Birth Date: March 17, 1971
Nationality: USA
First Jump: September 1989
Total Jumps: 12,000+
Home DZ: Skydive DeLand (FL)
Occupation: Performance Designs Factory Pilot, High Performance Canopy Coach, 4-Way Formation Skydiving Coach, Wind Tunnel Coach, Business Owner
Education: BS in Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Hobbies: Movies, Travel, Golf, Basketball, R/C Modeling, Kiting, Air sports
Licenses/Ratings: D-13893, PRO Rating
Sponsors: Performance Designs, Sun Path, Airtec, Gatorz Eyewear, Ouragan Suits, Bird-Man, Alti-2, Asylum Designs, Consolidated Rigging, Terminal Imagery and Rigging, Rare Dynamics, Skydive DeLand
Total Skydives: 12,000+
Freefly: 300
RW/FS: 8000
Hop-n-Pops: 2000
Camera: 200
Other: 1500 (Wingsuit, Demos, CReW)
Cutaways: 1 Freefall, 4 Subterminal
Main Canopy: PD Velocity 96/90/84
Container: Javelin Odyssey
Reserve Canopy: PD 113
AAD: Cypres 2 - Speed
Wingsuit: BirdMan Skyflyer 6
Helmet: Sky Systems Hurricane, and Sky Systems Vapor (camera helmet)
Jumpsuit: Ouragan
Altimeter: Neptune audible and visual
Eyewear: Gatorz Wraptor
BASE Jumps: 28
Building: 2
Antenna: 4
Span: 1
Earth: 17
Other: 4 (Dams, Cranes, Aircraft)
BASE Rig: Perigee Pro
BASE Canopy: Black Jack 260
Competition Results:
| Date |
Competition |
Location |
Event |
Result |
| October 2006 |
U.S. National Championships (FS) |
Eloy, AZ |
4-way Open |
1st |
| August 2006 |
World Skydiving Championships (FS) |
Germany |
4-way Open |
1st |
| August 2006 |
U.S. National Championships (CP) |
New Jersey |
Overall |
2nd |
| July 2006 |
European Swoop Tour - Kolomna |
Russia |
Accuracy |
1st |
| September 2005 |
U.S. National Championships (FS) |
Perris, CA |
4-way Open |
1st |
| August 2005 |
Malevsky Cup of Formation Skydiving |
Russia |
4-way Open |
1st |
| August 2005 |
World Cup of Canopy Piloting (CP) |
Austria |
Overall |
1st |
| September 2004 |
U.S. National Championships (CP) |
Perris Valley |
Overall |
2nd |
| October 2003 |
World Cup of Canopy Piloting (CP) |
Perris Valley |
Overall |
3rd |
| July 2003 |
Red Bull Swoop Tour (CP) |
New England |
Overall |
1st |
Other Skydiving Accomplishments:
Title: 2005 Skydiver of the Year
World Record: 1994 - Largest Canopy Formation ( 47 way )
Current World Record: 2000 16-Way (FS): 19 pts
HP Canopy Expeditions:
- 2003, 2005, 2006 Norway - Fjords
- 2006 France - Mt. Blanc
- 2006 Italy - Dolomites
- 2007 Arizona - Grand Canyon
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