Tandem Skydive Raffle !

Once again, the Skydiving Club of Virginia Tech is raffling off a tandem skydive at Skydive Carolina. The drawing will be done at the meeting on Monday March 22nd (7pm at TOTS Bar). If you've ever wanted to go skydiving but just don't have the money, this is for you! Tandem skydives cost over $200, and you can win one for as little as $2! Tickets are 1 for $2, 3 for $5, or 10 for $10. Contact any club member for tickets!!!

Shapeshifter gets his A-License!

This past weekend at Skydive Carolina, Shapeshifter finally recieved his A-License! Congrats Shapeshifter! Also, Jason White made several coached jumps and is ever so close to his A-License as well. Keep it up guys!

VT Brings home the Gold!

The Skydiving Club of Virginia Tech's competition team, VTSD, recently returned from the United States Parachute Association's National Skydiving Championships with gold medals hung around thier necks. Congradulations guys! The team traveled to Skydive Spaceland, just outside of Houston, Texas, and battled against 32 other teams for the title of Intermediate 4way National Champions. The team started a very rigorous training program last winter, and the hard work has finally paid off. The team, consisting of Andrew, Doug, Joey, Ben, and Jamie, would like to thank thier sponsors Skydive Carolina, Alti-2, and Cookie Composites for thier help in acheiving this amazing feat! Be sure to check out the competition video here and congradulate the guys!

Check us out in the Collegiate Times!

The Skydiving Club of Virginia Tech is featured in an internet promotional video from our Virginia Tech newspaper, the Collegiate times! Check it out here!

Welcome back!!

Hey everybody, welcome back to school for the Fall 2009 semester!! We hope you all had a great summer filled with lots of fun (and safe!) skydiving! This semester is already looking very promising- several new faces as well as huge progress from some of our student jumpers! Sarah Thuman completed several AFF jumps and is rocketing towards her license, and Brittany Wilson and Paul "PP" Phillips continue to blast through AFF. Congratulations everybody, keep it up! In addition, new member Allison Studley completed AFF and is ready for more!

Our competitive 4way team, VTSD, has been very active in regional meets up and down the east coast. They have been competing in the Carolina Skydiving League, Virginia Parachute Council, and the Mid-Atlantic Skydiving League in preparation for USPA Nationals this coming October. The team has been frequenting the ParacleteXP wind-tunnel in Raeford, NC and will continue to train at thier new DZ, Skydive Carolina in Chester, SC. Skydive Carolina is an amazing dropzone with excellent facilities, top-notch staff, a killer on-site grill, and a beautiful Twin Otter. The team is very excited to represent Virginia Tech and Skydive Carolina at USPA Nationals as well as USPA Collegiate Nationals this Fall! Follow the 4way team on facebook right here: VTSD!! Congrats guys, keep rockin'!!

New Members are Flying Towards Licenses!

Up and coming members in the club have been making great progress towards thier skydiving licenses! Paul "PP" Phillips, a freshman engineer, recently completed AFF and is now working with the coaches in the club to reach his A-License. Brittany Wilson, a senior music major, and Shapeshifter, a junior finance major, have both made huge strides in their AFF progression. They too will soon graduate from AFF and move on to working with our club coaches to become licensed skydivers! Congratulations Brittany, PP, and Chris, keep up the good work!

CaSL Meet #1 Meet Results

Our competition 4way team, VTSD, won the silver medal this past weekend (April 25th) in the Carolina Skydiving League's 2nd meet of the season. The meet was held at Skydive Carolina in Chester, SC. Andrew, Doug, Joey, and Ben scored 60 pts over 6 rounds of competition, posting an remarkable 10pt average! This was quite an impressive acheivement for the team as it was thier first exposure to several new formations found in this higher division (AA) of competition! Shapeshifter also completed 3 levels of his AFF progression this weekend in Carolina. Great work Shapeshifter, you're almost there! VTSD would like to thank Frank Harris, the team's videographer, for his excellent work during the competition! The club also thanks Skydive Carolina for thier amazing facilities and smooth operation of the competition! Below is a link to a highlight reel of the teams competition jumps. Thanks again to Frank Harris!

VTSD CaSL Meet 1 Highlight Reel

Casa Boogie in Suffolk, Virginia

The weekend of April 17-19th proved to be a great weekend for the club. Members ventured out to Skydive Suffolk to attend thier annual Casa Boogie! (A Casa is a large cargo aircraft that holds 35 jumpers and has a tailgate that drops open out the back of the plane instead of a side door!) While at the boogie, the club enjoyed beautiful weather and discounted jump prices for the weekend. Some notable accomplishments from the boogie included Paul "PP" Phillips graduating from AFF, Bobby getting re-current and making 5 jumps after a brief break from the action, and Andrew making his first 2 wingsuit jumps as well as his first intentional cut-away! This was a great weekend for club members of all experience levels! Thank you Skydive Suffolk!

ParacleteXP Jump for the Cause Tunnel Meet Results

Our current 4way team, The Spacedockers, won the gold medal in the rookie class for the Jump for the Cause tunnel meet this weekend (Feb. 21, 2009)!!! The team, Doug, Ben, Andrew, and Joey, turned an impressive 98pts over 6 rounds of competition. This was a fundraising meet for breast cancer research and awareness, and over 18 teams compteted to help support the cause! Congratulations guys and thanks to everyone who came out to support such a serious cause!!

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