AFF Course Graduates this week: ⭐️ Chloe, ⭐️ James,⭐️ Jade, and ⭐️ John
Milestone: ⭐️ Charleen – 200th Jump
Drop Zone Action
The DZ was buzzing with Students, Tandems, B-Rels and heaps of stoked Fun Jumpers. Big highlights were Chloe, James, Jade and John all finishing their AFF Courses with Stage 9 – congrats legends! It was a packed week at the DZ with plenty of action both on home turf and in the sky – including the QLD Skydiving State Championships, where the crew at Toogs showed up strong against NSW in the Skydiving State of Origin!
🏁 AFF Course Students
Welcome to the sport to our newest Students: Jordy, who did his first jump – learning the fundamentals of Freefall Skydiving Techniques and Canopy Handling Skills. Emma and Lachlan both smashed through Stages 1-3.
Congratulations to Chloe and James, who both punched out the entire AFF Course in just one week with Stages 1-9! Also, congrats to Jade for completing her AFF Course after doing Stages 7-9, and to John, who wrapped it up with Stages 8-9.
Albin, Clint and Craig sat in on the First Jump Course with Bill on Monday as a refresher.
Thanks to AFF InstructorsToddy, Rebecca, Robin, Ash, Wayne and Millie for keeping the progression strong and the smiles wide.
☀️ B-Rels, Coach & Fun Jumps
Chloe wasted no time and started on her B-Rels 1+2 straight after finishing her AFF Course. Matthew did three Coach jumps – one of them being his B-Rel 5. William also knocked out his B-Rel 5, doing it with his dad Ben on the same jump – nice one! Olavo did a refresher, keeping the skills sharp.
And a massive shoutout to Charleen, who celebrated her 200th jump with a nudie skydive – what a way to mark the milestone!
Thanks to Coaches Toddy, Bec and Ash for guiding our jumpers and keeping the progression rolling.
🪂 Tandems
Our Tandemjumpers this week were: Riley, Rory, Natalie, Aaron, Travis, Dwaune, Ryan, Julie, Matthew and Johnathan.
Natalie left this amazing note in the visitor book: “BEST THING I’ve EVER DONE in my life! Thank you. … Jared, my son, Nicki, Adam & Ramblers. I’ll be back!!!”
Big cheers to those who took the Video/Photo Package to capture that unforgettable first jump! And an extra thanks to everyone who left reviews – your words inspire the next generation of skydivers.
Thanks to our Tandem Masters Robin and Ash. Good on Adam, who is training to become a Tandem Master, doing a jump with experienced jumper Travis.
🎯 Competition: QLD Skydiving State Championships
Over the weekend, the QLD Skydiving State Championships were held at Toogs, with others joining virtually from Far North Freefall. It was a true Skydiving State of Origin showdown between QLD and NSW – great energy, epic jumps, and plenty of team spirit.
The Meet Director for the championships was Ben Nordkamp. We had a total of 14 teams competing in 4-way formation skydiving, with 8 of them local. There was one Wingsuiter and 4 Speed flyers adding some extra variety to the competition. In the 4-way Blast category, our Team Rapid Unplanned Disassembly took out first place – Gold! Team Department of War came in 3rd (Keep an eye out for some awesome photography by Steve Fitchett capturing all the action.).
In Vertical Formation Skydiving, our Team Downward Dodds claimed first place – congrats! In the Freestyle discipline, first place went to Team WD40, featuring Amandine and Wade. Huge congratulations to all competitors and everyone involved in making this awesome event happen — what a fun comp!
🌤 Upcoming at the DZ
Next week (Monday 6th to Friday 10th October) is Learning Curve Camp – a full week of coaching, canopy drills, and skill building. Come on out for some quality midweek loads and dial in those jumps!
Cheers to everyone who made it out, helped out, jumped in, or just brought the good vibes. Here’s to blue skies ahead… Catch you in freefall,
The Ramblers Crew 🪂
AFF Students Photo Album of the week
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Albin, Clint, and Craig – Refreshers, with instructor Bill – photo by Ramblers – 5th Oct. 2025
Chloe before her first jump AFF 1, with instructors Toddy and Wayne – photo by Ramblers – 30th Sept. 2025
Jade AFF 9 Hop ‘n’ Pop – photo by Toddy – Sun. 5th Oct. 2025
James AFF 1 with instructors Robin and Ash – photo by Ramblers – 30th Sept. 2025
James AFF 1 stoked after landing – photo by Ramblers – 30th Sept. 2025
James AFF 4 with only one jumpmaster – exit – photo by Bec – Wed. 1st Oct. 2025
James AFF 4 ready to crush it – photo by Bec – Wed. 1st Oct. 2025
James AFF 5 -photo by Ash – 1st Oct. 2025
James AFF 6 (or 7 or 8) 182 here we gooooo – photo by Bec – Thurs. 2nd Oct. 2025
James AFF 6 big smiles on forward movement – photo by Bec – Thurs. 2nd Oct. 2025
James AFF 8 track and smile – photo by Bec – Thurs. 2nd Oct. 2025
James AFF 9 exit from the 182. Congratulations on finishing your AFF – photo by Ash – 2nd Oct. 2025
Joel before his first jump AFF 1 -phtoto by Ramblers – 30th Sept. 2025
John AFF 8 – photo by Bec – Sun. 5th Oct. 2025
John AFF 9 and ready to Hop ‘n’ Pop – photo by Bec – Sun. 5th Oct. 2025
John AFF Stage 9 exit – Congratulations on finishing your AFF – photo by Bec – Sun. 5th Oct. 2025
Albin (refresher) and Jordy (First Jump Course student) – photo by Bill – 5th Oct. 2025
Lachlan before his first jump AFF 1 with instructors Millie and Bec – photo by Ramblers – 30th Sept. 2025
Lachlan AFF 1 with Milly – photo by Bec – Tues. 30th Sept. 2025
Lachlan AFF 3 thumb of approval – photo by Ash – 30th Sept. 2025
First Jump Course: Chloe, Emma, Lachlan, and James – photo by instructor Bill – Monday, 29th Sept. 2025
Claim to Fame!
