Hall_of_Fame
Brian Pangburn started skydiving in 1991, a treat for himself for his birthday. Two years later, while waiting for his wife to make an AFF jump at a small Cessna DZ in Maricopa (Estrella), he was approached by three skydivers he had never met and was asked if he could fill in for their 4th who was absent from practice that day. Brian made his first CRW (Canopy Relative Work - which was later renamed Canopy Formation officially) jump and never desired to do freefall again. Brian found his true passion in skydiving. This page was made to document the team members and accomplishments throughout the years.
1996
In 1996 Brian participated in his first nationals competition on team "Desert Diamond". The team had been practicing on their large 200+ square feet Pursuit canopies since team conception but had ordered the new Lightning 143, 160, and 176 size canopies for the team and they arrived 4 days prior to competition. So the team wanted to jump their new canopies for their first national competition in Eloy (Skydive Arizona) and averaged ONE point per round. They had been averaging 2.75 points per round in practice with their Pursuits and learned a valuable lesson about jumping new canopies for a competitrion! Team members of Desert Diamond were:
Brian Pangburn (back in the day... the video was done from the ground using a dedicated camera man for all teams and a high powered telephoto camera lens)
Billy Reagan
Lorne Pool
Chris Knight (Team member Bill Cooper was injured a few weeks prior to competition so we had a substitute for #4)
1997
Nationals was at Perris California. There were a record 12 sequential teams that year and we placed #6. (Top half!) Desert Diamond team members were:
Brian Pangburn
Billy Reagan
Lorne Pool
Bill Cooper
1998
Nationals was back at Skydive Arizona in Eloy. Our team Desert Diamond had two team members decide to quit CRW. The other Arizona team, Frayed Knot, also had two team members quit so we decided to join forces. Our team member Billy Regan
said he wanted a new team name for the "new" team and came up with "Soul Purpose". Soul Purpose practiced hard that year and was able to produce their first trip to the medal podium. Team members of Soul Purpose were:Brian Pangburn
Billy Regan
Kevin Vetter
Joe Lambright
Medals:
1st Place 4-way Sequential
1st Place 8-way Speed
2nd Place 4-way Rotations
Gold medal for Combined Champions
1999
Nationals was held in Zephyrhills Florida. This would be the first year of having air-to-air video so we drafted my wife Pam Pangburn as our cameraman.
Team members were:
Brian Pangburn
Billy Regan
Kevin Vetter
Joe Lambright
Pam Pangburn (Video)
Medals:
2nd Place 4-way Sequential (Averaged (8.2 points)
3rd Place 8-way Speed (Averaged 1:10 seconds)
2nd Place 4-way Rotations (Averaged 10.75 points)
2000
Nationals @ Perris California. Teamed up with the Wild Humans to do 8-way speed using team name "Wild Soul". Team members were:
Brian Pangburn
Billy Regan
Kevin Vetter
Joe Lambright
Pam Pangburn (Video)
Medals:
2nd Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 8.5 points)
2nd Place 4-way Rotations (averaged 11.1 points) 2001
Nationals @ Skydive Arizona in Eloy. (the "home" team!)
Brian Pangburn
Billy Regan
Kevin Vetter
Joe Lambright
Pam Pangburn (Video)
Medals:
1st Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 8.7 points)
1st Place 8-way Speed - Teamed up with Lodi Express and averaged 75.4 seconds
2nd Place 4-way Rotations (averaged 11.8 points)
Gold medal for Combined Champions 2002
Nationals @ Skydive Chicago in Ottawa Illinois. Frank Montagnino replaced Billy who retired from skydiving. Team Members were:
Brian Pangburn
Kevin Vetter
Joe Lambright
Pam Pangburn (Video)
Frank Montagnino
Medals:
3rd Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 7.3 points) - Tied after 8 rounds for 2nd place we had to do TWO jump off rounds and lost by a point......
3rd Place 8-way Speed - Teamed up with Lodi Express and averaged 81.4 seconds
U.S. National record - 56 canopies
After the national competition (the following day) drop zone owner Roger Nelson said to all the CRW dogs "If you can all go up and build a 25-way diamond in one attempt I will give you a free jump". So we did.
