Hiro
Masuda
Residence:
Yokohama, Japan
Occupation:
Company Administration
Homepage Editor, Lotus Notes DB Programming
Equipment:
Container: Talon
Main: Sabre
135
Reserve: Tempo 120
AAD:
Cypress
Home drop zone:
Tokyo
Skydiving Club,
Japanese
Version
First jump:
Sept
1992 (skydiving Hawaii)
Nov
1995,
AFF level 1, Tokyo Skydiving
Total jumps to date:
1100+
Licenses, awards,
ratings
& other numbers:
B-19476,
C-33386
Skydiving
specialties:
RW,
Video
Accomplishments: (note: both deaf/hearing in Italic)
- Japan national
4-Way
Intermediate
Class, 2nd Place, Aug 1996
- Japan national
4-Way
Intermediate
Class, 1st Place, May 1998
- Japan national
4-Way
Open Class,
6th Place, May 1999
- World Record
all-Deaf
12-Way,
Sept 1, 2001
- World
Record all-Deaf 14-Way, Sept 2, 2001
- World
Record all-Deaf Big-Way RW 15-Way, Sept 13, 2003
- World Largest Mass
Jump 672-Way, Thailand, Jan 26, 2004
- World Largest
Formation Record 357-Way,
Thailand, Feb 6, 2004
- Won the Japan National Champiionship 4 way formation
skydiving Open Class, May 5, 2004
- World Record all-Deaf
RW Sequential 3 point 10 Way, October 14, 2005
- World Record all-Deaf
Big-Way RW
16-Way, October 15, 2005
- World Record all-Deaf
Night RW Sequential 3 point 8 Way, October 15, 2005
- World Record
400-Way,
Udon Thani, Thailand, Feb 8, 2006
- World Largest Mass
Jump 960-Way, Udon Thani Thailand, Feb 11, 2006
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Cover Page of Parachutist
Magazine, March 2006
Last updated: Feb 26, 2006