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Roger Warren Nelson [1] (October 25, 1955 – June 7, 2003) was a skydiver, convicted drug smuggler, and founder of Skydive Chicago, one of the largest skydiving centers in the United States. [2] Freak Brothers. Nelson and his older brother, Carl Nelson, grew up in Lisle, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Aug 13, 2013 · In 1979 the Freak Brothers suffered the loss of Carl, who died in a skydiving accident. From 1986 to 1989, Roger ran the Illinois dropzone "Skydive Sandwich". Later in 1993, he went on to found Skydive Chicago, which is now recognized as one of the world's leading dropzones.
They were the notorious members of the Midwest’s only challenge to California’s skydiving dominance: the exuberant, outrageous outlaws known as “The James Gang.”
Nov 5, 2002 · I think Skydiving a couple of months ago eluded to an infamous party at a Holiday Inn during a Couch Freak's Convention several years ago that shut them down for a few years. Anybody know what the story is?
Dec 16, 2002 · I have added a partial list of Night Naked Freak Brothers and Sisters to the site. More information would be welcome. Elaine Demme (NNFS#3) has her Night Naked FS photo for the site.
- An alphabetical listing of Freak Brothers with numbers is now up at www.freak-brother.com Please let me know of any errors or omissions. Thank...
- Very Cool. Thank-you for posting this list. -- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, go...
- Hey Freak Brother! How current is that list? Cuz I'm not there, and I got my number about 2 years ago. Do I need to go kick some DaBase Bootie...
- Sister, grumble at Norge. He has the missing data and I have asked him nicely for it. "DD" supplied the electronic list that's up right now....
- Brother, I figured it was "DaBase" himself holding out on the data! I'll grumble at him next time I see him, but who knows when that might be?...
- The list I sent is current up until 1995 or there abouts. Roger had all the names in various notebooks and I put them into an spreadsheet back then...
- Thanks for the stuff, DD.dabase1@aol.com Any stories, photos etc. please send to me: freak@freak-brother.com . . www.frea...
- Courtesy of Mike Garza, the FB listings are now cleaner, and available ordered by number or by last name. A few corrections have been made, too. St...
- Someday I'll be on that list... Replying to: Re: Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure? by billvon If the plane is unrecoverable then exiting...
- I've been on it too long! FB1371 1983 convention ____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!!
People called it “Freak Flying” and Roger and Carl were “The Freak Brothers.” Large airplanes were required for large formations and Roger Nelson was the main guy organizing large skydiving events where DC-3s and all kinds of airplanes would be available and the Boogie was born.
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He fell in love with skydiving at the age of 16 and went on to make over 9,000 skydives, developed several world record milestones in formation skydiving, founded the skydiving fraternity Freak Brothers, progressive student training, and created two state-of-the-art skydiving resorts in his lifetime.
