Jay wins 5th World Cup of Canopy Piloting

After the completion of nine rounds Jay Moledzki from the PD Factory team stood atop 66 competitors as the winner of the 5th World Cup in Canopy Piloting. The accuracy was completed on Sunday ...

Nick wins 2009 USPA Canopy Piloting National Championships

Nick Batsch beat out 48 competitors to win the 2009 USPA Canopy Piloting National Championships for the second year in a row. Nick is now a two time US National champion and two time Pro Swoopin...

Nick sets another world record at 181 meters!

Yesterday Jay Moledzki from the PDFT beat Nich Batsch's distance world record of 169 by swooping a very large 175 meters. Today (Dec 5th) Nick Batsch (flying a JVX) has taken back the world reco...

Curt wins 2009 CPC Championships

Curt bartholomew wins 2009 CPC Championships at Skydive Spaceland! The CPC Championships 09' finished on time but the winds were strong at times. This year was one of the most challenging CPC C...

Active Piloting

ACTIVE PILOTING is a term few canopy pilots know or understand. Active piloting is the process of feeling and anticipating what the canopy is doing during ...
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Swooping in Traffic

When swooping first came about, the first high performance pilots had to fight a battle to prove that it could be done safely. After several years, that ba...
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Be a PILOT Not a PASSENGER

Do you fly your canopy? Or does it fly you? There are far too many people hurting themselves or others during landing or approach. Better flying skills...
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Generate additional power

There are many different techniques used by many different pilots. Here is one that I use to generate added power. Towards the end of a 270 degree turn (f...
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Evolution of small canopies

Some of the top canopy pilots figured it out many years ago that a larger canopy at the optimal wing loading would go further than a smaller one. Thi...
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Cypres Fire Report

As our sport has progressed, we’ve encountered a new phenomenon…that of our trusty, reliable AADs firing on landing. As our technique gets further refi...
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Past & future of our sport

We first need to understand where we came from before we can try and predict our future. The sport has come along way since 1996 when Reggie Estaugh and US...
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skydive from the edge of space 26 January 2010

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Daredevil Felix Baumgartner, who made the first unpowered flight across the English Channel in 2003, now plans to skydive from the edge of space.

Dubai Parachuting Championship 2010 22 January 2010

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World-class skydiving, great people, sun, beaches, amazing city, prize money and unbelievable scenery describes the Dubai International Parachuting Championship.

Welcome to the new canopypiloting.com! 18 December 2009

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Welcome to "your swooping community" at the new canopypiloting.com! This site has been completely remodeled with YOU in mind. We have made it easier to find information and navigate the site. As a registered user of canopypiloting.com you can submit