Birth Date: November 18, 1970 Nationality: USA First Jump: 1993 Total Jumps: 15,000+ Home DZ: Occupation: Performance Designs Factory Pilot & Camera Flyer, Flight-1 Instructor, High Performance Canopy Coach, AFF & Tandem Instructor. Education: BS in Elementary/Middle School Education (Levels K-9) at E.I.U. Charleston, IL Hobbies: Wake Boarding, Snow Boarding, Downhill Long Boarding, Flying RC Planes & Ground Launching Licenses/Ratings: USPA Lic. D-17214, Currently Holding: Tandem, AFF & Pro Skydiving Ratings Sponsors: Performance Designs, Sun Path, Airtec, Gatorz Eyewear, Liquid Sky, Bird-Man, Alti-2, Asylum Designs, Consolidated Rigging, Terminal Imagery & Rigging, Rare Dynamics, Total Skydives: Approximately 15,000 Freefly: 2000 RW/FS: 1000 Hop-n-Pops: 3000 Camera: 4500 Other: 3000 (Wingsuit, Demos, CReW, AFF, Tandems, Skysurf) Cutaways: 8 Terminal, 5 Sub-terminal & at least a dozen or so intentional Main Canopy: PD Velocity 103 & 111, Spectre 120 & 135 Container: Javelin Odyssey (TJN) Reserve Canopy: PD 143 AAD: Cypres 2 Wingsuit: BirdMan Skyflyer 6 Helmet: Wes Rich Custom Cranial Camera Helmet Jumpsuit: Liquidsky Suits Altimeter: Alti-2 N3 audible and visual Eyewear: Gatorz Velocity, Wraptor & Transformer Designs BASE Jumps: 300 + (All Over the Planet) BASE Rig: Perigee Pro BASE Canopy: Black Jack 280 Competition Results: Ranked above average in all pro level disciplines for a solid decade. (1995 - 2005 ) Current Competition Status: Retired By Request & Grateful for the Wonderful Journey. Cheers Swoopas.
Other Skydiving Accomplishments: Competitions, Awards, Demos, and Affiliations:
- 2006-now PERFORMANCE DESIGNS FACTORY TEAM CAMERMAN & STUNT COORDINATOR
- 2006-07 SPONSORED ATHLETE FOR THE RED BULL AIR FORCE SKYDIVE DEMONSTRATION TEAM, NORTH AMERICA DIVISION
- 2004 RED BULL MOUNTAIN BLADE RAID CHAMPION, PARK CITY, UTAH. ( KING OF THE MTN )
- 2004 US NATIONALS ULTRA SPORT ACCURACY CHAMPION. PERRIS , CA.
- 2000 OPENING CEREMONIES EXHIBITION INTO NASCAR 500. FONTANA, CA
- 2000-04 TOURED INTERNATIONALLY WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE RAM AIR PARACHUTE TEAM, TEAM EXTREME, PERRIS, CA
- 1997-2004 FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR & FACTORY TEST PILOT FOR ICARUS CANOPIES. PERRIS, CA.
- 1997 UNIVERSAL SKYDIVING AWARD (USA #1) PERRIS, CA. (PAT WORKS)
Television / Film Credit - Background:
- 2007 CBS Discovery, Stunt Junkies J.Tagle Tri-Stunt. Aerial Videography. Auburn, CA.
- 2007 SVF Productions, "LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP", Documentary film and stunt work, Dallas, TX.
- 2006 Warner Bros. Film, "THE BUCKET LIST", SAG - Stunt Work / J. Nicholson & M. Freeman, Hollywood, CA.
- 2006 CBS Discovery, Stunt Junkies Shark Cage Landing, Air to air aerial film work, North Shore, Oahu, HI.
- 2006 CBS Discovery, Stunt Junkies High Speed Transfer / Stunt Driver, Palmdale, CA.
- 2006 World Team Cameraman for the 400 way record, Udon, Thailand.
- 2005 Stunt Double for the Rock/Red Bull Taurus Stunt Awards - Hollywood, CA.
- 2004 Film Crew / World Record Skydive Completion (357 way) Korat, Thailand.
- 2003 Fly Festival / Aerial Visual Award: "OUT OF THE BLUE" Perris Valley, CA.
- 1998 Burger King "WHOPPER DIVERS" T.V. Commercial, Global Spot - SAG Stunts & Talent, Admiralty Production. California City, CA.
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