BYRON (CBS SF) -- A man killed in a skydiving accident at the Byron Airport in Contra Costa County on Saturday was an experienced jumper who had a lapse in judgment, a skydiving teacher said Tuesday.

Reporting from Perris -- The competition was high-performance and high-risk, and Sean Carey and his 16 fellow skydivers knew it. They were equipped with special parachutes that allowed a faster and ...

An experienced solo skydiver was killed after performing a “swooping maneuver” during a jump in Florida, police said. Getty Images/iStock photo An experienced solo skydiver was killed after performing ...

A 29-year-old champion skydiver from Australia was killed in Texas while testing a high-risk method for the sport called “swooping.” Melissa Porter, of Perth, an instructor at Skydive Spaceland ...

A San Diego man who died during a skydiving competition in Riverside County this weekend was a specialist at a risky maneuver called “swooping.” Sean Carey, 35, was performing the advanced maneuver in ...

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - The Boulder County coroner's office is investigating the death of a skydiver who hit the ground while practicing swooping maneuvers in Longmont. The coroner said Monday that ...

DeLAND — When the thrill of jumping out of an airplane wears off, sky divers turn to swooping. Widely considered the most dangerous form of skydiving, swoopers parachute from a plane, come within a ...

PERRIS – An experienced Canadian skydiver died at a Southern California drop zone after landing hard while attempting a high-speed maneuver known as “swooping,” authorities said Wednesday. Michael ...

Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon is hosting this weekend the US Parachute Association’s National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting, where jumpers “swoop” at speeds starting at 75 mph towards ...