Equinox Boogie

Famous For Fun!

Dates are out for the 2020 event! Saturday 24th – Saturday 31st of October 2020 – Mark your calendars, book your holidays! It only happens every 2 years.

The Equinox Boogie, held every two years in October, is like no other skydiving Boogie in Australia – it’s a Skydiving and Music Festival.

The Boogie sees all forms of skydiving and parachuting take place, as well as Night Skydiving and this year high altitude jumps. It’s also a music festival. We have live bands and music every night, plus fantastic Evening Entertainment.

2 Turbine Caravans
18’000 foot jumps available
Top level coaches for all disciplines
Load organisers, all loads videoed
Nightly Day Tapes on the big screen
Awesome Raffles
Fantastic nightly Entertainment
Famous Equinox Talent Quest
Night jumps (full moon on Saturday 31st October 2020)
Cocktails at the Calypso Bar around the Pool with Live Music!
Big bonfire every night

All this and more at the Ramblers Skydiving Resort, created by Skydivers, for Skydivers.

Join Equinox 2020 on Facebook to invite your jumping mates and to share the event listing to spread the word.

Pre-Nox Get Current Camp (19-23 Oct.)

Prior to the start of Equinox early arrivals will be catered for. The drop zone will be having a Pre-Nox Get Current Camp the full week beforehand. Our regular Ramblers coaches will be here to assist. All landings filmed, plenty of seminars.

There are no event rego fees for the Pre-Nox Learning Curve Camp, just normal DZ rates and activities. Everybody is welcome to come along and warm up for the Nox.

Join the Pre-Nox Get Current Learning Curve Camp Facebook event and invite your mates!

Coaches – Equinox 2020

AirWax FreeFly

Achievements in 10 years of competition: 30 Competitions | 30 Podiums; 16 GOLD Medals; 4x World Class Champion; 4x World Record Holder. Visit the AirWax FreeFly Facebook page or go to http://airwaxfreefly.com

Greg Crozier: Vertical WORLD RECORD Holder; World Champion – Capitaine de l’équipe de France de FreeFly 2018; +20 years in the sport / 7900 jumps; USPA AFF Instructor; 10 years Indoor Skydiving / 1700 H; Tunnel instructor & Trainer

Karine Joly: +15 years in the sport / 6000 jumps; USPA AFF Instructor; 10 years Indoor Skydiving / 600 H; Tunnel Instructor

Tayne Farrant – Freefly

We are excited to announce that Aussie Dynamic Champion Tayne Farrant will be joining the coaching line up for Equinox Boogie 2020. Tayne started his Skydiving journey at Ramblers several years ago and has since travelled the globe competing and participating in some of the highest level events in the world including two Indoor Skydiving World Championships, coaching at top European Boogies and he was part of the 2018 Head down world record in Chicago. With a deep understanding of flying he loves getting creative in the sky and sharing a laugh on the ground.

Chris ‘Douggs’ Mcdougall

LTBJ – Founder / Chief Instructor. douggs@learntobasejump.com

‘Scotty‘ Paterson – Wingsuiting Coach

From first flights to XRW. https://www.facebook.com/patersonscott

Ben Nordkamp – Big Ways Coach

South Queensland Mentor for Aussie Bigways. Since 1988 he is part of the Ramblers Team. Ben started Skydiving in 1984 – over 34 years in the sport with 11,500+ jumps. Email: qldmentor@aussiebigways.com

Paul Osborne – Star Crests & 8-ways

https://www.facebook.com/paul.osborne.503

More coaches to be announced soon, watch this space…

Camera Pool

Steve Fitchett – Fitchimages.com
Archie Jamieson
Wayne McLachlan
Marco De Boni

Day Tapes

Elad Berger of Highspeed Productions & Ryan Brawley of NotForYou Films will be back again!

Day Tapes every night on the big screen! Famous For Fun!

Watch all 2018 Day Tapes and follow us on Vimeo!
Watch day tapes of previous events on our YouTube Channel.

Skysounds

2 Stages! 7 days of live music!

Nox Rocks! There ain’t no Equinox Boogie without cool music! 8 days of Skydiving and live music in the afternoons and evenings. Come play and stay a few days!

The entertainment at ‘Nox 2020 is gonna be AWESOME! Rock, Blues, punk, Electronic, Acoustic, Burlesque and Reggae! And don’t forget to get your act together now for the Talent Night. All the sounds, the live music & entertainment for the Equinox Boogie lives here!:

https://www.facebook.com/SkySounds – Like this page to be kept in the loop, share it with your mates and feel free to post any suggestions.

The Amanda Emblem Experiement

Find out more and listen to their songs on: www.amandaemblem.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amandajuneemblem

Amanda Emblem and her Aussie Rock Band from Brisbane. New album Who Is Amanda Emblem” Out Now.

Biography: Amanda Emblem is a singer, guitarist, bassist and songwriter. She performs bluesy cruising tunes as a soloist with a stomp box or with a variety of guest musicians. Like Lady Gaga (without the paparazzi) Amanda’s music has been heard on Neighbours, Triple J and all over the world in her various guises.

Amanda June Emblem Solo is a combo of cool covers and some original tunes played on guitars, stomp box. Covers include The Rolling Stones, Stevie Nicks, Led Zeppelin, Chisel and heaps more (massive repertoire) Can also do requests.

The Amanda Emblem Experiment is the addition of saxophone and drums with Amanda on Bass Guitar which is very suave grooving alternative blues rock.

Urban Chiefs

The Urban Chiefs are one of the hardest working roots rock bands in Oz. Lovers of psychedelic, blues slide guitar, insane percussive grooves, whisky sour vocals will love this show!

More bands will be announced soon.

Sponsors & event supporters – Equinox 2020

Great experience, absolutely unforgettable, staff are all friendly and professional Making the whole experience easy, worry free and exhilarating. 100/10 experience worth visiting worth doing. : )

Kiara Kirby

Equinox Boogie