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Mark Brown

Jumps: 15,301, but who's counting  
Jumping since: 1991
Ratings: AFF-I, Rigger
Where I learned to jump: Skydive Perris, of course!
Favorite quote: "If you don't want to BE low don't FLY there!"
Favorite saying: "What ever you do, for God's sake, improvise!" "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, NOT so much."
Most memorable jump: 285-way 30 miles from the dz

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Profile in Parachutist Magazine:
http://parachutistonline.com/columns/profiles/mark-brown-d-16235

Main: Pilot 124
Container: Icon 
by Aerodyne
Reserve: Smart 110 - Aerodyne
AAD: Vigil by Advanced Aerospace Designs
Suit: Competition Suit by Skyleno ​
Helmet: Kiss - Square One
Altimeter: ProDitter - L&B
Camera: GoPro Hero 2
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Dan BC

Jumps: Lots 
Jumping since: Before time began 
Ratings: Yes
Where I learned to jump: Taught the world to jump!
Nationality: American
Favorite quote: "Mark you are right."
Book: Above All Else: A World Champion Skydiver's Story of Survival and What It Taught Him About Fear, Adversity, and Success 

​FREE TUNNEL COACHING! Dan BC, the Perris Manager, Organizer, Instructor and World Champion is planning to schedule an hour a week of free tunnel coaching. If you would like to take advantage of this great opportunity to sharpen up your flying skills, contact Dan at [email protected]
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David Schrager

Jumps: 5000+
Jumping since: 1996
Ratings: AFF-I, Coach
Where I learned to jump: Parachutes over Palm Springs - Bermuda Dunes, CA
Nationality: American
Favorite quote: "I did not brain lock I just forgot the point."
Most memorable skydive: The last one, of course.
Contact: 760.333.7756  dav[email protected]
Main: Zulu 102 - Aerodyne, Icarus JFX 89
Container: Icon by Aerodyne
Reserve: Smart 120LPV - Aerodyne
AAD: Vigil by Advanced Aerospace Designs
Suit: Competition/TonySuits ​
Helmet: Phantom X & Kiss - Square ONE
Altimeter: Visual Altitrack - L&B
Audible: ProTrack - L&B
Camera: GoPro Hero 2
Favorite pull-up cord: Perris Organizers
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Grace Katz

Jumps: 6000+
Jumping since: July 2008 
Ratings: Coach, AFF-I
Where I learned to jump: Skydive Perris
Nationality: Argentinean-American 
Favorite quote: "In a world where routine is common, skydiving gives us (skydivers) an opportunity to constantly learn and improve, but never master."
Most memorable jump: The first one!
Contact: 858.229.9500
[email protected]
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Main: Pilot 104 - Aerodyne, Crossfire3 109
Container: Icon by Aerodyne
Reserve: Smart 120LPV - Aerodyne
AAD: Vigil by Advanced Aerospace Designs
Suit: Competition/TonySuits
Helmet: Phantom X & Kiss - Square One ​
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Christy Frikken

Jumps: 17,000+
Jumping since: 2001
Ratings: Coach, AFF, Pro
DZ where you learned to jump: The Ranch
Nationality: American
Favorite Quotes: “Boldness has genius and power in it; begin it now”
Most Memorable Skydive: I have been lucky enough to have so many special skydiving memories with so many wonderful friends! It is too hard to name a favorite :)
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Erik Prime

Jumps: 8000+ 
Jumping since: 1994
Ratings: Slacker
Where I learned to jump: Skydive Wissota - Chippewa Falls, WI
Nationality: Yankee
Favorite quotes: "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there aren't many old, bold pilots."
Most memorable skydive: Organizing a 36-way from a Hercules C-130.  We tried launching an 18-way chunk, which proceeded to funnel for the next 5,000 ft.
Main: PD Valkyrie 79
Container: Icon by Aerodyne
Reserve: Smart 110 - Aerodyne
AAD: Vigil by Advanced Aerospace Designs
Suit: Tony /  Liquid Sky
Helmet: Cookie Composites
Altimeter: Viso II - L&B
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Eric Anderson

Jumps: 2000+
Jumping since: 
Ratings: Coach
Where I learned to jump: Skydive Perris
Nationality: American
Favorite quote: 
Most memorable jump: 
Main: to many to list ​:)
Reserve: Smart 120
Container: Icon
AAD: Vigil
Suit: TonySuits

