From 1961 to 1963, the television program “Ripcord” thrilled audiences with its sensational plots and daring stunts, creating a lot of attention for the fledgling sport of parachuting and spawning a generation of skydivers. Through interviews with some of the pioneering jumpers involved, the author tells the story of the program’s rise and demise.

In this pictorial, jumpers show that bad exits don’t always stop the fun.

In the Italian town of Reggio Emilia, world-wide members of the Parachutists Over Phorty Society gathered for the organization’s biennial competition and celebration of skydiving.

Six days of fun in the sun greeted jumpers in Chester, South Carolina, during Skydive Carolina’s premier event, the CarolinaFest boogie.

Some of vertical formation skydiving’s most talented jumpers have put their heads together to develop an 8-way dive pool. This article highlights their results so far and looks to what the future may bring to the discipline.

More than 100 Australian jumpers descended upon Perris Valley Skydiving in California this June to set the Australian national record for largest formation skydive. In this extraordinary tale, the skydivers claimed success—not just once but three consecutive times.

At SkyDance Skydiving in Davis, California, 250 registered jumpers enjoyed four days of challenging formation skydives, hybrids, freefly big-ways, inflatable jumps and wingsuit flocks during the DZ’s American Boogie in June.