Hobbies

Some say I'm nutz, Adrenaline is what it's all about!!

Skydiving

This is my latest craze and fix! I've found the meaning of ADDICTION. The RUSH is phenomenal and every time I look up to the BLUE SKYZ, I realize where I want to be at that moment in time. I believe everyone should feel this great feeling at least once in their life. Hey, if God wanted us to stay on the ground, he would've given us roots.

My Logged Jumps

Date Jump Number Altitude Parachute Freefall Time(mins.) Description
12/26/99 1 13,500 Ft. PD 230 1:00 AFF 1. All is Good - Move Faster & Smoother.
12/26/99 2 13,500 Ft. PD 230 2:00 AFF 2. All Drills Clean - Canopy Ctrl. Good.
1/2/00 3 14,000 Ft. PD 230 3:00 AFF 3. Great Dive - Relax Body - Flare Earlier.
1/2/00 4 14,000 Ft. PD 230 4:00 AFF 4. RELAX - Nice Control & Technique.
1/2/00 5 13,500 Ft. PD 230 5:00 AFF 5. Solid Skydive - 360 Turns Were Good.
1/2/00 6 14,000 Ft. PD 230 6:00 AFF 6. Keep Head Up! Good Back flips & Landing.
1/30/00 7 14,000 Ft. PD 260 7:00 AFF 7. Graduation! PRACTICE Front Flips!!!
1/30/00 8 14,000 Ft. PD 260 8:00 FIRST SOLO DIVE! - Experienced Fast 360's.
3/5/00 9 14,000 Ft. PD 260 9:00 Good Ctrl. PRACTICE Front Flips! Flare Later.
4/2/00 10 14,000 Ft. PD 260 10:00 Located Other Divers! Landings Need HELP!
5/13/00 11 13,500 Ft. PD 260 11:00 First Stand-up Landing - "F" Word = "BEER"!
5/13/00 12 14,000 Ft. PD 260 12:00 First Video Dive - First Front Flip!
6/3/00 13 13,500 Ft. PD 230 13:00 S.S.D.D - Faster Chute! Flare Later!
6/4/00 14 13,500 Ft. PD 230 14:00 Plane Ride Down(Nose Dive!) - High Winds
Converted To Throw Away. Jumped My First Pack.
First 2 Way - Fun Filled Dive!!
6/4/00 15 15,000 Ft. PD 230 15:00 2 Way with Andre - Backtracking - RELAX!
6/4/00 16 13,500 Ft. PD 230 16:00 2 Way(Andre) - Better Form & Communication.
6/4/00 17 13,500 Ft. PD 230 17:00 2 Way(Andre) - Learned To Smile - Relaxed.
6/4/00 18 5,000 Ft. PD 230 17:00 Hop, Pop, & Flop! Ground is BIG At This Alt.
7/2/00 19 15,000 Ft. PD 230 18:00 Practiced arching and cupping & R/L sliding. PERFECT LANDING!!!
7/2/00 20 15,000 Ft. PD 230 19:00 **LICENSE JUMP**. PERFECT LANDING! P's 1st plane ride, NOSE DOWN
7/29/00 21 14,000 Ft. PD 220 20:00 **FOREIGN JUMP**. Carolina Sky Sports w/ Morton. BAD LANDING! BUMMER! C.A.S.A. Plane, Rear Exit, cool people!
1/7/01 22 13,500 Ft. PD 230 21:00 Refresher Course w/ Paulo and 2-way with Manuel! Great Exit, picture perfect. Air drills good but rusty. Landing Rusty and a slider!
1/7/01 23 13,500 Ft. S 209 22:00 Back to solo and air drills need more work. New canopy, Saphire 209, non-porous material, forward speed, surfable landings. Slid in landing!
1/7/01 24 13,500 Ft. S 209 23:00 Clean exit, good air drills, line twist on deploy. Slide landing, but better, learning the lift effect of the canopy




Mountain Biking

This picture was taken by Paulita after conquering Mt. Saint Anne in Quebec, Canada. Obviously she could just about click the shutter, let alone keep our arms up for the picture. We went down the trail used in the Mtn. Bike World Cup Race in 1994.



Water Skiing

This is our show in 'Six Flags Great Adventure', New Jersey. It is a shot of me Back-Barefooting.

This is our show in 'Holiday Park', Hassloch Pfalz, Germany. A front flip obviously or it could be painful if I land like that!

'Six Flags Atlantis', Hollywood, Florida was my first job in the ski show business. This was my favorite act at the time. I jumped 20 feet from a platform and barefooted away.

This was our closing act in Germany - Can you pick me out?

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