By Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld

In my 40+ years of skydiving I’ve realized that there are two reasons why every skydiver I’ve ever known jumps.
1) They love having turned their fantasy of human flight into reality.
2) They treasure being a part of our very special skydiving family.

After quarantining for a few months I appreciate and value these things more than ever and promise to never take them for granted again. It’s a privilege to get to play like we do.

Skydive Perris is a premier DZ for holding large National and International events. P3 (Perris Performance Plus) organizes many of these events. So far in 2020 all of these had to be canceled. But as June was approaching and restrictions were being lifted we decided to try and salvage some kind of P3 Power Play. The Power Play is an annual event that normally welcomes 48 to 64 very experienced FS jumpers who come from around the world to get together and do some incredible skydives.

In May we sent an email out to the Power Play gang asking who wanted to come if we held the event. One third said if we held it they would absolutely be there. One third said there was no way they would come no matter what. The last third said it was too early for them to decide.

In June we sent another email telling everyone we were hoping to try to do something. We didn’t know what “something” was going to be. It might be a 13way or 30way. It could be one group or two. We told everyone, “we need to know if you’ll come no matter what we do.”

As it turned out we had a 20way. And I can honestly say it was the happiest group of 20 skydivers I’ve ever seen! They were all just SO GLAD to see each other. SO HAPPY to get to jump together. We had an amazing time and did some fantastic jumps.

We all followed the Skydive Perris COVID 19 Protocols. Yeah, it’s a bit of a pain in the ass to wear masks, sanitize our hands before we board the plane, leave the door open and take everyone’s temperature before they come on the DZ. But it’s just not that big of a deal. A small price to pay for all of us to be able to comfortably get together and play games with our friends in the skies!

A BIG thanks to Dr. Bob Domeier for helping us figure out a good plan and Dr. Steve Briggs for the great post copied below:

“Dan – Thanks for all the work that you and the Perris Valley Skydiving staff put in to make this happen, and for doing it with scientifically based viral defense protocols that ensured our jumps – including those from 18,000 ft above sea level – were all we had to worry about. You and Skydive Perris have always been champions of safety for our sport and incorporating best practices to prevent viral infections into your drop zone operations has set the standard for the skydiving world.”
-Steve Briggs

It is so great to have Skydive Perris open!! We’re being Covid careful AND having a blast seeing the gang back at the DZ, sharing the skies and appreciating our friends and amazing sport more than ever!!

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With 40 years in the sport, 30,000 jumps, 36 US National Skydiving Championships, AFF, Tandem and Static Line ratings, Pilot and Rigger licenses, being one of the youngest DZOs ever, and more parties and boogies than he can remember, Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld has seen a lot.  Questions were flying and laughs were had by all in this no holes barred question/answer session with Skydive Perris‘ long time Manager.

Skydive Perris is the premier dropzone if you are wanting to skydive near Orange County, Los Angeles, or San Diego.  Check out our website for for more information.

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Skydive Perris Manager Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld was asked to do a webinar on visualization with the Women’s Skydiving Network.  The WSN’s Project 19 has been working all year towards doing a 100way Women’s FF World Record in celebration for the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution giving women the right to vote.  They had made huge progress and were on target to accomplish this goal when it was abruptly shut down due to the COVID-19 crisis.  In this webinar Dan explains how they can use the skill of visualization to continue to build their skills, stay current and maintain their momentum towards this achievement even while they’re not jumping.  The Project 19 team plans to be ready to go as soon as the record is back on the schedule.  And it will be back on the schedule!!

For more information on visualization see these excerpts from Dan’s book, “Above All Else” or visit the Skydive Perris website for more general information.

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Below is an excerpt from Dan BC’s book “Above all Else” on visualization.  What better to do right now than visualize successful practices if we can’t actually physically practice skydiving during this quarantine? If you’re interested in reading Dan’s highly acclaimed book “Above All Else,” it is available on Amazon by also clicking here. We highly recommend the inspirational read.

Visualization

Visualization is the ability to create clear, detailed and accurate images in your mind of something that you want to reproduce as physical reality. In essence, quality visualization is much like a very well trained imagination.
The images created by people who have practiced this skill are complete, precise and specific. We see the image and feel the movement and even the emotion so vividly that it almost seems as if we are actually doing it.

A great deal of experience and research has proven (references) that people with highly advanced visualization skills can create through visualization the same experience in their mind as that of the actual physical activity. Our minds don’t recognize much difference between full sensory visualization and actual physical training. Time spent practicing our skills through visualization can be equally as beneficial as the real thing.

Training your visualization skills:

This is very similar to training your physical skills.

• Find a quiet place where you can be without distractions. Relax, calm your mind and slow down before you begin.
• Have a clear picture that you want to start with. For instance, if you are an ice skater it would benefit you to have an actual photo of yourself at the moment when you are paused in preparation of attempting a particular move. Having this picture will help you to recreate the same image in your mind. It will then be easier to visualize a frame by frame execution of this move because you have a vivid image to start from.
• It is also very useful to previously have watched moving images of yourself, or other people performing the move you want to visualize. Watching a DVD of yourself or others executing the same skills will put a blueprint in your mind of the pictures that you want to paint.
• Take the time you need to produce the correct picture in your mind. Start with something simple. The more complex the image, the more time it will take. This can be frustrating – be patient. If the picture in your head gets scrambled stop, erase it, calm down and start again. Don’t try to force it.
• As you begin to visualize a particular action try it first in slow motion. As with training physical skills, your initial visualization training will require you to think through each part of a particular move as you create the image of that move in your mind. Once you are able to really see the correct technical move in your mind repeat the process again and again.
• With repetitions and practice your mind, like your body, will start to learn the particular skill on its own. It will develop its own mental muscle memory. Soon you will be able to think less because your mind is familiar with the picture and creates it effortlessly.

After training the ability to visualize particular images you will be able to create these images in your mind with minimal preparation. You won’t need to find a quiet place or take time to slow down and relax. You will be able to flip the switch and clearly visualize what you have practiced in any place and at any time you choose to.

Positive Visualization And Reaching Your Full Potential

Turning new skills and habits into instinct can only be done through repetition. There are no short cuts. Quality visualization allows you the opportunity to dramatically increase the amount of repetitions you can do. It gives you the chance to practice the perfect move a hundred times in only a few minutes. If your visualization skills are well trained, this practice you do in your head can be just as valuable as actual training time.

To get the most benefit, do the visualization training alongside the physical training. Work on visualizing the same skills in the evening that you are practicing during the day. As your visualization skills improve so will your actual performance. As your performance skills improves so goes your visualization. By working your visualization skills in parallel with your physical training you will reach your performance goals in a far lesser time.

