Birdman was the first company to offer a commercially available wingsuit in 1999. Shortly after I started skydiving, I picked one up and it became the focus of my parachuting career. To the point that I briefly joined their team in Deland, Florida to build their web site, get trained as an instructor, and travel around peddling "nylon crack". The suits sold themselves. After ground-training qualified, experienced skydivers, I would take them on an in-air evaluation jump. I think maybe two people ever did not buy a wingsuit immediately after flying one.

I co-wrote Parachutist magazine's first feature article on wingsuits. I also appeared candidly in the magazine for a time, as one of the few wingsuit owners out there.