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Aug 11

Health and Exercise Benefits of a Skydive

The different ways that you can engage with skydiving - a lifestyle, a hobby, an obsession, a serious competitive sport - grow from the simple fact that even a single jump contains a lot of health benefits you can use.
Jun 23

What to know about Skydive OC's planes before jumping from them

The Cessna is Skyive OC's beloved tandem skydiving plane because of its strong engine for a smaller plane, its predictability and its speed in the air
May 12

5 Questions Every New Skydiver Should Ask

Before you make your tandem skydive booking, it is important to ask a few questions to ensure you have the best experience possible.
Apr 21

All About the Skydiving License

The traditional first step to becoming a skydiver is a tandem jump, where you're paired with an experienced instructor, and then various levels of skydiving licenses can be achieved after that.
Apr 12

How To Become A Professional Skydiver, Or Close To It

Since people realized that you could jump out of airplanes for fun, skydiving has grown into a leisure activity, hobby and even a competitive sport. It's something that appears on many bucket lists, but you can turn a one-time experience into a professional career.
Feb 9

Is Skydiving Bad For Your Back?

Skydiving is perhaps the original extreme sport, and it is entirely reasonable to wonder if it might be hard on your body. Without having ever jumped out of an airplane before, you could easily imagine that deploying a parachute at 120 miles per hour would put a lot of strain on your back - or any part of your body.
Jan 12

Why A Fear Of Heights Shouldn't Stop You From Skydiving

Lots of things we fear have very sensible roots, and being scared of heights is completely natural because falling off something is bad for you. But however sensible it feels to be anxious about skydiving, technology, technique, process and security should allow you to overcome that fear.