General News

For those of you that have been on CollegeSkydiving.com for a while, you know we had community features similar to facebook with photo sharing, comments, status updates, etc. We are working on a better system for these features that will be far more reliable and flexible as time goes on...

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The beginning

Who remembers when College Skydiving was just trying to get a start? It was a while ago, way back in 2006! You know, before...well...OK, so we're only 4 years old, so what! It's been a long progressive road to get to this point and we're still moving forward. This has been the first localized place online for college clubs to congregate since the internet started getting regular use, so there has been some trial and error, but many clubs have benefited greatly from being able to share information...

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You may have noticed a change in the look and feel of CollegeSkydiving.com since the last time you visited. This change was brought on largely from wanting to add functionality to the website for clubs, partly because of a necessity for code updates, and slightly because...well...this new design just looks waaaaaay cooler...

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CRC Rhythm

It wasn’t too long ago that I followed Georgia Tech down to the SkyVenture Orlando tunnel to take some pictures and possibly get some time for myself. One of the groups between the two GT sessions was hoping for some pictures, so I took some and we traded email addresses. That team was CSC Rhythm out of Chicagoland Skydiving Center.

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ChutingStar

Mike Gruwell of ChutingStar Rigging Loft has offered up his advice on everything from 'buying your first jumpsuit' to 'how to choose your first rig'.

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Performance Designs

Performance Designs is offering a helping hand again on our Forum by adding more athletes to their Q&A section. Two more teams will be around to help us find the best practice answers for any questions that we might have. With the growing number of disciplines and the variety of gear available...

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Virginia Tech Logo

Take a look at the Forum for the Virginia Tech Memorial Jump photo. This formation was completed by 8 skydivers, 5 of which are Virginia Tech students and alumni.

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As a part of developing this site, I felt that it was my job to find the information that would make everyone a safe skydiver. I have asked for feedback from several people as well as for articles and came across a wealth of information that hit me when I wasn't expecting it.

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After this past National Collegiate Competition in Lake Wales, FL, there was a good bit of talk about how to increase participation in the sport as well as how to increase avenues for competition. This site is being developed as a central place for all college skydivers to keep in touch and to further their skills and knowledge through the best means possible...

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This is an older article. Some of the web site specific information in outdated.
College Skydiving Updates!

We have over 130 users now with growing support. College Skydiving is continuing to catch attention wherever it goes and is quickly becoming a mainstay in the skydiver's vocabulary…maybe more so in the younger crowd than the “back in my day we didn’t have parachutes to skydive with” crowd, but nonetheless, we are becoming known...

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