Blue Skies Magazine: June Issue

By: Kolla Kolbeinsdottir of Blue Skies Magazine

In this issue, with my favorite quotes from each feature:

Smile More by Aly DeMayo
“Life is too short to be upset.”

BLESMA Trans4mers by Deane “Smudge” Smith
“How could we tell people to arch with pelvic injuries, and legs-out with no legs?”

A Scumbag’s Guide to Adventure Living: Food by Chris “Douggs” McDougall
“Remember not to bother chewing the corn because no matter what you do it will still come out the way it looks on the packet. Save your energy for something else, like drinking beer!”

BASE in 4 by Jeff Agard
“Please do not follow my path to obtaining a BASE number; it is not a wise choice.”

Adrenaline Junkie by Jesse Graham
“I had drifted into oncoming traffic going about 65. I yanked the wheel to the right and missed it by 2-3 feet max. We looked at each other like, ‘Oh shit,” and drove in silence straight to the dope man’s house.”

Cleaning Your Container by Chuck Marshall
“I’m a Downy guy myself.”

Aerodynamics for Dummies: Myth Buster by Julien Peelman
“Who is the new girl at manifest?”

Turning Points: Changing History by Kurt Gaebel
“There are five guys from Belgium who are eager to show that a small country can win gold medals. For the first time in modern formation skydiving history.”

The Truth about Tandems by Dean “The Fuckin’ Pilot” Ricci
“Of course I did. I jam a boner in EVERYONE’S back!”

Flying Bullets and Funnels by Melanie Curtis
“As skydivers, we already have the tools to face our fear and move through it … we did it on Level 1 and we can do it on leveling with ourselves.”

Texts from SkyGod
“Yup, she was into some freaky stuff”

Jump a Random Skydiver: Amy Dannacher
“The idea that skydiving is intolerable for error is what makes skydiving so exhilarating.”

Russian Base jumper Valery Rozov Sets World Record

Russian Base jumper Valery Rozov has set a new world record with a leap from the top of Shiving, a 6,543m mountain in the Indian Himalayas.

See video and story here, courtesy of The Telegraph UK.

Click here for story courtesy of Red Bull International.

Click here for story courtesy of Mail Online UK.

Latest News from Around the Web- Week Ending May 25, 2012

Spencer’s Big Leap of Faith

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Skydiver Gary Connery Makes History

From ProBASE: Here is the official ranking of the ProBASE Sapphire Showdown 2012, our Season opener!

Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone for being there and making it such an awesome event and PARTY!! Click to visit their website for all the details.

(Spoiler Alert: Way to go Miles Daisher of Team Red Bull)

Thrill Jumping Should Be Safe/Opinion piece from The Chief Newspaper

This month is part 2 of Chris “Douggs” Mcdougall’s article in Blue Skies Magazine, ‘A Scumbag’s Guide to Adventure Living’.

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