Elections for new club officers were held on April 23, 2009 so we now have new leadership bringing us into the 2009-2010 school year. The new officers will be:
President - Travis O'Neal
Vice President - Nathan Briggs
Treasurer - Melanie Stam
Secretary - Kento Masuyama
Quartermaster - John Nahabedian
Congratulations guys! Next year is bound to be a great one! |
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 This year's Collegiates was one of the best yet! With the advent of CollegeSkydiving.com , everyone had been talking throughout the year and was joining forces to make the competition bigger and better. The USPA added a 6-way speed star event in this year as a test event and it went over with great success, with Skydive Arizona even throwing in medals for those who really excelled.
Representing Georgia Tech this year was an awesome 4-way team that placed in the top 10 and had a great time making the 30 hour road trip out to Arizona. Also, a big congratulations to our Vice President, Travis O'Neal, for his bronze medal in Sport Accuracy!
For pictures of the event, check out the photo gallery ! |
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 Travis and the new Sentry 190
Also, please remember that Rig #9 contains the Rage 185, which is a higher performance canopy and requires sufficient canopy skills as well as a coach briefing by a certified instructor. This is a great canopy for the club to have so that our more experienced members can get a feel for what they may want to look for when buying their own gear, but it's important that we use it in a safe and satisfactory manor.
We now have a 230, two 210s, three 190s, two 170s (all Sentry), and a Rage 185...so get your butt down to Skydive Atlanta and take advantage of it all!
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By: Nikki Russell
 As the semester ends and we move on into summer, it’s almost unbelievable to think about how much our club has done since this time last year. When we open the gear locker, we no longer see mismatched rigs and jumpsuits that look like they date back to the Civil War. When we climb onto the plane, we look like a real team now. We’ve got eight brand spankin’ new Javelin Odysseys (complete with spacer foam and other luxuries) and, not only do they match, but they all have hot new Flight Concepts canopies in them. We have everything ranging from a Manta 260 to a Sentry 170, and thrown in the mix we also have a Rage 185 so that more experienced jumpers can try out more shaped canopies before making decisions about what to purchase for their own personal gear. |
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 Nikki under the new Sentry 190 This past year has been a very big one for the GTSPC. We have been fortunate as a club over the years to have acquired all the equipment needed to run one of the top collegiate skydiving programs in the country, but as any skydiver knows, sooner or later that equipment is going to be worn out. This year we were able to replace gear as much as 14 years old and make all necessary safety updates. Our club is by far the most well equipped skydiving club in the nation, and we have taken that to a new level this year. This allows for more members, more teams, more skydiving, and more fun. |
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