INNOVATION
The sky’s the limit for local skydiver John Bindel who took home the STAR award from the Parachute Industry Association Symposium for his innovative app Funjumpr, presented by the United States Parachute Association. The Skydiving Technology Advancement Roundup competition highlights groundbreaking technologies in the skydiving community. Bindel not only jumps out of planes but he has been developing software since he was eight years old. His passion for free falling and computer coding is brought together through his app Funjumpr, which offers free access to sky diving tools to help divers plan and execute their jumps seamlessly and is used by over 3,000 divers at over 400 drop zones worldwide.
John Bindel grew up in San Marcos and has fond memories of driving past the crashed plane that sits at the entrance of Skydive Spaceland San Marcos as a kid. It wasn’t until six years ago that he finally took his first leap out of an airplane. Since then, he has jumped 1,500 times.
