Meet
our Staff: 2006 Season!
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Name:
Keith MacBeth
Date of first jump: 9/95
Total jumps: 4000+
Ratings: USPA Coach, Videographer
Favorite
skydive or moments in skydiving:
Building a 70 Way formation with parachutes. Soaring through
800 ft. cliffs in Moab, UT with my brother Clint
Hobbies: Hanging with friends, skydiving, swooping & F27
Pilot #1
Records:
Sponsored by Performance
Designs;Florida State CRW Record – 58;2nd Place Swoop
Comp 2005; US CRW Record – 56; World CRW Record - 70;Video
- World Record 85 way
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Name:
Lisa Roux
Nickname: Four Seasons
Date of first jump: 8/11/01
Total jumps: 11
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
My first AFF jump
Hobbies: Biking, skiing, & snowmobiling |
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Name:
Mike Meehan
Nickname: Mikey
Date of first jump: 8/23/97
Total jumps: 3500
Ratings:
AFF, Tandem, Coach, Video
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
Everytime I go out the door of an airplane.
Hobbies:
Skydiving, flying & building R/C planes, music, traveling,
anything fun
Anything else you would want somebody to know about you:
Zaggi Pilot #1, I like to skydive!!!
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Name:
Fred Cotreau
Nickname: The boss
Date of first jump: September 1993
Total jumps: 2000
Records:
100way state of Maine
Hobbies:
Bikes, trucks, planes
Anything else you would want somebody to know about you: It's
my business to show you a good time
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Name:
Chuck Karcher
Date of first jump: 1979
Total jumps: 10,800
Ratings: Rigger; helped develop tandem system
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
Midnight tandem with fireworks at Y2K rollover
Hobbies: Photography
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Name:
Meaghan
Date of first jump: 1/02
Total jumps: 1000+
Awards:
Silver medal in the New Zealand Nationals - there were only two
teams :)
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
When my Mom and Dad came up to jump |
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Name:
Sally Uren
Date of first jump: 7/10/2001
Total Jumps: 1360
Ratings:
AFF, Tandem, Coach
Records: Alaska Women's Record 2004
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
Beach jumps in Kenya; Glacier jump in Alaska; Being the first
female tandem instructor in Isreal
Hobbies:
Traveling, drinking, jumping |
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Name:
Mike Carpenter
Nickname: Carp
Total Jumps: 7500+
Records: 12 Way BASE jumping record in Norway, 6 Way BASE jump at
the Hole in Mexico, Maine State Record, Bridge Day champion - 1999
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
Jumping with people with handicaps and the people who appreciate
how lucky we are to skydive.
Hobbies:
BASE jumping, rock climbing, surfing, traveling, & sleeping
Anything else you would want somebody to know about you:
It wasn’t me…
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Name:
Nick Cota
Nickname: Little Nicky
Date of first jump: 7/13/03
Total jumps: 3
Favorite
skydive or moments in skydiving:
My first AFF jump
Hobbies:
Spinning records, having fun & snowboarding
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Name:
Scott Jaszlics
Nickname: Coonass, Coondoggy, Coondaddy, etc.
Date of first jump: 4/88
Total jumps: 7500+
Ratings:
AFF I, Tandem I, S/L I,
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving: Naked Pond Swooping
Hobbies:
Snowboarding, BASE jumping, photography, mountain biking, gardening
Anything
else you would want somebody to know about you:
The less anybody knows…the better.
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Name:
Jill Gelinas
Date of first jump: 8/7/04
Total Jumps: 200
Ratings: USPA/SDU Coach
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
Sunset jumps with Mad Mike; "Wednesday Jumping"; tube
exits.
Hobbies:
Mountain biking, climbing, running, horseback riding, traveling,
reading, crocheting (don't laugh, I can make a mean afghan!) |
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Name:
Tony Hays
Date of first jump: 9/8/01
Total jumps: 2500+
Ratings:
AFF, Tandem
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving: 6way from a helicopter
Hobbies:
Mountain biking, hockey, traveling |
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Name:
Jennie Ankney
Date of first jump: Fall 1993
Total jumps: 2500+
Favorite
skydive or moment in skydiving:
Nightime World Record of 49 people building 2 formations in one
skydive, Largest Formation World Record of 246 people, Skydiving
National Competition with Bronze medals in 10 way, 16 way and
20 way. Standing on the ground at the end of a skydiving day with
a bonfire, a beer and spending time with great people who make
a big difference in my life!
