06/11/2026
🚨 Meet the CPI Team 🚨
This week we’re featuring Ty Bear!
🪂 Date of First Jump: May 31, 2021
🪂 Number of Jumps: 1,007
🪂 Role at CPI: Tandem Instructor, AFF Instructor, Videographer, and CPI’s #1 Cheerleader
🪂 Favorite Skydiving Discipline: Outside Video, AFF, 4-Way Formation Skydiving, and Angle Flying
🪂 Favorite Thing About Skydiving: Gravity and the smiles
🪂 How Ty Describes Skydiving: “The most fun you can have ever.”
🎵 Fun Fact: Ty listens to Taylor Swift, Phish, and the Grateful Dead on repeat all day long.
Whether he’s introducing first-time jumpers to the thrill of freefall, helping AFF students earn their license, filming unforgettable skydives, or hyping up everyone at the drop zone, Ty brings energy, enthusiasm, and a genuine love for the sport to every load.
His favorite part of the job? Seeing the huge smiles when someone lands from a skydive and realizing they just did something they never thought possible.
Come meet Ty at CPI, make a jump with him, and see what he is so excited about!
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