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Jake Carlton

@jake.carlton

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Skydiving World Champion
@xp_ascend

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Half way down a misty mountain taken in Bakkanosi by @jake.carlton

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And now, noon rolls around at @isc_skydiving World Championships, Artistic Freefly is about to start. A dynamic 3 way event, considered in many ways one of the hardest disciplines to master.

This is the work of @xp_ascend the freefly team consisting of @jake.carlton and @jbrigmon125 with @rogers.jamess 🤘 representing the @usparachuteteam they've traveled diligently all over the world this year hunting for good weather and turning loads and huge tunnels to push Freefly to a new technical level of excellence and complexity, and it's all been for this!

Much love to you boys, and to the rest of the competitors here to fly and have fun up over the @crystalcoastskydiving ocean view!

@paracletexp @uptvector @performancedesigns @tonfly_official @lbaltimeters @ssk.us @usparachuteteam

#skydiving #artistic #freefly #world #worldchampionships #international #event #competition #xpascend #keepmoving #paracletexp #crystalcoastskydiving #beautiful #ocean #goodview #beachvibes #uptvector #builtbyupt #performancedesigns #lbaltimeters #tonfly #sskinc #iscskydiving taken in Crystal Coast Skydiving by @jake.carlton

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I've been intimately involved in the crafting of this routine, doing close to 100 jumps this year with the @xp_ascend boys during the training season at @paracletexp.

I love to see their process as they work diligently to synthesize a flow that truly represents the cutting edge of human body flying ability, and i'm stoked to help them through the process in any way I can 🫶

Now it's time to present the years work, and this one shows creativity and mastery in every sequence.

Tomorrow morning over the beautiful beachscape @crystalcoastskydiving the @isc_skydiving Artistic Freestyle Comp begins, and you'll get to see the incredible inside view from @jake.carlton and @jbrigmon125

Good luck boys. Much love. Thank you for all that you do for the DZ, the community, and the sport as a whole. #keepmoving

@uptvector @performancedesigns @ssk.us @lbaltimeters @tonfly_official @usparachuteteam

#skydiving #freestyle #world #worldchampionships #competition #event #sport #extremesports #beach #oceanview #beautiful #technical #uptvector #builtbyupt #performancedesigns #sskinc #lbaltimeters #tonfly #sony taken in Crystal Coast Skydiving by @jake.carlton

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2 years ago

Welcome to “Meet the Team”. We put the same questions to every member of the crew to learn a little more about the people behind the jumps, the events, and the smouldering headshots.

Next up... @jake.carlton

Name - Jake Carlton
Years in the sport - 8
Number of jumps - 8000
Home DZ - Skydive City
Green flag on the DZ - An ability to adapt dz practices to the growth and progression of the sport
Red flag on the DZ - A safety approach based on dogma and a “this is how we have always done it” mindset
Pass time off the DZ - Work out, skiing in the winter taken in Skydive City by @jake.carlton

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Momentum demo crew dropping in to the NAS Oceana Airshow Beach Blast 💥
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#momentumflight #nasoceanaairshow #demo by @jake.carlton

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20 days ago

Cheaper than therapy, and significantly more fun. Don’t let an “uh-oh” turn your weekend escape into a burden. 💸

Let #AltiSafe handle the unexpected so you can keep your head in the clouds. ☁️

🎥 @fun_fly_with_mike
🪂 @jake.carlton @flyingjohnson @rogeriomenezesjr @ksfresh @noah_garba
📍Tropical Space Camp at @skydivespaceland_houston

#SkydivingInsurance #ItsThatSimple by @jake.carlton

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22 days ago

We’re proud to welcome Jake Carlton, James Meirowsky, and Zach “Badger” Overbey as the newest Strategic Advisors to Leaps of Hope.

Jake Carlton is a U.S. Army veteran, three-time Freestyle Skydiving World Champion, founder of Ascend Flight Concepts, and psychology graduate who brings a powerful understanding of both performance and the human side of skydiving.

James Meirowsky is a technology executive, entrepreneur, AFF Instructor, Tandem Instructor, and FAA Senior Rigger with extensive experience building teams, developing leaders, and guiding organizations through growth.

Zach “Badger” Overbey is a Delta Air Lines pilot, C-130J instructor pilot, and U.S. Air Force Reserve officer whose career has included humanitarian missions around the world, including three years leading Operation CHRISTMAS DROP.

As Leaps of Hope continues to grow, their experience will help us scale thoughtfully while staying true to the people and mission at the center of everything we do.

Welcome to the team. 🪂

Identity. Purpose. Community. by @jake.carlton

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Sometimes, a little goes a long way.

Leaps of Hope is working to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people who need a little extra support—and it doesn’t take a huge donation to help make that possible.

$10. $25. $50.

Whatever you’re able to give can become part of something much bigger when we all contribute together.

Small contributions add up. Small acts of generosity create real opportunities. And together, we can make a big impact.

If you’re able, consider supporting Leaps of Hope today. ❤️

Every dollar helps. Every contribution matters.

#LeapsOfHope #GiveBack #MakeADifference #SmallActsBigImpact #Community #Charity by @jake.carlton

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WINTERFEST LO: @jake.carlton

Skydive City Zhills, Dec 30-Jan 3
Register now, link in bio!

Most of you may know him as “Head Up Jake” or “Jake the Tank”, but really, he’s just Jake. With over 8,000 jumps, being a world champion (twice), national champion (six times), founding Ascend, and being a key member of Momentum, he sure could have done more in his short time skydiving since 2019. But despite all this, we welcome Jake to Winterfest with open arms! Whether you want to work on head up angles, dynamic wingsuiting, freefly, belly, flocking, or XRW, Just Jake is the LO for you. by @jake.carlton

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@xp_ascend Fall Camp Registration opens Friday, Aug 28th!

We're operating in a new location, @skydivecity; a place filled with good vibes, great culture, a sick pond right in the middle of the landing area, and full facilities and camping on the DZ for people traveling in. Fall/Winter is the ON season here too!😎

Zhills is also offering us a special deal: $32 Jump Tickets for participants at this event! Save a buck, jump more, and feel better about it!

Registration is located on the Ascend website!

Keep Moving everyone! Can't wait to see you all here!

#deals #learning #progression #anglecamp #goodvibes taken in Skydive City Zephyrhills by @jake.carlton

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2 months ago

Another nice jump from tropical with some awesome people! 🌴

🎥 @giacastle by @jake.carlton

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2 months ago

The flyers this year at tropical space camp were absolutely top tier, such a pleasure to organize such n incredible group of flyers and work along side such a great staff of coaches, huge thank you to @texfly for continuing to trust me at this event, and huge thank you to all the teams I flew with for pushing with me to make some very challenging skydives come to fruition

🎥 @fun_fly_with_mike by @jake.carlton

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