The Grand Bend Sport Parachuting Center

Bob Wright started the GBSPC as his full-time business in 1982. He'll be supervising your training and will likely be one of the instructors jumping with you on your first skydives at the Grand Bend Sport Parachuting Center. Bob has been skydiving for more than 36 years; he's done over 12,400 jumps (more than anyone else in Ontario) and accumulated over 127 hours of freefall time. He does about 400 jumps per year, many of them with beginners. His instructing experience spans more than 30 years during which he's taught about 5000 first- timers. He pioneered the concept of using rectangular parachutes for beginners (in 1982) and was also one of the early proponents of the "Progressive Freefall" method of teaching skydiving. Over six thousand of his jumps have been freefall skydives with beginners. Click here to see some of the World Record skydiving formations in which Bob has participated

Mary Wright did her first skydive in 1994 at Grand Bend. Since then Mary has done more than 2900 skydives and accumulated over 33 hours of freefall time. She is a CSPA-rated Rigger "A"; she maintains and repacks many of the reserve and emergency parachutes used by skydivers and glider/aerobatic pilots in southern Ontario. Mary also holds CSPA Coach 1 and 2 ratings and helps advancing skydivers improve their solo and Formation Skydiving skills. As a rated Instructor "B" and P.F.F. Instructor Mary helps teach beginners and often accompanies them on their first skydives. She is an accomplished freefall videographer and has video'd more than 900 first time skydivers. When she's not at GBSPC Mary is the Guest Services Manager at Oakwood Resort Golf Spa and Conference Centre in Grand Bend. Click Here to see some pictures of Mary skydiving

The GBSPC is supported by a large number of pilots, instructors, riggers, videographers and coaches who help out here when we're skydiving:

• Rich Brasser
• Liam Brennan
• Fred Frangakis
• Brian Green
• Ben Knoop
• Greig McCreery
• Trevor Mustard
• Rocky Nash
• Ernie Noble
• Anne Tilker
• Mike Tryggvason
• Doreen Watson
• Ken Watson