steve Curtis 5th Team Future 134 points Kayla Tinucci, Justin Tinucci 6th Flying Frog Brigade 134 points Ty Losey, Matt Hill 7th Co SkyVenture Skylab 122 points Jason Russel. Stephanie Strange 8th Flys in the Microwave 121 points Sara Curtis, Andrew Prock 9th Complusive Flyers 88 points Dusty Hanks, Devin Roane VFS 2-way Intermediate 1st Equally Awkward 134 points Jon Walker, Paul Youcupicio 2nd Twisted 105 points Brad Pokroy, Sonnica Vanzijl 3rd Axiom 104 points Matt Burge, Kevin Vance 4th If we only had 35 more seconds 102 points Mike Friedman, Dwight Quillin 5th Reunion 93 points Bryan Harrell, Nik Daniel

Here is the 4way VFS scores after day one Open Team 402 Arizona Arsenal 76 points Team 403 Norcal Alliance 72 points Team 401 Arizona Drive 65 points Intermediate Team 201 Team Dysfunction 58 points Team 203 Impulse 56 points Team 202 Elsinore Jedi 31 points More to come

Great turn out for the comp. Day one is almost over. I will do my best to keep everyone posted. Here is the 2way VFS stuff. More to come. Amy

all in good time

Skydive Arizona November 1st and 2nd Halloween Boogie Currently the biggest sit round that we know of is the 15-way we built last spring; let’s make it bigger! We will start by building a belly round then key it up to a sit round. Everyone who thinks they have the skills is invited to give it a shot. Please understand that because you register does not mean you will be on all the attempts. We may have to make cuts to make it happen. This will be a two day event! We will do about 5 jumps per day. Registration is free. Fill out the attached registration form and give it to the Skydive Arizona manifest by the time manifest closes on Friday, October 31st. You can faz you registration from to manifest at 520-466-4720 Meet at 8:30 am on Saturday November 1st to kick things off. Saturday night is the costume contest at the Bent Prob. There will be a DJ, dancing, prizes and boogie beer! Questions? Contact Amy at [email protected]

Here are the peeps already registered for the 2008 Gauntlet. Please remember that the pre-registration discount ends on Saturday September 27th. 2-way VFS Pro X Prop Tender Amy Chemelecki and Jim Stengell Flying Frog Brigade Ty Losey and Matt Hill SkyVenture Colorado Skylab Jason Russel and Stephanie Strange Team Future Kayla and Justin Tinucci 2-Way VFS Intermediate (No Name Yet) Mike Friedman and Dwight Quillin Equally Awkward Jon Walker and Paul Youcupicio 4-Way FS Pro Mystery Men Sas Discassio; Joey Jones, Craig Vaughan and Darren Pearson Perris Fury Chris Farina; Josh Hall, Christy Frikken and Ulrich Stuewe AEON Ellie McCoy; Paul Gatling; Gary Beyer and John Eagle 4-Way FS Intermediate Arizona Throttle Jim Stengell, John Coffman, Steve Iverson, Scott (no last name listed) Team Future Kayla Tinucci, Justin Tinucci, Dan Perry and Rusty Lewis 4-Way VFS Intermediate Impluse Josh Mitchell, Alex Padren, Jason Sanders and Gabe Mata Team Dysfunction Jared Miller, Travis Mills, Sam Baker and Matt Hill

After spending some time training for the 2-way VFS part of the Gauntlet we realized that there is some important info left out of the rules. This info is specific to part 14 in the rules. Here is the updated part 14. Please find attached the undated version of the 2-way VFS rules and info. 14. Performance Requirements: 14.1 The speed routines consist of a number of randoms or blocks drawn from the pools as described in dive pool. 14.2 The round will consist of 4 or 5 points for the open class and 3 or 4 points for the Intermediate class. 14.3 The order in which teams must perform their randoms or blocks is drawn. Once the 4 to 5 points have been completed, they should be repeated, in order, until the working time has ended. 14.4 It is the competitors’ responsibility to show the points to the judges and not the judges responsibility to look for the points so stay in view of the judges. 14.5 In Open round 1 will be drawn from the back / flat dive pool, round 2 will be drawn from the head up dive pool and rounds 3-6 will be drawn from the mixed head up and head down dive pool. 14.6 In Intermediate rounds 1-2 will be drawn from the back / flat dive pool and rounds 3-6 will be drawn from the head up dive pool.

