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Skydive Teuge
loesvandril
Skydive Teuge.
See a video from 4@work in 2013 here.
See a video from 4@work in 2016 here.
After moving from Paraclub Icarus (early 90's) to Teuge (larger DZ, bigger planes, more skydives a day) I have made over a thousand skydives at this DZ. In the early days (late eighties / early nineties) we had skydive competitions out of a (pink) Skyvan and Skyliner, 16way meets and nice hog and flog competition. Hog and flog means; 1st make a 5way formation 2nd all a back loop 3rd make another 5way formation. We have been number 1 for several years :-). For many years (after 4 years skydiving @ Skydive centre Texel with 8@work) I am jumping with 4@work 4way team 1 or 2 days a month with about 6 to 7 skydives a day. Afterwards we have some nice beers with, lots of laughs and a big smile. In 2012 we reached the second place with 4@work at the POP's World Cup at Teuge.
Time to exit (DZ right in the middle)
Teuge (early days) and a special formation during a "Hog and Flog" competition.
Some other photos below:
Teuge International Airport, De Zanden, Teuge, Nederland

Skydive Taupo
wimdegier
9 February 2013. Skydive nbr. 2045 and 2046. Skydive Taupo, NZ. Together with my friend Hans van Marrewijk from the Netherlands (he was working as a tandem master @ skydive Taupo) and Frederik from Denmark. This was part of a business around world trip (my third around the world trip). I still miss these enormous intense and great journies. Flying Business Class is still at the top of my list to experience! :-) Smile to the World and the World will smile back!
Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand

Skydive at the Philippines
wimdegier
16 / 18 November 2010 (Skydive nbr. 1976 / 1978) Skydive at the Philippines. Strange trip due to the fact that unfortunately no planes were available. In the end they organised a cessna 172, (one of the largest skydive planes haha :-) so I only made four skydives on the beach in front of my hotel. Together with my wife and young daughter of two, we still had a great time!
Subic Bay International Airport, Morong, Central Luzon, Philippines

Skydive Texel
wimdegier
Skydive Texel.
I have been skydiving for many years on Texel. My first skydive at Texel was at the good old boogies in 1983 and/or 1984. I jumped on Texel out of a DC3, MI-26 (the largest helicopter of the world), Twin-Otters, Skyvan, Pilatus Porter, Cessna’s and many more. From 2005 to 2008 I jumped in the 8way team named 8@work. We had great times with the team and our coach Gerry Smith. Texel has the best skydive view in the Netherlands and I love to make much more skydives here!
8@work above the slufter
Dutch national record (72way in 1999)
Since 2022 we (4@work) go back to Texel to make some skydives and to have a nice weekend with my team!
Texel, Nederland

Skydive Johannesburg
29 March 2003 (skydive nbr. 1415 to 1419) I had very special times during a two weeks trip (work and privite) in South Africa including a full day @ skydive Johannesburg. Only my main parachute was entangled during my first jump, so I had to pull my reserve. This was my reserve nbr. 5. The DZ organizer offered me to jump another parachute to be able to make another 4 skydives that day. I will never forget this great passionate trip!! Time flies...............
Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa

Skydive Punta del Este, Uruguay
From 21 Feb. 2005 (skydive nbr. 1567) Skydive Punta del Este! One of my best skydive trips, 46 jumps out of a superb Hercules, great parties & hotels and we even have been skyving at other (beach) locations in Uruguay twice. The hercules was our "own plane" during these incredible 14 days. See several photos below and a short video here
National record above Uruguay
Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay

Skydive Sunshine Beach
9 October 2011. Skydive nbr 2013 to 2015. Skydive Sunshine Beach. Click for a nice video here. I made 3 skydives at this beautiful beach including an astonishing view from above.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Skydive Mercier / Auckland
7 August 2004 (skydive nbr 1552) Skydive Auckland. I made only one skydive in their wintertime with a student canopy, which I borrowed at the DZ. It was my first skydive in NZ and just for the fun :-) Together with Hendro Harms (he made a tandem skydive). Davide Tomassini (a colleague) decided at the last moment not to make a tandem, but only a ride in the plane, watching us jumping.
Skydive Auckland with Davide
Skydive Auckland with Hendro[/caption]
Skydive Auckland
Mercer, Koheroa Road, Mangatawhiri, New Zealand

