Idaho's Premier Skydiving Center
For many years the USPA’s Western Region has included Arizona, southern Nevada, and southern California. This may date back to the 70s when California skydivers often came to Arizona to jump at Casa Grande and later, Coolidge. While Arizona jumpers sometimes visit southern California for competitions, large formation attempts, and boogies, for the most part [...]
Skydive Idaho receives recognition for setting 3 different state records for Canopy Formation, also know as CRW!
On the weekend of July 9-10 of 2011, Skydive Idaho and organizer Rich Williams hosted a fantastic boogie benefiting the Boise Rescue Mission. During that boogie some local jumpers as well as visiting skydivers from California, Texas, and Oregon, [...]
From USPA.org:
The U.S. Parachute Association mourns the tragic loss of Ted Strong, one of the sport’s great pioneers. Ted started jumping in 1958; he was a competitor, coach and rigger-turned-innovator who formed Strong Enterprises in 1961 so that his friends might jump safely. Through the ’60s and ’70s, Ted helped lead the way in the [...]
Snake River Skydiving, LLC took the reigns of this DZ just mid March of 2011. Just before we decided to leap into this location we thought we would have needed the entire winter to get things setup properly before we could even start flying loads. It’s amazing to look back and realize it’s now been [...]
Infinity Containers are currently at a 5-6 week lead time!
What are the top features can you find in an Infinity container that you can’t find in other containers?
Secondary riser covers integrated into the reserve side flap.
Very secure main pin cover flap. You can put two fingers under the flap and lift the rig up by [...]
Skydive Idaho hosts 3-way scrambles for local jumpers.
New and experienced jumpers had a chance to get together and share skydives and knowledge in a fun competition, on Saturday August 27th. With an airplane departing every 15 minutes with another load of jumpers, the day was filled with excited, competition, prizes, and a pot luck lunch. [...]
Among the discussions currently taking place in Washington, D.C. about reducing the deficit and finding new revenue streams is talk about imposing new user fees on general aviation. There has been similar talk in the past, but Congress squashed the idea. There’s not yet any formal proposal, but there are enough rumors from official sources [...]
Check out this link to see Skydive Idaho’s fundraiser, The Leap of Faith, on KTVB!
www.ktvb.com/news/People-take-Leap-of-Faith-to-help-Boise-Rescue-Mission–125272719.html
[ July 8, 2011 to July 10, 2011. ] Are you a friend and supporter of the Boise Rescue Mission? Have you ever had the urge to jump out of a “perfectly good airplane?” Are you ready to take a “Leap of Faith?”
Skydive Idaho and the Boise Rescue Mission are coordinating a fund-raising effort and providing opportunities to give that perfect gift, have a [...]
Check out the Transformer’s 3 featurette! Our very own DZO, Abbie Mashaal, was part of a team led by Master Rigger Pete Swan, providing Jt Holmes, Andy Farrington, Michael Swanson, Jon Devore, and Julian Boulle, precision rigging necessary for some truly amazing stunts to be performed.
Watch this video on YouTube Embedded with WP YouTube Lyte.