tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29657470621473347832010-09-01T13:22:37.118-05:00SDC Rhythm XP is a 4 way skydiving team jumping in Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, IL. Our website is www.RhythmSkydiving.comLaurentnoreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965747062147334783.post-53495277325829588242010-09-01T12:24:00.004-05:002010-09-01T13:22:37.125-05:00

The SDC Hawks, Rhythm's player coach 4way team, completed it's final training weekend August 30th with the last meet of the MWSL. We had an awesome season with 1.5 hours of tunnel time at the Paraclete wind tunnel and 62 team jumps at Skydive Chicago. Last weekend the team's season culminated as we competed in the A Division and finished with a 7.3 average! Check out this video of the Hawks:

stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259382345195212212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965747062147334783.post-48756244152227812922010-08-17T13:31:00.006-05:002010-08-17T13:48:14.065-05:00

Just a quick update on whats going on with Rhythm. We just had a great time organizing at SDC's Summerfest 10, and got to jumps with lots of old friends as well as meet many new ones too. We have lots of events coming up in the fall and next year and wanted to give a quick update. Tunnel Camp at Paraclete XP, Aug 20-23rd Take advantage of our last tunnel camp before the Paraclete XP prices

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It's been a while since our latest post we've been up to a lot! Too much for one post, but here's a quick summary: From Summer Jumping, training, and competing at SDC and Paraclete We moved to SDC on May 1st, where the weather has been awesome all summer! Team jumping has been going great and our various coaching programs have all been going awesomely as well. From Summer Jumping, training,

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Announcing SDC’s Midwest 16 Way RUMBLE!!! What: A 16 way Invitational Formation Skydiving Event at SDC, with competition across multiple Drop Zones - Where: At Skydive Chicago - When: Saturday, July 31, 2010 – 7am to 7pm (Weather day Sunday, August 1, 2010 – 7am to 3:30pm) - How many Jumps: 5 Jumps - Cost: Your jumps plus a one time $25 fee - Application Due: June 23rd On July 31, 2010, SDC

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Last Saturday, Rhythm competed in the second meet of the FSL season at Skydive Sebastian, our winter training home. We were proud of our performance, scoring an 18.2 average over 6 rounds. On Sunday, we sat down with Kurt Gaebel from Skyleague for an interview update on our season so far. We've made great friendships here at Sebastian. The staff and fun jumpers are excellent people, and the

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From Bedford World Challenge 2010 From Bedford World Challenge 2010 Rhythm flew to England over the April 3rd weekend for a quick trip to take part in one of the biggest meets of the year. The World Challenge tunnel meet in Bedford, England had 51 teams from all over the world. Before going to the meet, everyone we knew who had attended in previous years said how great it was, and we were not

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From Tunnel Skills Camp March 27, 2010 Over the weekend of March 28 we had our largest skills camp yet at Paraclete. From Tunnel Skills Camp March 27, 2010 Between JaNette's 8way team, 4way teams SDC Jetstream Tango, Spaceland Mamba, and Dallas Khaos, a bunch of solo skydivers and even one person joining us before their AFF, it was a busy 4 days! From Tunnel Skills Camp March 27, 2010 Our

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JaNette and Steve organized at the Sanchez Boogie this past weekend in Sebastian. This is the third Sebastian boogie the team has organized at recently, including Becca's Bootie Boogie and the Invasion Boogie. The event was another great time! Here are videos from the GoPro camera showing a few of the jumps:

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Here's some video showing some of what we've been up to over the past two months.

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The team just wrapped up two great weeks of training capped off by a coaching camp at Paraclete. It went like this: Monday - Thursday: Train at Paraclete Friday - Sunday: Jump at Sebastian Tuesday - Friday: Train at Paraclete Thursday - Sunday: Coach at Paraclete Thanks to the SDC Flying Fish, Dallas Khaos, and Will Riga for joining us, and thanks as always to XP4 for training with us and

janettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13787920672828005130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965747062147334783.post-17797967908475328952010-02-11T19:05:00.007-06:002010-02-11T19:24:21.348-06:00

From Tunnel 02/05/10 On February 5-8, 12 skydivers joined us for first skills camp of 2010. From Tunnel 02/05/10 The crowd was a fun one, and we had a great time flying together during the day and hanging out at night. We had some familiar faces and a number of new participants too. From Tunnel 02/05/10 From Tunnel 02/05/10 Thanks for joining us guys, now who's up for the next one?