Skydive Roterua
15 March 2008 Skydive nbr 1866. Skydive Rotorua. New Zealand is a great country and the lake of Rotorua (with all the geysers) is very beautiful. Only “downside” is the smell of all the geysers in the area. I escaped the smell during a great skydive high in the sky :-)
Rotorua, New Zealand

Skydive World Team, Down Town Bangkok
December 1999. Skydive Bangkok World Team. Great and chaotic city! We always (I have skydived four years in Thailand) first went for some days to downtown Bangkok as a starting point to skydive in Thailand.
I will never forget to jump with around 600 skydivers downtown Bangkok, in front of the Royal Palace!!. By accident someone took these three pictures of my landing. Please see them below. This has been one my most impressive parachute ride and landing!!! Smile to the World!! :-)
Koninklijk Paleis van Bangkok Na Phra Lan Road Phra Nakhon Bangkok Thailand

Skydive World Team, Ubon, World Record
I am very proud to be part of the skydiving World Team. This team broke several World records in formation skydiving. I jumped several times with this team between 1999 and 2006.
1999 World record Skydive Ubon World Team
1999 Base World Record (156 way). Me at the right with the blue suite and red helmet
300 way attempt
Ubon Ratchathani Thailand

Skydive Prachuap
Skydive Prachuap including 100way skydives with the World Team!!
Multiple 100 ways including a couple of times two 100way formations in one skydive. I have visited Prachuap four times (between 1996 - 2006) and made here over 120 skydives out of Hercules airplanes, DC3 and helicopters. I feel so incredibly lucky that I have skydived so many times here in paradise!! :-)
Great multiple points 100 way formation skydiving!
Youtube movie of the islands near Prachuap, made while I flew my parachute.
Together with Ely (RIP)
Prachuap Khiri Khan Thailand

Skydive Dominican Republic
From 31 Jan. to 8 Feb. 2008 (skydive 1846 to 1865) Skydive Samana, Dominican Republic. Great boogie with beautiful beaches where I have landed several times on the beach and just meters away from nice palm trees. Very relax holiday including some (+/- 20) nice skydives. Also Anne-Marie made a beautiful tandem skydive with my friend Hans van Marrewijk (pictures by Joost Luysterburg).
Samaná, Dominican Republic

Skydive Guayaquil
26/29 October 2006. (1782 / 1787) Skydive Guayaquil. On our way to the Galapagos Islands we spend some day's skydiving close to the city. The Arava plane was very nice and it was a nice to catch-up with skydiving friends from all over the world.
Ecuador, Guayaquil, exit Arava
More details about this rather strange Arava plane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Arava
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

Skydive Empuriabrava
Skydive Empuriabrava. I have made multiple skydives (+/- 100) at this drop zone (DZ). 8 and 16way (formation skydiving) training camps and also the World Cup 16way formation skydiving where our team named 16MB represented the Netherlands. Nice DZ with a very good organization and planes. In 2012 Skydive Dubai has taken over the DZ. They also have a wind tunnel next door for indoor skydiving. Starting 26 September 1998 Skydive nbr 1010
Website: http://www.skydiveempuriabrava.com/
Empuriabrava, Spain

Skydive Vichy
Skydive Vichy. The Vichy skydive boogies were very famous in the 90th and early years of 2000. I have jumped many times out of a large Antonov 72 and have made several great formations. Next to a Hercules this is one of the best skydive airplanes in the world.
Antonov 72
Vichy, France

Skydive Lapalisse
Skydive Lapalisse. I have made several great skydives here and also I have been training here with the 16way team 16MB. Next to all the fun and positive energy I get from skydiving, I lost at this drop zone a good friend (Jan Bouma) and teammate in front of my eyes. A long story and a short “video” will for always stay in my mind! A day I will never forget........:-(
Lapalisse, France

Skydive Locarno
January 1986 (Jump 273 / 281) Skydive Locarno, Winter in the Alps. One of my first skydiving trips. So beautiful to be in "mid air" above and between the white mountains!
Locarno, Switzerland

Skydive Bad Lippspringe
Skydive Bad Lippspringe where I jumped for years (since 1985) out of great CH53 helicopters.
Bad Lippspringe, Germany

