MEET THE TEAM: RYAN SANDERS

What’s your role here at Skydive Jurien Bay

Tandem Master, AFF Instructor, Canopy Coach, XRW Coach, DZSO, All round anything and everything

If you could only have one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Potatoes, apparently you can survive on them… for the rest of your life.

What is the most random thing you’ve watched all the way through on Netflix?

Ninja Cheerleaders

What’s your most bizarre talent?

Eating what ever I like and never putting any weight on

What kind of skydive excites you the most?

XRW, Xtreme Reletive Work (Wingsuit and canopy flying together in formation)

What was the last picture you took on your phone?

A picture of my 6 day old Baby Girl – Aaliyah

What’s currently playing on your Spotify?

I play Pandora, That way I’m not completely responsible and don’t get blamed for what songs start playing.

What’s one thing that not a lot of people know about your role that they should?

THIS IS THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!

What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?

Is the baby crying?

What’s the most frequently asked question you receive from customers, and what’s the answer?

Is this Harness tight enough? My response is: If we separate during the skydive at all, meet me back at the beach… 😉

What’s one of the most memorable things you’ve ever done?

World record ‘Big way’ sequential skydives. Nearly 330 people in the sky all linked

Can you describe your favourite interaction with a customer?

Taking a customer for a skydive, seeing them excited about the idea of learning to jump, then teaching them how to skydive the following week.

If you could wake up as someone else, who would it be and why?

An Alien from another planet or galaxy, because I want to know more about what may be out there in the universe.

Do you have any hidden talent or is there a fun fact about you we should know about?

I have a RECORD BREAKING JUMBO Cray fish… I dive on it’s location 3 times a season but he’s still to smart for me. I have no idea what I’m going to do with it when I get him… or he gets me. Open to ideas…

Watch Ryan catching crays in his video here!