Much of the extreme sports world morns the loss of Hawaii’s own, Jimmy Hall, May 9 th on Canada’s Baffin Island. This tragedy occurred during a BASE jump from a spot out of the consciousness of most. Jimmy lived life at a pace, which would leave most people gasping for breath, but at the same time he would be relaxed, calm, and collected. His accomplishments are too many for this space, and leaving some out would not properly serve his memory. Please visit JimmyHallTribute.com for more information about Jimmy.
Congratulations again to Mr. Jake Kilfoyle, Instructor here at Skydive Hawaii. He recently returned to Hawaii after placing 5th in Freestyle at The Pro Swooping Tour's 2007 Air Festival and Mile Hi Canopy Cup. Jake placed 16th overall in the event. This is the second year Jake has placed in the Pro Swooping Tour and he also placed 8th at USPA Nationals last year.
Congratulations are also in order for Ms. Yumi Terashima of Aichiken, Japan, who made her 2,000th jump at Skydive Hawaii. She was proud of the fact that the majority of her jumps had been made here at Skydive Hawaii. Yumi-san returned to Japan after the July 4th holiday.
The 3rd Annual Return to Flight event will be hosted at Skydive Hawaii August 18 th. Come join us in celebrating the Statehood weekend. Our activities will begin at 13:00. Seminars about flight as well as health and science will be conducted. The youngest participants will be building and launching air rockets. The event is free and open to students, parents, and educators.
The big news has got to be Party in Paradise ’08. A smaller, but longer Party will be happening. Beginning at New Year’s and ending mid February the event will have two 9-day RW seminars, and wing suit/sky surfing (in the spirit of Patrick de Guyardon), freestyle, and canopy swooping instruction. Limited camping will be permitted behind our facilities. Fair warning is hereby provided to Oahu pigs: Merle Clawson will be in charge of the imu pit.
Our A&P mechanic, Kelly Keeney, who recently attended and passed Pratt & Whitney’s turbine engine line maintenance school, has also now attended the hot section school in Canada. Kelly got to combine this trip with a family celebration for his father’s big 5-0. Our congratulations to Jim Keeney on reaching this milestone. Jim is the owner/operator of JUMPIN' INDIANA located in Everton, IN, and is also a USPA Static Line and Tandem Instructor/Examiner, FAA Rigger, and PRO exhibition jumper.
Ron Artis will be performing every Sunday afternoon 1:00pm to 5:00pm in Haleiwa. A new bandstand has been built across from McDonald’s near the shrimp trucks. The Ron Artis family performs to help preserve and promote strong families. Check out their music videos on YouTube.com and MySpace.com with the keyword “ronartis”.
The Koi pond now has taken shape. Thanks to Lyle Stewart and Murphy for doing the major lifting for this nice addition. It was nice to have too many volunteers on our rock runs. All making this improvement outside of the Outpost, between the Akua Pohaku and Buddha, had good fun and learned a little about Hawaii. Maki and Paul Smith also added guppies and a couple of lotus plants.
Polo is happening every Sunday afternoon in Mokuleia. Skydive Hawaii is proud to provide a fun jump between polo games. The polo field is a wonderful alternative drop zone, so the demo on Sunday afternoon is a labor of love and gives the sense of giving back within our community.
We look forward to having Tom Deacon and Sascha Shindler return to the Skydive Hawaii team this fall. Both have proven there teaching and skydiving skills while previously working here. They will both be a nice addition to our instruction staff.
Our world at peace, |