Skydive Avignon
Skydive Avignon, Pujaut. I skydived here with the 4way team Grafity4 from Icarus, Hilversum.
Avignon, France

Skydive Paris Valey
On 5 May 1989 (skydive nbr 659) I made my first skydive in the US. During a trip of 3,5 months I made a skydive with a parachute from one of the locals. (quite scary)
Paris Valley

Skydive Deland
USA, Deland Florida, Spring Fling with Tom Piras, Patric Passe and Jack Jeffries 29 April 1992 (Skydive nbr 735 up to 786) Great skydives with at least two World Records at the moment in time. A 4 Point 48 way and a 5 point 36 way, which has never happened!!! See also some pictures my logbook at that time below. At that moment in time It was common to make stamps of these formations :-)) I was of course very happy to be part of the 1st group with a selection of the best skydivers at this record breaking event!!
36way stars
5 Point 36way!
4 point 48way!
DeLand, FL

Skydive Icarus, Hilversum
I made my first skydive on the 14th of June 1981 and have made my first hundreds skydives at skydive centre Icarus. Most of them from the good old Pilatus Porter PH-OTB. See here a skydive video we made for my wedding :-) (August 1990)
Picture of my logbook of my first skydives 14 June 1981 and myself waiting for my first skydive!!
This picture below of one of my first (free-fall) skydives. I also added some pictures of my Logbook regarding remarkable skydives I have made here. (1st Formation skydive, 1st formation skydive out of two planes)
One of my first freefall skydives (1982)
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This is a picture of my first own PC (Para Commander)
9 March 1984 1st formation skydive :-)
1st Skydive out of two planes 10 July 1986
Below with my 4way team Gravity4 above the Loosdrechtse Plassen and a hoopdive (I hold the hoop on the right)
On the 14th of June 2021 I came back to my old home dropzone to make one skydive at the same day I started.... only 40 years later..... :-)
Hilversum, The Netherlands

Skydive (demo) record Rotterdam
5 May 1985 Skydive 175. We jumped together with 108 skydivers out of 3 DC3 planes. For the first time there were so many squares parachutes in the air.
Rotterdam Airport Taxi, Rotterdam Airportplein, Overschie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Skydive La Ferte
This was my first skydive trip outside the Netherlands. Training with my 4way team "Gravity4". The first time 16 April 1987 from Skydive nbr 443.
I also jumped 16way competitions here and a nice 70way formation skydive! See a picture from my logbook below:
70 Way La Ferte 19 August 1995
La Ferté-Gaucher, France

Skydive Moorsele
In the early days of my skydiving (early / mid eighties) I made great skydives above Moorsele from a Hercules. I started skydiving in June 1981 and these so called "Moorsele boogies" were around 1985.
Below pictures of a 54 way diamond! For that time very large and difficult to build formation.
Moorsele, Wevelgem, Belgium

Skydive Spa
13 to 17 August 2006 (1745 / 1760) Great formation skydives and we made the largest formation above Spa.
Spa, Belgium

Skydive (demo) Amsterdam opening Johan Cruijff Arena
3 August 1996. (skydive nbr 909) I have organised a skydive for the (pre) opening of the Amsterdam Arena. See a video here! Two of my friends, with over 7.500 skydives at that time landed inside the Arena. The other (including me) landed on the training field next to this great Ajax "soccer temple".
In the picture below you see me at 12 o'clock.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (opening Amsterdam Arena)

Skydive Leeuwarden
26 May 1988 and 7/8 October 2004. (1558 to 1566) We tried to brake the National Formation Skydiving record twice at the air force base close to Leeuwarden. I also jumped several demonstration skydives here. 26 May 1988 I had my first reserve ride. :-) See below a picture and the stories (including my reserve) in a news paper of these events.
May 1988 My first reserve ride in a news paper
NR Record attempt
October 2004 record skydiving
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

Skydive Eelde
I have jumped above Eelde at the Netherlands National Skydiving Championships.
Eelde Airport, Eelde, The Netherlands

Skydive Stadtlohn
I have jumped above Stadlohn at the Dutch National Skydiving Championships and 16way meets. Starting 26 September 1999. Skydive nbr 1059
Stadtlohn, Germany

