Full Name: Alana Byrnes- President
Nickname: Banana
Age: 22
Major: Publication Design
Birthplace: Ann Arbor, MI
Sign: Aquarius
Favorite Food: Cheese
Pet Peeves: citrus seeds
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): skydiving, snowboarding, wakeboarding
Favorite Kind of Music: jam bands
I'm most proud of: being able to skydive
Favorite Quote: "the best drug is still adrenaline"
Hidden Talents: peel an orange and keep the peel in one piece
Total # of Jumps: 100+
Licenses held: A and B 26198
First Jump Date: 4/26/02, but didn’t start jumping until late October 2002
Discipline of choice: freeflying
First Jump Story: I thought, shit… I gotta keep doing this!
Most Memorable Skydive: my 100th jump with omar, sangiro, tamer, taya, and deuce on video in eloy… got pied for that one! Or maybe my 69th jump with jeff antoon!
Why did you first skydive: I just had always wanted to and when I saw a billboard advertising it, I did some research and started saving my money!
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: omar and greg gasson….. no words are needed! Female inspiration comes from lewJ
Skydiving Safety Advice: PULL! Seriously though, keep on learning.
Life Advice: kinda cliché, but everything happens for a reason… I really believe in that!
I am most known for: always having a good time! AND sticking out my tounge!

 

Full Name: Jason Miller- Vice President
Nickname: Miller
Age: 21
Major: Business Marketing
Birthplace: Coshocton, OH
Sign: I don’t know
Favorite Food: Stake
Pet Peeves: Lazy People
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): Being on the water
Favorite kind of music: Country
I'm most proud of: Being close to graduation
Favorite Quote: "We know what we are, but not what we may be."
Listen to your heart, Develop that talent. Follow that dream. Do what you've been putting off. You'll reach higher and climb farther than you ever thought possible. You'll be amazing!
Total # of Jumps: 42
Licenses held: A
Dicipline of choice: Freefly
First Jump Date: June 2001
First Jump Story: It was a free Tandem with my cousin
Why did you first skydive: I love being on the edge and my family is in the sport.
Most Memorable Skydive: Pulling at 14000 ft and freezing
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: My family
Skydiving Safety Advice: Don’t be stupid and try to impress people
Life Advice: Be your self and never be conceited or arrogant
I am most known for: N/A

 

Full Name: Amy Zaremba- Treasurer
Nickname: Mimi
Age: 19
Major: Criminology
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Sign: Leo
Favorite Food: Grilled Cheese and ice cream
Pet Peeves: People who cant keep a secret.
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): bowling,
basketball, softball, sewing, listening to music, hanging out with my friends,
and smiling!
Favorite kind of music: Rock n Roll, baby
Favorite Quote: "Life is short: kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly, forgive quickly, and forget the past, but always remember what it taught u"
Hidden Talents: They're hidden. You have to find them.

Total # of Jumps: 1
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: Paige Rudolph and Wrongway
Life Advice: Rock on!
I am most known for: Being an extremely hot chick

 

Name: Justine (justi) Bowes- Social Chair
Age: 20
Birthplace: Lancaster, OH
Sign: Aries
Major: Aviation
Skydiving Bio: My first jump was in Fairfield County at Taylor Air Sports… Probably one of thee greatest memories I have. I’d like to jump a few times every weekend if I could. Right now I only have about 14 jumps so I’m hopin by the end of this upcoming summer I will have at least my B license and have made a trip to the world freefall convention. My ideal jump would be jumping out of a hot air balloon and a bi-plane.
Favorite Food: Ice cream
Pet Peeves: too many to name
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): Flying, rowing, skiing, I’d be up for anything extreme if I got the chance to do it
I'm most proud of: getting my pilots license
Favorite Quote: “When once you have tasted flight you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return”
Hidden Talents: i have 9 lives
Licenses Held: Just my pilots license, hopefully I’ll pick up some skydiving license here soon
Total # of Jumps: 16
First Jump Date: 4/6/02
First Jump Story: it was the day after my 18th birthday… soo cold but sooo amazing, I had been waiting to jump ever since I can remember
Most Memorable Skydive: my third jump, It was a sunset load and my first time ever doing back flips. I’ve been obsessed with them ever since
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: Karen Taylor. (from Taylor Air Sports) I had a really bad experience with a jump once and she got me right back up in the air with confidence.
Skydiving Safety Advice: if you’re not free flying…ARCH!!!!
Life Advice: keep on keepin on
I am most known for: getting in every kind of crash possible

