Skydive Elsinore Past Events
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Chicks Rock 2006
By Shannon Hernandez
It
isn’t news that women who skydive are exceptional creatures,
and most of the sisterhood is hip to this fact. So, to celebrate
their common bonds, many of them travel from far and near every
fall to the Skydiving Chicks Rock Boogie, at Skydive Elsinore in
Southern California. Wicked fun skydives and even wilder festivities
with some exceptional ladies are the custom and with a 50-50 ratio
of ladies to men, the guys are equally stoked to have so many skydiving
babes in one place. This annual celebration boasts a bigger
turnout each year as most participants agree, “Chicks Rock
Boogie is the best boogie EVER!” Of course this is subjective,
so here’s a look at what went down at the 6 th
annual event, September
29-October 1, to cause such a groundswell.
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Easter Scrambles 2006
 With
4 teams of 4-way, each group hit the hill running... well actually,
skydiving, I guess. ;) The day was spent getting fun clues, making
sweet jumps, and general trash-talking with an Easter flare. After
each round, half the fun was trying to change the competing teams’
names on the white board to something clever and cutting at the
same time. Hilarious, I tell you! With each clue thought up by our
beautiful office ladies, the hunt was on from clue number one. Each
clue led to the next clue, and the next clue, and so on. So when
the final round was completed, the hunt was ON! A lot of people
thought it was in the peas....... and it WAS, but the peas in the
STUDENT landing area! Mike “Tickle” Teague was first
to the scene and he even had a shovel— talk about planning
ahead! In no time he unearthed beers on ice and the rest of the
treasure! Where will it be next year? You’ll have to show
up to find out!
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Despite
low clouds almost the entire weekend, we still had a great turnout
for this Freefly Skills Camp. With little jumping, camp leaders
Chris Fiala, Andy Malchoidi, Andrew Staich, and visiting Guano Freefly
took advantage of the down time to talk theory with camp participants
and answer as many questions as possible. To keep spirits up, we
rallied the troops and a massive kick-ball game was ON in the main
landing area. It was a fight to the finish, with Andy nailing Curt
at home plate to foil his home run. With that momentum, Andy’s
team went on to win by 4 runs. Rock on with your bad selves. Sunday
brought more clouds, but also some holes and everyone got in a couple
of jumps.
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 Wigs
on Fire
The
Wigs on Fire series of events was a philanthropic effort devised
and organized by our own Rosa Alva to raise money, awareness, and
hair for the Locks of Love Foundation. Despite the downpours, Wigs
1 had a great turnout and quite a few ladies stepped up to the scissors
to chop off their locks for a good cause. We all gathered around
the fire and felt good about just being there for support. The rain
also didn’t keep us from donning our wigs and hitting the
Sports Stop, a local watering hole for a great party.
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 Gravity
Games 3
The video doesn’t lie... ridiculousness of
this nature can only be found at the GRAVITY GAMES!!! Gravity Games
3 to be exact. This go round, we added some 3-way hybrid action
to the standard line-up of extreme tracking, camera geeking, and
canopy running. Speaking of geeking, this Games there were quite
a few bold entries... Javi and his full plush Scooby Doo, our very
own naked skysurfer, and can anyone forget Tammi’s banana?
Wait, Tammi was at Gravity Games 2.... proving my point that, none
of these are images we will soon forget.
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 10
Way Speed 2006
Another
year, and another great turnout for the annual Elsinore 10-way Speed
meet! 100+ people were milling around the drop zone early in the
AM on January 21st, 2006, and with Mary Beth on hand to judge, the
day was shaping up for another great meet. New this year, we decided
to give the meet two different classes— Intermediate and Open.
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Gravity
Games 2
Hoops,
flips, geeks, hops, flops, tracks, and a lot of lousy fake AFF instructors—
this Gravity Games had it all. The competition was fierce, but in
the end Ryan Simpson pulled away from the pack easily securing the
gold medal around his neck when the day was done.
