ONE of the world\u2019s best skydivers visited Barwon Heads at the weekend to coach the high-flying locals who\u2019ll be taking part in an Australian skydiving record attempt in June.<\/p>\n
Pete Allum is an international coach and competitor who\u2019s done more than 30,000 jumps. He started jumping as a teenager and has been skydiving for nearly 40 years.<\/p>\n
Held at Skydive Australia \u2013 Barwon Heads Airport, Pete coached 20 Victorian skydivers who were training to take part in a formation of 120-plus freefalling skydivers in California in early June. The record is 119 people, and the new record attempt will be in Perris Valley California on June 1-3.<\/p>\n
Pete said he was \u201csuper excited\u201d to be visiting Victoria.<\/p>\n
\u201cSkydiving and surf, my perfect combo!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Barwon Heads coach Kelly Brennan said \u201cbigways skydiving\u201d, as she called it, was addictive.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was on the existing record of 119 people that we set in 2015, and I\u2019m heading back to California for another attempt this year,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have about 30 Victorians making the trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe rarely have the aircraft available to practise really large formations, so we brush up our flying skills in smaller formations.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce a month we get together for 10-person formations here at Barwon Heads.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery now and then we get 14 to 16 people together for training. It\u2019s an incredible opportunity for us to be coached by Pete Allum, who\u2019s a world class skydiver and one of the nicest guys in the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s also a keen surfer so I hoped he wasn\u2019t too distracted by our stunning bird\u2019s-eye views of the coastline.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ONE of the world\u2019s best skydivers visited Barwon Heads at the weekend to coach the high-flying locals who\u2019ll be taking part in an Australian skydiving record attempt in June. Pete Allum is an international coach and competitor who\u2019s done more than 30,000 jumps. He started jumping as a teenager and has been skydiving for nearly […]<\/p>\n