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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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Hello Everyone!Thank you for a fantastic event! We set many records with the turnout, jumps, events, vendors, speed, and a few others! Once again, I am grateful to be in this sport and surrounded by so many people that make it all worth while. Please bare with me while I begin to start my follow up work on Monday the 16th. More to follow soon!Thank youJ |
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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Transportation for SkyFest will be run by the Carolinas Cab Company.
Fees charged are based on 1 - 6 people (better if you can share obviously) Contact information for pickups from the airport or DZ to your hotels etc is:
Carolinas Cab Company
803 324 8819 or Toll Free: 866 488 5438
The minivans are new and in good condition.
The hotels located in Richburg, SC are all comparable, however, I'd recommend the Comfort Inn or the Rodeway Inn. They seem to be the most consistent. The disadvantage there is that there are limited food options. If you stay in Rock Hill, SC (25 minutes from the DZ) there are LOTS of food options and movie theatres etc.
Comfort Inn - Richburg, SC 803 789-7100
Rodeway Inn - Richburg, SC 803) 789-7770
Wingate Inn - Rock Hill (mention SkyFest) (803) 324-9000
Microtel Inn - Rock Hill (803) 817-7700 |
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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If you are competiting in the World Cup Speed Skydiving Competition, please take a moment to sign up. As you know there are logidtics that need to be worked out, especially in regards to the AC, so please help us out and go to any page and sign up. The link is on the bottom right, under the photo of Jerry. Thank you all ad good luck. |
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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Food Notes - Outback Steakhouse of Rock Hill will be catering the Saturday Night Dinner at the DZ. All meals during SkyFest other than the Saturday night dinner will be catered by Dale's Dive-In and Anna's Arbor restaurant of Chester. Chili's is offering happy hour nightly to Skydivers from 9:00pm to 11:00pm. |
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 |
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Just to make sure everyone understands that if you do not conclude the Paypal portion of the registration, then you are not registered. Please make sure that you have received a notice from Paypal that you payment went thru. I have many surveys completed with no Paypal transactions to support it. Of course we do not want anyone confusion, especially in the registration line, so please double check the Paypal portion to make sure it has been received. Thank you for supporting our event. |
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Saturday, 24 May 2008 |
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Team Fastrax is going to be hosting a FREE canopy skills camp for SkyFest on Wednesday the 4th and Thursday the 5th starting at 8:00am and running most of the day. There is no jump number requirement, but please be ready to learn and ready to be attentive. This is a great opportunity! There will be 20 spots open in each course, so sign up now.
The Early Bird Special: The first 20 people that sign up AND SHOW UP for the Wednesday course will receive 1 free skydive!!! Sign up here Free Course |
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Sunday, 18 May 2008 |
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Online Registration will close the evening of Monday May, 26 2008. So save your self some time and do it today! Please remember that the survey and paypal work as one, so please do not complete the survey without finishing the payment procedure. It really adds to my bookkeeping when you do. I will be posting some names that have done this already in hopes of clearing up any nonpayment issues their may be. Once again thank you all for suppoting this event and please be safe during the event. |
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Sunday, 18 May 2008 |
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For our 5th year in a row SkyFest will have over 15 manufacturers on hand displaying their latest and greatest equipment or Demo's. This year we have hit our highest ever with 23 committed thus far! And thats only counting the skydiving related ones! Also for the 5th time, SkyFest is the only event in the country where you can go and find this skydiving vendors in one location! So come take advantage of the new designs, colors, and the educational value of having these companies attend SkyFest! Go here for the list; Manufacturers Attending |
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Sunday, 18 May 2008 |
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Sonic will be on hand with the New BaseR Container! Come check out the latest Base gear, and even try one, yup right out of the plane! The First ever TSO'd base container! |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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After months of hard work we reached our goal of getting 20 otter loads sponsored by your favorite manufacturers and other generous individuals! Thats right we will be giving away over 400 skydives during SkyFest! 1 load is sponsored by an individual in Bob Hollars name. Those slots will be for our newer jumpers having no more than an A license! They will be required to read a quick pamphlet on canopy patterns to earn their ticket. The other loads will only require you to bring your packed rig up when you manifest. The first loads will start on Thursday of the event with the others starting on Sunday at 8:00 AM! |
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Jerry Schrimsher was one of the first skydiving instructor/ examiners in the sport. He made his first skydive in 1959... 
