Meet Team USA

Kirk started skydiving in 1982 and has over 30,000 jumps.  Kirk grew up on a DZ and started jumping at 16. He became obsessed with  competitive jumping after the 1989 Nationals. After being coached by  National Champions and putting hard  work into several weekend teams he placed 3rd in  the Open division in 1991. Not long after that Arizona Airspeed was formed by Kirk, Jack Jefferies, Dan BC, Mark Kirkby, and John Leming which started the dynasty. After the 2006 World Meet Kirk came to XP and started working at the XP Tunnel, building world class teams to compete at multiple World Championships.

Jeana started skydiving in 2014 and very soon after discovering formation skydiving, she found her passion!  Becoming obsessed would probably be an understatement for the path she chose to take.  Jeana took advantage of every coaching opportunity and attended as many 8way camps as she could to become better until 2016 when she finally earned a slot on XP8 and is now a 2x Indoor World Champion and 3x outdoor 8way world champ + double gold with 4way female in 2024

Matt has almost 30 years of skydiving under his belt and over 22,000 skydives but this doesn't come close to summing up what he can offer as a coach!  Matt is a 3X World Cup Champion in 8way, 6X World Champion in 8way, 4way World Cup Champion, and 3X World Record breaker for points achieved during an 8way jump.  Matt  also has Style and Accuracy, Demonstration/Demo jumps, Videographer jumps, AFF, and Tandem ratings to add to his already large list of achievements.

Brandon grew up living in Tehran, Dubai, London, and North Carolina. He began studying Chemical Engineering at NC State University at age 16 and made his first tandem skydive at 18. Today, Brandon is a professional skydiving athlete, a member of XP8, and an Indoor and Outdoor 8-Way National Champion. He is also a USPA-rated instructor (Tandem, AFF, and PRO) with over 4,500 jumps.

Outside of skydiving, Brandon is the founder of a tech company and when he’s not working or jumping, you’ll find him obsessed with England football, playing beach volleyball, or exploring new countries.

Jen began skydiving in 2007 and never looked back. After logging over 300 jumps in her first year and spending much of her early career on the boogie circuit, she earned a spot on the Golden Knights. She spent two years on the demonstration team, performing jumps at airshows, football games, and even into Liberty Island beside the Statue of Liberty.

Jen later transitioned to the competition team, where she won a world championship in Women’s 4-Way in 2016 and an 8-Way world championship in 2018. After a two-year hiatus to attend flight school, she returned to competition and claimed another Women’s 4-Way World Championship in 2024. She is currently flying with XP8.

Carl is on XP8 because we ran out of other options. He also never sent his bio, so this is his official contribution.

Born in Kennesaw, Georgia, he began skydiving in 2003 after growing up around the sport with his father, who introduced him through his first tandem jumps before he started AFF. He has since logged over 11,000 jumps and more than 1,000 hours of tunnel time. Throughout his career, he has flown with numerous elite teams including Carolina Turbo XP, Rhythm XP, Prison9, and XP8. A graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in Civil Engineering, he is driven by the discipline and teamwork of formation skydiving. His competition highlights include 1st Place at the 2019 USPA Nationals (4-Way), 2nd Place at the 2019 World Cup (4-Way), 2nd Place at the 2020 FAI World Championships in Tanay (4-Way), and a 2nd Place World Cup finish in 2025 with Prison 9 (8-Way). 

James is an experienced formation skydiving competitor with over 2,000 jumps. He started skydiving in 2008 at Skydive Atlanta. James started competing with the Georgia Tech Sport Parachute Club that same year at the USPA Collegiate Nationals.  Over the next 18 years, James honed his formation skills at Paraclete XP under the mentorship and coaching of multiple world champions, competing at the national and international level in both 4way and 8way.  When not training, James can be found at home in Orlando with his beautiful wife and two amazing kids.

Kevin O. Penn began skydiving in 2021 as a form of therapy, quickly realizing he'd just found the perfect intersection of three of his passions: skydiving, photography, and helping others. Since then he has dedicated himself to jumping in breathtaking places like over the Egyptian pyramids; shooting video for the 2025 US Team, XP8; and mentoring newer jumpers every chance he gets. He hopes to continue his journey for years to come and do all he can to contribute more to the sport than he receives.

Ian has been skydiving since his first tandem in February 2012. Ian has focused on Formation Skydiving ever since - training 4, 8, and 16-Way teams; as well as being a large formation skydiver since 2015. Ian is a current 8-Way Open National Champion both outdoors and indoors, and has achieved a total of 19 USPA national medals in all four FS disciplines (4-Way Advanced, 8-Way Open/Advanced, 16-Way Open, and 10-Way Speed) and six Large Formation Sequential World Records (2-point 202-Way, 2-point 219-Way, 3-point 217-Way, 2-point 130-Way Full Break, 3-point 108-Way Full Break, and 2-point 151-Way Full Break). Ian loves to travel for events across the USA and the World and has fond memories of all the wonderful people he’s met in the sport and continues to look forward to participating in more competitions and events, while continuing to make lifelong friendships.

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