Tamara freestyling over Rocky Point Beach.
photo by Brent Finley © Copyright 1993 by Tamara Koyn

Tamara's world competition teammate and camera flyer, Jamie Paul, has a large collection of photos capturing skydiving in action.


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This web site has been created for skydivers and "couch" skydivers and contains a collection of articles. If you are not a skydiver and would like to become a skydiver, please use an internet search engine to find a skydiving training center near you. If you live in the United States, check out the United States Parachute Association to find a skydiving training center near you.

Tamara's History in Skydiving 01/03

FAI/IPC Competition Videos & Detailed Documentation:
2004 WPC AE 12/04
2005 FAI Anton Malevsky Memorial International Cup AE 07/05
2005 FAI WC AE, CF & FS 11/05
2006 FAI WPC AE & FS 08/06
2007 FAI WC AE & FS 08/07
2008 FAI WPC AE & FS DISCONTINUED 11/08
2008 FAI WC VFS 12/08
2010 FAI WPC AE CF & FS 08/10
2012 FAI WPC AE CF FS & Style 02/13
2013 FAI WC & EC AE & FS 11/13
2014 FAI WPC CF & Style 10/14
2014 FAI WPC AE & FS 10/14
2014 FAI WC IS AE & FS 11/14
2015 FAI WC EC AE & FS 10/15
2015 FAI WISC SFR FS & Dynamic 12/15
2015 FAI WAG AE CF & FS 01/16
2016 FAI Mondial AE CF FS & Style 12/16
2016 FAI WCIS FS SFR & Dynamic 12/16
2016 FAI WS Acrobatic & Performance 12/16
2017 FAI EC WC AE & FS 09/17
2017 FAI WISC FS SFR & Dynamic 11/17
2017 FAI WC WS Acrobatic & Performance 11/17
2018 FAI EISC FS SFR & Dynamic 06/18
2018 FAI World Wingsuit Flying Championships 09/18
2018 FAI WPC AE CF & FS 10/18
2018 FAI WCIS FS SFR & Dynamic 10/18
2019 FAI WISC FS SFR & Dynamic 05/19
2019 FAI EC WC Wingsuit Flying 08/19
2019 FAI WC AE & FS 10/19
2020 FAI WPC AE, CF, CP, FS, Speed, Style, & WS 08/21

USPA Competition DVDs:
2013 USPA National Skydiving Championships Video 11/14
2014 USPA National Skydiving Championships Video 11/14
2015 USPA National Parachuting Championships Video 09/15
2015 USPA National Wingsuit Flying Championships Video 12/15
2015 USPA National Skydiving Championships Video 12/15
2016 USPA National Wingsuit Flying Championships Video 12/16
2016 USPA National Skydiving Championships Video 12/16

Available Courses and Training:
Video Debriefs by Mail! 6/98
Weekend Freefly Workshop 6/98
University of 3-D Flying 6/98
Courses with Tamara 6/98
The Freestyle Shopper. 6/98

Tammy's Garage Sale 7/99

3-D Flying Safety 6/98

Freestyle:
1991 Quincy Freestyle Seminar 8/91
1993 Official WFF Freestyle Rules 5/93
Freestyle Lessons for Student Skydivers. 8/95
First USPA Freestyle Nationals 12/96
How-to Articles on Freestyle 1/98
Explanation of Freestyle Difficulty 12/99
Tamara's Freestyle Seminars at Quincy 8/01

Skysurfing:
Sky Surfing 8/94
1995 Pro Skysurfing Rules 8/95
How-to Articles on Skysurfing 12/98
1998 Quincy Skysurf Seminar 12/98
1999 Quincy Skysurf Seminar 8/99
Easy Skydive video, manual, and CD-ROM 12/99
2002 Rantoul Seminar: Skysurfing and Camera Flying 8/02

