Skydive K-State
The club’s own word on this weekend, the next course, and where to check before you drive.
Before you drive
Abilene is a drive for most people. The conditions page shows what the winds and the sky are doing right now, so you know before you set off.
Day of
Day-of calls, load times and photos go up in the club's Facebook group first.
First time?
What the day actually looks like, from the drive out to the landing, and what to wear.
The Skydive Monkey Head airfield hosted an event unprecedented in the history of national skydiving, with three new records set in a single event. This record event sets a significant milestone for the skydiving in Mexico, showcasing the talent and dedication of our athletes. Prior to the records, an opening event was held in a
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Nine Finnish women, five head-up records and a project that proved the best part of record skydiving isn’t always the record. “Thank you, you wonderful women. I still stand by my opinion that there is absolutely nothing fun about record skydiving, but with you, it was as little horrible as it possibly could be.” Hanna
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Experience the ultimate magic of flight! Pure wingsuit proximity flying and high-speed canopy piloting brought to you by The Skydiving Channel. Watch skydivers master human flight in mid-air and close to open canopy flight.
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Objective: For a team to perform a sequence of maneuvers in wingsuit flight. The competition consists of seven rounds. The seven rounds consist of: 4 compulsory routine rounds and 3 free routine rounds. The order of the routines is F-C-C-F-C-C-F (C = Compulsory; F = Free). Official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual: Team: An acrobatic wingsuit flying team is composed of two performers and a videographer. The Designated Team Member (DTM) is one of the performing flyers we...
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Objective: For a team to perform a sequence of maneuvers in wingsuit flight. The competition consists of seven rounds. The seven rounds consist of: 4 compulsory routine rounds and 3 free routine rounds. The order of the routines is F-C-C-F-C-C-F (C = Compulsory; F = Free). Official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual: Team: An acrobatic wingsuit flying team is composed of two performers and a videographer. The Designated Team Member (DTM) is one of...
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Objective: For a team to perform a sequence of maneuvers in wingsuit flight. The competition consists of seven rounds. The seven rounds consist of: 4 compulsory routine rounds and 3 free routine rounds. The order of the routines is F-C-C-F-C-C-F (C = Compulsory; F = Free). Official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual: Team: An acrobatic wingsuit flying team is composed of two performers and a videographer. The Designated Team Member (DTM) is one of...
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Objective: For a team to perform a sequence of maneuvers in wingsuit flight. The competition consists of seven rounds. The seven rounds consist of: 4 compulsory routine rounds and 3 free routine rounds. The order of the routines is F-C-C-F-C-C-F (C = Compulsory; F = Free). Official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual: Team: An acrobatic wingsuit flying team is composed of two performers and a videographer. The Designated Team Member (DTM) is one of...
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Objective: For a team to perform a sequence of maneuvers in wingsuit flight. The competition consists of seven rounds. The seven rounds consist of: 4 compulsory routine rounds and 3 free routine rounds. The order of the routines is F-C-C-F-C-C-F (C = Compulsory; F = Free). Official rules can be found in the Skydiver's Competition Manual: Team: An acrobatic wingsuit flying team is composed of two performers and a videographer. The Designated Team Member (DTM) is one of...
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Everything about new gear and all things happening in the skydiving world. New gadgets to make you skydiving less stressful, because if it makes you stressed you should even be skydiving! All Cookie Roller mounts. The voices in your head... Needing an AAD?- Chapters: 0:00 Intro. 0:18 This, Cookie Roller Mount for GoPro Mission ONE. 1:04 That, Aon2 ARIA Voice Audible Altimeter. 1:58 The Other, Free Fall Data Systems MetaAlti.
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Objective: On a free-fall jump, teams perform a designated formation sequence drawn from the dive pool that is randomly selected before the competition begins. There are a maximum of six rounds in competition. Each round consists of four or five scoring formations from the dive pool. Dive Pool can be found in SCM Chapter 9, Appendix J and K. Scoring: A team will score one point for each judge-able scoring formation performed in the sequence within the allotted working time of each round. Team...
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Objective: On a free-fall jump, teams perform a designated formation sequence drawn from the dive pool that is randomly selected before the competition begins. There are a maximum of six rounds in competition. Each round consists of four or five scoring formations from the dive pool. Dive Pool can be found in SCM Chapter 9, Appendix J and K. Scoring: A team will score one point for each judge-able scoring formation performed in the sequence within the allotted working...
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Objective: On a free-fall jump, teams perform a designated formation sequence drawn from the dive pool that is randomly selected before the competition begins. There are a maximum of six rounds in competition. Each round consists of four or five scoring formations from the dive pool. Dive Pool can be found in SCM Chapter 9, Appendix J and K. Scoring: A team will score one point for each judge-able scoring formation performed in the sequence within the allotted working...
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Objective: On a free-fall jump, teams perform a designated formation sequence drawn from the dive pool that is randomly selected before the competition begins. There are a maximum of six rounds in competition. Each round consists of four or five scoring formations from the dive pool. Dive Pool can be found in SCM Chapter 9, Appendix J and K. Scoring: A team will score one point for each judge-able scoring formation performed in the sequence within the allotted working...
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For more crazy tricks, check out my Channel: @TheSkydivingChannel Full video of this insane jump trick is here
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When the spot or conditions aren't good, getting out isn’t your only option. Three major US dropzones share their thoughts on second passes.
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Every skydiver should understand how to check the weather and why. Here are a few useful weather tools and apps every skydiver should know.
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• Chris Mayhew, Freestyle National Champion • CloudBase App creator • CloudBase is the finest way to log your skydives and analyse your data • Front Cover of Chris flying with teammate Ed Cracknell in Nova at the World Championships in Crystal Coast Skydiving in USA. Photo by Chris Bess of @_orbit_media_ • School of Hard Knocks with Chris Mayhew • GoSkydive ditches British Skydiving • GoSkydive sticks with British Skydiving • Aerodyne Icon issues are over. Are they? • Wingsuit AAD fire and ne...
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Emerging as a natural evolution of the ZX full-face helmet, the Z2 has been crafted based on field feedback. While it retains the ZX’s base shell, its visor has been redesigned for a more compact look. Equally comfortable and quiet as the ZX, the Z2 features a UV-filtering visor that offers distortion-free views from all angles. Check out or order your ZX Helmet at the link below.- Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Cr...
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