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18 Levels of Swooping: Which one are you?

February 2, 2021
Shannon

Swooping, it comes in many forms, abilities, delusions… we’ve listed the 18 levels of swooping below. We go from high to low in our levels of swooping. Starting with those skydivers that glide across the water with seemingly no effort. Think Cornelia, Cedric, Nick, Jeffro. And then head through the levels from your toggle stabbers right down to beginner skydivers. Have a read and see if you can identify yourself.

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JYRO Beginner Series: Videos

January 20, 2021
Jen

For all our baby skydivers out there, this one’s for you. The JYRO (previously NZ Aerosports) Beginner Series will be going through some of the […]

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JYRO Test Jumpers: An Introduction

December 10, 2020
Jen

Some might say they have the most exciting job at JYRO (Previously NZ Aerosports). You may even go so far as to say they have […]

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5 Examples of gear hook up mistakes

November 19, 2020
Jen

Skydive gear hook up mistakes happen. And when you consider this gear is gonna save your life, you’d think it would be a rare occurrence, […]

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Crossfire 3 Review: The Art of Having Fun

October 15, 2020
Maria

“The transition and progression from the Safire 3 to Crossfire 3 was simple yet drummed excitement with its performance possibilities.  As a self-confessed conservative canopy […]

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Managing energy levels in skydiving: 5 key ways

October 11, 2020
Jen

Alethia Austin gave a great webinar on managing energy levels in skydiving. If you missed it, you can check it out on our YouTube channel. […]

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Petra Review: Amazing piece of modern parachute engineering

October 7, 2020
Maria

“The Petra is an amazing piece of modern engineering. It took all JYRO (Previously NZ Aerosports) knew about canopy piloting and pushed it so far […]

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JYRO Quarantine Diaries: The Videos

September 23, 2020
Jen

The JYRO (Previously Icarus) Quarantine Diaries brought to you by our illustrious JYRO Test Jumper. There were days, many days, where they weren’t sure what […]

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Weatherhold Woogie 2020: Part 2 Videos

September 22, 2020
Jen

Back in March & April (was that this year? We can’t remember…) we decided to hold the first ever Woogie (an online web boogie) to […]

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Formation Skydiving: Top Tips for Beginner Skydivers

September 17, 2020
Jen

Yasmin Schuette, from the German all-female 4way FS team Skynamite, gives her top tips in formation skydiving. Read below to find out what canopy she […]

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