Crap, two months since i last blogged. I should do something about that. That was my thought just now. And, without further ado, here’s my skydiving video from last week (this week’s still in editing ). As you can see we are improving, getting ready for the international artistic championship in August. It’s gonna be [...]
It was great being back in the sky. Lots of fun!
I’m recovering from a broken arm, but my friends keep on having fun as usual, hehe
some of our best skydiving moments in 2011
the usual dose of fun
This Saturday – while coming back from the dropzone – i noticed that my last jump of the day had been my 200th. After realizing it, i started thinking about what it means and came to the conclusion that it means nothing. Think about it: that’s only about 3 hours of training (each skydive is [...]
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Great jump, uncle And the usual dose of fun
Super fun at the best DZ in the world: Skydive Europe.
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Free flying is hard work, i’ll tell you that. It’s always very easy to watch guys like the Skywalkers, Omar Alhegelan, Tim Porter, and other skydiving idols and think: “hey, i could do that”. But what we tend to forget is that, like most things in life that are worth doing, it takes time, dedication, [...]
My last Saturday consisted of the following… Catching the bullet man from Pedro Assunção on Vimeo.
My 100th jump and Ricardo’s 2nd cutaway from Pedro Assunção on Vimeo.
I hurt a knee the last time I was out jumping, on a downwind landing. And it was all because of a combination of stupidity and lack of knowledge. The first because I did something I shouldn’t: I trusted a fellow skydiver’s direction instead of the wind sleeve. Turns out his direction was perfect for [...]
My good friend Ricardo recently pointed me to this video on how to properly pack your pilot chute. This method has the following advantages: It’s faster than traditional methods; You don’t have to deal with excess of bridle; It will make sure that you don’t have horse-shoe malfunctions due to the pilot beeing stuck inside [...]
When i think about my mind’s typical excuses not to write on this blog, the one that pops up the fastest is usually the lack of a good blogging desktop client for mac. I know, i know, i should just shut the hell up, use WordPress’ web admin interface, and quit whining. But i have [...]
I just realized i haven’t posted in a while. The reason for that is threefold: i have been working a lot, jumping a lot more than i used to, and searching for a new house. That’s right, i finally decided to actually buy a house, mainly because i’m tired of moving my stuff around all [...]
Yesterday, against all odds, we went to Évora, Portugal again – praying for some holes in the low clouds. Somehow the universe did hear us and we ended up being able to jump 4 times. It was the first time i was recording video and i have to say it went really well. The GoPro [...]