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After the successful 2004 launch of CarbonCopyPRO, a proprietary online marketing education company that is now worth over $15 million, Canadian-born entrepreneur Jay Kubassek went from selling mufflers at a Midas franchise to revolutionizing Internet marketing in the span of four years.

Jay has an entrepreneurial spirit that is unconstrained. Not only is he the owner of five companies, he is also a professional speaker and trainer, international real estate developer/investor, executive film producer, extreme sports enthusiast and budding philanthropist.

In 2008, Jay’s body of work set a standard few can equal. In addition to the BiB launch, “Chelsea on the Rocks,” his first exec-produced film, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival to some very solid reviews and is primed for a world wide release this year.

He was a lead driver in the 2008 Baja 1000 off-road race – one of the most dangerous races in the world of racing. And, in December of ‘08, his team won the silver medal in the World Elephant Polo Association championships in southern Nepal.

Jay’s drive to develop new business opportunities is matched only by his desire to give back to several good causes. Jay has aided The Name Campaign in Africa, The Childrens Institute for Autism, The Tracy McGrady Basketball Camp, Mount Sinai Juvenile Diabetes, and The National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Jay resides in NYC with his girlfriend Jamie, three year old son Milo and dog Cooper. His business partner Aaron Parkinson and himself, continue to run the marketing education firm from their offices in New York, NY. and have clients in over 100 countries across the globe.

You can visit with Jay online via his blog, facebook and twitter pages to learn more about Jay and follow his adventures. You can also catch all the news about the upcoming films he’ll be involved in through social media as well.

Check out Jay Kubassek’s Official CCPro Blog

Kitesurfing is an activity that has seen vast increases in its popularity lately. In fact, according to the sport’s acting governing body, participation figures are increasing faster than any other water-based sports. It is also one of the fastest growing extreme sports out of all of them also. If you’re thinking of getting into the sport however, you’ll need to get your body into shape. These main areas are where your fitness focus should be.

• Upper Body Strength. As areas of general fitness go, this has to be among those of greatest importance to train. The upper body is responsible for around 75% of the work load when you’re on the water and if you want any chance of staying in control, it is vital these muscles are conditioned. The main muscle group you need to work on are the deltoids (shoulder muscles). These are responsible for a lot of the movements and are also stabilising muscles. Also pay attention to the muscle of the upper back and the major pectorals

• Core Strength. because the sport is largely about moving your body around under dynamic force conditions, you body should have well developed core stabilizing muscles. One very good way to improve your overall core strength abilities is to use a core-stability ball. You will probably have to add weights into you core workouts though in order to replicate the strains you will experience whilst out on the water. Often the kite will want to pull you in a direction you do not want to go so it will be your developed core strength that will let you remain planted

• Aerobic Fitness. Although you might not associate the sport with aerobic fitness, your lungs and heart will need to be in shape. Because lots of different muscles will be called upon frequently, the energy systems will be calling for incredible amounts of oxygen and will be creating large amounts of lactic acid and carbon dioxide. You will feel the effects quite early on if you lungs and heart cannot feed the muscles with oxygen quickly enough and remove harmful bi-products at a steady rate. Swimming or jogging are both useful ways to boost up you cardiovascular fitness.

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Skydiving is not an activity to be taken lightly, and having the absolute best skydiving equipment is a must for obvious reasons.  Many people trust their skydiving company to choose the proper equipment, after all, they know their own domain better than you do, however the other side of the coin is that it’s you who is going to jump out of that plane.

Of course, if you jump out of a plane with faulty equipment, their company will subsequently suffer from it, but in a very different way than you will. It is for this reason that you should take looking at sky diving equipment into serious consideration as you plan your skydiving adventure.

Although it should be a given that every company’s skydiving equipment is of top quality, unfortunately, such things can not be taken on faith. Of course, no company will want to cause problems, but companies frequently take a rather lackadaisical approach to buying and maintaining equipment. People who work in the business of skydiving are familiar with jumping every day, many times a day.

For customers getting ready to jump, sky diving is not at all an every day occurrence; the feeling of getting ready to jump is totally different for the jumper than for the people who go up with the plane every day to facilitate clients skydiving adventures. Sky diving equipment, though high on the list of importance for safety reasons, is not a focal point for people who see sky diving up close every day of the week. Of course, they are not looking to cause accidents, but for them, a parachute is a parachute, not a magic wand.

Skydiving equipment should be of top quality to begin with as well as being flawlessly maintained and carefully checked after each jump. As you choose a company that will be your host for your sky diving equipment, make sure that quality is highest on your list of priorities.

Be sure to read lots of consumer reviews when choosing skydiving gear and when you are actually in the shops, ask lots and lots of questions. When buying gear as expensive of this, you have the right to engage a sales associate, even for hours, if you need their help. You should feel confident walking out with your gear, not like you were just ripped off and that you’re not sure of the quality of the gear you purchased.

As more individuals have become interested in indoor skydiving experiences, there have been more and more indoor skydiving gyms that have been springing up all over the country.  There are even some indoor skydiving chains, such as Flyaway, that have wind tunnels all over the country.  Many of these gyms are used by professional skydivers such as military personnel and other expert skydivers.  The reason that they will choose Flyaway indoor skydiving gyms for practice rather than practicing from the airplane at all times is because they can get more flight experience in the free fall stages for less cost than jumping from an airplane.  This allows these personnel to become more proficient and safer in the air so that there are less accidents and injuries due to errors during free fall.

Conditions

There are certain requirements that must be met if individuals want to participate at a Flyaway indoor skydiving tunnel.  One is that individuals cannot weigh more than two hundred thirty pounds and cannot weight less than forty.  The reason for this is that it is impossible for those outside of those limits to either achieve lift, or to achieve lift in a safe manner, being able to maneuver in the wind tunnel rather than being blown around in it.

Every Flyaway indoor skydiving tunnel requires individuals to go through a training class so that they can learn the basics of skydiving indoors.  In addition, they will be giving a short lesson with an instructor on flying, where the instructor spots the individuals while they take their first flights.  Before going into the tunnel, individuals will be given a flight suit, helmet, ear plugs and goggles so that all safety equipment and requirements are met.  Otherwise, individuals should wear comfortable clothing that they are able to fully move around in during flight.  In addition, socks and tennis shoes are required for safety reasons so that landings are safe.

Everyone participating in Flyaways training program will benefit.  Experts and novices alike, since they will learn how to manuver in tight conditions, and will enhance the skills of all who are involved.  People who are used to traditional free fall skydiving may experience some trouble in the tunnel at first since the space is so tight. This however will ultimately enable them to enhance thier skills and maneuvers in open space because they will be able to turn and dive more precisely in the open areas and reduce the chance for error and thus giving the enthusiast the ultimate exteme skydiving adventures.