Jumping—usually from a structure—accounts for 5.8 percent of all suicides in the United States, and has an 85 percent success rate, which is similar to suicide by firearm.

For more than a year now, USPA has been on a crusade to increase incident reporting, not only by instructors, but also by the everyday jumper.

Many jumpers are confused about the term “hard deck” and how it differs from the term “decision altitude.”

In skydiving, 200 jumps is a recurring theme.

A highly respected rigger was visiting a drop zone and noticed a rig laid out on the packing floor after a jump.