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 5th
Annual Skydive Elsinore’s Chicks Rock Boogie 2005!
On October 7-9, 2005, Skydive Elsinore hosted the
5th Annual Skydiving Chicks Rock Boogie! With the biggest turnout
yet, participants got in on skydives of all kinds— hybrids,
rodeos, big tracks, multi-point freefly dives, 4-ways, Pink Mafia
initiations, and more. Missy Nelson and Laura Vago rocked out as
guest freefly organizers, along with local talent, Ashley Lombardo,
and Elsinore Eclipse. Melanie Curtis and everyone from Elsinore
Gravity kept the specialty dives going, and the RW peeps jumping
too...
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 4th
Annual Wine Country Invitational!
On October 14-16, 2005, accomplished 4-way competitors
and other talented skydivers converged on Skydive Elsinore for the
4th Annual Wine Country Invitational. Led by organizers John Hamilton,
Doug Forth, and Kate Cooper, it was a weekend of high quality, complex
skydives, focusing on intricate 16+-ways, both in the builds and
in the block moves, and increasing in complexity over the weekend.
Everything got kicked off Friday with the northwest crew arriving
early ready to get the freefall party started....
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The first-ever Gravity Games — were you there?
Did you launch a horny gorilla? Exit the airplane eating your lunch?
Or head-bang to German karaoke at 1am? Saturday, April 16th, trash
talking and radical skydiving was underway with fifteen participants
all vying for gold and glory. After a day of extreme tracking, canopy
running, and hybrid hanging, there was a 3-way tie for 1st place.
As promised, the camera geeks from round two went up on the screens
over pizza and beer
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Easter Scrambles 2005! Five teams, four rounds, a bunch of peeps
(regular and marshmallow), and a treasure to remember… After getting rosters
set, the jumping was underway, with teams “Mike’s a Virgin,”
and “Hard… Boiled” positing impressive scores in round one.
The “Easter Bunnies of Unspeakable Doom!” also came out strong, and
held their lead through the entire meet, despite the grip-switching antics of
Coach Simar.
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 2nd
annual Vertical Challenge!
On November 26-28, 2004 in beautiful southern California, 24
talented skydivers from across the country who were invited by Chris Fiala of
Elsinore Eclipse came ready to play. The 2nd annual Vertical Challenge hosted
by Skydive Elsinore is an invitational event focusing on building exciting vertical
formations with dives planned for day and night jumps. This year’s event
was organized by Dave Brown of the PD Factory Team and Chris Fiala. Despite cold
weather on the second day which drove other skydivers home, the group did twelve
skydives together, flew two hours of tunnel time, all while having fun and a lot
of laughs.
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 Third
Annual Wine Country Invitational!
For the third year in a row, Skydive Elsinore’s Wine Country
Invitational has grown in size and spirit. With nearly 60 participants for 2004,
there was much fun to be had in the air and on the ground. Jack Burke, Doug Forth
(Scotty Latinis), and John Hamilton organized challenging dives drawing on all
the talent in every group. Strong prep, good vibes, and ok, discipline too, resulted
in a lot of successful jumps, and high-quality digital stills taken throughout
the weekend by Bryan Harrell, Chris Fiala, and Joel Kiesel. After many debriefs,
“Stay in the knife fight, and think light thoughts,” won as the fan-favorite
saying of the weekend—thanks, Jack!
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 First
Team Social 2004
The first-annual First-Team Social got off to a raring start
November 20th. A day of optional jumping brought out a throng of young 4-way
enthusiasts—registrants and non-registrants alike. Coaches got groups
in the air, giving everyone a taste of what the next day would bring. After
a busy day of jumping, everyone gathered for the team-building seminar, led by
Lou Ascione, Melanie Curtis, Erin Murphy, and DZO, John Hamilton. Among
the topics discussed were how to build a team, what to look for in teammates,
the value of coaching, the financial aspects of 4-way training, and so on—basically,
everything you need to know to get a 4-way team started, and the contact info
for everyone in the room looking to do the same thing.
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