Skydiving, also called parachuting, use of a parachute—for either recreational or competitive purposes—to slow a diver’s descent to the ground after jumping from an airplane or other high place. 

The sport definitely has an edge to it. There is something about leaping from a plane and falling through the air at 120 miles per hour that really gets people's attention.

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In 2015, the United States Parachute Association recorded just 21 fatal skydiving accidents in the U.S. out of roughly 3.5 million jumps. That calculates out to a 0.006% chance of dying from a skydive which is the lowest rate in the history of the sport. And that figure is for sport jumping where folks push their personal limits. Tandem skydiving has an even better track record for safety, as you might imagine.

So, how safe is tandem skydiving, really? Well, The National Safety Council notes that you're much more statistically likely to be killed by lightning or by being stung by a bee than you are to be killed on a tandem skydive. Driving to and from the dropzone is a way scarier prospect, mathematically speaking, than jumping out of the plane.

We, in the sport, are very proud of our safety record.

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