BYRON (CBS SF) -- A man killed in a skydiving accident at the Byron Airport in Contra Costa County on Saturday was an experienced jumper who had a lapse in judgment, a skydiving teacher said Tuesday.

An experienced solo skydiver was killed after performing a “swooping maneuver” during a jump in Florida, police said. Getty Images/iStock photo An experienced solo skydiver was killed after performing ...

A 29-year-old champion skydiver from Australia was killed in Texas while testing a high-risk method for the sport called “swooping.” Melissa Porter, of Perth, an instructor at Skydive Spaceland ...

Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon is hosting this weekend the US Parachute Association’s National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting, where jumpers “swoop” at speeds starting at 75 mph towards ...