We knew we were in trouble when we saw this trailer at what was to be our new home. Who were these people?

This is a shot of our DZ, Markham Skydiving, from about 2000 feet.

Our friend Christine. She's in Singapore now. Here she's at the Herd Boogie.

Here's Thumper. He puts the fun in skydiving. Nice exit Thumper.

Thumper, having forgot to go before getting in the plane, assumes a different body position.

Here's what opening looks like. Remember, he's not going up. The Camera Flyer keeps going down.

Linda says the key to staying airborne is flapping really hard.

Batavia 1998 - Flareless, Big Gay Al and The Viking prepare to leave the Skyvan over the Batavia Boogie

The Viking on the dive with Freefall Face. Nobody is good looking in freefall.

Al prefers the full face approach. Erik shot these pics with a disposable camera.

That pointy leather hat is called a frap hat. Dorky looking isn't it?

Flareless, Big Gay Al and Erik The Viking pose before a combo dive in Batavia

The landing area at the Batavia Boogie

Thumper and I wore suits for my 100th dive but Big Gay Al forgot his. He went naked instead.

After a great jump, Al wiped out his landing. He was ok just scraped up. We laughed at him.

This is Jim. He's not content to just jump out of the plane. He has to mess around with it first.

Practice jump for Seconds Count my 4-Way Relative Work skydiving team. 4 way is boring.

Here's a nice competition shot of Seconds Count. We took the Silver.