Experience Safety & Professionalism
Skuli Thorarinsson
Leslie O’Regan-Yount
Skuli Thorarinsson
President of the Icelandic parachute association, and is a seasoned skydiver that started skydiving in 2004, he was hooked for life. He is a former member of the Icelandic national 4-way team. Tandem, AFF, static line/IAD instructor since 2008. He will be joining us on this event as one of our main representatives of FALLÍS, one of our ev
President of the Icelandic parachute association, and is a seasoned skydiver that started skydiving in 2004, he was hooked for life. He is a former member of the Icelandic national 4-way team. Tandem, AFF, static line/IAD instructor since 2008. He will be joining us on this event as one of our main representatives of FALLÍS, one of our event organizers and a load organizer for one of the load groups for the event. When not skydiving he spends his time as a pilot on the Boeing 737/757/767. Married and father of 3 girls.
Matt Yount
Leslie O’Regan-Yount
Skuli Thorarinsson
A seasoned skydiver with over 16,000 jumps and nearly 25 years in the sport. He has worked all over the United States and currently calls Skydive Carolina his home dropzone. When not stateside he is jumping over many of the wonders of the world and is a key member of Skydive Earth. He is the S&TA at large, and the S&TA for this event as well as the Tandem Coordinator.
Leslie O’Regan-Yount
Leslie O’Regan-Yount
Leslie O’Regan-Yount
A professional tandem passenger & has been working with her husband in the sport for almost 10 years. She has a Masters degree in Logistics and when she isn’t traveling the world practicing her tandems she is at the gym or catching a movie. For this event she is the lead cat herder & daily manifest.
Shanua Finley
Snorri Hrafnkelsson
Snorri Hrafnkelsson
Master Rigger & Owner of Skydive Shenandoah, she refuses to admit her age, and she has been skydiving for many, many years. She is currently the USPA Regional Director of Safety & Training and calls Virginia home. When she is not skydiving, you can find her working on “the shark”, buying a new sewing machine for her rigging room or playin
Master Rigger & Owner of Skydive Shenandoah, she refuses to admit her age, and she has been skydiving for many, many years. She is currently the USPA Regional Director of Safety & Training and calls Virginia home. When she is not skydiving, you can find her working on “the shark”, buying a new sewing machine for her rigging room or playing with her dogs. For this event she is our overall safety director, master rigger and queen of all the packers.
Snorri Hrafnkelsson
Snorri Hrafnkelsson
Snorri Hrafnkelsson
Snorri joined the Air Ground Rescue, a mountain rescue team, in 1982 and made my first jump in 1983 with the rescue team. He is a trained USA ARMY jumpmaster and rigger. AFF and static line instructor. Spent 10 years in Kabul Afghanistan working for the Iceland Crisis Response Unit. And is currently working for the Icelandic Coast Guard.
Snorri joined the Air Ground Rescue, a mountain rescue team, in 1982 and made my first jump in 1983 with the rescue team. He is a trained USA ARMY jumpmaster and rigger. AFF and static line instructor. Spent 10 years in Kabul Afghanistan working for the Iceland Crisis Response Unit. And is currently working for the Icelandic Coast Guard. When he is not skydiving he spends his time riding his motorcycle and hunting. For this event he is one of our jump masters, location master and icelandic expert.
Bjorn Gunnarson
Snorri Hrafnkelsson
Bjorn Gunnarson
Bjorn J. Gunnarsson AKA= Smokey The Bear "Just follow the orange smoke", Age 41, Member of the Reykjavik Airground Search and Rescue Team. Rescue Jumper. Most jumps off the runway and into the wild, like Glacier Jumps. His Hobbies Include skydiving, Snowmobiling,Training with the SAR team,Camping in the Highlands. When not adventuring he
Bjorn J. Gunnarsson AKA= Smokey The Bear "Just follow the orange smoke", Age 41, Member of the Reykjavik Airground Search and Rescue Team. Rescue Jumper. Most jumps off the runway and into the wild, like Glacier Jumps. His Hobbies Include skydiving, Snowmobiling,Training with the SAR team,Camping in the Highlands. When not adventuring he spends his time earning money by Dragon Taming, Storm Chasing and doing Anything in the wild away from city lights...also an Aircraft engineer,Aircraft Mechanic... Heck I fix Airplanes for a living..... and Rescue people
Tinna Gunnarsdóttir
Tinna Gunnarsdóttir
Tinna Gunnarsdóttir
Tinna is a professional driver-guide with experience of guiding glacier, snowmobile and hiking tours in Iceland. She is an outdoor enthusiast who has trained with the Icelandic Search and Rescue team since 2015. She is also a certified Wilderness First Responder (WFR). For this event she is going to be our tour guide for both jumpers & n
Tinna is a professional driver-guide with experience of guiding glacier, snowmobile and hiking tours in Iceland. She is an outdoor enthusiast who has trained with the Icelandic Search and Rescue team since 2015. She is also a certified Wilderness First Responder (WFR). For this event she is going to be our tour guide for both jumpers & non-jumpers alike!
Tinna is a lifelong fan of the outdoors, but she could ski before she could walk. She loves traveling, outdoor sports and cats. She is also a bit of an international creature who has been lucky enough to call cities such as London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Seattle her home
Nikki Blakeslee
Tinna Gunnarsdóttir
Tinna Gunnarsdóttir
Her life mantra, “Never allow fear or laziness to keep you from achieving your dreams.” An experienced skydiver with 11 years in the sport, she has worked at 9 drop zones across all corners of the United States. In 2022, she was a part of the first USPA AFF course in Egypt. She is currently working for UPT, the manufacturer of the Sig
Her life mantra, “Never allow fear or laziness to keep you from achieving your dreams.” An experienced skydiver with 11 years in the sport, she has worked at 9 drop zones across all corners of the United States. In 2022, she was a part of the first USPA AFF course in Egypt. She is currently working for UPT, the manufacturer of the Sigma Tandem System. She is working towards her Master Rigging Certificate and understands the value of attention to detail. She believes the purpose of life is to explore and find the infinite beauty around the world… the nature and the cultures.
Supporting Organizations
• Skydive EHF • Icelandic Parachute Association (IPA)/ Fall
