Birth Date: March 10, 1969
Nationality: USA
First Jump: November 2000
Total Jumps: 7000
Home DZ: Skydive Eslinore (CA)
Occupation: Performance Designs Factory Pilot, High Performance Canopy Coach, AFF and Tandem Instructor, and Aerial Photographer and Videographer
Education: AS in Multimedia Communications, Master's Institute
Hobbies: Movies, Travel, Flying, Ground Launching, RC Planes, Long Boarding, Swimming, Photography, SCUBA Diving, Wake Boarding, Snowboarding, Poker Tournaments
Licenses/Ratings: D-24341, Tandem, AFF, PRO Rating, BASE #1159, Private Pilot, Instrument Rating
Sponsors: Performance Designs, Sun Path, Airtec, Gatorz Eyewear, Liquid Sky Suits, Skydive Elsinore, Bird-Man, Alti-2, Asylum Designs, Consolidated Rigging, Terminal Imagery and Rigging, Rare Dynamic
Total Skydives: 7000
Freefly: 1800
RW/FS: 600
Hop-n-Pops: 1500
Camera: 2500
Other: 600 (Wingsuit, Demos, CReW, AFF, Tandems, Skysurf)
Cutaways: 7 Intentional, 9 Emergency
Main Canopy: PD Velocity 90/84/79/71
Container: Javelin Odyssey
Reserve Canopy: PD 113 / Optimum 126
AAD: Speed Cypres
Wingsuit: BirdMan Skyflyer 6 and Tony Suit X-Bird
Helmet: Bonehead Mindwarp
Jumpsuit: Liquid Sky
Altimeter: Neptune 3
Eyewear: Gatorz Magnum, Octane, and Fusion
BASE Jumps: 150
Building: 12
Antenna: 22
Span: 37
Earth: 65
Other: 14 (Dams, Cranes, etc.)
BASE Rig: Perigee Pro
BASE Canopy: Black Jack 240
Competition Results:
| Date |
Competition |
Location |
Event |
Result |
| January 2011 |
Dubai Parachuting Championships |
Dubai, UAE |
CP Team USA |
1st |
| September 2010 |
U.S. National Championships |
Houston, TX |
CP Overall |
1st |
| August 2010 |
Pink Skyvan Swoop Open |
Klatovy, Czech |
CP Overall |
1st |
| January 2010 |
Dubai Parachuting Championships |
Dubai, UAE |
CP Overall |
1st |
| August 2009 |
Pink SkyVan Swoop Open |
Klatovy, Czech |
CP Overall |
1st |
| August 2008 |
Italian Swoop Tour |
Molinella, IT |
CP Overall |
1st |
| August 2006 |
World Championships of Canopy Piloting |
Austria |
Distance |
1st |
| July 2006 |
King of Swoop |
Spain |
CP Overall |
1st |
| June 2006 |
European Swoop Tour - Extreme Week |
Norway |
CP Overall |
1st |
| April 2006 |
Pro Swoop Tour |
Lake Wales, FL |
CP Overall |
1st |
| September 2005 |
U.S. National Championships |
Perris, CA |
CP Overall |
1st |
| August 2005 |
World Cup of Canopy Piloting |
Austria |
Distance |
1st |
| August 2005 |
European Swoop Tour |
France |
CP Overall |
1st |
| February 2005 |
World Skydiving Championships |
Lake Wales, FL |
CP Overall |
1st |
Other Skydiving Accomplishments:
World Records:
- 2009 Wingsuit Formation: 68-way
- 2009 Vertical Formation: 108-way
- 2005 Distance (CP): 502ft
- 2005 Distance (CP): 494ft
- 2005 Distance (CP): 479ft
TV Appearances:
- Desafio Estado De Mexico (September 2009)
- Discovery Channel's “Stunt Junkies” (May 2007)
- NBC's Today Show (May 2005)
- Brazil: Queda Livre (April 2005)
HP Canopy Expeditions:
- 2005, 2006 Norway - Fjords
- 2006 France - Mt. Blanc
- 2006 Italy - Dolomites
- 2007 Arizona - Grand Canyon
- 2010 Switzerland - Swiss Alps
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