📸 If you are featured in this week’s photo gallery, don’t forget to share your news and forward this newsletter to your friends! Also, keep an eye on our weekly Facebook photo albums – tag yourself, tag your mates, and share the stoke!
B-Rels, Coach & Fun Jumps
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Charleen’s 200th Milestone skydive – Screenshot of Video by Steve Fitchett – 5th Oct. 2025
Chloe, ready to exit – photo by Bec – Fri. 3rd Oct. 2025
Matt B-Rel 5 tight exit – photo by Ash – 5th Oct. 2025
Oli refresher – photo by Ash – 29th Sept. 2025
William B-Rel 5 with his Dad Ben – photo by Toddy – Sunday, 5th Oct. 2025
Need a jump buddy?
Finished your training and you are looking for someone to jump with? Let manifest know and they will put you in contact with our Load Energiser, who will either jump with you, or match you up with a jump buddy. No charge. All you pay for is your own jump slot.
📆 And check out our list ofupcoming eventsbelow, and join ourFacebook event listings to see who’s going, invite your jumping mates, and spread the word! Let’s send it!
“Do skydiving weekends get much better than this? This year’s QLD State Championships were absolutely MASSIVE!!
Between Skydive Ramblers and FNFF, this year’s competition hosted an incredible 15x 4-way FS teams, 6x VFS teams, 4x Speed, 1x Freestyle, and 1x Wingsuit Performance. Skydive Ramblers alone had a total of 62 competitors taking part across the weekend to a backdrop of crystal-clear blue skies! Massive thanks to all you legends who took part and making it the best competition ever – and huge congratulations to all our medalists!! We shall let you all know ASAP when we have the date for the Ramblers medal ceremony.
Special mention to our meet director – Ben Nordkamp – who had the herculean task of managing the logistics of such a big comp and for making it run like a well oiled machine, our awesome ground coaches – Alan Moss, Luke Richardson, and Natisha Dingle, and big shout out to our resident poolside DJ Jared for spinning the tunes and keeping the summer festival vibes pumping non-stop! Also, huge kudos to Michael Young, who effortlessly juggled the roles of dubber and outside photographer!
As ever, these events would not be possible without our generous event sponsors, Skydive Ramblers, TSC, and SQPC and our prize sponsors – Cookie Helmets, iFly Gold Coast, FLOW Rigging, and Nordy’s Rig Hire.”
Chris Dodds.
Results
All results and videos can be found on the following pages:
Heath Baird, Abby Tucker, Scott Ferrar, Conrad Tewes, Charleen Hermann, Kristan Fischer, Matt Baker, Aaron Blishen, Chase Andrews, Jace Corbitt, Jason Cambieras, Melissa Peters, Sherry Barr, Daniel Cooney, Ken Paten, Caleb Flett, Chris Dodds, Dawn Adams, Luke Richardson, Greg Maskell, Doug Munford, Matthew McKenzie, Travis McCartin, David Brown, Wayne Gannon, Jeff Johnston, Kerwin Davis, Jennifer Hamilton-King, Nathan Potter, Natisha Dingle, Emma Gall, Riva Delissa, Matty Hyland, Guy Gobourn, Martin Klapper, Luke Matthei, Anthony Weaver, Steve Fitch, Tim Noad, Catherine Brown, Cheri Bullen, Gabbi Lucia, David Birch, Michael Young, Wayne McLachlan, Denzil Saldanha, Jodie Fair, Camilla Rocke, Jared Keft, Zurika Bleeker, Josh Stemm, Shakira Mello, Sean Lovett, Chloe James, Joshua Arndt, Jacob Mulder, Matt Drew, Matthew Holmes, Shaunn Segon, Lisa Miller, David Shoben, Ian Banks.
Here’s a selection of epic shots from the legend with a lens – Michael Young.
Qld Champs – Photos by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
Skydiving State of Origin Champs 2025 (4-5 Oct.) – photo by Michael Young
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