Elsinore Swoop Club: Surf's Up!

Those of you out there on the Left Coast (or willing to travel), that are interested in high performance canopy piloting and good times, perk up those ears!

The Elsinore Swoop Club is a mid-week swoop club for all SoCal swoopers looking to improve their skills, have fun, and compete in a low-key learning environment.  Specifically, the Club is geared toward those  busy jumpers who can’t compete on the weekends, but still want to continue pushing their canopy piloting skills.  Run by Jonathan Tagle, the mini-meets are suuuper high-quality.  Each event focuses on one specific swooping skill set— for instance, the first event was in-lane dragging distance (check out the pics). The second was freestyle— open water, but each move was pre-determined, so we could compare execution across the board.  All the rules are gone over in a competitor briefing, then 1-2-3 rounds.  All competitors review the videos together at the end of the meet, and a ton of learning takes place.  And of course, hilarity ensues using the pause button. 
Bottom line, the Elsinore Swoop Club is a ridiculously sweet opportunity to come out and take advantage of Jonathan Tagle, learn a ton, have fun, and get some sick video of yourself dragging sweet water.  Next meet is May 1st— anyone capable and safe is welcome! See you there!

Reported by: Melanie Curtis, all around skydiving goddess
Photos by: Herber Loureiro