Danielle Barlow

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Jumps: 1,820
Jumping Since: 2009
Ratings: Coach
DZ Where I Learned to Jump: Skydive Perris with Jim Wallace Skydiving School
Nationality: USA [and German (I’m dual!)]
Favorite Quote: “Alive or just breathing?” or “Measure twice, cut once”
Most Memorable Jump: There are so many : jumping into the Playa at Burning Man 2011, jumping into Sorrell Ranch in Moab, Utah, my first night jump, and my first balloon jump. Oh and the cross country high pull at Lost Prairie Boogie, and the glacier jump in Alaska. Oh! and the Lake Havasu Boogie jumps. OH! and the solo jump in Interlaken, Switzerland was beyond belief!
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Rob Roberts

Jumps: 1200+
Jumping since: 2018
Ratings: Coach
Where I learned to jump: Skydive Perris
Nationality: American
Favorite quote: “It’s more than jumping out of an airplane; it’s falling with style.” and “To those that jump, no explanation is necessary. To those that don’t jump, no explanation is possible.”
Most memorable jump: My first. Some of my teammates at work had come into my office and closed my door that week. Was told that I needed an intervention as they were receiving too many weekend emails. They told me to get a life outside of work – get a hobby. Went thru my bucket list and re-visited how much I loved a tandem jump many years ago. Tried another tandem at Perris and signed up for an AFF course after I landed. My weekend emails to my teammates have dropped significantly ever since.
Main: 190 Sabre2
Reserve: 170 Optimum
Container: Javelin
AAD: Vigil
Suit: LiquidSky
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Greg Gabbard

Jumps: 4500+
Where I learned to jump: Hazen, AR. Static-line from C-182... Go on out and hang!
First cut-away: FIRST JUMP!
Ratings: AFF-I, Coach, Master Rigger
Most memorable jump: First formation jump with my dad and older brother (3-way) on my 12th jump!
Most difficult thing about skydiving: I am terrified of heights! I guess being a U.S. Navy Test Parachutist helped me overcome the debilitating fear... OR that job caused enough brain damage that I forget how scared I am.
Favorite saying: "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough!"
Main: PD Sabre2 170
Reserve: PD Optimum 176
Container: Rigging Innovations Talon FX
AAD: Vigil II
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Dmitry Vinichenko (Dima)

Jumps: 700
Jumping since: technically - since I was not even born (my mother made a few jumps while being pregnant)
Favorite quote: "There is nothing you can really do, good or bad,  that most of the people in this room already didn't do multiple times"  ©Mark Brown
Most memorable jump: I guess one with my son on his 10th birthday (tandem, I was filming. Yes, it is legal somewhere :) ) I wasn't that nervous even on my own first jumps. 
Container: SWS Fire
Main: Magellan 150
Reserve: PD 176
AAD: Mars2
Suit: Skylark energy / Skylark excellence.
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Mariana Briglia
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Jumps: 1300+
Jumps since: 2011
Nationality: Brazilian
Where I learned to jump:
I learned to skydive in Manaus, Brazil. I went for a tandem jump and left absolutely certain that I wanted to do it again. So I convinced my husband to join me for the AFF course—he trusted my word on how amazing it was, even though he had never done a tandem jump before the AFF.
First cut-away:
My first and only cutaway happened during a P3 Camp a few years ago. While I was packing, my toddler was playing with the lines, which later resulted in a line twist. When I had to cut away, I deployed a reserve that I had packed myself as a brand-new rigger, saving my own life.
Ratings: Master Rigger
Most memorable jump: I will say two: Women World Record Total Break Sequential 64-way and Women Latin America Record 48-way.
Most difficult thing about skydiving: standing up my landings 🤣
Main: Pilot 124
Reserve: Smart 120 LPV Aerodyne
Container: Icon
AAD: Cypress
Jumpsuits: Zoomer and Vertical
Helmet: Cookie
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Fess Edwards
Jumps:
3300
Jumping since: 7 rounds in 1969, Squares since 1989
Home DZ: Perris
Nationality: 2nd generation American married to a Palestinian immigrant for 44 years
Favorite Quote: “If you’re not living on the edge you’re taking up too much room.”
And “The definition of character is doing the right thing when no one is watching.”
Most memorable skydives: 328-way World Record attempt in Eloy 2002, solo in Belize so beautiful I almost forgot to pull, Nevada state record with my son 2009, Dan BC’s first jump after the crash, so many ash dives of friends passed
Main: Saber 2 170 (I’m old and conservative.)
Container: Black and Rainbow Vector 3 for the past 30 years
                                               Fun Fess Fact: If you’re having a gynecologic emergency on the DZ call me,
​                                               I’m your guy.
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Max Heidari

