Phillip's first Skydiving Trip in his KSO FiveFingers

By Justin Owings on Oct 20, 2009 | In user stories | 1 comment »

Phillip just jumped out of a perfectly good plane with someone probably just met strapped to his back! Do you see his KSO fivefingers?

The parachute is unfurling, Phillip is just hanging out and floating foot free.

In the mailbag came the above photos from Phillip who just went skydiving for the first time (and did it wearing his KSO Five Fingers, at that!):

Hello there!

I was so excited that I just feel like I needed to share.

The first time I saw VFF's was on top of Mount Fuji. The first thing I did when I got back to the states was to order a pair. Too bad I had to wait 3 weeks for my Classics as they were restocking. Two days after that, I went and grabbed some KSOs.

My first skydiving trip was this past Saturday where some friends and I headed over to Byron, California (about 2 hours East of San Francisco). And I couldn't wait to do it in my KSO's!

Just wanted to share!

Phillip

Awesome photos, Phillip, and glad you enjoyed your first experience "flying!"

I went tandem skydiving about ten years back and the guy I was strapped to was a bit overweight, frizzy long, bleached blonde hair, and just seemed sort of strung out, but he'd jumped 3,000 times so I figured, "You only live once!" And of course I'm still here.

Thanks, Phillip!

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