Arizona Days Boogie $18.50 jumps (Skydive Arizona) • September 20 and 21 • Free Registration • One free jump to everyone who registers* • Saturday poker run (poker while we skydive)** • Saturday night Mardi Grass theme party (DJ, Cajon food, hurricane drinks, get your masquerade costumes ready) • Craig Girard from Arizona Airspeed is organizing RW on Saturday • Mark Kirkby from Arizona Arispeed is organizing RW on Sunday • Amy Chmelecki from Arizona Arsenal is organizing on Saturday • Sara Curtis from Arizona Arsenal is organizing Freefly on Sunday * DZO Larry and Lill Hill will be giving away one free jump to everyone who registers for the boogie this year. 2008 marks the Hill’s 30th year running Skydive Arizona. The jump give away is to say thank you to their customers------how cool is that? ** On the Saturday of the Boogie Amy Chmelecki will be doing a Poker Run while we skydive. She will be organizing five skydives. During each jump you will get a card in the plane. At the end of all five jumps we will all play our hand. The person with the best hand wins. The jumps will be geared towards both free flyers and belly flyers. Participants will do jumps like track dives, canopy flocks, hybrids, jungle rules round and if the timing is right we will most certainly do a hit and chug! To participate in the Poker Run you will have to register by Friday September 19th at 5:00pm with the Skydive Arizona manifest. See the attached registration form. Registration is free. You can fax your rego to the Skydive Arizona Manifest (520) 466 4720 if you can not make it into the office. Questions? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]

The third Swoop Club of the summer at Skydive Arizona is coming up in a few weeks on September 14th. There are only two Swoop Clubs left before we announce the overall winner. Swoop Club is laid back, fun and for everyone, come and join us. Here are the results from the last Swoop Club in July Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Sam Baker 7 3 3 17 Travis Mills 3 5 7 15 Larry White 4 3 3 10 Bill Jones 1 5 3 9 Paul Hardin 2 5 1 8 Alex 0 3 1 4 Jim Stengell 0 3 1 4 Trunk 1 0 3 4 Friday 1 1 1 3 Curtis Larsen 2 1 -1 2 Sara Curtis 1 1 -1 1 Matt Firme 1 0 -2 -1 Chuck 0 1 -2 -1 Here is the running total of the first and second months Swoop Clubs Name June July Total Sam Baker 13 17 30 Travis Mills 13 15 28 Paul Hardin 8 8 16 Dusty Smith 15 NA 15 Steve Curtis 15 NA 15 Jamie Knoop 14 NA 14 Friday 11 3 14 Todd Hawkins 12 NA 12 Alex 8 4 12 Larry White NA 10 10 Bill Jones NA 9 9 Jason Sanders 9 NA 9 Sean Anderson 9 NA 9 Kieth Fournier 9 NA 9 Jim Stengell 5 4 9 Jim Vance 7 NA 7 Trunk 1 4 5 Adam Durbieno 4 NA 4 Sara Curtis 3 1 4 Curtis Larsen NA 2 2 Chuck NA -1 -1 Matt Firme NA -1 -1 Annabel -7 NA -7 Swoop Club is a great way to challenge your skills, learn more about landing your canopy, meet new people and have some fun. Check out the attached registration form, rules and next month’s course. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions. Amy [email protected]

Wait, you guys train?

MORE MONEY MORE MONEY MORE MONEY!!! Skydive Arizona and SkyVenture Arizona locals have been selling raffle tickets for an hour of tunnel time to raise MORE MONEY for the 2008 Gauntlet. All the money raised from raffle sales will go into the intermediate prize pool. Raffle tickets cost $20 each. Write me an email if you would like to buy one! [email protected] There have also been some sponsors donating prizes to the prize pool. So far Gath Sports, Cookie Composite and L and B have donated sweet product to the event! Feel free to write me an email if you have any questions.

Registration Information Registration for the 2008 Gauntlet competition is now available. It would be super, super sweet for the event organizers if people would pre-register. So sweet that we are offering a pre-registration discount! The more we can pre-plan the better it will be for everyone. Registration Deadlines The pre-registration deadline is September 27th at 5pm. This is two weeks before the competition. Registration deadline is October 10th at 5pm. This is the day before the competition. Registration Includes Registration fees include: 5 minutes of tunnel time for practice, 10 minutes of tunnel time for competition, the big fat party at the end of the event, judge’s and associated fees. Registration Cost Pro Class • The pre-registration cost for the Pro Class is $400 per team. • The registration cost for the Pro Class is $475 per team. Intermediate Class • The pre-registration cost for the intermediate class is $250 per team. • The registration cost for the intermediate class is $325 per team. How to Register Fill out the registration form with payment information and fax, email or bring it to SkyVenture Arizona. Fax 520-466-4388 / email [email protected] If you have any questions please feel free to contact Amy at [email protected].