Skydiving from a hot air balloon
4 September 2013. At a beautiful late summer evening I have jumped with 5 skydive friends from this hot air balloon. My son Paul and several other friends witnessed us leaving the balloon. Haha!!
Wijk bij Duurstede, The Netherlands

Skydive Palau
See my blog for the full story here.
Koror, Republic of Palau

Skydive Luxembourg, Leudelange
I delivered the first key of 300 cars in total for Price Waterhouse Coopers by parachute. This great skydive demonstration created a lot of free publicity for LeasePlan Luxembourg!.
To flyout and to fly very low over the international airport was also very special. :-)
Luxemburg City, Luxembourg

Skydive Peleliu
Skydive Palau 2 April to 5 April 2014. Skydive nbr. 2088 to 2098. Peleliu was skydive nbr. 2096. One of my most impressive skydives! On this island in the middle of know where 14.000 solders lost their lives during World War Two, "just" about a runway. I jumped on this runway currently the the middle of the bush.
See my blog here and please start reading at 4 April 2014
Peleliu Island

Skydive Tambor, Costa Rica
In 2015 and 2017 I made greate skydives in Tambor, Costa Rica. See a full story, photo's and video here:
And a video here
Tambor, Costa Rica

Skydive Westbroek
Westbroek was the 2nd DZ of my previous home dropzone. This DZ was about 30 minutes drive from Skydive Icarus in Hilversum (my home DZ). Jump 37 (21-10-1083) was the first skydive I made here.
In the picture below you see the highway A27 with the exit Utrecht North below. We all landed at Westbroek on the right side of this picture.
Westbroek, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Loosdrecht
I was born in Loosdrecht (Larixlaan 18) and in the mid 80th I jumped a demo next to my house (22 june 1985 skydive nbr 205, one day after my birthday) . My landing was very bad, due to the pressure I feld and the way to small landing field. :-(
See three pictures below. Also my dad (grey sweater), who past away to soon, is at the picture. Love you!!
Loosdrecht, Netherlands

Skydive Maarsseveense plassen
Mid 1980th! My skydive club organised a yearly skydive event (accuracy jumping) at the Maarsseveense plassen. Three times I ended as number one of our club! :-)
I also made on 10 August 1986 (skydive 385) this great jump in the lake!
Maarsseveense Plassen, Maarssenbroek, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Maarsbergen
1st Demonstration Skydive. 1 September 1984, jump number 107. In my (old) logbook I wrote that I was happy with the applaus of the audience :-)
Maarsbergen, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Maarssen
Demonstration jump. 8 September 1984 jump number 109.
Maarssen, Maarssenbroek, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Amersfoort
Demo jump 16 September 1984, jump number 110.
Amersfoort, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Heemstede
Demo jump for Allianz 6 Oktober 1984. Jump number 120
Heemstede, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Eindhoven
6 July 1985 Jump nbr 210. Demonstration out of a DC3 plane! Me on both pictures at the far left.
Eindhoven Airport, Luchthavenweg, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Skydibe (demo) Scherpenzeel
9 August 1985 Jump number 235. Demonstration skydive.
Scherpenzeel, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Zeist
2 Oktober 1985 Jump nbr 255. Demonstration skydive and I still remember the DZ close to the highway A28
Zeist, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Wijk en Aalburg
3 May 1986 jump nbr 312. Demonstration skydive in Wijk en Aalburg
Wijk en Aalburg, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Almere
31 May 1986, jump nbr 327. Demonstration skydive for an icecream shop. :-) Since 2004 I work in Almere.
Almere, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) de Meern
5 July 1986 Skydive nbr 355.
De Meern, Utrecht, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Den Haag
27 September 1986. Skydive nbr 407. One of my greatest demonstrations ever! Jumping in down town The Hague on a road, has been one of my biggest skydive challenges ever. We flew with three planes, I love it!!
Winkelcentrum Leyweg, Leyweg, The Hague, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Roelofarendsveen
15 November 1986. Skydive nbr 412. Jumping as Black Piet (from Sinterklaas) a great Dutch tradition!
Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

