Hello my name is Mike Silva, but go by Mikey, and I am addicted to the sport of bodyflight. I have been an athlete, coach, competitor, instructor, facility manager, mentor and friend in the sport for a majority of my life. Flying in the wind and sharing that joy and passion with others is the highlight of my life. I have accumulated 4000 skydives, 30,000+ hours of wind tunnel time and helped teach thousands of flyers on an international scale how to fly. Some personal highlights in the sport include being a multi discipline gold medal winning professional competitor, who also coaches and mentors the next generation of elite competitors, holding a world record for largest freefly formation and really just getting to express myself and be happy when flying in the wind. 

My favorite disciplines are freeflying, trickflying, dynamic and mixed formation skydiving as well as flying my parachute. However, the ability to get someone new to the sport to feel that first moment of control is an excellent feeling that is on par with any of my past accomplishments. What I love most about flying is that it fully requires your attention and presence in one of the most free and powerful environments you can experience as a human being. There are no other activities where you can move at speeds ranging from 100-300mph using your body as the tool to control your movement in 3 dimensions. What can I say other than I am a huge supporter of the sport and just want others to experience skydiving and tunnel flying. 

Look forward to flying with you!

Live the dream,

Mikey