Hobbies:
Marketing Websites to small businesses, Health and Nutrition Consulting,
Singing (Jazz, Blues, Rock & Roll, & even Country), Skydiving,
Base Jumping, Working out, Rollerblading and dressing like Barbie.
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Name:
Peter Matos
Date of first jump: 1994
Total jumps: 5500+
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
Training with Ivett for Freestyle
Hobbies:
Surfing
Records:
Criminal
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Name:
Lynne Stesienko
Date of first jump: 8/05
Total jumps: 1
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
My first jump w/ Paolo is my only fav to date. Working on making
more favorite moments!
Hobbies:
ATVing and drinking margaritas (is that a hobbie?)
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Name:
Jack the Dog
Nickname: Jacker
Hobbies: Lounging, knocking over errant beers that people leave
around, and being a bad-ass.
Pet
love: Jumping on the laps of tandem students
Pet hate: Lightning, mean dogs
Anything else you would want somebody to know about you:
Don’t hate me because I am beautiful…
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Name:
Paolo Di Fino
Nickname: DiFo
Date of first jump: 6/10/79
Total Jumps: 8000+
Ratings:
AFF I, Tandem I, A/D
Records: 100 Way – Italy, 220 Way – Europe
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
To see the happiness in the eyes and the smile of a first time
jumper.
Hobbies:
Snowboarding, surfing, windsurfing & yoga
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Name:
Ivett Breda
Date of first jump: 1995
Total Jumps: 2500+
Ratings:
Coach, AFF
Records: 2002 - 2nd Place US Nationals Freestyle dis. 2002 -
Hungarian National Team. 2003 - France World Championship
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
Flying the skies of the world with my husband
Hobbies:
Reading, surfing, traveling
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Name:
Erin Donovan
Nickname: Ewok
Date of first jump: 5/2001
Total Jumps: 500+
Ratings:
USPA Coach
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
4 way collegiate competition 2003; raft dives in Rantoul |
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Name:
Knuckles
Nickname: Bubbles
Hobbies:
Eating
sparks, chewing rocks |
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Name:
Matt Becker
Nickname: Jeff
Date of first jump: May 2003
Total jumps: 500
Ratings:
Coach
Favorite skydive or moments in skydiving:
First birdman jump; swooping clouds with the Jedi
Records:
International underwater basket weaving champion |
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Name:
Jason Struthers
Nickname: Struthers
Date of first jump: 9/95
Total jumps: 1800+
Records:
Pond Brother #6; Vermont State Record (3 cessna 12 way formation);
4 stack award; Star Crest recipient
Ratings:
Static Line; AFF; Strong & Vector Tandem; Video
Hobbies:
Ice hockey, snowboarding, BASE jumping, golf, croquet, RC aviation,
quantum mechanics, construction/home improvement, BEER.
Skydiving/BASE
jumping philosophy:
Flirt with the reaper all you want... just don't take her to bed! |
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Name:
Pete Levasseur
Nickname: Dr Pete
Date of first jump: 1976
Total jumps: 6500+
Ratings: AFF Inst, Static Line Inst, Sr Parachute Rigger, Pilot
Records/Awards:
Former World Record Holder 246 way, Gold Wings # 2803, Diamond
Wings # 981, Double Diamond # 559, Triple Diamond # 372, QuadraDiamond#
290, PentaDiamond#210, 12HrFF#1577, 24hourFF#706, 36hourFF# 417,48hourFF#320,
60hourFF#270, 72HourFF#220, 84hourFF#176, Falcon# 227, DoubleFalcon#159,
Eagle#100, DoubleEagle#127, 4Stack#2981, Night 4stack#765, 8stack#1721,
SCR#9475, NSCR#2030, SCS#6679, MuffBros#1941, FreakBros# 2651
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