Jumping Out of an Airplane for a Living and Taking Things Slowly with Brian Lane | Ep. 3

After School Program

"This kind of saved me in a time of need. Maybe I can pass that on to other people."

Brian Lane (@brian.lane) is one of the youngest professional skydiving instructors at Skydive Spaceland Dallas where he lives on-site in an airplane hangar. He's completed nearly 2,000 jumps and is currently undergoing training to fly in a wingsuit.

After being lead to Paul Smith's College in upstate New York by his uncle, Brian enrolled in a major called RAELM (Recreation, Adventure Education and Leisure Management) with a minor in Business. He's been a whitewater rafting guide in Utah, ski instructor in Colorado and he briefly trained as a wellness therapist in New York.

In this episode:

How tearing his shoulder rock-climbing led him back to skydiving (15:46)

Realizing his dream job wasn't as advertised (22:45)

Why skydivers don't like Tom Cruise (35:35)

How he didn't realize his love for the outdoors until college (38:16)

Why Brian views skydiving as an outlet to express himself (1:03:04)

How instructors tell students they're not cut out for skydiving (1:06:54)

The craziest hobby Brian has heard of (1:13:36)

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