Learning to visualize requires the same commitment as learning physical skills. The benefits are every bit as valuable. Some would even argue that at times the skill of creating vivid, full sensory, positive images in your mind can be just as powerful as training the physical skills themselves. I personally had two experiences which proved this to me…

I had been competing in 4-Way Formation Skydiving for 12 years and my visualization skills were excellent. I could close my eyes and see myself and the rest of the team in perfect detail. I could see my moves done correctly as well as the technically perfect choreography of the entire team. I could see the jump from above (the judging video angle), from my own eyes and even from any teammate’s point of view. I was able to run it in slow motion, or fast speed with the same precision. I didn’t need to slow down and relax. I could immediately create the images at any moment even while involved in other activities. I didn’t even need to close my eyes. I could see the correct pictures as if they were superimposed over what I was actually looking at.

All of my senses were active. I could feel the jump in my muscles and my mind would anticipate one move ahead. I was aware of my breathing and the mental calmness the sport requires. My visualization even had the confident, competitive attitude I wanted to exhibit on the skydive. For all practical purposes, I was doing the jumps. It felt the same in nearly every way.

“I could immediately create the images at any moment even while involved in other activities. I didn’t even need to close my eyes.”

The funny thing was that I took all of this completely for granted. I had no idea how good my visualization skills actually were or how crucial they were to my performance. I had practiced them frequently and thoroughly but mostly by accident. It was fun and seemed like the right thing to do. I hadn’t had a specific visualization training plan as such.

My team Arizona Airspeed won the National and World Championships in the 4-Way Formation Skydiving event two years in row. In addition to continuing with 4-Way we decided to also enter 8-Way. The rules are the same and it requires mostly the same individual flying skills. The real difference is the actual pictures that we see. 8-Way formations are twice as big as 4-Way formations. To see an entire 8-Way formation we must look much further and greatly expand our awareness. During the transitions from one formation to another there is twice as much going on and people are moving twice as far.

All in all, when you add it all up, 8-way was exponentially busier and noisier than 4-way. All of this activity made it very difficult to create the same clear images in my head that I had in 4-Way. But since I took for granted how good my visualization skills were in 4-way, I also discounted how weak they were in 8-Way.

As a 4-way competitor I was fast, precise and confident in my abilities. I deserved to be; we had just won two consecutive National and World Championships. I was sure this would carry over to 8-way. I was wrong.

When we started training 8-Way I basically stunk. I was making mistakes that could only come from a novice competitor. My flying was soft and my anticipation dull. During the video reviews of the jumps I was embarrassed. What had happened to me? I’m a World Champion. Had I lost it? Should I have quit while I was ahead? I punished myself with as much self-doubt as I could come up with.

The next day we were in the airplane on the way up for an 8-Way jump. I was visualizing the jump as I always do on the ride to altitude when it hit me. I wasn’t seeing anything. There weren’t even 8 people on the screen in my mind. There was just me, fumbling through a mass of bodies. I couldn’t even see what the formation looked like. I suddenly realized that I had no visualization skills for 8-Way. If I couldn’t see, or even imagine, what a good jump was going to look like, the odds weren’t very good that it was actually going to happen. And if it did, it would be due to nothing but pure luck. I certainly couldn’t make much of a contribution to a good effort if I didn’t know what one looked like.

“If I couldn’t see, or even imagine, what a good jump was going to look like, the odds weren’t very good that it was actually going to happen.”

Our team had two weeks off. During that time, I spent two hours (eight 15-minute sessions) a day dedicated to visualization training. I didn’t have to learn the skill of visualizing, I had extensive experience in practicing the skill with 4-way. I just had to apply that skill to a different event.

I looked at video and photographs of the formations that were taken from above and then practiced creating the same still photos in my head. I switched the “camera angle” to my point of view and practiced creating the image that I would see while in the same formation.

Once I was able to see these still photos I added movement and began working on producing the picture of what the team looked like when transitioning from one formation to another. I had to slow it way down so that I had time to paint the picture in my mind.

At first it was difficult and took quite a bit of time for each picture. But once I had accurately created the picture the first time it became much easier. With frequent, consistent training, the skill of producing the 8-way images in my mind was quickly learned.

On our first jump back after the break I was again visualizing the jump we were about to do while on the ride to altitude. I could see everything perfectly. I knew exactly how the jump was supposed to go, what I had to do to make it go that way and that I could make it go that way. I could see every detail of every person during every transition to every formation. It had a calming effect on me. The images were so clear that it felt like I had done them hundreds of times before. I knew from experience that if I could visualize the jump this clearly, all I had to do was calm myself down and let it happen. The rest would be automatic. My confidence soared.

We exited the airplane and the jump went just as planned, just as I had seen it in my head. It was amazing. I had visualized a performance level in 8-Way before actually ever performing up to that level. During our two weeks off my athletic potential didn’t change. I was the same athlete with the same skills and abilities. I already had the potential to be a good 8-Way competitor. The visualization training helped me to reach my full potential in a fraction of the time it would have taken otherwise. It happened in my head first, and my physical reality followed in line.

We exited the airplane and the jump went just as planned, just as I had seen it in my head. It was amazing. I had visualized a performance level in 8-Way before actually ever performing up to that level. During our two weeks off my athletic potential didn’t change. I was the same athlete with the same skills and abilities. I already had the potential to be a good 8-Way competitor. The visualization training helped me to reach my full potential in a fraction of the time it would have taken otherwise. It happened in my head first, and my physical reality followed in line.

“It was amazing. I had visualized a performance level in 8-Way before actually ever performing up to that level.”

Visualization Can Replace Training

I was the player/coach on the team AIRMOVES when I was seriously injured in the middle of the training year. I wasn’t able to jump and was very limited in the physical activity I could participate in. The National Championships were only a few months away. Given my condition I had to be replaced on the team by another jumper. When we arrived at the meet there were still certain types of jumps the team was weak at. We decided that because of my experience it would be a benefit to the team if on these jumps we could substitute me in for one of the other team members.

The long recovery time had greatly reduced my strength, endurance and flexibility. I was still wearing support equipment to protect injuries and was 20 pounds under my
“fighting” weight. How could it be possible that I would improve the team’s performance, or even be ready to compete at the National Championships at all, when my physical condition was marginal at best and I had barely made a jump in six months?

During my recovery I was constantly looking at videos, visualizing skydives and dreaming about jumping. As their coach, I had watched every jump the team had made at least 50 times. It felt like I was almost on the jumps with them. For these six months, I had spent more time visualizing than I had ever done before, much more. When I stepped in on the jumps I was in a different position each time. I was the skydiving equivalent of the quarterback on one jump and a wide receiver on another.

