Jeroen "Bob" Nollet had even less time than Dennis Praet to step into the vacant tail slot, and the pressure was even greater. He was expected to help defend the first FAI World Championship title ever won by a Belgian 4-way team, following HayaBusa's breakthrough victory in 2014. He filled the ...

Vana Parker did not have the greatest start into her skydiving career when she made her first jumps in South Africa. In her first year of jumping, she had a bad landing accident where basically her ankle needed rebuilding. She remembers that the doctors were thinking about amputating it initially. ...

Pilcher's individual skydiving story is so closely connected to the story of DeLand Genesis/PD Blue that it is difficult to separate both stories.  And the whole story is almost like a skydiving fairy-tale.  As a skydiver, Pilcher grew up at the Freefall Ranch in Warm Springs, GA.  There he ...

The previous HayaBusa lineups between 2003 and 2010 had created the foundation for the very impressive future of the Belgian national 4-way team. There was consistent progression, while there seemed to be a missing piece. It could be coincidence, however, the breakthrough to the top of the world ...

Eliana Rodriguez can brighten a room with just a smile. Young, intelligent and athletic, Rodriguez has become a shooting star in the world of skydiving competition since her first meet only three years ago. Rodriguez is a member of Synchronicity, the U.S. Women’s 4-way team that took the gold ...

It is coincidence that the four French skydivers on the current list of NSL Profiles are all coaches. Of course, they started as competitors, and each of them is a former 4-way or/and 8-way world champion. Jeremie Rollett has collected three gold medals, two in 4-way (2006 - 2008) and one in ...

Dr. Joel Shugar, one of the most passionate 4-way competitors and a true supporter of the sport, died in a skydiving accident in Eloy on May 26, 2008. It would fill books to cover his merits in his professional career as an eye surgeon and for skydiving as a sport. He will be in our minds ...

Imagine the opposite of a dare-devilish, adventure seeking, adrenaline-driven skydiver. Imagine a calm and casual thinker, a well educated and perfectly behaved gentleman, a healthy athlete in a great shape - simply a role model for other competitors. Imagine such an image turning into reality, and ...

He is surely beyond 15,000 jumps when he turns 60 in July 2022, and he still can't get enough, as he says: "In ten years I will still be jumping, helping young people to become champions in this fantastic sport and hopefully still being healthy." There is probably not an active 4-way or 8-way ...

Eventually, he finalized his preferred 4-way lineup and embarked on the path toward a national championship beginning in 2023. The result was a USPA gold medal in October of last year, marking the start of a serious challenge to the French top favorites for the world’s 4-way crown at the World ...

He remembered that he and his world champion team mates would work for McDonalds just to make it happen. It is amazing to him how many champions Arizona Airspeed have produced based on this philosophy. Things have changed, and resources are better compared to the early Airspeed days. Paraclete ...

Solly Williams is a full-time coach and part-owner of Skydive DeLand in Florida.  He competed with DeLand Equanimity, the South African national 4-way team.  At the World Championship in 1997, his team won the bronze medal.  Equanimity discontinued, but Williams remained in touch with the most ...