That was my first formation larger than an 8-way and introduced me to the world of big-way CRW. Two months later in Lake Wales I found myself setting a new U.S. record of 56 canopies linked together. (It was in fact a "world record" but we did not
invite any FAI sanctioned judges to ratify the record so the U.S. record ended up being larger than the world record which stood at 53 at the time.
2003
Nationals @ Lake Wales Florida. World Meet @ Gap France. In 2003 I started to do 8-way Speed with FSC-8 sponsored by the Florida Skydiving center and went to my first ever world competition.
Nationals Team Members: World Meet Team Members:
Brian Pangburn Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Kevin Vetter Paul Quandt, Keith Thivierge (video)
Joe Lambright Mark Gregory, Kevin Ingley
Pam Pangburn (Video) Bob (Feisty) Feisthamel, Chris Gay
Ben Good Scott Chew, Jeff Cornelius
Nationals Medals:
1st place 8-way Speed (averaged 37.2 seconds)
2nd Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 6.9 points)
3rd Place 4-way Rotations (averaged 11.5 points)
World Medals
2nd Place 8-way Speed (averaged 40.2 seconds)
World records - 64, 65, & 70 canopies
2004
Nationals @ Perris California -- World Meet at Rijeka Croatia. Made my first 4-way sequential jump with Clean Air on March 19, 2004 when Chris Gay hurt his shoulder and could not jump.
Changed 4-way sequential name to Frayed Knot.
Nationals Team Members: World Meet Team Members:
Brian Pangburn Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Kevin Vetter Paul Quandt, Keith Thivierge (video)
Joe Lambright Mark Gregory, Kevin Ingley
Pam Pangburn (Video) Chris Gay Joe Lambright
Ben Good Raul Ramirez
Nationals Medals:
1st place 8-way Speed (teamed up with RedLine and averaged 60.0 seconds - Redline used their Express canopies and we used our Lightning canopies)
2nd Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 7.1 points)
1st Place 4-way Rotations (averaged 11.2 points)
Gold medal for Combined Champions
World Medals
3rd Place 8-way Speed (averaged 38.1 seconds)
World records - 12 points in time 4-way sequential
2005
Nationals @ Perris California. World Cup in Eloy Arizona.
Nationals and world cup Team Members:
Brian Pangburn
Kevin Vetter
Joe Lambright
Pam Pangburn (Video)
Ben Good
Nationals Medals:
2nd place 8-way Speed (teamed up with RedLine - Redline used their new x-braced canopies and we used our 126 Lightning canopies)
3rd Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 7.6 points) -- We took 5th place at the world cup and averaged 7.75 points
2nd Place 4-way Rotations (averaged 11.5 points) -- We took 6th place at the world cup and averaged 11.75 points
3rd Place 2-way Sequential test event (Ben Good, Pam, and I averaged 8 points) -- We took 7th place at the world cup and averaged 7.4 points
World Records:
81 and 85-way Records
2006
U.S. Nationals @ Skydive Arizona and world meet in Menzelinsk, Russia
Nationals Team Members: World Meet Team Members:
Brian Pangburn Dean Keating Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Kevin Vetter Shireen Khavari Paul Quandt, Keith Thivierge
Joe Lambright Patrick Lindner Mark Gregory, Kevin Ingley
Steve Sassetti Pam Pangburn (Video) Chris Gay, Tim Raup
Jim Stengell Kirk Van Zandt Pam Pangburn (video)
Nationals Medals:
1st Place 4-way Sequential
1st Place 4-way Rotations
2nd place 8-way Speed (averaged 67.6 seconds)
World Medals
1st Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 11.29)
2rd Place 8-way Speed (averaged 38.1 seconds) -- I was base and Kevin Ingley pin... what's up with that?
