Location: Connecticut Parachutists, Inc.

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 90

Seminars
Nearly all participants practiced in the hanging harness. Presentations were given on the 2010 fatality summary, avoiding canopy collisions, camera flying safety, aircraft safety, and freefly safety. Lunch was served, followed by a raffle that included a very special prize from Dave DeWolf.

Location: Crete Skydiving Center

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 27

Seminars
We had a well attended safety day discussion with 6 people leading the discussions. All early arrivals recieved a safety day t-shirt. A few of our jumpers provided lunch for everyone during jumping operations. We also held our Instructor's seminar after everyone was done jumping.

Location: Hellenic Aviation Academy

Date: 03/02/2011

Participants: 100+

Seminars
March 2 in Athens and March 9 at our secondary location in Thessaloniki held the annual Safety Days.
The material was well presented by:
Ioannis Lykakis,Nikos Karpouzas,Stephanos Katoglou,Nikos Dendramis,Angelos Chronopoulos,Konstantinos Topkas,Maria Kambourova,Konstantinos Stambedakis.

Location: Jerry's Skydiving Circus/Explore Freefall

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 46

Location: Madera Parachute Center

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 35

Seminars
35 people enjoyed muffins & coffe as Sarah Gilbert gave the opening welcome. The materials were presented by MPC staff Tom Berg, Aldo Garza, Jason Laird, Dave Gilbert, & Pilot, Mike Giersch. Everyone performed a suspended harness cutaway demo and then skydived the rest of the day.

Ches Judy award recipient: Mike Giersch
Awarded for: Besides being a great pilot, Mike's visual scan during climb out & exit phase of jump run has averted potential problems numerous times. On one occasion, he untangled the pilot chute of a jumper from the flap handle of the airplane and passed it out to the surprised skydiver, who then did a clear & pull from 10,000'. Mike is in the middle with Dave & Nita Gilbert

Location: Sky Down Skydiving

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 33

Seminars
We had a lot of new faces at this year's event. Our safety program highlighted canopy piloting, traffic patterns, and instructor renewal seminars, with each participant receiving a t-shirt. After jumping, the DZO hosted the annual taco feed and cheesecake buffet, with attendance up to 58!

Sponsors
Paul and Denise Janes

Location: Skydive Adventures

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 12

Seminars
S&TA Warren Hovland scheduled a full review of the ISP and DZ procedures, among other items of importance. All instructors reviewed a portion to the group; pilots and TI's also gave procedural briefings.

Location: Skydive Airtight

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 30

Seminars
Sessions lead by S&TA Tony Muller and DZO Stephen Stewart.
Everyone joined as a group discussed and shared some great info. We held drawings all day and gave away some great prizes.

Sponsors
Para Gear, Go Wear, Gatorz, Chutingstar

Ches Judy award recipient: Mike Phillips
Awarded for: Mike Phillips is an all around great guy. He exemplifies the qualities and spirit of a true skydiver. He exhibits an inspiring sense of camaraderie towards jumpers who are new to the sport, and he is a great mentor for jumpers at any level. Mike is a safe jumper, with no “Sky God” complex in him whatsoever. Friendly, outgoing, and helpful, Mike is truly happy to assist anyone. Whether it’s packing, jumping, or demonstrating the skills of skydiving, Mike is always ready and happy to lend a helping hand, and is a true inspiration to all; young or old…amateur or pro.

Location: Skydive Carolina

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 57

Seminars
57 jumpers participated in five classes ranging from canopy skills to off landings. Freefall Photo sponsored a free jump ticket to each participant who attended all five classes. Pizza provided for dinner during the last open forum seminar.

Sponsors
Skydive Carolina (pizza) Freefall Photo - lift tickets

Ches Judy award recipient: Joey Freeman
Awarded for: Consistently demonstrates safety and routinely assists others with safety.

Location: Skydive Dallas

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 90

Seminars
Skydive Dallas held a full day of seminars, giving jumpers a chance to win a Free Day of jumping and other prizes, like a Solo 2 donated by John Storrie Parachute Works. 80 jumpers practiced EP’s in the hanging harness, while fajitas and the Toga Party rounded out the evening.

Sponsors
Skydive Dallas, Storrie Parachute Works,

Location: Skydive Long Island

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 110+

Seminars
This year’s Safety Day was one for the record books and a welcomed sign of a great season ahead. While safety seminars were held all day long, the event focused on canopy control and preventative measures that each and every jumper can put into practice to make our skies a safer playground for all.

Ches Judy award recipient: Patricia Baronowski C-38265
Awarded for: for her selfless acts of generosity and desire to teach and encourage students how to safely approach skydiving while achieving they're goals along their way

Location: Skydive Orange

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 96

Sponsors
Rainbow Parachutes, Liquid Sky, Mirage, George & Sue Ireland, Mike Boysen, Crystal Brensinger, Tim Bryant, Mike French, Erin Hamilton, Bryan Kellogg, Lambert, and Shmike

Ches Judy award recipient: Bryan Kellogg
Awarded for: Bryan has exhibited taking care of not only the safety of himself but the safety of others. He has spotted potential malfunctions before skydivers even boarded the plane by pointing them out and resolving the issue ahead of time.