My physical condition and currency in the air were greatly compromised. The only thing in my favor was the extensive amount of visualization I had done. As it turned out, the visualization proved to be worth more than the actual training could have been. In the airplane I was able to visualize the jumps perfectly. I felt confident and ready to do any job required of me. It seemed like I had done all of these moves only yesterday because basically I had. All the positions and moves felt familiar.

Even though all the physical evidence would dictate otherwise, when visualizing in the plane I felt like I had every reason to expect we’d have great jump and my confidence was high.

The extensive visualization training I had done basically replaced the lack of any significant physical training. I don’t recommend this as a training plan, but it does demonstrate how powerful quality visualization can be. Don’t underestimate it. Be sure and give visualization training a valuable place in your training program.

If you’re interested in reading Dan’s highly acclaimed book “Above All Else” it is available on Amazon by also clicking here.  We highly recommend it as it’s a very inspirational read. 

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What a Spring it’s been!  The sun has been shining, skyvans flying, new students becoming licensed skydivers and organizers of every discipline welcoming novice and world class jumpers with a smile and great skydives.  

I’m so proud of Skydive Perris when I see the place operating like this. It takes so many people to make it tick and we’re very fortunate to have such amazing individuals that take pride in being part of our team.
The loaders getting everyone on the airplanes safely and efficiently, the bad spot drivers looking out for you at all times and making sure you don’t have to walk too far, the Ground Safety Officer coordinating the airplanes and directing the canopy traffic, Instructors who love watching their students learn, Riggers who pack every rig as if their kid was jumping it, the best pilots in the business, aircraft mechanics that fix airplanes before they break, wind tunnel Instructors who get you in the air even between loads, the Bomb Shelter crew who can handle a huge party or an early morning cup of coffee and the maintenance staff who keep the airport looking like a first class resort no matter how busy we get.

We truly do try to go the extra mile to provide you with a fabulous drop zone and wonderful community.  And if there’s anything we’re not doing I hope you know you can always tell me.     

So here’s the catch, operating costs have steadily increased and we haven’t raised jump rates in 7 years.  Starting June 1 jump tickets will be going up from $26 to $28.  This will help us to continue to provide you with the first class service that Skydive Perris in known for.  Thank you for your continued support and making Skydive Perris your home away from home.

See you at the DZ soon!

Dan BC

Events Outlook

Can you believe we’re already six months into 2018? Don’t worry, we’ve got even more stuff for the second half of the year than we did for the first!

ALL THESE EVENTS ARE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE – don’t hesitate to follow us!

JUNE

June 2 | One Step Up

On June 2, if you feel you have done several 40ish Ways and are ready to step it up a few notches, the Perris Organizers have designed One Step Up just for you. The goal is to have complex, multipoint dives(sequential) and of course, completions. As always, the environment will foster fun, learning and laughter, but also some very challenging jumps! Contact Grace Katz if you want to join. email hidden; JavaScript is required

June 2-3 | WSLN: Camera Flyer Camp

The Women’s Skydiving Leadership Network is organizing a Camera Flyer Skills Camp. Come on Ladies, join the movement! Contact Angie Aragon:  email hidden; JavaScript is required

June 14-18 | WSLN: Coach Course

The Women’s Skydiving Leadership Network is organizing a USPA Coach Course. Come on Ladies, join the movement! Contact Angie Aragon:  email hidden; JavaScript is required

June 16-17 | Head Up Angle Series

Nate Smith will be organizing a Head-Up Angle Series camp. E-mail Nate at email hidden; JavaScript is required or call Nate at (805) 450-1228 for more information and to register.

June 21-24 | Power Play

P3 is back June 21-24 with their coveted PowerPlay. The PowerPlay is literally the pinnacle of Formation Skydiving. This invitational event gathers highly skilled jumpers, in both competition and big way disciplines. 3 days of high level 16-20 ways ending in an ‘impossible’ big formation on the last day… But the PowerPlay participants redefine impossible on a yearly basis!  Contact Dan BC if you think you can step up to the challenge! email hidden; JavaScript is required

JULY

July 13-17 | WSLN: Tandem Instructor

The Women’s Skydiving Leadership Network is organizing a Tandem Instructor Rating Course. Come on Ladies, join the movement! Contact Angie Aragon:  email hidden; JavaScript is required

July 14 | Fundamentals of Big Way FS

Mark Brown will teach you the fundamentals of Big Way FS on the renowned 40ish ways. If you feel it is time for you to bridge the gap between fun jumps and world class big way events all in a low pressure setting, contact Mark at email hidden; JavaScript is required

July 21 – Dueling DZs

Dueling DZs (Skydive Perris vs Elsinore) is happening on July 21st! Are you ready to jump defend the colors of your Dropzone? Create your 6-way team and join the fun! 4 jumps, take off at one DZ, land at the other! If you’re interested, contact email hidden; JavaScript is required for Skydive Perris, and Mary SantAngelo email hidden; JavaScript is required for Skydive Elsinore.

July 28-29 – Intro to Vertical Formations

Nate Smith will be organizing an Intro to Vertical Formations. If your goal is to join some of the amazing state and national records, this is a great place to begin your journey. E-mail Nate at email hidden; JavaScript is required or call Nate at (805) 450-1228 for more information and to register.

August

August 18 | SCSL

August traditionally brings us the SCSL competition, this year on Aug 18! Everyone is welcome to the annual SCSL competition at Skydive Perris! No matter what your skill level is, if you want to have fun in the sky, join us for a day of jumping. Got a team? Then show up for some good fun and spirited competition whether you are competing for a medal, bragging rights, or just want to get a feel for what this 4-way stuff is all about. Don’t have a team? Then let us know and we can put together a pick-up team for you! Pre-register by emailing email hidden; JavaScript is required. OR just show up!!

August 25-26 | Angle Fest

Love angle flying or looking to up your angle skills? This is the event for you! Nate Smith will be organizing. E-mail Nate at email hidden; JavaScript is required or call Nate at (805) 450-1228 for more information and to register.

September

September 13-17 | WSLN: Coach Course

The Women’s Skydiving Leadership Network is organizing a USPA Coach Course. Come on Ladies, join the movement! Contact Angie Aragon:  email hidden; JavaScript is required

Sep 27 – Oct 1 | WSLN: Tandem Instructor

The Women’s Skydiving Leadership Network is organizing a Tandem Instructor Rating Course. Come on Ladies, join the movement! Contact Angie Aragon:  email hidden; JavaScript is required

September 29-30 | Intro to Angle Flying

Nate Smith will be hosting an ‘Intro To Angle Flying’ camp on September 29-30. E-mail Nate at email hidden; JavaScript is required or call Nate at (805) 450-1228 for more information and to register.