World records - 12 points in time 4-way sequential
2007
U.S. Nationals @ Skydive Chicago
Nationals Team Members: Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Chris Gay, Mark Gregory
Mario Buffalino, Keith Thivierge (video)
Martin Clennon (video)
1st Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 10.7)
1st Place 4-way Rotations (average (13.9)
1st Place 8-way Speed (averaged 50.2 seconds)
2nd Place 2-way Sequential (averaged 10.3 with Mike!)
World Records
100-way Canopy formation!
2008
U.S. Nationals @ Skydive Arizona ---- World Championships @ Teuge Netherlands
Nationals Team Members: World Meet Team Members:
Brian Pangburn Dean Keating Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Kevin Vetter Shireen Khavari Chris Gay, Mark Gregory,
Joe Lambright Patrick Lindner Martin Clennon (video)
Steve Sassetti Pam Pangburn (Video) Pam Pangburn (video)
Jim Stengell Kirk Van Zandt
Nationals Medals:
2nd Place 4-way Sequential (Frayed Knot 7.7 average)
1st Place 4-way Rotations (Frayed Knot 10.9 average)
1st place 2-way Sequential (Dean Keating and I averaged 14.0)
1st place - Overall Champions
World Medals
1st Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 11.0)
3rd Place 2-way Sequential (Mike and I averaged 12.7)
2009
U.S. Nationals @ Rosharon Texas (Skydive Spaceland)
Nationals Team Members: Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Chris Gay, Mark Gregory
Pam Pangburn (video)
Eli Godwin (video)
Nationals Medals:
1st Place 4-way Sequential ( 11.6 average)
1st Place 4-way Rotations (15.4 average)
2nd place 2-way Sequential (Mike and I averaged 11.80)
National Records
14 points in 4-way sequential. (Note: the world record was 12 set by our team, even though there were enough FAI judges to ratify, Larry Bagley
who was the head of the USPA Competition committee, fought against us and denied our team the world record)
2010
World Meet in Menzelinsk (Tatarstan) Russia
(did not attend Nationals to do a joint Redline/Clean Air Demo jump in China)
World Meet Team Members:
Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Chris Gay, Mark Gregory
Eli Godwin, Pam Pangburn (video)
World Medals
1st Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 10.3) Low average due to round 7 opening malfunction causing cutaway. Eli Went in for Mike round 8! 2011
U.S. Nationals @ Skydive Arizona
Nationals Team Members:
Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Chris Gay, Mark Gregory
Yuliya (Korkh) Pangburn (video)
Eli Godwin (video)
Nationals Medals:
1st Place 4-way Sequential ( 11.6 average)
1st Place 4-way Rotations (14.7 average)
1st place 2-way Sequential (Chris and I averaged 14.40)
1st Place Overall Champions
2012
World Meet in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
World Meet Team Members:
Brian Pangburn, Mike Paolin
Chris Gay, Fio AntogniniEli Godwin (Video), Yuliya Pangburn (video)
World Medals
2nd Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 11.9)
2nd Place 2-way Sequential (averaged 24.4)
National records
27 points in time 2-way sequential
28 points in time 2-way sequential
World Records
13 points in time 4-way sequential
2013
Nationals @ Skydive Chicago ---- World Cup in Dubai, UAE
World Cup Team Members:
U.S. Nationals Team MembersBrian Pangburn Brian Pangburn, Yuliya Pangburn
'Yuliya Pangburn Chris Gay, Mike Paolin
Chris Gay Fio Antognini, Eli Godwin
Nationals Medals:
1st Place 2-way Sequential
1st Place 4-way Sequential
World Cup Medals:
1st Place 2-way Sequential (averaged 27.6)
World Record 45 points in time 2-way sequential
2014
Nationals @ Skydive Chicago ----- World Championships in Banja Luka Bosnia
World Championship Team U.S. Nationals Team Members
Brian Pangburn Yuliya Pangburn Brian & Yuliya Pangburn
Chris Gay, Mike Paolin Chris Gay, Eli Godwin
Fio Antognini, Eli Godwin
Nationals Medal:
1st Place 2-way Sequential
World Championship Medals
2nd Place 4-way Sequential (averaged 13.25)
3rd Place 2-way Sequential (averaged (22.4)