Location: Skydive San Marcos

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 60

Seminars
The focus was on Mental Mindset. Guest speaker was Brian Germain who covered adrenline management. Various staff members covered maintenance, group size & skills, spotting & seperation, aircraft safety EP's. CRW, RW & Freefly were also covered.Ray & JL Cordova gave a basic first responder lesson.

Ches Judy award recipient: Eric Butts
Awarded for: He keeps the entire DZ safe

Location: Skydive Snohomish

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: +130

Seminars
Skydive Snohomish had another successful Safety Day with over 130 participants. Participants took part in canopy, freefall, and equipment seminars, as well as emergency procedures. After the seminars the DZ raffled off $9,000 in prizes donated by skydiving sponsors and local businesses.

Sponsors
Velocity Sports Equipment, UPT, Performance Designs, SSK, Alti-2, Para Gear, Bonehead, iFLY Seattle, Bev Suits, Cazer, and TONS more.

Ches Judy award recipient: Kelly Craig
Awarded for: His (K)nowledge of the sport, his (E)xperience in the sport, his (L)ove for people in the sport, he (L)ooks out for people in the sport, and the (Y)ears he has been waiting for the award. K.E.L.L.Y.

Location: Skydive Superior

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 40+

Seminars
Skydive Superior had low clouds & blustery snow! 40+ participants enjoyed breakfast/lunch provided by the dz while they learned from presentations throughout the day. Day wrapped up with a game called "Chain of Mistakes".

Sponsors
Performance Designs, Airtec, ParaGear, Blue Skies Magazine, and the Pink Mafia.

Location: Skydive Tampa

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 60+

Seminars
Safety Day was a great success. Many thanks to all who showed. Special thanks to DZO Cliff Dobson, S&TA/operations manager Doug Kirk, Derek Hudson, George Kingston, and Lori Dobson for all the information they gave us during the seminars

Ches Judy award recipient: Greg Marcinkowsk
Awarded for: Greg has been with Skydive Tampa as our primary tandem packer for 2 and a half years. His attention to detal & gear maintenance has brought a great deal of comfort to all our intructors. Since acquiring his coach rating, we have seen that same concern for safety transposed to his student teaching, His ongoing willingness to learn & teach his knowledge for safety in our sport is why we chose Greg as the recipeant of the Ches Judy award at Skydive Tampa.

Location: Skydive the Point

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 85

Seminars
The local YMCA hosted our largest Safety Day turn out to date! In turn, we raised $400 for their Bright Beginnings program for low-income family school preparation. Excellent presentations, provocative discussions, raffles and games were followed by a warm, sunny, breezy afternoon of safe jumping.

Sponsors
West Point YMCA, Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center, Riddick Rigging Services, Antonio's Pizza, El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant

Ches Judy award recipient: Ryan McDaniel
Awarded for: His superior, mature safety awareness in a variety of challenging situations has made a lasting impression on DZ staff and fellow jumpers alike

Location: Skydive The Ranch

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 175

Seminars
Currency-Linda Wasilonski, Equipment-Sonic, Airplanes-Brian Higgins, The Skydive-Tanya Hannington, FreeFlying-Scarecrow, Under Canopy-Justin Goldberg, Winds Aloft-Tim Sapar, Canopy Collisions-Ronnie Hughan, Traffic-Pete Clark, Emergencies-John Kieran, On Field Medical-Dr. Amara

Location: Start Skydiving

Date: 03/5/2011

Participants: 146

Seminars
Attendees enjoyed a new program model. The day started with an offering of various skill stations. As jumpers completed each station, they earned extra raffle tickets. The day was capped off with several great presentations ranging from first aid to canopy control.

Sponsors
Team Fastrax

Ches Judy award recipient: Amber Wright A--55756
Awarded for: Amber committed many hours of her time to the well being of her fellow skydivers, by outfitting the drop zone with a large amount of medical supplies, teaching jumpers about first aid, and starting a foundation to help injured skydivers. At the beginning of last season, on Safety Day in fact, she saved the life of an injured jumper through her quick action and ability to stay calm in a stressful situation.

Location: SW Florida Skydive Club

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 25

Seminars
Beautiful weather kept jumpers jumping until early afternoon. Then after some great food the safety clinics started covering Free Fall Emergencies (Lee horton), Canopy Flight & Landing Patterns(Zak Stone), Equipment Checks (Bruce Gifford), Jump Pilots and Aircraft Emergencies (Anne-Laure Touron).

Sponsors
Rigs & Things Paraservice

Location: The Parachute Center

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: N/A

Ches Judy award recipient: Ed Pawlowski

Location: West Virginia Skydivers

Date: 03/12/2011

Participants: 15-18

Seminars
Although a small turnout due to flooding in the area, including our hanger. We had a good review and discussion of safety procedures, including gear, plane, and landing patterns emphasizing canopy flight and control. After we were done we had pizza and beer while watching the river rise.