October

October 6 | Fundamentals of Big Way FS

Mark Brown will teach you the fundamentals of Big Way FS on the renowned 40ish ways. If you feel it is time for you to bridge the gap between fun jumps and world class big way events all in a low pressure setting, contact Mark at email hidden; JavaScript is required

October 11-14 | POPS

October is when the temperature finally cools down a bit, and we’ve got so much happening here! First, the POPS (Parachutists Over Phorty) are back in Perris Oct 11-14 for a new series of World Record Attempts. You are over 40 years old, love doing big way and want to participate in a fantastic event? Contact Team RipCord Skydiving and send your application in! http://www.teamripcordskydiving.com

October 18-21 | Rainbow Boogie

The following week, Oct 18-21, the Rainbow Boogie is on! World class coaches Kate Cooper and Christy Frikken will be here to organize awesome jumps. L,G,B,T,Q or Straight, everyone is welcome to the Rainbow Boogie! Let your true color shine through!

October 25-28 | 3 Big Events!

Halloween Boogie

Immediately after, it’s Halloween! The Halloween Boogie takes place Oct 25-28… Get your costumes ready, to jump, to fly in the tunnel, and to win the contest during the Saturday Night Party!

P3 Sequential Camp

Happening at the same time as the Halloween Boogie (Oct 25-28), the P3 Fall Sequential Camp is the perfect event to stay sharp after the end of jumping season in colder places (but not here, here we jump every day, all day!). 16-60-way sequential jumps coached by World Class organizers Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, Kate Cooper-Jensen and the P3 team! Register at https://www.p3skydiving.com

Also during that weekend, if you want to be on a 4-way team and don’t know where to start, come to the 4-Way Curious event, a classic by the Perris Organizers on October 27 email hidden; JavaScript is required – you will learn the fundamentals of 4-way, meet other jumpers who want to join this phenomenal discipline, and of course, have lots of fun!

October 27-28 | Intermediate Angle Camp

E-mail Nate at email hidden; JavaScript is required or call Nate at (805) 450-1228 for more information and to register.

November

November 17-18 | Head Up Skills Camp

E-mail Nate at email hidden; JavaScript is required or call Nate at (805) 450-1228 for more information and to register.

November 23-25 | Thanksgiving Trifecta

Thanksgiving and the Thanksgiving trifecta will happen on November 23, 24 and 25. The Nationals are over, and we are already starting to think about next year!

Friday, November 23, our Team Building event will help you find your new teammates for 2019. Beginner or World Champion, 4-way or 8-way, everyone is welcome! Seminars throughout the day by our Load Organizers.

Saturday, November 24, if you couldn’t go to the Nationals, let the Nationals come to you! Ghost Nationals is the 4-way competition of the year, in collaboration with the Perris Organizers!

Finally, Sunday, November 25, this is one you don’t want to miss! The Turkey Meet is the Speed Event of the year! Depending on the number of people showing up, we’ll do 10 to 16-way speed jumps, followed by a sequential… and we’ll count points! So, come and get ready, because it’s going to be a load of fun! Contact Grace Katz at email hidden; JavaScript is required for more info!

December

December 15-16 | Intro Head Up Movement

E-mail Nate at email hidden; JavaScript is required or call Nate at (805) 450-1228 for more information and to register.

Dec 26 – Jan 1st | Party In Perridise

…And last but not least, we end the year with the Party in Perridise Boogie, from December 26 to January 1^st. Skyvans, tunnel, load organizers, discounted jumps… we’ve got it all! And YES, we are still hoping to get THE JET back in line for it! We’ll keep you posted on separate posts about this, so stay tuned!

– The Skydive Perris Family

PS- We also host some recurring events, because some things are too good to happen just once a year:

Throughout the summer, the Women’s Skydiving Leadership Network is organizing a series of skills camps, whether you want to become a camera flyer (June 2-3), a coach (June 14-18, Sept 13-17) or even a tandem instructor (July 13-17, Sept 27-Oct 1). Come on Ladies, join the movement! email hidden; JavaScript is required

December 29 | Fundamentals of Big Way FS

Mark Brown will teach you the fundamentals of Big Way FS on the renowned 40ish ways. If you feel it is time for you to bridge the gap between fun jumps and world class big way events all in a low pressure setting, contact Mark at email hidden; JavaScript is required

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Perris Newsletter | March 2018

It’s truly amazing how skydiving has expanded, grown and continued to develop over the years. The dream of flight has reached new heights and is still climbing.  I’ve been fortunate to have had a front row seat to much of this and I’ve recently realized that the development cycle within each discipline has been much the same.   

In the early days “sport parachuting” was only about having the balls to jump from a plane and burning a hole in the sky. It was more falling than flying. It was all about being or getting “stable” on your belly.  On your belly, you had the best chance of your very questionable parachute working and saving your life.

Then one day someone came up with the crazy notion and thought, “I think I can fly.  I think if there was another jumper in freefall with me I may be able to actually “hook up” with them.”  After many unsuccessful jumps flying near and far from each other with marginal (at best) control, the first two people docked and Formation Skydiving was born (they called it Relative Work then). 

As more people learned to do it and got better at it the groups grew and started doing different formations. They began to see how fast they could get together, how many formations they could do on one jump. It became a competition. “We want to go bigger, faster than we’ve ever done before!” (That doesn’t sound like skydivers at all does it?) It evolved into 4way and 4way became the foundation for going bigger. FS jumpers did the first 100way. A new sport was off and running and after 60 years we still haven’t found the limits.

FreeFlying was exactly the same. I remember being on the plane every day with Omar and Olav watching them, jump after jump, completely unstable and out of control (They could hardly get to, much less stay on, their bellies. What were they doing???)  Finally one day they did it, they hooked up while flying on their heads and FreeFlying was born. 4way VFS started. Sequential records are popping all over. FFers broke the 100 ceiling with the first 108way.  The scores go up, speeds increase, records keep falling. Limits?  I think not.

CReW was the same. Except if I recall, I think it started with a canopy collision. The two jumpers lived through it and thought it was fun. But, that it would be much more fun if they actually planned it next time. 4way, 100way….(you get the idea).

Wingsuiting is going through the same cycle.  At the Nationals in Perris last fall it was amazing to see the Acro Competition. 2way teams doing sequences of formations.  It was a thing of beauty, incredible to watch.  If 2 can do it now it will be 4way soon. The 100-way won’t be far down the road.

