August 2010

photo by Bill Schmidtz
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During the SkyFest boogie at Skydive The Farm in Rockmart, Georgia, Erin Franke peeks at the camera as Mark Kirschenbaum hangs from the helicopter's skid and watches.

August 2010 | Volume 51, Number 8 | Issue 610

Features

Ripcord! by Hal Streckert
When Good Exits Go Bad - A Parachutist Pictorial
Benvenuto in Italia—The 10th POPS World Meet and Championships by Pat and Alicia Moorehead with contributions from Lamberto Serenelli
CarolinaFest - A Parachutist Photo Essay
Wave of the Future—Building an 8-Way VFS Dive Pool by Harry Higbie with contributions from Mike Wittenburg
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! by Kate Cooper-Jensen
American Dream—SkyDance SkyDiving's American Boogie by Krisanne Combs

Columns

Gearing Up by Ed Scott
How Skydiving Changed My Life by Reno Soverns
Keri Bell's Profile by Brian Giboney

Safety & Training

Ask a Rigger - RSL Decisions by Kevin Gibson
Keep an Eye Out - Cutaway and Reserve Deployment Sequence
The Rating Corner - You Make Me Sick! by Jim Crouch
Safety Check - Tracking Dives by Jim Crouch