Nick Bray inspects the view from his room at his new apartment on Monday, June 1, 2026, in Brisbane, California.

“I moved to Florida, lived in a tent for six weeks at the biggest drop zone in Florida, jumped every day, and did my instructor courses. Eight months after I started, I was an instructor. Later, I joined a demonstration team in Ohio and jumped into three NASCAR races,” said Bray. “Skydiving fulfilled and enriched my life. People think skydivers are adrenaline junkies with a death wish, but there is another spiritual side to it. You get confidence doing extreme sports to tackle everything else in life.”