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TK
Hayes - TK is the General Manager, and has
been skydiving for 29 years. With 7500 jumps
to his credit, his experience includes Canadian
and US Instructor ratings, Strong Tandem (2500 Tandem Jumps), 900+ AFF Jumps,
IAD, Rigger, PRO, Skydive University Coach, and
Coach 2 from the Coaching Association of Canada.
tk@skydivecity.com |
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Billy
Porter - Billy is a full-time staff member
here at Skydive City.
With 14000 jumps, he started in 1982. A former
Canadian 4 Way champion, as well as his Canadian
ratings as PFF, Instructor A & B, CAC Coach
1 & 2, Rigger A, Billy
is a great pick to jump with here at the City,
and will likely be your Videographer. cptpooby@ar15.com |
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Paul
Meagher - Paul has been at Skydive City since
1995. As well as being a videographer and AFF Instructor, he manages our fantastic 'new' Sunset Bar at the Bird House. With 8200 jumps, Paul can be counted on to be here every day working hard and dedicated to doing a great job. |
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Aaron Stocum - Aaron started skydiving in Ohio in 1995 on a static-line jump. Now with over 9000 jumps, he has been instructing here at Z-Hills since 2004. One of our top instructors and a real leader, Aaron does pretty much everything - Tandem, AFF, Coaching, Swooping and video. |
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Laurie
Clark - Laurie has been with us for 4 years,
has some 2000 jumps, Tandem and AFF Instructor
ratings and currently works in the office here
at Skydive City. Laurie has been an active
part of our operation (and she is pretty cool
too!) and plans to be here for years to come. |
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Wingsuit
Staff - BMI Scott
Bland and Scotty Burns are all local Wingsuit Coaches and Organizers
here at Skydive City. We keep them happy
and they keep the wingsuits in the air.
If you need coaching, training, or just want to
fly, visit the Z-Flock Wingsuit hangout at the
Bunker. Ypou can contact Scott Bland at notsane0@gmail.com |
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Sally
Hathaway - Sally is the owner of
the drop zones rigging shop, Paragone Rigging,
and is a master rigger. She is also an AFF instructor
and a coach. She did her first jump in 1989 and
now has over 10,000 skydives. She has 2 gold medals
from 4-way Women's World meets, (Spain and Croatia)
and one bronze. (France)
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can contact Sally at sally@tunnelcoach.com |
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Deb
Dellibac - With
years of Manifest and Office experience, Deb has
been a welcome sight to meet and greet our customers.
You
will see Deb when you check in, and most likely
will speak to her when you call us. Her
husband Tom is also doing tandems with us. |
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Bob
"That's what I'm talkin' about" Clark
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Bob
has been here at Skydive City (with his lovely wife Laurie), since 2001 and does AFF nd Video for us. With almost 10,000 jumps, Bob still has a lot of fun getting into doing a great tandem video. |
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Jeff Carson - Our newest AFF Instructor, Jeff started out doing a lot of tandems for us and recenlty finished his AFF Rating, adding another highly qualified member to the Skydive City team. |
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Scotty Pratt - Scott started skydiving in 2003 at Skydive City in Z-Hills. After some layoff, he picked it up again in 2006 and quickly became a Tandem, AFF and Video staff member here at Skydive City. With 2600 jumps, he has piled more jumps in these few years than most poeple do in a lifetime. |
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Quinn Lamb - Quinn comes from Tarpon Springs (local kid) and started jumping in 2007. He is now one of our full time tandem and AFF Instructors, with 2200 skydives under his belt. |
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Roy
Harper Sr. - Came back from the 'dead'.
After 20 years of NOT skydiving, came back in
2000, and is now one of our best Load Organizers.
wiith 2300 jumps under his belt, he has been jumping
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Oren
Kalb -
Oren
began skydiving up in New York in 1997. After
spending several winters trekking to Skydive City,
he relocated full-time to Florida. Oren has been
organizing at Z-Hills for a couple of years now,
concentrating on designing fun, low-pressure skydives
that still present a challenge regardless of experience.
Look for him any weekend at the Bomb Squad Corner.
okalb@yahoo.com |
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Bill
Brandon - Bill has been around skydiving longer
than anyone here. Thousands of tandems and
has almost 14,000 skydives.
His experience is one of the greatest assets that
we have here at Skydive City. Bill has been skydiving here in Zephyrhills since 1975, but has been continuously skydiving for 45 years. |
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Khan
Hildebrand - No relationship to Eric,
but still a nice guy. Khan can be found
in our packing tent, slaving away in the heat
to make sure your parachutes are packed and
ready on time for your load.
Khan
manages a great staff of folks that make sure
you get your parachute packed on time for the
next load. |
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Dave
Ruffell - If you do not see Dave with a tandem
rig on, then he is probably at the Sunshine Factory
giving out great service and gear sales.
Dave is new to our staff, but has been jumping
for years both here and in the UK. He has
ratings for many disciplines in both countries
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Nigel
Milligan - Nigel completed his first
jump at a military base in Hong Kong in 1987,
using the static line system. He now has 3,000
jumps and is one of our regular part-time tandem
instructors and can be found at Skydive City
most weekends. Despite the fact that everyone
thinks he sounds Australian, he is from England.
He learned to fly helicopters in Florida and
now flies during the week and enjoys his tandem
jumping at the weekends.
Email:
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Pip
Redvers - Pip is the operator of the Total
Body Pilot School of Freeflying. He has over
20,000+ jumps and is a Freefly coach. He's
been jumping at Z-hills since 1987 and specializes
in teaching free fall skills. Pip is also an expert
at teaching people to pass the AFF Certification
Course. You can contact him for details: pipandjudy@yahoo.com |
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Martin
Skrzypczak - The designer of our web
page, freefly tunnel dude and freefly coach/organizer
here at Skydive City.
Martin has 6000 + Mostly freefly and some AFF jumps, and over 1000 hours of tunnel coaching experience. Martin also works closely with SkydiveRatings.com on preparing candidates for the AFF Instructor Course.
Email:
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