Saturday, June 19, 2010

SKYDIVING!!!! June 19, 2010

My first time skydiving, a tandem jump with Joey @ SKYDIVE TAFT! I jumped with Richie and Tad. Here we are pre-flight...

Leveling out at 13,000ft. Almost time to jump...

I'm READY!

Moment of Truth!

Here we GO!

LEAP OF FAITH! Out of the plane...with Richie following.

Tumbling...

Tumbling...

Tumbling...in FREE FALL!!!

OPEN!!!

This is INCREDIBLE!

Loving every minute of it!

Richie does a fly-by!!!
Free Falling! I don't want this to end.

Born to FLY!

Born to FLY!

Here comes the 'chute!

Parachute deployed!

Gliding under the canopy...


Coming in for a landing...


LEGS UP! Touch down...





That was a BLAST!!!

WOW!

Thanks Joey!

AWESOME!!!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

My Birthday Weekend - May 29-31, 2010

3 Days, 14 flyers, 25 Practice swings/tricks, 24 Tricks thrown to catch, 4 Board Buddies, 2 Special Guests, 2 Catchers, 1 Coach...Infinite Memories!!!

Day 1

Air Sisters!

Me, Meredith & Carol

First rip of the weekend...a Baby rip from falling out of my Uprise and peeling off the Bar.

After a wonderful BBQ at the Waldman's, flyers drove to Santa Monica to shake a monkey's hand for $1. Oleg loved my convertible.
Day 2

Flyers taping up and stretching...

Me and Master Trapeze Coach Richie Gaona

Chicks Fly! Judy, Amy & Me

Mica shows off her heart shaped rip while Terry ponders the mysteries of the Universe.

Mica *Hearts* Trapeze!!!

Mica and The WINNING RIP!!!! (And she kept on flying.)

Trapeze paparazzi...Meredith...

...Me...

...Meredith...

Special Guest Terry Cavaretta, the youngest girl to ever perform a Triple! Inspiring!!!
Practice Bar
Rest when ever and where ever you can - Me, Judy, Carol & Marisa
Rest when ever and where ever you can - Alex, Ruth, Rebecca & Denise
I knew that callous was going to go. A person could stand upright under that skin flap.
Hard core flying! Judy shows off her hard earned net burn and rip at Richie's flyer BBQ.
Relaxing at Richie's BBQ for flyers.
Day 3
Me and my Air Sister!
Amy's Grandma and I adopted each other.
Inspiration and coaching from the greats Terry and Jimmie Cavaretta!!! "Finish the 2, hold your 7, WAIT, WAIT, Kick back hard" and I'll make it back to the Board every time.
VIctory Pose! Amy's Hox Saulto Catch
Victory Pose! Anthony's Double Full Catch
Terry and Mica
Judy's Legs Catch Return
Victory Pose!
Taped up, grips secure and ready for one last round of hard core flying...

First Generation Trapeze
Celebrating great flying with Oleg
Wonderful to fly again with dear friends Amy & Anthony
Me and Meredith
It's great to have friends on the Board, Anthony & Ruth. Thanks for the "Grab & Scoop"!
With some of the Best Guys in Trapeze - Terry, Richie & Alex
3 days of hard core flying and my hands held up!

Richie was proud!
Flyers & catchers hands after 3 days!
We flew Hard! We Flew Strong! We Flew Safe!
A whole lot of hard core flying took place here...


...until we fly again, thanks for the memories!