Dynamic Stability: How to Avoid Potato-Chipping When Skydiving
A newer jumper recently related that he had experienced a rocking back and forth in freefall, and that his instructor had used the phrase, “potato chipping,” to describe the motion. This potato chip motion happened during normal freefall early in AFF and again during a few coached track jumps. While everyone’s situation is different, this […]
Currency and the Off-Season: Part 3
There’s never a shortage of things to learn or improve upon when it comes to skydiving…we’re never really done growing our awareness or skills. This can happen naturally if we’re jumping every weekend, when the feeling of putting on rigs, our helmets, and altimeters, and responding to a 10-minute call, have all become quite familiar […]
Currency and the Off-Season: Part 2
Container and Main Parachute Inspection: Continuing with our theme of developing skills in the off-season, we’ll now explore inspection of your skydiving gear. This will not only get you more familiar with your individual gear, you’ll improve your ability to perform a proper gear check when someone else needs one! DID YOU KNOW? Every container, […]
Currency and the Off-Season: Part 1
Once again – the winter season is upon us and the dropzone isn’t open. Brrr! Skydiving is on hold unless we are able to travel to a warmer state to make a jump and stay current. Most of us will be away from the sport for a month or two. We can, however, use this […]
Jumping into 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, we’d like to thank everyone who’s visited and jumped here at Skydive Kansas City – and we’d also like to give you a bit of a preview of some of the things to come! We’re excited for the upcoming season, and future plans for our beloved skydiving center. Aircraft […]
HOW CAN THE WEATHER AFFECT MY SKYDIVING DAY?
Skydiving is a weather dependent sport. There are certain conditions that prevent us from jumping, which can be a bit of a bummer! But it’s all about mitigating risk, so when the wind is too strong or the clouds are too big, we’re stuck on the ground. It’s not just bad weather that can affect […]
BUYER BEWARE: NOT ALL IS AS IT APPEARS
BUYER BEWARE: NOT ALL IS AS IT APPEARS Has anybody ever pretended to be you on the internet? That’s a very real concern these days, but we always figured it’d happen to somebody else. It’s a scary thought, but it’s not the kind of thing that keeps you up at night, right? Anyway, it’s kinda […]
SKYDIVING AS THERAPY
SKYDIVING AS THERAPY Skydiving isn’t just an amazing experience. It can change your life and give you a new perspective on things. If you’re thinking about making a skydive yourself, you’re probably in one of two categories. Either, it’s something you’ve always wanted to do, a bucket list item. Or, something’s happened in your life […]
Fastest Plane in the Biz: The King Air
Fastest Plane in the Biz: The King Air The wonderful thing about King Airs Is King Airs is wonderful things They zip way up into thin airs With zoomers that’s made outta springs They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy fun-fun-fun-fun-fun But the most wonderful thing about King Airs… …is that Skydive Kansas City’s got two of […]
THE DANGERS OF BOOKING THE LOWEST PRICE SKYDIVE
USED TO BUYING BASED ON PRICE? DUDE. EVERYBODY IS. Price buying is a part of our lives, for better or for worse. A few dollars’ savings drive us from mom-and-pop Main Street hardware shops to the big orange beasts on the edge of town. The collective cost of a latte can unanchor us from shopping days spent […]