photo by: brian mcnair

freekfly profile...........

ok ok ok.....biggest complaint that i get about this site.....aside from not being updated enough......is 'who the hell are you?!?!?!' i would say that's the # one question i get ;-) so to answer you......here ya go....this is one of those "it's all about me!!!" pages. enjoy!

brian g. buckland

e-mail: brian AT freekfly DOT com (gotta fool the spam bots out there)

age: 32....ouch

height: 5'11"

weight: 170 lbs.

home dz: jumptown, ma (old home dz was boston-providence)

hobbies: freeflying, snowboarding, photography, computer geek

first Jump: april 1994 @ boston-providence skydiving center

gear: vector micron, katana 120, pdr 126, vigil, skysystems

licenses: d-19047, freefly license ad a# 158

present job: professional vagabond, head instructor @ school of freekfly, l.o. @ jumptown & skydive new england & where needed

total jumps: 2500+ total (2250+ freefly)

published photographs (some articles):
• parachutist
  • august / october 2002
  • april 2003
  • october / november / december 2004
  • january / april / august / october 2005
  • january / february / april 2006
• skydiving magazine
  • december 2004
  • may / september / october 2005
  • january 2006
• canpara
  • december 2004/january 2005
  • october/november 2005
• air press
  • november 2004 #122
• paramag
  • november 2004
  • march 2007
• the tribune (southern niagara)
  • july 18, 2005
• the standard (ontario, canada)
  • july, 2005
• asm (australia)
  • may/june/july, 2005 #26
  • oct/nov/dec, 2005 #28
  • jan/feb, 2006 #29

filming history:
• georgia state record 18 way sda halloween '04
• women's bigway camp - sebastian march '05
• women's record attempt - chicago june '05
• canadian record 12 way july '05
• australian record 17 way nov '05
• project horizon v '07

skydive history:
• competed in 4 ssi pro tour events from 1998-2000
  • teams gravitational flux and lords of speed
  • also a judge for one ssi pro tour stop
• space games #10 @ skydive america - nov 2000
• space games #11 (ball master) @ skydive america
• new england freefly scrambles 2001 - 2003
  • main videographer
  • judge
  • organizer
  • event coordinator
• 4 world freefly record attempts
  • feb 2002 unofficial 20 way headdown - skydive sebastian
  • aug 2002 unofficial 20 way headdown - skydive chicago
  • feb 2003 unofficial 24 way headdown - skydive sebastian
  • april 2005 Official World Record 53 way headdown - skydive perris
• project horizon II - skydive cross keys - june 2003
• project horizon III - skydive chicago - june 2004
• project horizon IV - skydive arizona - march 2005
  • 18 way headdown round
  • 27 way headdown
  • 34 way headdown
  • built multiple 20+ way headdown formations
• 2004 team manager - united states parachute team - artistic events @ wpc in boituva, brazil
• 2006 team manager - united states parachute team - artistic events @ wpc in gera, germany
• 2005 - 2007 team mandrin - camera flier - vrw 4 way
  • 1st place @ skydive chicago - august 2005
  • 1st place @ skydive atlanta - october 2005
  • 1st place @ dublin boogie - march 2006
  • 2nd place @ perris valley - april 2006

above photo: toronto - photo by: fbj standing at a rained out demo....not happy... yeah......she's a freekfly chick.... above photo (top right): sebastian - photo by: adrian nicholas

a couple of sugar gliders.....yummy!!! freekfly chicks rock! above photo (far left): project horizon ii - photo by: bobby p. old school - gravitational flux @ lebanon above photo (top center): project horizon ii - photo by: jason peters