I’m happy to say that at Skydive Perris FS, FF, WS, CReW and all other jumpers share and enjoy the DZ, planes, and sky together equally. We all are amazed at what the others are doing, cheer each other on and support one another.  It’s really cool.

Each of these disciplines is so much the same yet also unique.  They are all about that dream of flight that we share, but enjoying it in a slightly different way.  They all start with individuals who, first and foremost, had the balls to make their first jump.  And they all evolve into and grow out of 4way.  (You knew that’s where I was going with this, right? :) ).

Come and fly in the skies with us at Skydive Perris!!!

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Perris Newsletter | November 2017

We’ve finally recovered from the Nationals!! What a great two weeks it was. The chance to have a front row seat to watch state of the art performances in every freefall discipline was incredible. And to see the mutual admiration, respect and camaraderie amongst all the athletes from those disciplines was a true statement of who skydivers are and the amazing community we have. Perfect weather, as many as 130 loads a day and nearly 19,000 jumps with only three minor injuries made it one of the best USPA Nationals I’ve ever been to, and I’ve been to a lot. Special thanks to our staff, everyone who came to watch and especially the competitors.

The Nationals also enjoyed a lot of good media coverage. One comment made by several reporters was that they’d seen few sports like skydiving that are gender neutral, where men and women compete against each other. I explained to them that there is no advantage in skydiving regarding size and strength so men and women compete on an even playing field. Not only that but every year there are plenty of both on the podiums during the medal ceremonies. They were quite surprised by this as they were under the impression that skydiving is a very male dominated sport.

Male dominated sport?? That is definitely not the case at Skydive Perris! Sometimes I feel like I’m the only guy around! Melanie owns the DZ. Shazza runs the school. Sheila is in charge of the Tunnel. Selena is the boss at the loft. Laura is behind the scenes keeping all of us in line. Grace Katz leads the Perris Organizers (Mark Brown thinks he’s in charge but that’s only because Grace lets him believe that.) Kate Cooper-Jensen is the Big Way Master. Christy Frikken is the head FS Coach. Taya Weiss is the WS Guru. Jeanine Bonvin organizes the FF Organizers. There are so many more great female coaches, organizers, instructors, riggers, tunnel instructors, pilots, manifesters, as well as Perris Skydiving School, Bomb Shelter, Wind Tunnel and Square One employees that I can’t mention them all here. Should I continue?

Male dominated?? I don’t think so. No one dominates this drop zone. It’s enjoyed by women and men of all colors, religions, sexual preferences, professions, nationalities, political parties, ethnicities, back grounds, economic statuses and with more opinions than there are people.

But all of them follow the same three, very strict rules we have at Skydive Perris:

1) Don’t be dangerous
2) Don’t be an asshole
3) Have fun.

And we have a lot of fun coming up on the schedule!!

NOVEMBER 9 – 12   FF CALIFORNIA RECORD 100WAY
NOVEMBER 11           VETERANS DAY
NOVEMBER 16 – 19  P3 16 TO 60WAYS
NOVEMBER 24          TEAM BUILDER
NOVEMBER 25          GHOST NATIONALS
NOVEMBER 26         TURKEY SCRAMBLES MEET
DECEMBER 2, 3       XRW CAMP
DECEMBER 26 – JANUARY 1   PARTY IN PERRIDISE BOOGIE

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34 As In Thirty-Four!!!!

34! Can you believe it? 34! This year will be my 34^th National Skydiving Championships!  I’ve traveled to Muskogee, Oklahoma, Deland, Sebastian, Eloy, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York and Perris. I’ve gone with practiced teams, pickup teams, playing to win and no chance of winning. It’s the most amazing event in skydiving and I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

Competitors of all disciplines are some of the most passionate skydivers there are.  Trying to perform at your best and show the world what you can do in the heat of competition is only one part of it. Very few teams actually go with the goal of winning a medal. There is so much more to win than that. You have many of the best skydivers in the world sharing the skies, the planes, and a seat at the bar, with newly “B” Licensed jumpers at their first Nationals. And the Champions are as excited to meet the novices as the novices are the Champions! The bond built at the Nationals between competitors of all levels, across all disciplines, is truly unique and different than the bond built at a boogie or another event. You’ll leave the Nationals having made new, amazing friendships.  You’ll never want to miss a Nationals because it becomes the annual reunion when you rekindle those friendships.

34!  Did I mention this is my 34^th Nationals?!  My mother still asks me every year when I’m going to stop.  There is nothing that could keep me away.  But better yet, this time I get to welcome all of you to my home at Skydive Perris!!  If you’ve never competed before, even if you still don’t have a team, you’ll want to be a part of the Nationals.  Pick a discipline you enjoy, throw a team together with your friends, have a great time and cheer on the champions as they battle it out for the Gold.  All of us are there because we love the sport and the community.  There are no big prizes.  The winning teams don’t walk away with money or endorsements, (they actually walk away in debt).  But we all walk away having made some of the best skydives of our lives with friendships that will last for decades.  I promise you won’t regret it.

A Little Nationals History:

1989 was the first year air-to-air video was used for judging at the Nationals.  Prior to that, it was done from ground to air video or telemeters.  The 4way FS Competition was done out of Cessna 182s which only carry 4 people. In order to be able to film using air-to-air cameramen they would send up five Cessnas at a time.  Four Cessnas that each had a 4way team and one that had four cameramen in it.  The four Cessnas with the teams would drop 2 minutes apart while the Cessna with the cameramen would do four passes flying formation with each plane and dropping the cameraman from the trail plane. It was amazing to watch and even more exciting to be a part of!  (Being the nostalgic person I am I tried to make this the plan for this year but couldn’t find enough Cessna 182s to get the meet done in two days with 80 teams.)

At the 1999 Nationals in Sebastian, competitors from across the country had gathered for the meet.  But before the meet even started everyone had to evacuate because of a hurricane.  After the first storm passed and before the second one moved in all the competitors returned and jumped in between some of the most amazing clouds (never through the clouds of course) to get the meet done.  Hardly any teams left.  (The roads and local airports were pretty much closed so they couldn’t leave)

See you for the time of your life at Nationals in September!!!

Will You Be At The 2017 US Nationals?

DZ News & Notes

Tunnel Special – Two Tunnel Flights for $49

Like our tandem special, if you have friends wishing to experience indoor skydiving, we’re offering an excellent indoor special – two flights for $49! Click here to Book Now

What a June! – Free Fly

It’s summer in Perris and things have heated up – including the freefly scene.  

