Skydive Arizona News

Meet someone you could recognize in an instant by his dreadlocks and yellow sunglasses. He's a talented swooper, a passionate videographer, and thinking about getting his Instructor rating - meet, Eddie dePaiva!

An extraordinary couple made Skydive Arizona home for a few weeks. Meet Rebecca Avison and Adam Merino from Australia & New Zealand!

This week meet an airline pilot with a great sense of humor who saw the Hale Bopp comet light up the sky while flying - meet Jay Stewart!

Meet a guy hailing from the potato state who made his first tandem at the age of 21. He now calls Skydive Arizona home and works for the school, Adventures in Skydiving. Meet, Danny Berg!

Meet a young lady who started packing parachutes at the age of 9, earned her A license before she graduated high school, is a commercial pilot & SDAZ's manifest extraordinaire - Jessica Shultz!

As of 6/1/16, Skydive Arizona is operating on summer hours through 10/1/16.

Meet someone whose competed at the US Nationals and loves to give back to the sport by sharing his knowledge as a Load Organizer! Meet, Chris Anderson!

Excited to introduce the newest member of Arizona Airspeed, Mikhail Markine!

Meet one of the "behind-the-scenes" people that help keep jumpers in the air - meet Andrew Velasquez!

So many people are behind the scenes helping make Skydive Arizona operate. Today, meet one of the pilots, Tyler Lavineta!

Meet this skydiving mom who began skydiving in 1983!! She's been giving back in so many ways and calls, Skydive Arizona her home DZ. Meet the inspiring, Lori Clark!

This girl has 7 World Records, been named the Blue Skies Magazine Load Organizer of the year several years in a row, organizes the amazing SIS event, all while maintaing a career off the DZ. Meet the lovely, Chazi Blacksher!

This girl moved all the way from Virginia with some mega goals! Meet, Rose Moeser

In this week's series, Skydive Arizona is featuring a graphic designer and 2nd generation skydiver, David Cherry!!

A refreshing new face around the DZ who just earned her A-license and loves learning more - meet, Kelly Puzak!

Skydive Arizona makes a public announcement.

This week meet a hard working, red bearded guy who's versed on the packing mat, "Red" the packer!

In this week's series, we meet a familiar face behind the counter in manifest and jumping whenever he can - meet, Scott Daugherty!

He may be new to some, but he's an old school skydiver with a love and longevity for the sport! Meet, Steve Woodford or to some, South African Steve.

Congratulations to the local teams that competed at the USPA National Skydiving Championships at Skydive Arizona!