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Wednesday, July 09, 2025

USPA Seeks New Director of Safety & Training

USPA Seeks New Director of Safety & Training
Friday, June 8, 2018

"Over 18 years, through profound changes in skydiving equipment, procedures, and methods of instruction, Jim has worked hard to produce the dramatic decline in serious accidents in our sport."

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Carolyn Clay, Recipient of the USPA Gold Medal, Dies in Skydiving Accident

Carolyn Clay, Recipient of the USPA Gold Medal, Dies in Skydiving Accident
Friday, June 1, 2018

While her skydiving accomplishments were incredible, it was her humanity and her love of friends and family that made her such an icon in the skydiving world.

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Preventing and Surviving Accidental CRW

Preventing and Surviving Accidental CRW
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Canopy collisions are a fairly common cause of skydiving fatalities. The sport has seen improvement in recent years because drop zones have become more diligent about separating high-performance and standard landings and have also spent more effort educating jumpers on the importance of proper landing patterns, exit separation and separation during deployment.

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March 2018

March 2018
Thursday, March 1, 2018

PHOTO BY Justin Duclos | D-33248

Jevin Johnson makes his first AFF jump instructed by his father, Jeff Johnson (right), and Austin Larman at Kapowsin Air Sports in Shelton, Washington.

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