sasteve49

You are absolutely wright my friend. But our gig started because there was no over-50 organization and no men's "Jump for the cause" so I started one. 50 is the age when us men start getting the "finger up the butt" check-ups for prostate and various other checks as well...I have the "BADASS FAST" patch for anyone else (even non skydivers) to buy to contribute to the Testicular Cancer Society. And by the way, this patch was started and designed by Laurel Nichols who is a proud BADASS member of FAST 50!

Firstly, these jumpers are not over the age of 50 when this dive was done and it is not complete. Still awesome back in the days though....these are the jumpers we need to respect for pioneering the sport that we all love today.

All these formations were designed using Jan Meyer's DiveMaker program from MakeItHappen. An excellent program for designing dives! I have been using it for the last 12 years and used it for all the Night Records that I organized. By the way, we built the first 3 points of this sequence with only one close grip missing on the 3rd point......at night!

I think the general direction of bigways lately is towards sequential. Paying large amounts of money for a one-point skydive is no longer valid. I quit doing bigway one-pointers after the 300-way(which cost me $2000!) I did the first 50, 100, 120,144,200 and 300). Time to show our skills....... This is the dive that we did (almost the same grips) 12 years ago on the Night World Record at the Ranch. One grip missing on the 3rd point! I would like to see attempts at this sequential.

Go to "FAST 50 Fifty And Still Trackin" Facebook page for info, pictures and "about" for requirements for membership....and please "like" the page!

I was on a 10 way in Australia back in 1974 at a Boogie. We have jumpers travelling regularly to other DZ's for events. Organize something!

The aim of the F.A.S.T. ( Fifty And Still Trackin') organization is of course to promote the sport and raise money for the Testicular Cancer Society. To get a FAST number (# 1 to 51 are already taken) a jumper needs to be over 50 years of age, participate in a minimum 10-way formation with All jumpers over the age of 50. A picture of the formation needs to be emailed to me along with the names, order of entry and DOB's. Also a check for $10 per jumper (made out to the Testicular Cancer Society) needs to be mailed to me which I will then forward to the TCS address. This is tax deductible as well. Jumpers can contribute more than $10 if they wish as it is all a donation. FAST number 1 went for $1200! We raised a total of $4,855 by Jerry Bird auctioning off the first 51 numbers! I have issued the challenge to beat our 50-way, but would rather see it kept to 50, but beaten with a 2 point 50-way. Rather than go the way of POPS with larger formations, this should be larger sequentials......Also, the FAST T-shirt will be available for men and women for $20 plus shipping(see attachment) Remember....."Falls for the Balls"!