• First Jump: October 1982
• License:
  • A-10255
  • D-11947
• Ratings:
  • AFF Jumpmaster/Instructor
  • Strong Tandem Jumpmaster
  • USPA Tandem Jumpmaster/Instructor
  • Static Line Jumpmaster/Instructor
• Awards:
  • GW-3639
  • DW-1355
  • 12FF-2292
  • 4STA-3733
  • N4STA-766
• Jumps: 3500+
• Private Pilot Land

Hi there! Do you want to make a jump? As a matter of fact, that is my exact words to everyone who shows up at the drop zone to "watch!" Skydiving is a major part of my life and I really love sharing it with others......How about you?!.

I made my "First Jump" while living in Texas (I was born and raised in Maine); I answered an ad in a local sell everything and anything publication. It was a static line jump and let me tell you.....I was scared. I moved back to Maine and really started to learned to skydive at a small drop zone in Norridgewock Maine. My partner, Tonney Boan, was co-owner of that operation at the time. It has been through this great sport of skydiving, that I have met most of my closest friends. Two of them Rich & Johnna Poulin (Owners, Central Maine Skydiving), introduced me to the woman who stole my heart and became my wife; Cheryl is a skydiver too. You can read more about her, us, and our family on her web page. For a number of reasons we moved the skydiving operation to Pittsfield Maine. Rich and I, along with many others worked hard to obtain our Instructional ratings and introduce people to Sport Skydiving. I moved to Virginia in 1992 and in the fall of 1993 formed a partnership and opened Skydive Virginia! at the Louisa county airport with Tonney.

In addition to my student, training I also am a videographer and just earned by private pilot ticket. Although, with my dedication to skydiving, it is quite difficult accumulating those flight hours.

In my 3000 skydives and 15 years of skydiving, I have made many memorable jumps. Some of the most rewarding of life experiences have been to share in someone elses "thrill of a life time." Yeah, I've been on World Record Attempts and lots of other "Big Ways," however, it's hard for me to compare them to the feeling I get from a Tandem with someone who is physically challenged or the grin that just won't quit on the face of a student who just made their "First Jump."

My wife and I joke about being in our "old age" and she wheeling me up to the plane in a wheelchair so that I can make a skydive......I'm sure when I'm 100 or so, she'll be doing just that!

Please visit us at Skydive Virginia! Until then, I'll try and think of a new opening line. However, it will probably be... "do you want to make a jump?".