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 ...

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 ...

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.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONGMONT, Colo.—Jumping out of an airplane at 5,000 feet, weighted down and navigating toward a piece of land marked by flags, is an exhilarating experience ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your first reaction when watching Jeannie Bartholomew tumble out of an airplane will be, "Her jump has gone terribly awry." That's because when she skydives, her first move is to deploy her parachute, ...

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 ...

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