In June, Skydive Perris hosted the SoCal Converge head down training camp and California State Record tryouts.  Free flyers from around the country gathered under the amazing organization and coaching of Travis Fienhage, Andy Malchiodi, Mike Carpenter and Mike Bohn for 3 days of training in single plane groups and in 3-plane formation loads, culminating in 54-way formation attempts. The California State Record will be held at Skydive Perris November 9-12, 2017.

Freefly Load Organizing

For those not yet ready for records, there are load organizers available to put together fun group jumps and help you improve your skills.  The Perris freefly organizers are there to jump with you, for sit flying, head down flying, mixed formation skydiving, vertical formation skydiving, angle jumps, hybrids and other sky shenanigans.

To meet the Freefly Organizers or to view the Freefly LO schedule to see who is organizing at any time, visit http://ffperrisorganizers.weebly.com/. 

The organizers debrief all jumps and post videos to the Freefly Perris Organizers’ Facebook page for you to watch, share and download.

Skydive Perris is also looking forward to seeing all the vertical and artistic freefly teams in action at USPA Nationals being held right here. Vertical events take place Sept 20-24, 2017.

SCSL 4-Way Meet – Aug 26

Don’t miss the last competition before the Nationals, on the Nationals site, out of the Nationals planes.  You know you gotta be there! Competition preparation doesn’t get any better.

Volunteers Needed!

At the USPA Nationals, there are a million moving parts.  If you’re planning to be around and would like to help out, we’re looking for volunteers! The job descriptions could be pretty broad but we’ll be eternally grateful!  If you can help, please contact email hidden; JavaScript is required.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

USPA Nationals – Get the Tee

Nationals Teams, beat the rush and register early for the Nationals.  If you register by August 11th we’ll definitely have your correct T-shirt size! (No one likes an incorrect t-shirt size!).

On The Horizon – Party in Perridise | Dec 28 – Jan 1

Stay Cool In Summer!

It’s been a beautiful summer and the Otters are flying every day. We’ve pretty much been dirt diving in the pool for the last month but it feels great! Come get your jumps in, grab lunch and hang out with us poolside!

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I love talking with skydiving students and hearing about their excitement, fear, wonder and amazement. Nearly all of them say how the sport is “so much more” than they ever imagined. The only thing I love as much as talking to students is listening to students talking to each other.

The other day I was hanging out at the Perris Valley Skydiving School. There was a guy in his mid-thirties getting ready to do Level 4 speaking with a gal in her mid-twenties who had finished AFF and was going up to do a first solo. He was really nervous about the jump so she was talking him through it. Everything she said was spot on. With sincere passion and enthusiasm, she went through a step by step explanation of everything he should expect, providing him with a perspective that calmed him down and built up his confidence. He listened to her every word, awestruck like she was an expert. And she was! She had just done the exact same jump. She knew how he felt and exactly what he needed to hear. It’s quite possible he got as much out of her coaching as he would have a more experienced jumper or even an Instructor. She was coaching him, mentoring him and she only had 8 jumps!

This reminded me of when I first started jumping. There were a couple of experienced skydivers living near me in the OSU Dorm. These guys were real skydivers, not first timers. They were experienced jumpers who knew the ropes and how everything was done. They were so good. How could they not be, they each had close to 30 jumps. I thought they were heroes!

No matter where you are in your skydiving progression, you’re somebody’s mentor. You probably don’t think of yourself as a mentor and might not even want to be one. But, at some time over the course of your day at the drop zone, you could easily find yourself speaking with a less experienced jumper. You may only have 30 jumps but to someone with 5, you’re amazing! By sharing your thoughts and experiences you could have a huge impact in helping them progress and grow, and not just as a skydiver but as a human being. As young jumpers, we remember those people who made a difference for us. And in remembering how they helped us, it makes us want to do the same with younger jumpers when we have the chance to. And even if you’ve only done two jumps you still have something to offer to the younger jumper with one!

This is one of the most beautiful things of our sport. We’re all students and we’re all mentors. Even with 26,000+ jumps and 37 years in the sport I often find myself as a student again. Every time I’ve put on a wingsuit, been grabbed by our local free flyers for a jump, listened to our Canopy Coaches or heard Christy Frikken (one of my students) coaching 4-way, I learn a ton. In this sport, you’re never too experienced (old) to be a student. And you’re never too young to be a mentor. I highly recommend taking full advantage of being both.

Blue skies,
Dan BC

Check out Dan’s book, “Above All Else” here!

DZ News

P3 Events Great Success!

P3 TRIFECTA WAS ANOTHER BIG HIT! I’ve watched this in Formation Skydiving, FreeFlying, Wingsuits and CReW. No matter what discipline you enjoy, few things are as much fun as putting together a big group of friends and aiming to share that magical moment when a large formation completes and everyone is “in”. You can feel the electricity in the group when it happens.

P3 “Perris Performance Plus” was first formed in 2001 to guide jumpers through safely learning the art, and experiencing the fun and teamwork, of doing “big ways”. Each spring P3 holds the May Trifecta with three back to back events, the Big Way Camp, 100Way Training Camp and Spring Fling. This year P3 welcomed more than 140 jumpers from 24 different countries to Perris. Their jump numbers ranged from 120 to 10,000. Many started off never having been on anything larger than a 6way, others had World Records under their belts.

After 3 days of the Big Way Camp even the least experienced of us were consistently building smooth (most of the time) 36ways and doing it while flying in many different positions. At the 100way training camp each person had the chance to fly a different slot every day on 60ways designed to look much more like 100way formations.

The 60way Spring Fling team did several incredible formations. On some jumps even doing 2 formations with everyone dropping grips in between. It was awesome!! Everyone learned heaps and became much more confident doing large formations. Good times were absolutely had and all made new friends they’ll cherish forever.

Many of the group came for all three events!! I really don’t know how they can pull that off but they did. If you’re interested in being a part of the P3 family please join us for these upcoming events. For more information and to register go to www.p3skydiving.com

Upcoming P3 Events

P3 Events

November 16 – 19, P3 16 to 60way Sequential

February 22 – 25, P3 16 to 60way Sequential

May 3 – 6, P3 Big Way Camp

May 10 – 13, P3 100 Way Training Camp

May 17 – 20, P3 Spring Fling

June 21 – 24, P3 Power Play

DZ Events

JUNE 23, 24, 25 FF CAMP AND CALIFORNIA STATE FF RECORD TRY OUTS
Get ready for the CALIFORNIA STATE FREEFFLY RECORD 100-WAY – November 9-12

World Champions and all around good guys, Travis Fienhage and Andy Malchiodi have made breaking records a hobby.  From November 9th – 12th, they plan on killing the current California State FF Record by doing a 100-way. Skydive Perris is planning to use as many of our fleet of Skyvans as we can to help make it happen. Travis and Andy are collecting the best of the best freeflyers for this one.  If you’re not one of the best yet, you can be by November!  They’re holding FF Big Way Camps throughout the year to get you ready.  Camps are scheduled at Perris on June 23 – 25 and November 7 & 8.