Skydive Hoogeveen
Several great boogies and competitions. Like 25 April 1987 Skydive nbr 464.
I also made a very special so called "room skydive", see a picture from my logbook below:
[caption id="attachment_2063" align="alignnone" width="300"] 19way Room dive with me in the middle 16 June 1990[/caption]
And some nice skydive on the 10th of October with the Amimals@Work team. (see pictures below)
Hoogeveen, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Nieuwegein
5 june 1987, Skydive nbr 487.
Nieuwegein, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Huizen
22 September 1987. skydive nbr 542 Great water demo! I also jumped with a BIG scissor :-) 23 June 2007. Skydive nbr. 1827. Demo for LeasePlan where I delivered a car key by parachute for Tupperware.
Huizen, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Maasbree
12 May 1988. Skydive nbr 585. Great demo on a very, very small field :-) For the so called "schutterij"!
Maasbree, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Scheveningen
4 June 1988. Skydive nbr 600! Great demo skydive on the beach and from a good olf F27 airplane! I still remember this one!
Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Nijmegen
8 July 1988. Skydive nbr 621. Great demo in the Goffert Football stadium out of a F27 toopership plane! For the so called Nijmeegse vierdaagse. The largest walking event in the Netherlands.
I only got (sea)sick, so I had to throw up, of the very long waiting time before we finally jumped! :-)
Nijmegen, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Bennebroek
5 May 1990. Skydive nbr 699.
Bennekomseweg, Ede, Netherlands

Skydive Midden Zeeland
23 July 1994. From skydive nbr 831. Nice Pink boogies! The lakes below (close to the North sea) are very beautiful!! I also loved to fly backwards... haha
Veerse Meer, Netherlands

Skydive Turnhout
26 May 1995. From skydive nbr 850 to 853 one day of skydiving with two friends from Hilversum!
Turnhout, Belgium

Skydive Leopoldsburg
Starting 16 September 1995 Skydive nbr 883. For several years I jumped in the 16way team 16MB. Nice times!
Leopoldsburg, Belgium

Skydive Baarn
7 July 1996, Skydive 908.
Baarn, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Lelystad
23 May 1997. Skydive 928. Cockpit Demo!
Lelystad, Netherlands

Skydive from a Hotair Balloon!
2 june 1997. Skydive 931 and 1st Balloon jump!
Utrecht, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Wijk bij Duurstede
23 August 1997 from Skydive nbr 959. Several demonstration (BBQ) skydives @home!
Next to that I also gave (27 March 2017) a hang gliding presentation at the school of Lotte (my Daughter), see below:
[caption id="attachment_2065" align="alignnone" width="300"] Hang gliding de Horn[/caption]
Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands

Skydive de Peel
4 July 1998 Skydive nbr 987. Attempt to brake the National Skydiving Record (85 way). Chaos!
De Peel Air Base, Vredepeel, Netherlands

Skydive Höxter
28 August 1998. From skydive nbr 998. and 27 August 1999 (1113) 16way skydive competitions!
Höxter, Germany

Skydive Woudenberg from a hot air balloon
I love to skydive from hot air balloons. This time I jumped close to my house and close to the vilage of Doorn. Please click here for my nice "exit" :-)
Doorn, Netherlands

Skydive Brienne le Chateau
17 to 21 August 1999. With my 16way team 16MB we jumped the European Skydive Championships.
Brienne-le-Château, France

Skydive (demo) Langbroek
Demo jump nbr 1132. I was asked to make a demo jump, just by myself. It turned out to be a real F60 troopership. :-) So I asked lots of my skydive friend and in the end we jumped with over 50 skydivers a great demo!!!
Langbroek, Netherlands

Skydive World Record Harfsen
Guinness World Record!! 22 April 2000 skydive nbr. 1184 World Record Balloon jump. With the most amount of skydivers jumping from one hotair balloon! 20 skydivers from one hot air balloon!!
Harfsensesteeg, Harfsen, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Wijk bij Duurstede
Skydive (demo) for my son Paul. Football champion with CDW F2 21 april 2002. Skydive 1339.
Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands

Skydive Maubeuge
5/6 June 2004 Skydive 1526 to 1534 9 great skydives!!
A spontaneous trip together with Arnold and Ingrid. We met Bas Driessen, very nice guy! Later Bas worked at the manager for Indoor City Skydive (close to Utrecht, A2)
Maubeuge, France

