Red Bull Air Force

redbull airforce .com»Luke

  • Pilots
  • Skydiving
  • B.A.S.E.
  • Paragliding
  • Calendar
  • Gallery
  • Altimeter
The Team. The Adrenaline. The Insanity. The Vibe.
Skip to content
  • home
  • PILOTS
  • Human Flight 3-D
  • photos
  • skyphototest
  • Homepage Featured Photo Albums
  • Paragliding Page SidedBar Photos
  • Gallery - Featured Video
  • SKYDIVING Page - SideBar - Featured Video
  • Calendar Events
  • videos
  • about
  • Human 3D
  • Skydiving
    • Skydiving Page - SideBar Photo Albums
  • B.A.S.E
    • BASE Page SideBar Photo Albums
  • Paragliding
  • Calendar
  • Gallery
  • ALTIMETER

Author Archives: Luke Aikins

Luke Aikins
Years on Team: 3 YRS
Luke Aikins
Quote:

Your life does not suck.

History:
“If you’re not progressing, you’re falling behind, right?” asks Red Bull Air Force member Luke Aikins. The question is purely rhetorical – with two decades of experience in skydiving, Luke’s primary aim is to keep growing his talent, and to bring out the talent in others.

Already a seasoned veteran of the Pro Swooping Tour, as well as a popular skydiving instructor, in 2008 Luke wrote a new chapter in his career with a win at the Red Bull Blade Raid at Crystal Mountain. A radical event that combines the power of flying a canopy with the finesse of carving snow, the Red Bull Blade Raid sends contenders roughly two thousand feet down a vertical slope with skis on their feet and high-speed parachutes on their backs. As the velocity increases, the chute lifts, and suddenly the racer isn’t skiing around the obstacles on the mountain – he’s flying around them, at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. “It’s the culmination of years of experience in both skydiving and skiing,” Luke acknowledges

When Luke was born in 1973, he became the newest member of a skydiving dynasty. “My gramp skydived till he was 86, and my dad, my sister, my brothers, my cousins… we all got into it,” he says. Luke was beyond excited when he made his first solo skydive at 16. By the time he launched his first B.A.S.E. jump, he had completed about 8,000 skydives; yet the new experience got him excited all over again, and he keeps the adrenaline flowing to this day with adventures like setting three world records – two for canopy formation and one for freefalling. Currently, Luke’s skydives total about 12,500 (with the highest starting from 26,000 feet!), and his B.A.S.E. jump tally has reached the century mark. On the coaching end, his students have included everyone from NASCAR’s Brian Vickers to members of the Navy Seals. Luke’s all-time favorite student, however, is his wife, Monica, who has now joined him on the staff of Kapowsin Air Sports. In reference to his own conditioning, Luke comments, “The best training is to jump as much as I can. It helps that I fly airplanes and do a lot of things that require split-second decisionmaking.” The athlete is currently getting ready to attack a new goal: “I’m working on a project to make one skydive in each of twenty-four states in a twenty-four-hour period,” Luke explains. “It should be quite a feat!”
more >>
History:
“If you’re not progressing, you’re falling behind, right?” asks Red Bull Air Force member Luke Aikins. The question is purely rhetorical – with two decades of experience in skydiving, Luke’s primary aim is to keep growing his talent, and to bring out the talent in others.

Already a seasoned veteran of the Pro Swooping Tour, as well as a popular skydiving instructor, in 2008 Luke wrote a new chapter in his career with a win at the Red Bull Blade Raid at Crystal Mountain. A radical event that combines the power of flying a canopy with the finesse of carving snow, the Red Bull Blade Raid sends contenders roughly two thousand feet down a vertical slope with skis on their feet and high-speed parachutes on their backs. As the velocity increases, the chute lifts, and suddenly the racer isn’t skiing around the obstacles on the mountain – he’s flying around them, at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. “It’s the culmination of years of experience in both skydiving and skiing,” Luke acknowledges