 JULY 1, SLIP & SLIDE BOOGIE

You’d think by now I’d know better. But there I was, minding my own business, when Matt Blank, Mike Naddor and Sean Devin came over to my office looking like mischievous kids who just came up with an idea but didn’t know if they should share it because they might get in trouble. I took one look at them and told them to go away before they even spoke. They weren’t going to make it that easy on me. “What do you want to do now?” I asked them not really wanting to know. And the answer was: “Ok, check this out. We want to build a slip n slide in the skyvan, grease it up and go sliding out the back with 10way trains. What do you think?” It was one of the dumbest ideas I’d ever heard, and I’ve heard a lot of dumb ideas. Somehow, the next thing I knew, I found myself wearing nothing but a bathing suit and sliding down a greasy slip n slide out the back of a skyvan with 9 of my closest friends! And it was a blast!! So we’re doing it. The first Slip n Slide Boogie. Come join in the fun of one of the all time dumb ideas!!

JULY 1, MARK AND DARRYLD 40ISH WAYS
Mark and Darryld are known for creating a high stress, high-pressure environment where everyone fears making a mistake, NOT!!! This is the perfect way to get introduced to big way skydiving. You’ll have a blast and a chance to learn from some of the best organizers in the world.

AUGUST 26, SCSL 4WAY MEET
Get ready for the Nationals!! 4way Teams, this is the chance to hone your skills, fine tune your game, and get ready for the Nationals. And to do it at the Nationals location, out of the Nationals airplanes!! Competition preparation doesn’t get any better.

SEPTEMEBER 16 – OCTOBER 1, USPA NATIONAL SKYDIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
If you’ve never been to the Nationals you’re definitely missing out. There are divisions for all experience levels in all the freefall events. A few teams are competing to win. But most are competing to be a part of the most amazing experience you’ll ever have in Skydiving. If you have been to the Nationals before, we know you’ll be here because you just can’t miss it! (This will be my 34th Nationals!) Even if you’re not competing you’ll want to be at Skydive Perris to see the “sport” of skydiving at its very best.

WS ACRO, Registration Sept 16, Competition Sept 17 – 19
WS PERFORMANCE, Registration Sept 17, Competition Sept 18 – 20
FREEFLY/FREESTYLE (AE) & 4WAY VFS, Registration Sept 20, Competition Sept 21 – 23
2WAY MFS, Registration Sept 21, Competition Sept 22 – 24
SPEED SKYDIVING, Registration Sept 22, Competition Sept 23 – 24
4WAY FS, Registration Sept 24, Competition Sept 25 – 28 8WAY FS, Registration Sept 25, Competition Sept 26 – 29 16WAY FS, Registration Sept 27, Competition Sept 28 – Oct 1 10WAY FS, Registration Sept 28, Competition Sept 29 – Oct 1

DECEMBER 27 – JANUARY 1, PARTY IN PERRIDISE

Tunnel Training at Perris

There is no question that wind tunnels have dramatically changed skydiving training .  In the past the biggest challenge of learning to fly was building muscle memory.  How much muscle memory could you possibly build when you jump like crazy all weekend and only get 10 minutes of actual freefall time?  And only seconds of that working on a particular skill.  Now with wind tunnels you can learn a skill and get 10 minutes of repetition in 20 minutes!

Most of us don’t fly in the tunnel to become great tunnel flyers.  We use the tunnel to become great skydivers!  The Skydive Perris tunnel is right on the drop zone.  At Perris you can do your tunnel training, walk out of the chamber, call manifest and be on a 15 minute call!  You can take everything you’ve practiced right into the air!

No matter whether you’re working through AFF or training to win the US Nationals, the best way to maximize your training is to build the skills in the tunnel and then get on the next load.  Skydive Perris is one of only three DZs in the world where you can do this.  To find out more about how to maximize your tunnel training contact Derek Baxter at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

International Skydiving Museum & Hall of Fame

It’s finally happening!!  Skydiving inspires. It is the embodiment of adventure, daring, athleticism and prevailing in the face of adversity.  Though most people will never make a skydive, they can still revel in the amazing achievements of our sport.  They will be able to do just that in the Internationals Skydiving Museum and Hall of Fame.   The Museum and Hall of Fame will be located in Orlando, Florida in a high profile location fronting on Interstate 4, the primary highway that connects Tampa to Orlando and Daytona Beach.  It will be a two-story facility, 30,000sqft, loaded with interactive exhibits and experiences and co-located with an iFLY 16-foot vertical wind tunnel!

Skydive Perris has long been a supporter of this project and we are so excited to finally see it coming to fruition.  Please go to www.skydivingmuseum.org to learn more about it. You’ll be amazed and proud for what it planned.

2017 AFF Gradds & New A-License Jumpers

On behalf of the Perris Valley Skydiving School, we’d like to congratulate all those who graduated AFF and/or earned their A-licenses this year!

AFF Grads

A-License

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At least once or twice a week I’m told by someone:

“Dan, you have such a great job.”

“It must be terrific to come to work every day at Skydive Perris.”

“You’re so fortunate to be able to make a living doing what you love.”

“It’s not like work if you enjoy what you do.”

It’s kind of insulting really. All of us that work at Skydive Perris put in some long hard days working crazy hours. It’s not all fun and games. There is real work that needs to be done and we take our jobs very seriously. Last week was a good example.   

I was contacted by a couple of experienced jumpers that wanted to do four days of 4way training. I tried to schedule one of our coaches to jump with them but none had all the days available. I had to reschedule several meetings and put off other managerial work I had on my plate so that I could get these guys in the air. We met at 8:00 Monday morning, made a jump then went up to the tunnel to fly for an hour. We walked out of the tunnel and immediately called manifest to find out how long it was before the next load.  It was only 15 minutes! We hustled to the drop zone, put our gear on and made that same load. And then did another six jumps that day. This crazy schedule went on all week! 

