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Come skydiving with us!!!! Instagram: What is it? This is awesome (duh). How do I get involved? All are welcome. How do I get a license?

The UConn Skydiving Club is a group of UConn students who share a common enthusiasm for parachute jumping. We are a competitive team as a registered UConn Club Sport, but also promote a club atmosphere by jumping together nearly every weekend, and constantly encouraging and supporting new members. Although not strictly necessary, you are strongly recommended to first make a tandem skydive. You can

do that with a bunch of other UConn students on one of our regular UConn student tandem days. If you absolutely love your tandem skydive (which you will), the next step is to become a skydiving student and work towards earning your United States Parachute Association skydiving license. We also have general info meetings on Monday nights at 9 PM in Student Union Room 303. The UConn club jumps regularly at Connecticut Parachutists Inc. (CPI) in Ellington, CT. CPI offers an Accelerated Freefall (AFF) student program. The AFF program consists of numerous jumps alongside experienced instructors, wearing your own parachute, and learning to fly your body and parachute safely. As a student in AFF, you will make 25 jumps as you learn new skills on the ground and in the air. Equipment is all provided, and at the end of your 25 jumps, you will be a licensed skydiver! The total cost of AFF is roughly $2500, but is done on a pay-as-you-go basis, so can be spread out over several months if you are tight on $$. Once licensed, what comes next? Now the fun really begins. Your skydives now cost only $15-$25! Having a skydiving license lets you do solo or group jumps, jump from cool things like helicopters and hot-air balloons, do high-altitude (HALO) jumps, fly a wingsuit, and even jump at night. Best of all, it means you get to jump with the UConn club, compete at Collegiate Nationals, and enjoy all the perks of being a UConn skydiver. What are the perks? As a UConn Club Sport, the skydiving team receives annual funding for competition fees, training jumps, equipment upgrades, and wind tunnel training. In addition, the club owns 10 of its own skydiving rigs, and is eligible for funding through USG. All in all, this adds up to amazing experiences that regular people would have to pay literally thousands upon thousands of dollars for.

02/29/2024

Team picture at indoor nationals this weekend, plus some of our alumni!!

02/29/2024

Our famous tandem weekend is BACK!! If you’ve ever wanted to go skydiving, here’s your chance!! All UConn students get a sweet discount. Sign up using the link in our bio!! Spots are limited.

11/14/2023

Calling all family, friends, alumni, and UConn Skydiving fans! We need YOUR help!

Starting today, and until tomorrow at midnight, you can donate to our team's Ignite page to support us this upcoming year for all our gear maintenance, competitions, and other team expenses. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated! Link in bio to donate!

11/05/2023

We have another licensed jumper on our team!! 🥳🥳🥳 Congrats to Sebby!!

10/29/2023

We have a new licensed team member!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 congrats Carlo!!

09/18/2023

Experience the thrill of your college career and join us for our semesterly tandem weekend!! Limited Spots available so sign up soon (link in bio)!!

08/29/2023

Congrats to for recently getting his A license!!! Welcome to the team 🥳🥳🥳

08/28/2023

Come meet us at the Club Sports Involvement fair tomorrow!! Learn how you can join the team, and be involved in skydiving!! 🪂🪂

07/28/2023

Interested in being part of UConn skydiving?? Here’s your chance!! 🤩🤩 You can learn to skydive and get your license this summer!! A few jump course spots are available for August 16th and 17th. Sign up at skydivect.com

DM us for questions or more information!!

06/19/2023

Spring weekends at the drop zone!!!

04/17/2023

Aaaaand here is our Spring 2023 Tandem weekend wrap-up!!!! BIG thank you to everyone that signed up and shared the sky with us!!
As always, we appreciate for all their help in making this event possible 🪂.

Couldn’t make it this semester but still want to skydive?? Don’t worry!! Join us for our next tandem weekend in the fall, and bring your friends to skydive with you!!