You can do big turns on hop and pops. During Swoop Club most people do hop and pops. Some people run the course from altitude, but only if they have to because they are working. If you run the course from altitude then you have to do 90s or 180s.

Hey all you canopy pilots out there, Skydive Arizona’s second Swoop Club event of the summer is coming up this Saturday July 27th. I have been meaning to post the winners of last month’s event, but I have been pretty slow about it. Better late then never. Here you go. The Winners Dusty Smith and Steve Curtis tied for first place with 15 points each. Dusty flew a 79 VX with a 2.5 wing loading. Curtis flew an 88 Xaos 27 with a 2.5 wing loading. Jamie Knoop, visiting from Florida, came in second with a total of 14 points. Jamie was flying a 79 Velocity with a 2.2 wing loading. Tied for third was local FunAir employees Travis Mills and Sam Baker. Travis and Sam ended the comp with 13 points each. Travis flew an 89 VZ with a 2.3 wing loading and Sam flew an 88 Xaos also with a 2.3 wing loading. Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Dusty Smith 3 6 6 15 Steve Curtis 3 6 6 15 Jamie Knoop 4 4 6 14 Travis Mills 4 6 3 13 Sam Baker 4 6 3 13 Todd Hawkins 4 2 6 12 Mike Friedman 2 3 6 11 Jason Sanders 3 3 3 9 Sean Anderson 1 6 2 9 Keith Fournier 2 3 4 9 Paul Hardin 4 4 0 8 Alex 4 3 1 8 Jim Vance 3 1 3 7 Jim Stengell 1 4 0 5 Adam Durbieno 1 2 1 4 Sara Curtis 4 -1 0 3 Trunk -1 2 0 1 Annabel Bleicher -2 -3 -2 -7 Swoop Club Is For Everyone!!!! Swoop Club is a great platform for canopy pilots of all skill levels to test their skills and learn how to be more precise with landing their canopy. Many people were hesitant to participate in last month’s Swoop Club because they felt that they were not good enough. Some of those people were brave and gave it a shot anyway. Others decided to watch from the sidelines. The people that participated had a great time, the people that watched said they will definitely do the next one. Swoop Club is for everyone!!!! If you would like to no more about Swoop Club feel free to contact me [email protected]

Blackjack Run July 12th Are You Feeling Lucky? This event is for anyone who wants to do some fun skydives with the local crew and possibly win jump tickets. We are going to play Blackjack while we skydive, not exactly in freefall, but once a jumper lands from each skydive then he/she will be given a card. After the second set of cards you can hit or hold. At the end of four jumps we will all play our cards. The skydives will be organized and geared to accommodate both freeflyers and belly flyers. The jumps will be a track dive, hybrid, belly fly pylon races and a canopy flock or, if the timing is right, a hit and chug. Registration is FREE. We are limited to 20 slots so first come, first serve. Register inside manifest by the time manifest closes on July 11th or find the attached registration form and bring it to manifest by the time it closes on Friday. Meet Saturday morning at 7:45 a.m. for load one. Please contact Amy at [email protected] if you have any questions.

I think we got out at about 14,500 feet and it flew for 7.5 seconds.

WE DID IT!!!!!! Check out the photo that Trunk took (thank you Trunk!). It took us three attempts and we pulled it off. Here are the people that were involved in the jumps. John Bast John Blackburn Aimee Masurat Anne Mcamnch April Gering Benjamin Ford Catherine Kennedy Ilea Eskildsen James Schroeppel Jim McDowell Johnny Kemp Larry Waite Mark "Trunk Kirschenbaum Matt Hill Mike Coffey Paul Hardin Sara Commandeur Sara Curtis Steve Curtis Amy Chmelecki Omar Alhegelan Chong Josh Dog Paul Hardin Greg Gasson Thanks so much to Omar, Greg and Trunk for helping out. We are going to try for a 20-way during the Halloween boogie in October at Skydive Arizona. If anyone is interested please contact me at [email protected].

April Gering Mike Coffee Jonny Trunk Omar Sara C (German Sara) Me (Chemi) Benji Ilea Earl John.Blackburn Cat Larry Matt Hill Sara Curtis Ginger

April Gering Mike Coffee Jonny Trunk Omar Sara C (German Sara) Me (Chemi) Benji Ilea Earl John.Blackburn Cat Larry Matt Hill One more person will make 15! We are going to meet at 6am for a 6:30 take off. I will call everyone to let them know.