Freeflying and Vertical Relative Work:
Tamara's First Experience in VRW 5/94
The First Sit Flying Competition 11/94
A Conversation on Vertical RW 3/95
Standing Solo Drills for learning VRW. 5/95
Take the Time to Seat Yourself! 7/95
Freefall Race & Funky Freestyle Festival 12/95
Basic Head-Down Solo Drills 2/96
Getting Started with 2-way VRW 2/96
Skydive AZ's 1996 Freefly Festival 12/96
A Picture Guide to Freeflying 6/97
4-way Freefly Camp at GKCSC 8/97
Quantum Leap Freefly Seminar 8/97
1997 Quincy Freefly Seminar. 8/97
Skydive AZ's 1997 Freefly Festival 12/97
How-to Articles on Freeflying 8/99
Freeflying the Sony DCR PC7 3/98
1998 Quincy Freefly Seminar 12/98
Skydive AZ's 1998 Freefly Festival 12/98
A Picture Guide to Transitions 12/98
3rd Annual 1999 Freefly Money Meet 5/99
1999 Skydive Chicago Space Games 7/99
1999 Quincy Freefly Seminar. 8/99
November 1999 Space Games. 12/99
Orly King Freefly Seminar 7/00
2001 Quincy Seminar: Freeflying 8/01
2002 Rantoul Seminar: Freeflying 8/02
2002 US National Collegiates Test Freefly Event 1/03


Freestyle & Skysurfing:
1993 Skyblazin' Competition 10/93
1994 Skyblazin' Competition 11/94
1995 World Freestyle Video Tape Offer 7/96
1997 World Freestyle Competition 10/97
1998 World Cup 12/98


Artistic Events (Freestyle, Skysurfing, & Freeflying):
1998 US Nationals 6/00
2000 World Cup Video 3/01
2001 Compulsory Sequences Practice Judging Video 5/01
2003 Compulsory Sequences Practice Judging Video 5/03
Freefall Rotations for Artistic Events 2014 USPA SCM 5/14
2014 Compulsory Sequences Practice Judging Video 7/14
Freefall Rotations for Artistic Events 2015 FAI/IPC AE CRs 5/15

Tracking and Bird-Man Flying:
Discovering Tracking RW! 7/99
1999 Quincy Bird-Man Seminar 8/99
First Bird-Man Wing Suit Jump! 8/99
Articles on Tracking and Bird-man Flying 8/99
2002 Rantoul Seminar: Piloting the Wing Suit 8/02

Other Topics:
1993 World Freefall Convention RW Seminars 8/93
21K High Altitude Briefing 8/93
1997 Quincy Videography Seminar 8/97
Multimedia CD-ROMs on Skydiving 1/97
Mad Track Video Magazine 5/97
John Schuman 6/98
1999 Quincy Seminar on Separation and Spotting. 8/99
23K High Altitude Briefing 8/99
2001 Quincy Seminar: Canopy Control 8/01
2001 Quincy Seminar: Canopy Relative Work 8/01
2001 Quincy Seminar: Safety 8/01
John LeBlanc Canopy Flying Seminar 8/01
2002 Rantoul Seminar: Sport Accuracy 8/02

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Tamara has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in teaching dance with movement science background and Media Communications: Film/Video production from Webster University in 1991. Tamara has been a freestyle pioneer since 1985 with more than 1800 freestyle jumps; has published the first books and video on this discipline; has been freestyle coach since 1988 in the US, Australia, and Europe; and is 4 time medalist ('92 World Champion) in World competition. Tamara is also a Vertical Relative Work enthusiast with nearly 600 Vertical Relative Work jumps since 1993.

The photo (8 by 10 inches) on this page is available by mail order for $15.00 plus $3.00 postage ($6.00 postage for shipping outside the United States). Photos may be autographed with a personal message upon request at no extra charge. Please write Tamara at: Tamara Koyn

Please send any suggestions, comments, etc., about this site to Tamara Koyn. If you would like to publish material from this site, would like to contribute material to this site or would like to discuss the removal of any material, please contact Tamara Koyn. Thank You.

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