Finally, on Friday I thought I was going to have a break, but no. Shazza, our school manager, needed me to help with a couple of AFF students from China who were stuck on Level 5.  Before going on another jump they both wanted to do our “jump insurance” coached tunnel session. None of the other instructors were available so I got pulled in. (It’s like she doesn’t know I have other work to do.)  I went to the tunnel with Will and Kai who each flew for 10 minutes. Everything clicked for them! We got out of the tunnel and they were on their next AFF jumps within 30 minutes. They both passed and went on to get their A Licenses four days later!    

Right as it looked like things were slowing down the Sisters In Skydiving “SIS” event got going.  Before I knew it, and completely against my will, I was on a 16way with 13 women and a couple of other guys. 

By the end of the day, I just didn’t have it in me to get on the swoop and chug sunset jump. SSo I skipped the jump, not the chug. 

If that wasn’t enough, today a group of our local jumpers wanted to see what it would be like to put a slip n slide in the back of a skyvan, lube it down, pull the nose up and slide a train out the back with everyone in their bathing suits.  Well, someone had to keep an eye on that craziness, as the DZ Manager it was clearly my responsibility.

So, if you were under the impression that working at Skydive Perris is some kind of playful, dream job please know you are absolutely right!! It doesn’t get any better! Come visit me at work and join in on all the fun we have coming up!

Blue skies,
Dan BC

DZ News

Spring is Hopping at Skydive Perris!

We have groups and teams here every day. The first Otter load is taking off by 8:00 am seven days a week and the skyvan usually starts up shortly after. You’ll be able to get in as many jumps as you want! 

Roberta Mancino

Along with the other great FS, FF and WS organizers at Perris,  ROBERTA MANCINO is also spending the Spring with us!!  Roberta will be on the dz coaching and organizing through the end of May.

DZ Events

Easter Boogie April 13-16

At this boogie we are doing it all!  Check this out: 

 Two Twin Otters. Sorry, I mean Three! But if you prefer running out the back of a tail gate there will be four Skyvans that’ll have you covered.

No boogie fees, $22 jumps and a huge party Saturday night!                   

Look at this team of Organizers and Coaches:                                                                                        

MARK KIRKBY, the most decorated competitor in the history of Formation Skydiving returns to Skydive Perris and will join the Perris Organizers to take FS jumpers at every level on some great skydives.                                                                                                               

TAYA WEISS, VAL SOBOL, and the Lightning Flight team will be showing Wing Suiters the latest and greatest in Formation and Backflying!

CHRISTY FRIKKEN – *Get ready for the Nationals*.  Christy will be here to coach and help out any and all 4 and  8way teams.

*You’d Rather Freefly?  ROBERTA MANCINO, CARSON HILL AND DAVE HEBERT are waiting for you.

(Some guy named  Dan BC will be goofing off on the drop zone doing who knows what.) With a gang like this you never know what kind of hybrid, XRW or other madness may ensue!

This caliber of World Class organizers and coaches is worth any price!

But it’s on us! No boogie fees, $22 jumps and a huge party Saturday night! Yeah, you want to spend Easter at Perris!

“SOS” Skydivers Over Sixty World Record Event

Sixty is the new forty!!  That’s definitely true in the skydiving world.  In the 1980’s hardly anyone in their 40’s jumped.  It was too tough a sport back then to start when you were 40.  And most people who started in their twenties during the 60s had usually gotten too busted up to still be jumping in their 40s.  Not anymore!!  There’s no stopping us now!!

Additional world records will be attempted for:

• “JOS” Jumpers Over Seventy world Record April 21 – 23.
• Women Over Sixty World Record April 23, 24.
• SOS World Record 66-way April 26 – 30

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DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU REFER A TANDEM STUDENT TO OUR SCHOOL YOU GET A FREE JUMP?  

April Tandem Special

If you have any friends that are thinking about making their first jump NOW is the time. During the entire month of April, the Perris Valley Skydiving School is offering discounts on tandems and video!!  The Tandem jumps are only $179 and Basic Video only $69.  That’s a $30 savings!! 

*Use Coupon Code ‘EASTER2017’ at checkout to receive the discount!

When your friends make their first jump at Skydive Perris they’ll experience so much more than just a skydive. They’ll experience “skydiving” and everything you love about it including the community, all the different disciplines, and a drop zone that has been around for 40 years on a private airport that every inch of was designed specifically for skydivers.  There is a reason Perris is known as a skydiving resort.  Skydiving is so much more than most people realize and all it takes is one day at Skydive Perris for them to learn what it’s all about.  

P3 Big Way Camp | May 4-7

One of the most fun parts of skydiving is getting together with friends from around the world to do large freefall formations. There are all sorts of terrific large formation events being held across the entire globe.

To be a part of them you have to have some experience jumping with bigger groups. The P3 Big Way Camp is your chance to get that experience. If you don’t often have the chance to do formation loads, or always get put in the same slot when you do, you’ll want to come to the camp. In 4 days you’ll do it all. 

We’ll be organizing jumps between 16 and 60 ways.  You’ll fly as later diver, early floater and from both left and right side trail planes.  If you’re always in or close to the base we’ll give you a chance to fly on the outside.  If you’re always on the outside you’ll have the chance to see what it’s like in (and learn a new respect for) the base.  You’ll to do it all!  If you can dock on a 4way every time we’ll show you how to dock on a 40way. 

**Stay for the P3 100 WAY TRAINING CAMP May 11 – 14.  We’ll be doing one 60way after another from 16,500 and switching slots every day.  After these two weeks you will be a whole new skydiver!

FFI www.p3skydiving.com

USPA Nationals | September 16 – 27

Skyidve Perris is proud to be hosting the USPA National Skydiving Championships! Preparations are already underway and registration is officially OPEN!

We invite you to register early and take advantage of the various skills camps we’ll be hosting throughout the year (Christy Frikken will be coaching 4-Way and 8-Way teams during the Easter Boogie).

CA State Freefly Record 100-Way | Nov 9-12

World Champions and all around good guys, Travis Fienhage and Andy Malchiodi have made breaking records a hobby.  From November 9th – 12th, they plan on killing the current California State FF Record by doing a 100-way. Skydive Perris is planning to use as many of our fleet of Skyvans as we can to help make it happen. Travis and Andy are collecting the best of the best freeflyers for this one.  If you’re not one of the best yet, you can be by November!  They’re holding FF Big Way Camps throughout the year to get you ready.  Camps are scheduled at Perris on June 23 – 25 and November 7 & 8.

Party In Perridise Boogie | Dec 26-Jan 1

Make your plans now to join us for the Party in Perridise Holiday Boogie!  Every kind of skydiving from your favorite airplanes.  If all works as planned even a DC9!!  Details to follow.

Keep an eye on the Skydive Perris calendar of events to keep up on everything that’s happening at the DZ. 

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