Skydive Cabo Polonio
27 Feb. 2005 a great skydive trip with our "own" Hercules!!!! I will NEVER forget this trip!!!! Jumping on a beach in the middle of nowhere and out of our "own" Hercules was soooo extreme, exciting and beautiful!
Room with e view
Cabo Polonio, Uruguay

Skydive Colonia del Sacremento
23 Feb. 2005. What a boogie and what a special skydive trip with our "own" Hercules plane!!!! I will never forget this skydive and visit to this warm (music, relaxed etc) village.
Colonia Del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay

Skydive balloon jump
Sept. 2006 Balloon jump number 4! (1645) Great way to live to the max!!! :-)
Barneveld, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Lisserbroek
30 June 2011 Skydive nbr. 1986. Demo for my friends honeymoon Bram and Daphne. Great party and what a organization to make this happen!
Lisserbroek, Netherlands

Skydive (demo) Dalfsen
27 August 2011. Skydive nbr. 2006. Demonstration skydive for e-office.
Dalfsen, Nederland

Skydive Dubai
On 17 October 2015 I made 4 nice skydives above the incredible Palm Jumeirah at Skydive Dubai!
As pictures and movies explains much more than 1000 words see my video on YouTube HERE
With 300 Km-hr to the Palm
The World
Palm Jumeirah
Exit in the heat
Drop zone
Dubai Marina - Dubai - Verenigde Arabische Emiraten

Skydive Blokzijl
During the www.elsefly.nl event I made two great skydives from a Paramotor.
See a video here
Paramotor
Blokzijl, Nederland

Skydive the Blue Hole Belize
Check my blog here for this great skydive event!
Great Blue Hole, Belize City, Belize

Skydive Caye Chapel, Belize
Please seen my blog about this great skydive event here!
Caye Chapel, Belize

Balloon Skydive Deventer
In May 2018 I have made a great skydive from a Hot Air Balloon above Deventer. I organised this for some colleagues who were very excited to see this happening. One jumped a tandem with a professional skydiving friend.(see the video)
See a video here and two photos below.
Exit Balloon Deventer[/caption]
Exit May 2018
Deventer, Nederland

Skydive Terschuur
On 14 July 2018 I made a smiling skydive above Terschuur from a Paramotor. The pilot was Michel de Kerpel a former Belgian skydiver with over 8000 skydives.
[caption id="attachment_1995" align="alignnone" width="300"] Smile to the pilot
Exit from the paramotor
Love this feeling
Terschuur, Nederland

Skydive (water demo) Almere
Great demo for the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam see their website here.
Please see also a video of this nice skydive here!
Hanging out there with a smile
I love to jump from helicopters
Opening above the crowd
Water landing
Almere Stad, Almere, Nederland

Skydive above the great Pyramids of Egypt
For the first time in history we made a Pyramid in the skies above the great Pyramids of Egypt! One of the best views I have ever seen from above! Please see here a nice video and some pictures below.
Hercules Airplane
Amazing formation
Tracking away to open our parachutes
With my new canopy above the Pyramids
The circle is round
Selfie above the Pyramids :-)
Pyramid in the sky
Great Pyramid of Giza محافظة الجيزة‎, Egypt

Skydive Hawaii
19 March 2019. Just two weeks after a great skydive trip in Egypt (see a movie here) I made only one, but very beautiful skydive above Hawaii. 4 days before I broke my ankle due to a bad start with an Mosquito Powered Hang glider. As I did not want to leave without a skydive I decided to make at least one jump on the day I left this beautiful island!
Honolulu Hawaii, United States of America

Skydive the Maldives
Feb. 2020. One of my best skydive boogies ever!! Please see a great and short video here.
Skydiving in paradise, 5 star hotel, rooms over water including a private pool, great group of international skydiving friends. What do I need more....
Kooddoo Gaafu Alif, Maldives

Balloon skydive nbr 1 in Namibia
17 March 2022 1st (out of two) balloon skydive together with my tropical skydive friend Edwin Lebrun. After an early wake-up at 5.00 hours we drove for about 1,5 hours into the desert. Lovely jump and a balloon jump is always quite scary. haha What a great event!
Arandis Erongo Region, Namibia