Jumps: 1000+
Jumping since: May 2017
Ratings: Coach,AFFI
Where I learned to jump: Skydive Perris
Nationality: Persian
Favorite quote: “I can quit anytime!”
Most memorable jump: My first (already gave beer so don’t ask)! Skydiving was never on my bucket list but I did it anyway. I hated it so much that never tried it again! Oh wait a second…
Before your first jump you are asked to sign a waiver. I think they should change it. It should include:
“Skydiving is highly addictive, time consuming super fun sport which results in rapid deflation of your 
bank account/wallet. You understand that we are not liable for any addiction therapy needed in future
as a result of skydiving.”
Although I should mention that I can quit ANYTIME! *SNIFF* this jump ticket smells so good!
Main: Pilot 132 - Aerodyne
Reserve: Smart 135 - Aerodyne
Container: ICON A - Aerodyne
AAD: Cypres 2
Suite: Tony
Helmet: Kiss
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Paula Thues

Jumps: 5400+
Jumping since: 1988
Where I learned to jump: California City
Nationality: American
Favorite quote: "Skydivers know why birds sing.”
Most memorable jump: Demo jump into our neighborhood park for our annual Easter Beer Hunt. Seeing my home from a bird’s eye view was amazing.
Main: Pink Spector 135
Reserve: Tempo 143
Container: Icon
AAD: Vigil by Advanced Aerospace Designs
Suit: Flip Side Suits
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Amanda Cole

Jumps: almost 1,000 (but less than my husband)
Jumping since: Licensed since Dec 5, 2020
Ratings: Coach
DZ  where you learned to jump: Started AFF at Pacific Skydiving Hawaii but finished AFF here at Perris
Nationality: Hoosier! Haha!
Favorite quotes: “The sky isn’t the limit, it’s merely the beginning.” -Me “For god sake, IMPROVISE!” -Mark Brown
Most memorable jump: My first time participating in a multi-plane big-way. Seeing all of the other jumpers racing out of the planes to get to their slot, it was like watching controlled/planned chaos. Yet it all came together perfectly, I made it to my slot, docked, and landed safely. Then went right back up and did it all over again.
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Dillon Cole

Jumps: almost 1,000
Jumping since: June 2019
Ratings: Coach
DZ where you learned to jump: Oahu Parachute Center
Nationality: ‘Merica!!
Favorite Quotes: Teach less, better.
Most Memorable Skydive: The time my wife Amanda hooked up my main parachute wrong, and it led to me having my first cutaway. She really wants that life insurance. Lol
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​Josh Fisher

Jumps: 950+
Jumping since: 2016
Ratings: AFF-I
DZ where you learned to jump: Skydive Perris (the best DZ in the world)
Nationality: American
Favorite Quotes: “That’ll never work. I’m in!!!”
Most Memorable Skydive: I did a 2 way with Dan BC at jump 15 out of the skyvan, Dan used teleportation to fly backwards.
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​Jeff Hill

Jumps: 1,700+
Jumping since: 2017
Ratings: Coach
DZ where you learned to jump: Skydive Perris
Nationality: American
Favorite Quotes: Pulu-Cee Bagumba-Weee
Most Memorable Skydive: all of the ones with more than one person!
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Dan Pillasch

​Jumps: 11,912+
Jumping since: 1971
Where I learned to jump: Ft. Benning, GA and Skydive Elsinore
Nationality: US
Favorite Quotes: “Good Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment – learn from your mistakes and only make them once”
Most Memorable Skydive: Every jump with my friends.
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Kelly Salter

Jumps: 2,900+
Jumping since: 2002
Ratings: Coach
DZ where you learned to jump: Hazleton, PA
Nationality: American
Favorite Quotes: “Only fools and bird shit fall from the sky” -My Dad
Most Memorable Skydive: Sept 2007 a 5-way sunset jump with my brother over Lake Champlain in Vermont and landing on beautiful farmland
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Jim Dinning

​Jumps: 1,300+
Jumping since: 2018
Ratings: Coach
DZ where you learned to jump: Skydive Taft
Nationality: American
Favorite Quotes: “Everybody dies, but not everybody lives”.
Most Memorable Skydives: My 4th Jump (cut away) and 112 way attempt from 9k. Any jump with my mentors Dan, Christy, Kate, etc.
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Anderson Briglia

​Jumps: 1300+
Jumps since: 2011
Nationality: Brazilian
Where I learned to jump:
I learned to skydive in Manaus, Brazil. Started straight thru AFF after my wife convinced me. I never did a tandem.
First cut-away:
I packed a step-thru without knowing and well, that was my first cutaway.
Ratings: None.
Most memorable jump: The first jump attempting 108 way in Tatui Brazil.
Most difficult thing about skydiving: saying goodbye to our friends.
Main: Crossfire 109
Reserve: Smart 120 LPV Aerodyne
Container: Icon
AAD: Cypress
Jumpsuits: Skyleno and Vertical
Helmet: Cookie
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