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Must register by Oct 31 to receive a shirt and discounted registration!! Capped at 400 participants and over halfway sold out. Don’t miss your chance to come to the best boogie of the New Year. Register today! Link in bio.

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Fall Camp is almost here!

We’re excited to be bringing this year’s camp to Skydive City for the first time! We’ve built a great relationship with the team there over the years, and we’re incredibly grateful for their continued support and for welcoming us to their drop-zone ❤️

We’re looking forward to getting everyone together for another great week of flocking!

See you all soon! 🤘

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📸 @skybuzz78

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My favorite shot from the last few months. Took this during a 90% partial solar eclipse in Austria back in August. We were joking about jumping during the eclipse that day and then suddenly we were doing it. The light was insane and beautiful but also very difficult to choose settings for my camera. I was pretty stoked with how it turned out, especially seeing the eclipse in the lens flares 🤩
Turned out to be the most memorable jump of the trip. Mostly because this was the most excited I’ve ever seen Matt after a jump 😜🖤
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My first time competing in anything at US nationals. Honestly, I never thought I would be here but I’m so glad I did it. I owe it all to my partner in crime @matt.leonard_ . He helps me see my potential in so many things in life that I never would have considered doing. It was such a dream to compete alongside him and watch him crush it after taking such a long break from the competition scene. He placed 3rd overall in the open class WITHOUT using a Mutant 😜
The results were just a fun bonus to the awesome experience and progress with my own flying. 🙏
🥇Zone Acc
🥈Speed
🥉Distance
🥈Overall

Huge shoutout to my sponsors @performancedesigns for keeping awesome, well maintained, wings over my head. @cookiehelmets for protecting my noggin and @m87flywear for comfy/durable swoop shorts.

And thank you @skydivecity for being my skydiving home right now. Thanks for hosting an epic CP event 😎

📸: @raymondadamsimagery

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Now that summer is officially over, here’s a little throwback from Momentum Athlete Lab 2026.

5 days, 13 friends, and perfect Midwest weather.

Hosted at @skydivecsc

📍Chicagoland Skydiving Center
🎥 @skybuzz78 @freefallfish @cody_vansky

@performancedesigns @m87flywear @sunpathproducts @ssk.us @lbaltimeters

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September in a nutshell. On October 1st, the day after my season ended, I woke up super sick. Classic. Now that I have some down time and I’m taking care of myself I’ve been feverishly writing about my summer. Maybe I’ll share some it. Until then, enjoy some of my favorite photos from September. 🧡

My last Brooks Falls trip 9/28/26

Katmai bears are one of kind 🐻

Views from the company party 🩵

Working sunrise to sunset on the last day of the season. 🥲

Burning hot dawgs and making silly jokes about the summer 🫶

Spence aka Robin is an integral part of the Homer Air Force ✊🏼

Saint Augustine sits in the Cook Inlet at 4,133ft. Captain Cook named it when he sailed past it on May 26, 1778. It has a long history of being active and its last eruption was in 2006. Often you can’t see it all because it’s covered in clouds.

Bruin Bay. Honestly, that’s all I have to say. The stories from this Bay will be kept close to my heart and heard by few.

Mt. Iliamna volcano sits at 10,016ft with ten glaciers covering its slopes. The face of it is covered by the Red Glacier. It steams and vents everyday. It’s my favorite volcano 🥲

I became a baby boosh pilot after picking up my third round of hunters and camp 🥲

The Wosnesenski River aka the woz.

Mayday’s first airplane ride to Anchorage

A beautiful day coming into Bruin Bay to pick up hunters.

Beautiful mornings on the dock ☺️

Battle lake is one of my favorites because of how bright it is.

Wrapping up the season with AB

The Kamishak River and Douglas Volcano. It’s called Dougie magic and it’s real.

My whole world and everything captured in a photo.

Ninilchik with Miss Mayday. I came here on a clear day in 2025 and I fell in the love with Kenai Peninsula.

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Every #SSKathlete who competed at USPA Canopy Piloting Nationals came home with hardware.

@aex_clutch Open 🥇 Overall, Accuracy, Distance, Speed, Freestyle
@aex_pink Open 🥈 Freestyle
@matt.leonard_ Open 🥈 Overall, 🥉 Speed
@freefallfish Advanced 🥈 Overall, Speed, 🥇 Accuracy, 🥉 Distance
@robin_jandle Open 🥉 Accuracy
@jesseweyher Open 🥈 Distance, 🥉 Freestyle

Congrats to all who earned a spot on the 2027 US Parachute Team.

Nicely done, everyone. 👏

📸 @raymondadamsimagery | @davidcherryphoto | @skydiveuspa

#CYPRESUSA #SSKinc

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Momentum demo crew dropping in to the NAS Oceana Airshow Beach Blast 💥
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#momentumflight #nasoceanaairshow #demo

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🏆 2026 USPA CANOPY PILOTING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 🪂🇺🇸

What a championship! Three classes, three disciplines, and some outstanding performances from competitors representing the U.S. and around the world.

Congratulations to our 2026 U.S. National Overall Champions!

🥇 OPEN — Curt Bartholomew
🥇 ADVANCED — Michael Woods
🥇 INTERMEDIATE — Tyler Becker

🔥 Curt Bartholomew swept all three disciplines in Open, taking gold in Speed, Distance, and Zone Accuracy on his way to the overall championship.

🔥 Michael Woods claimed gold in Speed and Distance to secure the Advanced overall title, while Felicia Sturgeon took the Zone Accuracy win.

🔥 Tyler Becker delivered an incredible performance in Intermediate, earning perfect 300-point scores in both Zone Accuracy and Distance to capture the overall championship!

A special congratulations to our international competitors from Australia 🇦🇺, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Canada 🇨🇦, and Qatar 🇶🇦, who joined us for some outstanding competition and earned podium finishes of their own.

Swipe through to celebrate our champions and podium finishers! ➡️

Thank you to the competitors, judges, organizers, volunteers, and everyone who helped make the 2026 USPA Canopy Piloting National Championships possible.

Congratulations to everyone who stepped onto the podium and everyone who came out to compete. Until next year! 🪂

#USPANationals #CanopyPiloting #USPA

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There were a lot of highlights this summer that I will remember for the rest of my life, but being able to share this dream with my best friend of 25 years is all I need in life. 🩵🧡

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XRW during a 90% partial solar eclipse! Super memorable jump with the boys last month.
Definitely felt like a night jump after we got below the mountains 😬 #altisafeinsurance #skydiving
🧡🐠🎥

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WINTERFEST LO: @matt.leonard_

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

Matt is a man of many talents, but especially thrives when it comes to flying a tiny canopy. With over 9,000 jumps and as the founder/owner of Momentum, he knows a thing or two about flocking (and every other aspect of skydiving). No matter the discipline or skill level, Matt is an amazing person to come share the sky with this New Years at Winterfest!

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