Category Archives: News

2011 Leap of Faith Fundraiser & Boogie

[ 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 [...]

Transformers 3

 
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.
 
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Urgent Call To Action!

Since late February, there have been five fatalities (and one critical injury) that were canopy-collision related. Every skydiver is asking the same questions: “How is this happening, and why?” It appears that skill level and proficiency are not indicators. One accident involved two jumpers with about 23 jumps each who were the only two jumpers [...]

Lewiston Gray Weekend Retreat

[ May 13, 2011 2:00 pm to May 15, 2011 1:00 pm. ] Skydive Idaho welcomes the Lewiston-Gray Retreat this weekend. The campgrounds and bonfire areas are reserved this weekend for the event. All fun jumpers are of course welcome to jump their butts off but camping and after hours activities are exclusive to the participants of the retreat. We’re looking forward to another great jumping event at [...]

Argus Service Bulletins

Dear Skydiver,
Please accept our apologies for all the trouble that the recent grounding caused you. This was out of our control.
In order to get your Argus back in the air ASAP and for your safety, we’ve issued this service bulletin:
Cutter replacement
Based on our testing and analysis, there is no longer a need to replace [...]

AAD’s

With the current AAD soap opera going on we’d like remind jumpers of a few things:
Cutters may fail in the future from AAD manufacturers that are old, new, or yet to be in existence. Why is the cutter located where a malfunction can create a container lock and interfere with the primary means of reserve [...]

Greetings and Introduction

Hello Boise Valley Skydivers & area jumpers!
There’s a lot of buzz going around and as always, “where there’s smoke there’s fire”. Yes its true, Skydive Idaho is now under new management! Our mission for 2011 is to have the best skydiving year Idaho has ever seen. We’ll be flying higher and [...]

Old and New!

Skydive Idaho is under new management and ready to continue serving the region’s skydiving community as the location has since 1967.
Home to the “Boise Valley Skydivers” and providing the best skydiving experience to students and experienced jumpers from Ontario to Boise to Idaho Falls, Skydive Idaho truly is Idaho’s Premiere Skydiving Center!