Ratings: Instructor A. B, Rigger A. PFF instructor Tandem Master instructor, Coach 1, 2, Ground control instructor 1, 2, Fist Jump course instructor. Canadian Championships team competitor 8 way ’91 checkzlovakia -’94 Eloy Arizona 4 way team member ’95 Gapp France-’97Ephess, Turkey World Parachute Champion Competitor Inventor of the Mack straps for paraplegic safe tandems(link: http://www.jagworksdesign.com/html/Para%20skydive%20manual.htm ) used all over the world. Asked in ’91 to try out for the Canadian 8 way and made it. ’94 try out for the 4way Canadian team amongst, 4 others in Canada asked and made the team, Team Shred Canadian 4 way team held the Canadian points in time record 18 in time (40 sec) from 1997 to 2005 almost 10 years. Other competitions 1989 ’90 took First place in Provincial 4 way Championships, 1988 place 2nd in Para-ski BC competition at Forbidden Plateau. I devloped the "Mack Straps" along with Gay Butchard of the Ultimate high Parachute Centre. 1991 Victoria was home for the Canadian Wheelchair Tennis Championships. 4 Athiletes came out to skydive. So being a rigger and Gary B, too we worked on the starp configuration with improvising Duck tape. I then took the idea and made it to the today "Mack Straps". Out of material and velcro with a handle for the passenger to lift up thier legs on landing safe for the Tandem Master and passeneger. I have done 1,854 Tandems and 278 of those were disabled passengers rangeing from para to quads to MS, MD to disabled seniors. if you wish to see more detail go here http://www.jagworksdesign.com/html/Para%20skydive%20manual.htm I started doing Tandem jumps in 1989 - 2003
Demo Jumps. Abbotsford international air show 2 years, one year doing a live on air tandem for CFOX radio with their DJ doing live on air radio show live FM transmitter, 1988 – 2002 Oakbay tea party air show Victoria. Opening, for Mission Impossible II, movie, Parachute on to the top of Silver City Theatre. Pi- plate, fund raiser for local school fund raising, jump into Buccaneer, Days Victoria, 1999-2002.
Published Cartoonist in Canpara and USPA Skydive magazine: link http://www.jagworksdesign.com/skydive%20pic%201.htm