Professional instructors calm free-falling frets during 15-minute safety briefings & tandem skydiving jumps.

Professional instructors calm free-falling frets during 15-minute safety briefings & tandem skydiving jumps.

Ex-Air Force pilot teaches safety & equipment & guides tandem flights up to 500 feet above countryside before landing for refreshments

Experienced outdoorsmen lead excursions through rough landscapes to teach wilderness survival skills & proper backpacking techniques

Pupils earn licenses to dive in five classroom and five pool sessions and four ocean dives; includes two postcertification ocean dives

Certified paragliding instructors teach aviation regulations & how to control glider before taking off for at least 20 minutes

Pupils earn licenses to dive in five classroom and five pool sessions and four ocean dives; includes two postcertification ocean dives

Canoes shelter up to three adults as they paddle 5–15 miles of dynamic Russian River

Small groups tour Santa Cruz Mountain wineries, learning production methods & enjoying tastings & light snack

Annual hoops tournament continues with semifinal matchups as teams battle for Big West Conference supremacy & automatic bid to NCAA tourney