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The Lunatic Fringe Podcast

The Freakin‘ Pilot from Blue Skies Mag talks to some of the worlds premiere, as well as lesser known skydivers and extreme air sports athletes to get their take on living life to the fullest, their paths along the Lunatic Fringe, and how they fit into the mainstream world while living life on the dark side.It’s just as much if not more about why we skydive, parachute and BASE jump as how, and it’s endlessly entertaining to climb inside the minds of those living a life less ordinary.

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59:33

Lunatic Fringe with Bradley Jones

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/10/27

He may be an adult these days, but there was a time... A world traveled Aussie with more than a dozen years deep in the sport and community of skydiving, Bradley Jones "Hucked" his first jump after a car accident taught him at the ripe old age of 18 that shit can go sideways quick. Having made the rounds across Austrailia and from Fiji to Cali and back, he's dipped his toes in everything from AFF and Tandems, to Aussie and international swoop competitions. These days he's all about the exciting

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45:33

Lunatic Fringe with Danny Koon

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/10/26

DK Live! The one and only Mr. Danny Koon has got to be one of the most upbeat, positive-vibe skydivers on the planet, and this after having spent more than half his life in the sport, 25 years to be exact. Starting out in what could only be considered one of the most challenging places to learn, the high desert of Las Vegas, Danny got his start almost completely by accident. From scrubbing toilets and packing, to video, freeflying and swooping, he's traveled all around the country working and

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116:01

Lunatic Fringe for Tom Noonan

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/10/19

In memory of one of skydivings most generous and the anniversary of his passing. He was one of the sports most avid cheerleaders, motivators, teachers and first and foremost, passionate jumpers. Please, take a step back in time to relive with us here at Lunatic Fringe a little of the positivity and joy for our sport brought to us each and every day by Mr. Tom Noonan."It's never goodbye. It's only until next time." -T.N The desire to skydive seems to grab each of us in a different way it seems, and

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73:38

Lunatic Fringe with Dario Basile & Pussfoot

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/10/12

Only in the sport for 4 years, Dario Basile's time in both skydiving and BASE has made quite an impact in his life, and those that he meets. From A license to D, this base jumping, bull running, world traveling Tandem Instructor from Sussex NJ is absolutely going to let you, the guy sitting next to you and pretty much everyone else in earshot know that he is a skydiving, chili pepper eating high energy member of the Lunatic Fringe. Join in with Pussfoot's Brian Casserly on this amped up chat.

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78:47

Lunatic Fringe with Paul—Weasel—Wetzel

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/10/05

An OG jumper that started his static line course in the early 90's, Mr. Paul Wetzel, aka "Weasle" would go from rocking out of college where he had substantially more motivation for beer and skydiving that his courses, to Army Ranger school where he'd earn his jump wings; From trailer life in Louisiana to tandems in Las Vegas, and from helicopter flight ops in Iraq and Afghanistan to a food truck in North Carolina. Along the way he's made a Japanese man vomit with his ass (And my assist), taken

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60:08

Lunatic Fringe with Tim Jones

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/09/28

For Tim Jones, the decision to become a skydiver wasn't a difficult one. A half planned road trip from the UK into France and a tandem skydive was about all it took. As sometimes seems to be the case, skydiving and Tim fit together pretty easily, and through a fortuitous friendship formed with Andrew Ford, who he would later find out was "somebody" in skydiving, he found himself working ground control at a very busy multi-aircraft turbine dropzone. With quite a few challenges, but also a number of

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67:24

Lunatic Fringe with Sydney and Barry

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/09/21

Revisiting exactly what a modern version of the American Dream really is, Sydney and Barry Williams "gave the middle finger" to an antiquated idea of happiness that just didn't fit, and hit the road in a van with no regrets and no looking back. Both retired professional skydivers, they've taken the lessons they learned in and out of the sport, both happy and tragic and used them to help both themselves and others as they hike and talk their way across America on a motivational speaking tour that

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54:50

Lunatic Fringe with Dan BC

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/09/14

He may not say so, but I certainly will. A pioneer and role model in the sport, Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld (or Dan B.C.) has to say the least done more than most to push skydiving forward, starting from his very beginnings in the sport. With drive and determination he set out to compete and dominate, and ended up helping form one of the most successful teams in our sports history. Surviving one of the most horrific aircraft crashes in skydiving history, he went on to not only further his own career as a

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53:05

Lunatic Fringe with Ali Rumbaugh

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/09/07

Next generation skydiver and author of "Perfectly Good Airplane", meet Ali Rumbaugh, currently dipping her toes into the Lunatic Fringe.