When Luke was born in 1973, he became the newest member of a skydiving dynasty. “My gramp skydived till he was 86, and my dad, my sister, my brothers, my cousins… we all got into it,” he says. Luke was beyond excited when he made his first solo skydive at 16. By the time he launched his first B.A.S.E. jump, he had completed about 8,000 skydives; yet the new experience got him excited all over again, and he keeps the adrenaline flowing to this day with adventures like setting three world records – two for canopy formation and one for freefalling. Currently, Luke’s skydives total about 12,500 (with the highest starting from 26,000 feet!), and his B.A.S.E. jump tally has reached the century mark. On the coaching end, his students have included everyone from NASCAR’s Brian Vickers to members of the Navy Seals. Luke’s all-time favorite student, however, is his wife, Monica, who has now joined him on the staff of Kapowsin Air Sports. In reference to his own conditioning, Luke comments, “The best training is to jump as much as I can. It helps that I fly airplanes and do a lot of things that require split-second decisionmaking.” The athlete is currently getting ready to attack a new goal: “I’m working on a project to make one skydive in each of twenty-four states in a twenty-four-hour period,” Luke explains. “It should be quite a feat!”
Get my feed.

Mobile Updates

Jon,Mike,Jeffro and I are at the Heli pad waiting to jump into the Rose Bowl

By Luke Aikins October 10, 2009 at 10:43

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Posted in MOBILE | Leave a comment

Chris Santacroce birthday dinner after a day of paragliding in Washington. Happy Birthday Santa.

By Luke Aikins September 15, 2009 at 19:56

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Posted in MOBILE | 1 Comment

is sitting in first class drinking mimosas headed to Hartford, CT to make 3 jumps into the river.

By Luke Aikins July 10, 2009 at 08:54

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Posted in MOBILE | 1 Comment

getting ready for day 3 of Jones Beach Air Show. Waitng out the fog on the beach. Yesterday the wind was blowing 25 kts we still stuck it.

By Luke Aikins May 24, 2009 at 06:41

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Posted in MOBILE | Leave a comment

Clint, Mike, Eli and I at the pilot briefing 7:00 am. Jones Beach NY air show for the next 3 days.

By Luke Aikins May 22, 2009 at 03:05

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Posted in MOBILE | Leave a comment
Status:

in Salt Lake on a layover headed to Dallas to jump into X Fighters

By Luke Aikins June 26, 2009 at 12:22

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

really?getting warmera little puckeredhucktasticturn it to 11 (3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...
Also posted in Luke | 1 Comment

Here is a couple photos I took of Jon last week at the Las Vegas NASCAR race.

By Luke Aikins March 8, 2010 at 09:56

Las Vegas NASCAR

Photo by: Luke Aikins

Las Vegas NASCAR

Photo by: Luke Aikins

really?getting warmera little puckeredhucktasticturn it to 11 (1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...
Posted in Jon, Luke's_POV, SKYDIVING, photo | Tagged Demo, Luke Aikins, nascar, Red Bull Air Force, skydive | Leave a comment

I took Blitz the Seahawk’s mascot on a tandem here is a couple photos.

By Luke Aikins October 26, 2009 at 15:14

IMG_8863

IMG_8668

Photo by: Jeff Bell

really?getting warmera little puckeredhucktasticturn it to 11 (5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...
Posted in Luke, SKYDIVING | Tagged Danger, Red Bull Air Force, seahawks, sex, skydive | 1 Comment

Jon,Mike,Jeffro and I are at the Heli pad waiting to jump into the Rose Bowl

By Luke Aikins October 10, 2009 at 10:43

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

really?getting warmera little puckeredhucktasticturn it to 11 (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...
Posted in MOBILE | Leave a comment

Luke getting ready to make my second demo jump of the day. First one downtown LA at 1:00pm.This one Perris Raceway 7:15pm. And the last one downtown LA at midnight into a party. With Jeffro.

By Luke Aikins September 26, 2009 at 17:02

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

really?getting warmera little puckeredhucktasticturn it to 11 (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...
Posted in Luke, SKYDIVING | 1 Comment

Chris Santacroce birthday dinner after a day of paragliding in Washington. Happy Birthday Santa.

By Luke Aikins September 15, 2009 at 19:56

image35028721.jpg

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

really?getting warmera little puckeredhucktasticturn it to 11 (2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...
Posted in MOBILE | 1 Comment
 Page 1 of 10  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 »

RSS Feed:

All posts
© RED BULL NORTH AMERICA | TERMS & CONDITIONS | PRIVACY POLICY | RED BULL SPAM | RED BULL USA