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JUNE 2010 The next installment of Skydive University's Learning to Freefly series is now available!

HEAD DOWN: Freefall and windtunnel footage, 3D animations and training drills.

Review by Kylies Rhoads:

Like many of you, I've been eagerly awaiting the release Skydive University's newest DVD in the Learning to Freefly series, Learning to Fly Head Down, and I've finally managed to get my hands on a copy! Suffice to say it lives up to the standards already set by the 3 previous DVD's: Backfly, Sitfly, & Transitions, but it goes above and beyond. Though it starts with a warning that these DVD's are only to be supplementary educational tools, if you've had the privilege of learning from any of them, you know they are so much more.

Combined with the guidance of a professional freefly coach, the information you learn here will allow you to grasp and utilize the skills so much more quickly and in a much deeper way. Once again SDU approaches the information so that no matter your type of learning, the information is going to sink in. Like all good skydiving videos, they've included some fantastic skydiving footage, but rather than just leaving you to sit in awe on your couch wishing you could execute those maneuvers, they've taken the time to break it down so everyone can understand.

The animated 3D body model cuts away all the distractions and allows you to focus strictly on the anatomical movements needed to fly your body in that manner. Combined with the slow motion footage of precision tunnel flyers, it becomes easy to see just how they make it look so smooth.

Also like the previous DVDs the Head Down DVD puts so much necessary focus on safety, though not just on the flying portion, but also on gear use, exit order, and safe transitions to aid in adequate separation after a skydive. Without paying attention to these important aspects, we cannot hope to achieve safety while flying, so the reminders are necessary and welcome on every DVD.

With a wealth of information, this DVD appeals to both advanced and beginner head down flyers. While the beginning covers the aforementioned safety issues, it also reviews the transitions necessary to place yourself in a head down orientation while flying, but it also shows you how to maintain your flight and begin working on a basic progression of movements using the SCS (start, coast, stop) method discussed in the previous DVDs. The advanced flyers also use this method to safely learn maneuvers such as side slides, grips, carving, acrobatics, etc. So, while the final chapters of the DVD may not apply to beginners presently, it's extremely helpful to see the big picture of progression.

Suffice to say, I'm super excited to have this DVD in my collection. While I'm just learning the basics of head down flying, my friends who are advanced have also given this DVD the stamp of approval and its permanent home on our DVD shelf. Not only that, but all of us have decided to go back and re-watch the entire series of DVDs. So whether you’re a fun jumper looking to take charge of your progress or a coach looking to offer even more worthwhile information to your students, SDU has once again made it just that much easier and safer for all of us to be ridiculously awesome in the sky!

Kylie Rhoads