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72:45

Lunatic Fringe with Cody McMains

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/09/02

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Cody McMains may not have known he was destined for an "extreme" lifestyle, but apparently he mother did. Having followed the L.A. dream with a fair amount of success, but without the happiness that he expected to come with it, a well timed chance comment by a close friend set him on a completely different path. Finding himself in the strangest of living situations in one of the least known areas of the state, the sky and the tunnel soon took over,

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68:17

Lunatic Fringe with Sammy V

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/08/25

Sammy Vassilev may just have himself an unofficial world record. One of the most unique at that... managing to rack up well over 200 jumps, if you can believe it, in the womb. Son of a world champion Style and Accuracy mom, Sammy was literally born with skydiving in his blood, so there's no doubt in his mind its the path he was always meant to be on. Having found a creative way out of communist Europe, he managed to plant roots (wandering roots) in the Midwest of the United States, and eventually in

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01:09:30

Lunatic Fringe with Olav Zipser

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/08/18

The Father of Freefly. Was he the first person to be on his head in the air? of course not, but he was most certainly the first to go out of his way to stay there! Dancing around the clouds like Peter Pan for the last 30+ years, Olav Zipser has been "freeflying his mind" and traveling the world encouraging others to learn to do the same with not just technical ability, but with heart and passion. With ambitions that range from catching his shadow and its rainbow on every cloud he could find, to

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01:31:27

Lunatic Fringe with Skytrash's Michael Washburn

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/08/10

Don't let the package fool you. Michael Washburn, or should I say, Officer Washburn, Retired US Army Ranger may not be large and imposing, but this guy has been there and done that! Coming to civilian skydiving later in life after a military freefall career that left him less than thrilled with the sport, it was a chance meeting with a guy named "Noah" who flew "wing suits" that drove him to chase a new dream. Years later, as the team captain of "Sky Trash" wing suit team, he's got a humble

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01:09:34

Lunatic Fringe with Maxine Tate

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/08/03

Even for charity it was a hard no. She'd managed to do what a lot of English people did when they wanted to skydive back then, and raised money for a charity jump; but after a less than idea ride on a round followed by an "assertive" landing, Maxine Tate had gotten her fill. Right up until she got her first taste of freefall about a dozen years and a high powered career later. Now, World record holder, Proud member of the Highlight Skydiving Team, Long time coach for Flight 1 and all around badass,

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01:09:16

Lunatic Fringe with Brian and Todd

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/07/27

Back in the can, this time on location in North Carolina living the boogie life, Pussfoot's Brian Casserly sits down with Mr. Todd Thompson, who's life in the sky started out as more of an "order" than a desire, care of the US Military. Wanting more of the freefall taste than Uncle Sam was gonna provide, there was no way that Todd wasn't going to end up a proper jumper on his own. Working now as an AFF instructor and Senior Rigger at Skydive Shenandoah and enjoying the hell out of it all, there's

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01:02:46

Lunatic Fringe with Alethia J. Austin

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/07/20

With everything she does, it's all in. From Hollywood, to writing, to skydiving, Alethia J Austin is not one to do things halfway. Her passion for growth and achievement in everything that she does is what continues to drive her. Having spent more than 10 years working with Skydive Mag in a desire to help share with a community that has given her so much, it's the next steps that just might be the most exciting in Alethia J. Austin's Lunatic Fringe journey.

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59:29

Lunatic Fringe with Julien Peelman

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/07/13

Back in the can once again to talk design, innovation, safety and prevention, it's Julien Peelman from the one and only JYRO.He might not be the best known name in the sport, and you've not seen him standing atop a podium after a sick canopy competition, but he's been there none the less. Julien Peelman wasn't just creative in how he began his time in skydiving or even in how he got his gig with NZ Aerosports, but it's that exact creativity and training that has forever solidified his name and

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55:50

Lunatic Fringe with Andy Sbarato

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/07/06

He knew he loved it from the very first jump, but that didn't keep it from taking quite a while to get into skydiving properly. Learning the lesson that if you're waiting for friends to go for a jump, you could wait a long time, Andy Sbarato had enough waiting, and just went for it. Like a lot of us, skydiving took over pretty damn quickly, but for Andy it also provided real opportunities. Covid for some was a time to really step outside their comfort zones, and with the pressures it provided came

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01:10:13

Lunatic Fringe with Ricky Rout

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/06/29

At first glance you might not see a whole lot in common between Brazilian Jujitsu and skydiving, but if you look twice you just might be amazed. Ricky Rout, a black belt and passionate coach in Brazilian Jujitsu spotted the similarities between the two immediately, and put to work the mental toughness he'd earned through years on the mat to work for him in the air. Born in India and raised on the island of Guam where wrestling became a passion, Jujitsu seemed like a great fit as a "pastime" on his

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01:15:44

Lunatic Fringe with Simon Colmer

The Lunatic Fringe Podcast ·

2025/06/22

It started with an accident onboard a commercial airliner over Austrailia, or at least the catalyst did. In an event that will forever be a part of Simon Colmer, part of learning to get past it was a bucket list that happened to include skydiving; yet for someone scared of heights dealing with the after effects of a traumatic experience onboard an airplane, it was one that took a bit of time to get around to. Now, splitting his life quite clearly between the "real" world of an IT job, and weekends

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