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After the departure of awesome cameraman and all around super guy Kevin Naftzger from the team, we began an extensive search for the right person to fill the empty slot. We are happy to say that the team selected Jason Imamura as our new cameraman, and he accepted. Jason was teammates with Rob as recently as 2008 when the two won the Intermediate division of the USPA nationals. Now that the

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We are proud to announce two new Sponsors. Rhythm has decided to partner with UPT for our container needs, and with Sky Systems for our helmets. With nearly a 40 year history in designing and manufacturing harness/container systems, and over 50,000 units sold worldwide, Bill Booth's companies have long set the standard for for innovations in engineering and safety in skydiving. Among these

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SDC Rhythm XP is looking for a Cameraman (or woman) for 2010. Rhythm is passionate about doing the best jumps we can do and having tons of fun doing it. We are proud of building a strong team based on open-mindedness, commitment, a positive attitude, no excuses, and confidence in ourselves and one another. Besides working every year to reach new competitive levels, we are also dedicated to

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After an extensive process to find a new teammate, we are excited to announce Thiago Muradas as our newest member of Rhythm. Starting with a search that began shortly after nationals and ending with tryouts at the Paraclete wind tunnel, we interviewed various prospective teammates, many of whom would have been excellent choices. We would like to especially thank Nick Grillet and Samer Haija

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Here's a video of Nick Whitmer, one participant at our December tunnel camp who made great progress over his hour of tunnel time.

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Are you looking for a way to improve your RW skills? Want to train on a team? Want to compete at the US Nationals at Skydive Chicago next year? Check out Rhythm's 8 and 16 way projects for the 2010 season. Each 8 and 16 way team will have a member of Rhythm as captain, teammate and player-coach. Teams will train at Skydive Chicago and Paraclete XP, over 5-6 weekends, to leave time for other

janettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13787920672828005130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965747062147334783.post-83216644672041486062009-11-25T14:32:00.004-06:002009-11-25T14:47:07.284-06:00

The November tunnel skills camp was a lot of fun, and December is going to be huge. For anyone interested in joining us who has not signed up yet, there is some time Thursday and Monday, but we're otherwise full in December. So.... Rhythm is adding another Tunnel Skills camp - February 5-8. Whether you're going through AFF or have 1000's of jumps, come join us for great flying and great fun.

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From Tunnel 11/21/09 Last weekend we had another great tunnel camp. From Tunnel 11/21/09 Saturday and Sunday were filled with awesome 1-on-1, 2-on-2, 3-on-1, 1-on-3, some freeflying and even a 6-way. From Tunnel 11/21/09 With the winter coming, we'll be hitting the tunnel hard once again for skills camps and training camps. From Tunnel 11/21/09 The next camp, December 12th weekend, is full,

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The 2009 season culminated with USPA Nationals at Skydive Spaceland the week of October 12th. What a great experience that was! The team ended up in 6th place with an 18.1 average, and we were all proud of a performance that included 10 strong rounds with some specific moves that demonstrated the team at its best. The entire 4way competition was challenged with weather holds that extended

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From 2009 MWSL Meet 2 at CSC Last weekend we had the second meet of the MWSL season at CSC. From 2009 MWSL Meet 2 at CSC Four teams competed, and every team showed great improvements from the first meet. From 2009 MWSL Meet 2 at CSC Unfortunately, we were only able to complete three rounds, but still there were a number of very noteworthy accomplishments: 1. CSC Pareto Optimal had a 13

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Congrats Jetstream Tango on a great tunnel camp! JaNette just joined Jetstream Tango at Paraclete XP for three days of fun in the tunnel. The camp was a success on many levels. Lots of laughs, and good times, plus some awesome flying and great teamwork. We're looking forward to seeing Jetstream Tango in action at the next MWSL meet. Thanks again guys!

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We hope you enjoy the post of our 10 4-way rounds at Nationals.

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We hope you have fun watching this video from our May 2009 Tunnel Skills Camp. We definitely had fun making it! Thanks everyone!

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Check out our 10 rounds at the Paraclete XP Meet on YouTube:

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