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03/05/2023

We want to thank everyone who donated to our page and helped us to raise money for Connecticut Children’s as a part of HuskyTHON!! Overall, we as a team were able to raise and contribute $2,000 to the grand total. An update on our pie fundraiser 🥧:
We will be pieing our members on our upcoming tandem weekend April 15th and 16th!! You definitely do not want to miss out 🥧🥧

02/22/2023

ATTENTION ALL SKYDIVERS, UCONN ALUMNI, UCONN STUDENTS, FAMILY, and FRIENDS!!!
UConn Skydiving is fundraising money for HuskyTHON 2023 and the kids at Connecticut Children’s need your support!!! Donate to our page today and get a once in a lifetime opportunity to pie some of our members or two of our surprise guests: Dave and Doug 😱😱!!! I mean who doesn’t want to see DAVE get a pie to to face?! Donate using the HuskyTHON link in our bio. Make sure to include details of who you want to pie!! 🥧🥧

02/22/2023

Took home some SILVER medals 🥈 this weekend at 2023 US Indoor Skydiving National Championships!

02/08/2023

Can we have a drumroll please….. our Tandem Weekend is OFFICIALLY BACK for the spring 2023 semester!!! You do not want to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity of going skydiving while in college at a heavily discounted price!! Join us in the sky on April 15th and 16th. Sign up using the link in our bio or visit our website uconnskydiving.com for more information. The space is limited, so sign up today!!

11/15/2022

Attention all students, alumni, parents, family, skydivers, and supporters! Please consider donating to our UConn Skydiving Ignite Fundraiser to support our team as we travel to Eloy Arizona to compete in the National Collegiate Parachuting Championships. All donations will be greatly appreciated and will be accepted from November 15th-16th. Donations can be made using the link in our bio!! Spread the word and help to support one of the coolest clubs on campus!

11/03/2022

We have some new A-licensed teammates!! Congratulations & .frost
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11/01/2022

This past weekend was our biannual Tandem Weekend. This is an opportunity for UConn students to come see what our team is all about! We had some very spooky faces this year🎃👻!!Thank you to all the students who came out and for making this possible. Photo credits: .212

08/30/2022

All smiles at the Club Sports involvement fair. Come skydive with us!

08/26/2022

We are welcoming home UConn Skydiving member Ethan Beattie from his year abroad in Germany. Here are some sick views from his jumps in the Alps! .zell.am.see
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04/06/2022

Recruited our newest member

03/24/2022

Our famous Tandem Weekend is BACK! Join the UConn Skydiving Club in the skies April 9th and April 10th. UConn students and staff, this is your chance to cross skydiving off your bucket list at a heavily discounted price.

Visit UConnSkydiving.com for more information and to sign up! Slots are limited and we always sell out, sign up early to secure your spot.

01/26/2022

Join us Wednesday 1/26 from 12-3pm and 6-9pm at our virtual involvement fair! 🪂🐾 Link in bio

01/22/2022

Huskies take silver at collegiates! It’s great to be back!🪂

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http://www.uconnskydiving.com/

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Videos

Check out this clip from our Nationals trip in Eloy AZ this past January. This is during competition in 6-way speed. Thanks @kuhlmanneil for the vid!

The drawing for the skydive into campus!

Thank you to everyone who entered to win a tandem skydive into campus for Spring Weekend! We will hopefully be holding this next year too. Didn't win? You can still come skydiving with us this weekend, April 8th and 9th, for our discounted day for UConn students. Head to UConnSkydiving.com to sign up!

UConn Skydiving on National TV!

We made it on national TV today before the UConn men's basketball game! While the basketball team didn't win, we are still very excited! Thanks UConn, UConn Huskies, Aerodyne for our awesome rigs, and Jonathan for making the jump with us!

Will and Tom 2-way

Video of Will and Tom's second 2-way training jump on this incredibly chilly December day.

Will's First Time on the Tuffet

William Howard 's first time on the tuffet!

One week later and we're still stoked! Thanks @uconn for supporting us every step of the way. @ty_redes with @repostapp. ・・・ One of the rough cuts from weekend, thanks @uconnskydiving @wesmlewis @jeffprovenzano @amychmelecki for a good one!