1 JUN 2014

		Memorial Day Monday was rainy, cloudy and wet, but Frankie Dessuit came out to take the FJC from Scott and came out Friday to do his Training Tandem. W Also jumping Friday, Kayla Ransom made her first AFF, nailing her level 1 with Wendy and Steve. Saturday's skies were too filled with boogie traffic for students to safely jump, but on Sunday, Jasper Byrom passed his level 4 jump with Steve And Michael Daniels came out and did a great Level 1 jump with Scott and Wendy.
SKYDIVE TEMPLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY BOOGIE HUGE SUCCESS		The Boogie was full of Belly-Flying, Beer-Drinking, Ballad-singing, pool-dunking, toga-wearing, foam-pit-sloshing, barbecue-eating, helicopter-jumping, tent-sleeping, rebel-rousing jumpers who also made a few skydives on what turned out to be a beautiful weekend of blue skies (except for Sunday morning, when most everyone was too tired to jump anyway) Watch our Facebook phun jumper's page for the highlights, the postmortem, and the pictures once everyone recovers.
		HAVE YOU MET ERIC? He normally works as an electrician, but on weekends, you'll find Eric Martinez aka "Sparky" helping out around the DZ doing chores and catching Tandems, which he says he's getting REALLY good at. Long-time friend Elijah Tienda constantly asked Eric if he wanted to skydive, but when Elijah told him of an opening on staff, Eric decided to go for it. Now, after working here a month, Eric has decided to take the FJC. Eric also fancies himself a great Bowler, once scoring a 282, so skydiving represents a move up on the scale of danger and excitement, if not as risky as working with live wires. Eric wants to one day open his own bowling alley and homeless shelter, which as we know, if he keep on skydiving, he has a great chance of achieving on some level or another.
COOL NEW SKYDIVE TEMPLE T-SHIRTS ARE IN		Skydive Temple has a bunch of cool new t-shirts in for Summer! The lightweight, breathable cotton shirts come in a variety of sizes and feature the new SDT logo on the back with a retro athletic shirt design on the front that pays homage to the 25 years SDT has been in business. Pick up yours at Manifest the next time you're here for just $25.
		DID YOU KNOW... The United States Parachute Association has published the latest Skydiver's Information manual online in new website: sim.uspa.org Now the BSRs, license requirements, Student dive flows, and all the accumulated wisdom of the sport can be easily accessed online in a very slick interface. Of course you can still download a pdf or buy a hard copy from USPA's website, and smartphone users can download a free sim app from the App store, or Google play, depending on their phone OS.
SAFETY TIP OF THE WEEK		Most of your fiends and family can only imagine one kind of Skydiving accident; where the chute doesn't open. In fact, for most of the last decade, the majority of fatalities have been jumpers under perfectly good canopies. The killer: collisions. Check out this good advice from USPA Director of Safety & Training and FAA Senior Rigger Jim Crouch in Parachutist online this month.
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