 

Full Name: Jill Kristin Weber- Marketing Manager
Nickname: MJ
Age: 22
Major: Marketing (minor in retail merchandising)
Birthplace: Columbus, OH
Sign: Virgo
Favorite Food: spinach cheese balls
Pet Peeves: fake people
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): snowboarding, swimming, photography, music, bars, shopping
Favorite kind of music: rock
I'm most proud of: making it through college (almost)
Favorite Quote: “May you live all the days of your life”- jonathan swift
Hidden Talents: I can wiggle my eyes and make 5 loops in my tongue haha
Total # of Jumps: 1
Licenses held: 0
Discipline of choice: free flying
First Jump Date: 5/02
First Jump Story: It was so much fun. Free falling is by far the best part.
Why did you first skydive: my friend entered me into a raffle for a free tandem jump through AerOhio and I won!
Most Memorable Skydive: same
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: I love heights
Skydiving Safety Advice: very important
Life Advice: experience as much as you can
I am most known for: my mean look :)

 

Full Name: Chris Dietrich- T-Shirt Design
Nickname: Chris
Age: 20
Major: Secondary Ed.
Birthplace: Cincinnati
Sign: Sagitarius
Favorite Food: Mexican
Pet Peeves: surveys
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): poker and sports
I'm most proud of: All of my accomplishments
Favorite Quote: The whole world sucks…America just sucks less.
Hidden Talents: poker
Total # of Jumps: 1
Licenses held: none
First Jump Date: 2002
First Jump Story: I jumped from an airplane…it was cool
Why did you first skydive: I thought it would be fun
Most Memorable Skydive: the only one I have done
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: the sky
Skydiving Safety Advice: don’t forget your chute
Life Advice: never quit
I am most known for: as the person who you can dare to do almost anything.


Full Name: Jeffrey M. Gardner
Nickname: Jeffro or Ffej
Age: 19
Major: chemical engineering
Birthplace: Dayton, OH
Sign: cancer
Favorite Food: pizza
Pet Peeves: people stepping on my heels
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): sports, lifting and camping
Favorite kind of music: all kinds.... but if i have to pick, i'd say rock
I'm most proud of: graduating valedictorian
Favorite Quote: To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.
Hidden Talents: can wiggle my ears, raise both my eyebrows independently of each other and curl my tongue in 2 ways
Total # of Jumps: 2
Licenses held: none
First Jump Date: 11/7/03
First Jump Story: it was cold as hell and getting dark so we had to hurry our asses up, but it was still sweet
Why did you first skydive: for the thrill and to say that i've done it
Most Memorable Skydive: the only one i've done
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: ummm... my dog? i don't really have one
Skydiving Safety Advice: don't die
Life Advice: Live so that you never have any regrets concerning missed
opportunities... and have a sense of fucking humor, haha
I am most known for: my killer body, devilish good looks and wit.

 

Full Name: Matthew Bauder
Nickname: Matt
Age: 19
Major: Computer Engineering
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Sign: no clue
Favorite Food: hamburger
Pet Peeves: illogical people
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): snowboarding, paintball, tennis
Favorite kind of music: Christian rock
I'm most proud of: my computer skills
Favorite Quote: “Do or do not, there is no try.”
Hidden Talents: wrists are double jointed
Total # of Jumps: 1
Licenses held: none
First Jump Date: Don’t remember, with paige first quarter
Why did you first skydive: I like the rush
Most Memorable Skydive: first
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: Paige
Skydiving Safety Advice: Don’t drink and drive (I havn’t but I hear the result is bad)
Life Advice: Don’t give up too easy
I am most known for: Computer skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full Name: Ryan Bonenberger
Nickname: Caveman
Age: 19
Major: Rec. Management
Birthplace: Blacksburg, VA
Sign: FOR SALE
Favorite Food: Pizza
Pet Peeves: when people are cheap, like when they say “hey, do you have that 50 dollars you owe me” or “do you have that 100 dollars you borrowed from me?”
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): Unicycling
Favorite kind of music: all
I'm most proud of: my Eagle Scout rank
Favorite Quote: “I don’t pretend to have all the answers, I don’t pretend to even know what the questions are. Hey, where am I?” – Jack Handey
Hidden Talents: I don’t hide my talents (I don’t have many)
Total # of Jumps: 2
Licenses held: drivers
Dicipline of choice: steve-o
First Jump Date: fall 2003
First Jump Story: very cold, I was congested, during a sunset at SGC
Why did you first skydive: I had a couple hundred bucks to spend
Most Memorable Skydive: the one where I jumped out of a plane and my parachute deployed before I hit the ground
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: Michael Jackson
Skydiving Safety Advice: wear a parachute
Life Advice: If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.
I am most known for: I like things………..

 

Full Name: Paige Rudolph- Club Founder, OU alumni
Nickname: Lil’ Paige
Age: 23
Major: Management, Marketing, Business Pre-Law
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Sign: Taurus
Favorite Food: Italian
Pet Peeves: People who can’t drive
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): Tennis and Boxing
Favorite kind of music: Anything but country
I'm most proud of: Graduating from OU with honors in all 3 majors
Favorite Quote: "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." -Helen Keller
Hidden Talents: I can tie a knot in a cherry stem with my tongue.
Total # of Jumps: 50+
Licenses held: A-44353 (USPA)
Dicipline of choice: Freeflying, Formation
First Jump Date: April 23, 2003
First Jump Story: Decided to go on my own one random Wed. and have jumped almost every weekend since baring injury, lousy weather, or lack of a plane.
Why did you first skydive: So I could taste immortality and I love it
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: Jim West (DZO of SGC), Olav Zipster (hit skydive 17,500 in DeLand), Adam Hammond (Golden Knight), Nancy Tremblay (owner of Ouragan Suits/my tunnel coach), and Ari Perelman (my tunnel coach/kick ass skydiver-ff and rw)
Skydiving Safety Advice: Never stop learning and someone always know more than you do, make sure you find that person and don’t take just anyone’s advice.
Life Advice: Never stop learning, live life and have fun doing it. You are only as happy as you think you are.
I am most known for: My outgoing personality and the love of the party/wine. Something about a HellFish temporary tattoo at Rantoul WFFC 2003 ;)

 

Full Name: Jason Alan Jones- non OU member
Nickname: Wrong Way
Age: 21
Major: Computer Geek
Birthplace: Columbus, OH
Sign: Aquarius
Favorite Food: McDonalds MMMmmm.....
Pet Peeves: People that don't embrace life, old people that drive slow
Favorite Hobbies (other than skydiving of course!): snowboarding, movies,
Favorite kind of music: rock and techno
I'm most proud of: Ummm....I dunno, hahaha
Favorite Quote: “Life is like skydiving. You know you'll never reach the level of mastery, but you constantly push to learn all you can before it's over." -Me =)
Hidden Talents: I can tell you how much of each ingredient is in a margarita by smelling it
Total # of Jumps: a little over 400
Licenses held: A-something, B-something, C-something, D-27371
Discipline of choice: Freefly
First Jump Date: 9/01
First Jump Story: Landed off in a field of cows, got chased by them and jumped a barbed wire fence. Good times!!
Why did you first skydive: I love aviation, it was natural that I became a skydiver
Most Memorable Skydive: Any with a ball. =)
Biggest Inspiration in the Sport: Olav
Skydiving Safety Advice: Take things slowly, be patient, don't do anything you're not ready for.
Life Advice: Knowledge is power. Learn all you can.
I am most known for: I joke around A LOT. =)