Balloon skydive nbr 2 Namibia
18 March 2022. A second very beautiful balloon skydive with Edwin my friend! This time we took off from the East side of the Roessing mountains and we headed West. Edwin and I agreed to jump just East of these small desert mountain ridge and to land at the West side of this ridge. Edwin puled higher than I, so he mede it an I had to land on the East side close to the ridge. I was carefully looking for a good spot to land (full with rocks and it looked like Mars). I made a perfect landing and was committed (and smiling) for a several hours walk back to the highway in the Southern direction. I was happy that two others also landed close and that the bus came looking for us. What a lovely adventure, which I will never forget!!
Swakopmund Erongo Region, Namibia

Skydiving above the sand dunes close to Walvisbaai Namibia
13, 16 and 17 March 2022. Several nice skydives above the astonishing view of the sand dune dessert close to Walvisbaai, Namibia. What a place to be allowed to skydive!! The pictures below are self-explaining.
Walvis Bay Erongo Region, Namibia

Skydives above the desert where Mad Max has been filmed
14 and 18 March 2022. I have never skydived above such a special desert. The movie Mad Max has been filmed here. The sharp cliffs, rocks and grey sand looked very "hostile".... We had two very well organised BBQ's here in the middle of nowhere! What an event!!
Birkenfels Erongo Region, Namibia

Skydives at the beach, Swakopmund, Namibia
14, 15 and 17 March 2022. Three lovely skydives at the Beach. Please see a great 360 video here! I really love to exit a plane land to with my Flipflops (haha) at the beach! Also to have a beer at the beach afterwards! :-) I feel so privileged that I have landed at many beaches all over the world. What a blast!!
Swakopmund Erongo Region, Namibia

Skydives and DZ Skydive Namibia Swakopmund
Mid March 2022. What great event organised by Jörg Schmidt and with David Grauwels as Load organiser and Joannis Vlachiotis as Camera flyer! I will never forget this event with lovely skydives, to meet a lot of new friends, great fun, tasteful BBQ's and much more.... Specifically I loved my skydives out of two planes and to be in the trail plane! For a none skydiver, jumping from the trail plane (second plane) gives additional challenges, which I love to do! This rocks!! Thanks to you all to make this very special event happen!!
Swakopmund Erongo Region, Namibia

Skydive Vancouver
On the 3rd of August 2022 I made a beautiful skydive @Skydive Vancouver (Skydive nbr 2385). During a lovely holiday with my Family I stopped here to make a great skydive at this very well organized and equipped dropzone. What a nice people running this DZ!
Abbotsford British Columbia, Canada

Skydive South Africa Mosselbay
Februari 2023 what a great skydiving event in South Africa, Mosselbay we had!! 13 skydives (nbr 2395 / 2407). Always last diver out of the rather "difficult to run out" King Air airplane. With David and Jeroen from Hayabusa (World Champions 4way for many years!) as coaches. Skydive paradise number...... :-)
Mosselbay

Skydive South Africa Wildernisbay
A very early and beautiful skydive at 6.30 hours at Wildernisbay! Happy are those who dream their dreams.........

Skydiving practice 61 skydives on one day
On the 5th is May 2023 I made two “test” skydives out of the Robinson R44 helicopter for my 61 skydives on one day (14 June 2023). It all worked out great! See some pictures below and a nice video HERE!
Harskamp

Skydive Bird Island, Seychelles
13 March 2024 One of my best skydiving views ever!! Comparable with the Blue Hole, Belize as we also had to fly 90Km over the ocean (from Praslin to Bird Island) to reach this beautiful paradise. The Island is known for the incredible amount of beautiful birds en many tortoises (land turtles). I skydived with my 10ft long selfie stick (see last picture) to create these incredible footage's. I will add a movie soon. Enjoy Life to the Max!! :-)

Skydive Praslin, Seychelles
9 March 2024 What a paradise!! I made 6 lovely skydives (one above Bird Island, see the special icon here above!) and the other five here above Praslin. We broke the National record of the Seychelles with 17 skydivers in one formation. Great and smiling days with Edwin Lebrun and many other skydiving friends from all over the World! Next to skydiving we drove 70Km around this beautiful island on a mountain bike (very steep, 25plus degrees!!), visited three other islands, snorkeling etc. The pictures below will say enough and I will add a video soon..... Smile to the World and the World will smile back!! :-)