SALLY BURGESS

3,800 + jumps
Organizing Experience
Co-organizer 76-way New England record, 2 point 54-way New England record,
New England Women's record and sequential skydives. Weekend and boogie
load organizer for groups of all sizes and experience levels
Other Big Way, Competition & Skydiving Experience
Plane captain for New England 100 way attempts. Participant in 300-way
current world record, 246-way, 2 point, 118-way world records and 100-way
Speed Champion team. Participant in several east coast state records and
100+-way formations. Organizer for RW camps. 4-way competitor.
Personal Thoughts
admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, blending, coadunation,
coalescence, coalition, commingling, commixture, compound, federation,
heating, immixture, integration, intermixture, junction, liquefaction,
liquification, melting, merger, merging, mixture, smelting, synthesis,
unification, union, uniting, welding



KATE COOPER

6,500+ jumps
Organizing Experience
Key organizer on WT 96 and the current World Record World Team 99 282 way in Thailand, Co-Organized current Women's World Record (Jump for the Cause) which raised money for breast cancer research.
Other Big Way, Competition & Skydiving Experience
Multiple 100+ way formations including the first 100 way star, a two point 114 way, 4 point 106 way (co organized with Roger Ponce de Leon). Multiple years organizing at the South of the Border boogie in San Carlos, and events at Perris, CA and Skydive AZ (Eloy). Participated in Borneo, Malaysia as an organizer at the Exotic Skydiving Adventures boogie. Long-time competitor winning multiple medals on the local, regional, and national levels in 4, 8, 10, 16 and 20 way



SKIP KNILEY

5,000+ jumps
Organizing Experience
Skip has been jumping since 1969 and organizing jumps since 1974. Organizational experiences include, load organizing, professional demonstration jumps, large star record attempts, Para-ski competitions and the OFET (Olympic Opening Ceremonies -- 1984).

Other Big Way, Competition & Skydiving Experience
Skip has jumped and competed in RW for over 30 years. His favorite accomplishments are creating/jumping the 84 Olympic opening ceremonies OFET team, living beyond the 80’s, jumping on Tom Piras’s original world-class TAG team, learning from Jerry Bird, numerous large star world records and LOing throughout Europe and Africa with the Pink Skyvan for over 15 years.

Personal Thoughts
Skip’s philosophy about managing skydiving groups with diverse jumping abilities is that they can be successfully arranged to achieve any planned outcome. It is totally dependent upon the ability of an organizer who can actively demonstrate sincere positive leadership characteristics and construct an insightful and logical placement plan that falls fast. Additionally, an LO must have a firm commitment to bring out the best of each diver with a willingness to communicate with every individual on a personal level. Gaps of experience are best filled with genuine encouragement and solid dive-mechanics advice. Cutting is an act performed by jump pilots only. He believes that in properly organized loads, there is never a reason to crush spirit with an axe; mistakes are lessons, human can learn. "Take the challenge, don’t cover your ass."




NANCY LARIVIERE


Occupation
Jump Shack owner and manager
5,600+ jumps
Organizing Experience
A participant in numerous World Record skydives including the worlds’ first 100 Way, 1986, the First 200 Way, 1992. World's first 222 Way in Bratislava, Slovakia 1994, 1982 Women’s record 32 Way formation, 1986 Women’s record 60 way formation, 1988 women’s 75 Way formation, 1989 Women’s 79 way formation, 1992 Women’s 100 Way formation, 1999 Women’s 120 way formation; 1986 51 way Round formation, 1986 60 Way Round Formation.

Other Big Way, Competition & Skydiving Experience
U.S. National Speed Style and Accuracy Team, AFF instructor, Tandem Instructor/examiner, videographer, Nancy began skydiving in 1975, at the age of sixteen, at the Orange Sport Parachuting Center, in Orange, Massachusetts. Her older brother, Keith LaRiviere, who had begun jumping only two months earlier, was her jumpmaster by her fourth jump. Nancy learned to fly in 1985, in Nashua New Hampshire. She earned her Commercial and Multi-engine ratings in 1986.She did skydiving stunt work in the 1995 Paramount TV movie, “Shadow Ops”, and did 100’ (foot) repelling demonstrations from a helicopter and a building for a Miami promotion.

She holds D License #7675, is a USPA Licensed AFF Instructor Examiner, Tandem Course Director, a perennial member of the U.S. Style & Accuracy Team since 1988, with many Bronze and Silver Medals in those events, as well as a Bronze Medal in 10-Way Speed Star. Nancy recently competed at the World Meet in Gap, France, where she and her teammates won two Bronze Medals in Team Accuracy and Overall Nation.

Served as Editor of ParaNews Brief, the Parachute Industry Association newsletter, and as Secretary of the PIA from 1993-1996.

Personal
She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire. These days, Nancy enjoys working out by distance swimming to stay in shape, she also bikes, kayaks, power walks, lifts weights and practices yoga. She works in sales, product development, customer service, and advertising at Parachute Labs Inc., dba Jump Shack, a major supplier of parachute equipment to the sport and military markets. She and her husband, John Sherman, own the company.



TOM MC LAUGHLIN

12,000+ jumps
First Jump; September 1974
Occupation: Assistant Director of Academic Services
College of Communication, Boston University
Organizing Experience: Co-organized or captained on several local, state, regional and world largest formation and sequential records.
Other Big Way, Competition & Skydiving Experience:
Nationals RW competitor.
Personal Thought.
I'm happy to be a part of this innovative project.


PAULA PHILBROOK

Occupation
Pepperell drop zone owner and attorney
2800+ jumps
Organizing Experience
Organizer 76-way New England record, 2 point 54-way New England record, Plane captain various 100+ ways, including South Carolina and New Jersey. Load organizer at Skydive Pepperell since 1994. Multiple New Engalnd Women's Big Way and sequential load organizer. Founder, Jump For Joy Skydiving Fundraiser.
Other Big Way, Competition & Skydiving Experience
Plane Captain various 100+-ways. Multiple 100-way formations, multiple 200+way world record attempts. Participant in 300-way current world record, 246-way and 2 point, 118-way world records and various state records. 4-way, 8-way, and 20-way competitor, videographer, AFF instructor.
Personal Thoughts
Planning, expertise, real challenge and friendship create true opportunities for excellence. Jump in with us on this great event.


ROGER PONCE DE LEON
Occupation
Owner / Organizer of Color Concepts
Organizing Experience
Co-Organizer/Participant/Captain of 10 World Records, Organizer of the 118 Way 2-pt Sequential, 106 Way 4-pt Sequential; Organizer of several US State Records and International Country Records
Other Big Way, Competition & Skydiving Experience
Plane Captain various 100+-ways, 4 Way/ 8 Way World Cup 1st Place, 8 Way World Meet 1st Place, 20 Way US Nationals 1st Place, RW World Record Formations: 40 Way, 72 Way, 84 Way, 92 Way, 120 Way, 144 Way, 200 Way, 246 Way, 282 Way, Team Member at the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Winter Olymics in Boston and the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea