Pre-provincials traning week and jumping weekend

June 26th - July 5th

Caravan will be flying all week long. Western Canada's Top Coaches for 4-way FS and Canopy Formations. Coaching will be available for the duration.

Skydive for Africa - Children's Project

June 27th -

Raise money for orphans and communities affected by AIDS crisis in Uganda. For more information about the Ainembabazi Children's Project & for full Skydive package please visit http://www.ainembabazi.org/skydive.htm ** All jumping and courses will be going on as usual

Gavin Days Memorial Week

July 10th - July 19th

July 10 to 19 - CRW training week- preparation for Nationals in all CF and FS events, World class coaching in all CF disciplines. July 17 to 19 - Gavin Days Memorial weekend. Live band "Indecision" will be playing on Saturday night.

U-3 3-way FS Scrambles Competition

July 10th - July 12th

August Long-Weekend Boogie

July 31st - August 3rd

U-3 3-way FS Scrambles Competition

August 14th - August 16th

Mid-August Training week

August 17th - August 20th

Doug Forth's 20-way FS camp

August 21st - August 23rd

Skydive for Africa - Children's Project

August 22nd -

Labour Day Boogie

September 4th - September 7th

Annual Labour Day Boogie!

U-3 3-way FS Scrambles Competition

September 12th - September 13th

Thanksgiving Boogie

October 9th - October 12th

Final Ultimate 3-way event (U-3), Awards banquet, Chris Thombs' Second annual "Freefall Film Festival".

Halloween Boogie

October 30th - October 31st

Halloween Boogie and Year-End Party: a costumed finale

Annual AZ Invasion 2010

January 9th - January 24th

Annual Arizona Invasion 2010! See the AZ tab for more information on this great event!

The Ultimate 3-way FS challenge (U-3) at Eden North: Second round - June, 2009
-Char, Amy, Dale (6pts) - 2 place pts.
- Joel, Steve, Blair (5 pts) - 1 place pt.
- Jill, Lyal, Kevin (6 pts) - 2 place pts.
- Glen, Pierre, Tyler (7 pts) - 4 place pts.
- Lee, Dean, Darleina (2 pts) - 1 place pts.
- Henry, Sandy, Hippie (8 pts) - 5 place pts.
- Ed, Annette, CJ (6 pts) - 2 place pts.

The Ultimate 3-way FS challenge (U-3) at Eden North: First round - May, 2009
-Dale, Mark K, Jill: (7pts) - 1 place pt.
- Lyal, Katie, Tylor (7pts) - 1 place pt.
- CJ, Annette, Hippie (12 pts) - 5 place pts.
- Pierre, Izzy, Darleina (sub) (11 pts) - 4 place pts..
- John S., Holly, Glenn (1pt) - 1 place pt.
- Chris D., Char, Fergus (9pts) - 2 place pts.
- Steve M., Amy, Lew (4 pts) - 1 place pt.
- Dean, Darleina, Craig (5 pts)- 1 place pt.
- Phil, Sandy, Travis (3pts) - 1 place pt.
- Blair, Doug S., Al H. (sub), Sabine (10 pts) - 3 place pts.

Eden North First Annual Freefall Film Festival Winners (October 25, 2008):
Thanks to Chris Thumbs, the Drop Zone held our first annual freefall film festival on the closing weekend of the season, just before the annual Halloween Party! Despite the howling winds all day on Saturday, most people hung around for the films review and awards ceremony. The film festival was a great success for the people who have entered as well as for the spectators. The winners were:
1-st Place: James McCollough "Who does this ****"
2-nd Place: Andrew & Katherine Thielmann "20-way CF Canadian Record"
3-rd Place: Ky Kvisle "4 Seasons"

Entries for the 2009 year's festival can be submitted to:
Freefall Film Festival
7924 131a Ave
Edmonton AB T5C 2A3

We are expecting a much bigger turn out next year with cool prizes! So, don't be lazy and get on editing!

P.S. And despite all weather forecasts, Sunday's weather was great for jumping! So thanks to everyone who came out to fun jump on the last day of the season. See you next year!!!

Eden North Year End Awards Winners (October 11, 2008):
Tandem Instructor of the year - Henry Komant
AFF Instructor of the year - Sab Leybold
Jump Master of the year - Kevin Olsen
Coach of the year - Olga Kuznetsova
Novice of the year - Darleina Kelln
DZ Superman of the year - Ed Swaren
Coolest cook eva - Donna Demyen
Most lost skydiver - Jeff Sipp
Most entertaining duo - Margaret and Christy

Skydiver of the year - Phil Perry

Gavin Days & Memorial Days Weekend: 2008 New CF Canadian Record 20-way formation:
Congratulations to all of the participants who traveled from Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, Alberta and other parts of Canada to complete the Largest Canopy Formation today during the Annual Gavin Days & Memorial Days weekend at Eden North. We are certainly looking forward to doing it all again in July 2009.

The participants on the record were:
- Serge Blouin (ON)
- Jason Cameron (NS)
- Ian Chisholm (AB - Eden North)
- Patrick Coupal (PQ)
- Bernie Cyr (AB)
- Chris Day (AB - Eden North)
- Andrew Donald (AB)
- Trevor Fitzpatrick (ON)
- Rob Harris (AB - Eden North)
- Francois Huot (QC)
- Blair Johnson (AB - Eden North)
- Henry Komant (AB - Eden North)
- Dean Schell (AB - Eden North)
- John Scott (AB - Eden North)
- Vic Vienotte (ON)
- Lyal Waddell (AB - Eden North)
- Michael Wallace (ON)
- Aidan Walters (AB - Eden North)
- Anthony Whte (ON)
- Paul Wong (ON)