8/15/2006

skydive update

This past week was one of the best we have seen in years out here. With almost 200 tandems over the weekend and more Freefall University grads, we continue to introduce more and more people to CSC and the world of skydiving.

Our new university student tandem special is a big reason for our increase. All students with a valid university ID receive $50.00 off the retail tandem price of $209.99! Contact us for more details...

The 4-way camp hosted by the CSC Sirens and Rubicon was a big success. The weather on Thursday was not very cooperative, but they made up for it the other 4 days. Special thanks to Robert Chromy for being here. Friday - Monday, we dropped 1681 skydivers. That's an average of 20.3 passengers per load over 83 loads! Special thanks to Lisa and Melissa in Manifest for keeping things running so smoothly. Everyone on staff really stepped it up this weekend - thank you!

Don't worry, there's no slow down in site. We are very busy with tandem students all week and throughout the weekend. With over 30 tandems on Wednesday, it's a perfect chance to come out and make some skydives from the Super Otter for just $17 (experienced jumpers only). This weekend is MWSL Meet 4. We are expecting 8 - 9 teams and are hoping that the SDC Furies decide to join us too. Also, Bram and Elly Clement are coming in to host another AFF Instructor Certification Course starting Wednesday.

Also, Eric Bickel is putting together a big-way weekend. If you are interested in 30+ ways, contact Eric at eric@asignworks.com. We will have Skydive Chicago's Otter here to help out with the busy weekend and for 2 plane attempts.

Don't forget about Ribfest Saturday after jumping. $10 gets you all the food you can eat and DJ entertainment courtesy of Dan Sauer.

If you were planning on joining us over the 4th of July for the $250 All-You-Can-Jump Boogie, we have rescheduled it for August 26 - 27. Remember, 1 rig and no double-manifesting. Come out and jump your butt off!

Saturday was one of the busiest days we have ever seen at CSC. We flew 33 loads during the day, 1 night load, and a Mile-High Club flight. We logged over 15 hours of flight time in one day just to get right back up and fly another 27 loads on Sunday starting with high-altitude jumps.

Below is a photo of the Team Fastrax Demonstration Team as they raise awareness for Jay Stokes' World Record Attempt next month. We are proud to be aircraft providers for Team Fastrax 4-way Team.

Last Monday, Todd and I took the crew out so we could humiliate them on the Whirly Ball court. As always, we dominated! The photo below shows TD's patented "blind-man, double-reverse" maneuver that has kept him on top of the ranks for over 5 years now.

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See you this weekend!

Doug, Todd, and the entire CSC Team

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