Honestly, we’d say 90% of people skydive naked to either fulfill tradition, talk about it, or for the pure excitement and curiosity of it all.

My first skydive was a charity tandem at Swansea (UK) on 16 August 2014, when I raised 2,080 GBP (~3,200 USD). He’s off to the big city to play cheerleader for childhood-buddy-turned-radio DJ ‘Action Tam’, who’s skydiving – topless! For the purpose of the Society of the Advancement of Naked Skydiving, we say wrist to wrist and neck to knees. When you’re in freefall, you’ll feel like the container is falling off of your back--or is not centered--because it’s touching your skin and you can actually feel where it is.If you are offended by nudity, shame on you -- avert your eyes and consult the nearest adult about how babies are made. The guy who founded SANS, the Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving, for example, has more than 700 naked jumps under his non-existent belt – many of which he did in the Michigan winter. I put out some enquiries as to where I might be able to take up this challenge, and Redlands Airport, Swindon (UK) happily agreed. More than 150 people hopped on their bikes in the nude in the interesting form of political protest. He spends about two minutes on the ground re-rigging and getting back in the plane for a total of 10 to 11 minutes per turn.

While naked skydiving isn’t allowed everywhere, lots of dropzones take part in this cheeky (tee hee! I like just to get out of the airplane and enjoy the world around me by myself, just enjoying the awe of the situation. He told us that in the 40's he jumped naked for a Sherriffs Convention (in Ohio I believe), paid for by a group of the lawmen who wanted to shock their buddies, and he was paid double his normal rate to go sans clothing.Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Check out this article about rigging for naked skydiving to get a more specific idea of what we mean. He remembered Tommy Walkers stories, and said he believed the jump was in the Carolinas, and that the wives were at the event. I don’t go out to see how many naked skydives I can make; it’s just that I like doing it and the club I belong to is very naked-jumping friendly.

The goals of SANS are to promote naked jumping and give members a way of proclaiming that they are part of the naked jumping community.Cris Galera recently spoke about the risky stunt on Instagram and claimed it "took courage" to discuss the situation. Which is why the current statistics have been "massaged" as they have AND why surfing and insanely small canopies are promoted in the manner they currently are. Tommy said he was quickly picked up in a Sheriffs car (with sirens blasting and lights flashing) after he landed and wrapped himself up in his canopy.