Tandem Team meets Tech #Woopra

Today the Golden Knights take Woopra CEO John Pozadzides on his first ever tandem jump. John P, as he likes to be called, is at Golden Knights headquarters to teach Team bloggers the ins and outs of internet blogging. John P. also is co-founder of a premiere blogging conference.

John began his exciting adventure today with an hour of instruction from SGT Joe Jones who gave a detailed briefing on the procedures of the tandem jump and an extensive explanation about the equipment. Following the class John quickly dressed in a Black and Gold jumpsuit,harness and helment. John even brought his own HD camera to obtain additional video footage to document his thrilling 120 mph ride .John said, that he has always had a drive for speed and excitement with fast cars and motorcycles. While SSG Jon Ewald,his tandem instructor and SSG Joe Abeln videographer prepared for the jump, the Black Demonstration Team did a practice jump checking the winds. John flew in for a soft stand up landing and said It was totally unbelievable and that he could not believe the solitude and peace he felt from the experience. Watch John’s tandem jump at our YouTube channel.

John took numerous photos and video of Team jumping various flags and the new Army Strong parachute flown in by assistant team leader SGT Brandon Valle. He also creatively capture the comradery of the Team training together,parachute packing, and a presentation of a professional demonstration the “Black Team” way.

More of John’s tandem jump and amazing photos that John took of the Team will be posted soon.