World Free Fall Convention

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Written By Travis Hoffman

Thousands and thousands of people made the jump (literally) during the World Free Fall Convention. Chris and Travis dig into this historic and world record breaking event in this weeks episode. Click here to check out this episode's blog post to get some visual context including stats, additional information, and found videos of the event from YouTube.

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