USPA Report

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USPA Report PIA 2007 Second Regular Meeting
September 14, 2007 Nashville, TN
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• STATE OF THE SPORT AND INDUSTRY
• Membership
• Optimism

• SPORT AND INDUSTRY PROMOTION
• 2007 Media Coverage
• USPA Nationals Coverage

• NATIONAL SKYDIVING MUSEUM
• Momentum

PIA and USPA Together--CAVU
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State Of The Sport
Individual Membership
30,618
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State Of The Sport
Individual Membership
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State Of The Sport
Age Distribution

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State Of The Sport
Trending Back Up
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2007 Media Coverage (So Far)

• Adventurer/Forbes.com (6.7 million
  visitors/month)
• Wired Magazine (circ. 656,000)
• The Washington Post (circ. 930,000)
• The Today Show
• MetroSports New York (circ. 100,000)
• ESPN Deportes Magazine (circ. 55,000)
• Gay.com (725,000 visitors/month)
• Magazine Rack-Whats Hot (435,000 visitors/month)

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2007 Media Coverage (Pending)

• USAA The Magazine (circ. 4.1 million)
• Outside Magazine (circ. 650,000)
• Sporting Woman (circ. 403,000)
• Military Officer (circ. 350,000)
• Sports Travel (circ. 16,000)
• SportsEvents Magazine (circ. 17,000)

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USPA Nationals Coverage

• NBC Jeep World of Adventure Sports
• Good Morning America
• Chicago Sun-Times
• Wall Street Journal
• Best Damn Sports Show Period
• ESPN Cold Pizza

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National Skydiving Museum

• Momentum

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PIA and USPA Together
CAVU--Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited IF We
Plan and Work Together!