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Summer 2023 at Skydive New England
Mid April I will be starting my journey north for my summer season at Skydive New England. I can't begin to convey how excited I am to be...
Learning the Hard Way
This story was submitted by Kayla to enter to win an L&B ARES II digital altimeter through my Gear Giveaway #2. Submissions accepted...
Wanting to go skydiving vs making it happen
This story was submitted by Cashley to enter to win an L&B ARES II digital altimeter through my Gear Giveaway #2. Submissions accepted...
The Moment My Life Would Change Forever
It was September 13th, 2021 at Skydive New England in Lebanon, Maine.
The first time I went skydiving I was in a hard place in my life. To
Gear Giveaway #2 (ARES II won by Amy)
Tell us a story about your experience skydiving to win an ARES II digital altimeter from LB.
The G35 Cookie's New Helmet!
Super excited to see Cookie continuing to listen to customer feedback and develop new helmets. The G35 (G-Thirty-Five) is an updated...
Just one more jump
My skydive addiction started with a tandem jump that was made spontaneously at Skydown Skydiving in Caldwell Idaho. As soon as we landed...
Peace and calm under canopy
It was a Thursday when I was scrolling through my facebook and saw that one of my friends was at Skydive City. I asked what he was doing...
It’s only a crazy idea until you actually do it.
When I was little (think somewhere in elementary school), I stumbled upon a video of someone skydiving and immediately knew I needed to...
Keep Fighting
My friend Kyle and I had this dream of traveling the world skydiving. Our only problem was we had never been skydiving. At that point in...
From Isreal to A-License
My story started with 2 tandems in Israel that just didn't feel enough. I felt like I wanted to take that leap of faith out of the plane...
Never doing anything risky again!
My skydiving journey started many years ago when I was a toddler running around drop zones with my brothers and sisters like wild...
A gift of inner peace
My journey and love for skydiving started 🪂 in 2017 my first AFF jump I broke my leg! All I could think about was my next chance to...
Jump #13 and earned Bag-Lock nickname
I have dabbled in many different hobbies and activities over my years… some more successful than others. Some I stuck with and others I...
Noah talks to loud and he might be yelling at you...
First a bit of back story - I and a few other AFF students were sitting at a picnic table waiting for manifest to call our load, and...
Father/Son Skydiving
My first jump was back in 2018. My father and I took our ground school class together at Skydive Cincinnati, where we both did our first...
Down under at Sky Down Skydiving
When we travelled from Perth Australia to Boise for my wife’s family reunion I took the opportunity to learn to skydive from Noah at Sky...
Decompressing after deployments
After a long combat tour, an exceptionally rough year home, and then two short notice state-side deployments, I, desperately needing to...
ColorAlti G2 Demonstration and Thoughts
Let me preface all this by saying, "I am partnered with Freefall Data Systems as a dealer and will financially benefit if you purchase...
Gear Giveaway
Thanks for checking out my Bonfire Chats blog. I wanted a section to post updates, share stories, safety talks, and other content. I'd...
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