Photo by Charlie McGee | D-37263

Organizer Josh Fisher leads a group of rookie jumpers out of the Twin Otter for a chicken-choker skydive, in which the jumpers must join the formation, grab the rubber chicken and pass it to another jumper, during Fresh Meet at Skydive Perris in California. 

Photo by David Cherry | D-33500

Amy Chmelecki, Melanie Curtis, Sara Curtis and Melissa Nelson fire off pyrotechnics at sunset during a Highlight Pro Skydiving Team training camp at Skydive Elsinore in California.

Photo by Craig O’Brien | D19294

USPA members Sabrina Cloutier, Doug Forth and Eric Demers of the Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Demonstration Team, the SkyHawks, get in some winter practice at Skydive Perris in California.

Photo by Norman Kent | D-8369

Megan Whiteside and Ryan Blunk sit-fly over the shimmering tropical water at the Puerto Escondido New Year’s Boogie hosted by Skydive Cuautla in Mexico.

Photo by Gustavo Cabana | USPA #80952

After setting the sequential canopy formation world record with a 54-way at Jump Florida Skydiving in Lake Wales, the team, organized by Canopy Formation Specialists, breaks off from a celebratory 65-way.