JRuss shares a story of a recent in-air collision he had with another skydiver. We talk about the value of traveling the world, experiencing other cultures and appreciating other perspectives. Finally, we watch a harrowing video of a malfunction from one of our listeners. It was truly a near-death experience and a miracle he is still alive. High pull with insane line twists, diving and spinning canopy resulting in temporary blackout, a cut-away, reserve handle pull with NO RESERVE, an AAD Fire and a rough landing through the trees. Glad you're still with us Nic.

We discuss South African Biltong, altimeters and jumping with an audible, we review a listener video and give some coaching on leading angle jumps, JRuss shares some tips on canopy accuracy and we talk about why it's important to always jump with a phone (just make sure it's in a zippered pocket :).

We review a listener video of a pretty hairy canopy collision, talk about humility and learning from others, and JRuss gives us his personal checklist for planning a safe angle jump and orienting new flyers to movement.

We discuss the Dunning Kruger Effect, what it is, how it shows up in skydiving and how to deal with it in others and yourself.

In this episode we discuss SDC Core's team training regimen and get some tips on how to prep for competition. We also go into depth on head up exits and how to launch them successfully and we talk about what it's like to be on a world record vertical jump.

Chris Fikes and Jason Russell discuss training astronauts for the Space X program, good canopy piloting and safety in the pattern and goof off a little bit.

In this episode Chris Fikes, Jason Russell and Waz Choudry discuss packers, seatbelts, safety on the plane, what makes a good organizer and we tell a few wild stories.

20 square feet isn't always 20 square feet. Why is downsizing from a 200 sq. ft. canopy to a 180 sq. ft. canopy not the same as downsizing from a 100 sq. ft. canopy to an 80 sq. ft. canopy? In both instances you're reducing the size of your canopy by the same amount, 20 square feet. It seems like that is the same amount of downsizing. Actually, it's not, and in this short video you'll find out why.