Jeff "Jeffro" Provenzano (born September 12, 1976)Jeffrey Provenzano
redbull.com. Accessed June 30, 2017. is an American professional

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wingsuit flyer Wingsuit flying (or wingsuiting) is the sport of skydiving using a webbing-sleeved jumpsuit called a wingsuit to add webbed area to the diver's body and generate increased lift, which allows extended air time by gliding flight rather than just f ...

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, HALO jumper and

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. He is a member of the

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, and is considered to be a pioneer of the skydiving discipline of swooping.

Early life and education

Provenzano was born in

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, and raised in

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.Nikki Lohr
"Bird's Eye Phew! Wingsuit-Wearing Adrenaline Junkies Film Manhattan Plunge,"
''

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'', May 19, 2014.Hannah Gaber
"What's up with indoor skydiving?"
''

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'', March 7, 2017. He graduated from the

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in New York City.Mike Cianciulli
"Illuminated synchronized skydiving proves both graceful and gripping,"
redbull.com, October 11, 2016.

Career

Skydiving, BASE jumping and wingsuit flying

Provenzano started skydiving in 1995. In 2009, he joined the Red Bull Air Force, Red Bull's official aerial sports team. He has invented several acrobatic skydiving moves, the best known of which is The Miracle Man. As of October 2016, he has over 17,000 jumps logged. As a member of the Red Bull Air Force, Provenzano participated in and helped organize a wingsuit flight over Manhattan to promote the 2014

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at Jones Beach on Long Island. After jumping off a plane 7,500 feet above Manhattan, they traveled two miles in two minutes, from the

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to the

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, flying up to 120 mph in their wingsuits. Other notable jumps include: on August 27, 2013, Provenzano and fellow Red Bull Air Force member Miles Daisher BASE jumped off the 45-story

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;Jason Blevins
"Red Bull BASE jumpers leap from the roof of Four Seasons Hotel Denver,"
''

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'', August 27, 2013. Skydive Chicago in 2015, where Provenzano was part of a team of 164 linked skydivers flying in a predetermined formation at speeds up to 175 mph to set a new vertical freefly world record; and on February 29, 2016, the Red Bull team skydived out of a helicopter, with Provenzano and Jon Devore performing aerial tricks before landing in the middle of the lawn in front of the

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Film, video and commercials

Provenzano appears in a scene in ''

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'' that took a month to shoot. In the film, 13 civilians get sucked out of an airplane and

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flies to their rescue. But he can only carry four of them at a time, so they have to make a human chain in the sky while falling to the ground at 100 mph. Provenzano also did stunts for the 2014 film ''

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''. He appeared on the first season of the US version of ''

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'' in 2010, doing a high-altitude low-opening (HALO) skydive from 25,000 feet in a race to the finish line against host

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in a modified Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Provenzano won the race. In October 2016, Provenzano released a short film called ''After Dark'', combining choreographed flying, lighting effects and a wind tunnel, tracing his flight pattern in an LED suit. It was shot at iFly's wind tunnel in

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, and was inspired in part by New York City nightlife. In 2015, in a stunt for a commercial for the

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streaming device, Provenzano jumped out of an airplane in a 10,000-foot freefall while sitting strapped to a couch surrounded by a television, coffee table, and other items found in a regular living room. Sitting on the couch as it falls out of the airplane, Provenzano watches television and plays video games, unstrapping himself before landing safely as the rest of the living room crashes to the ground.Josh Sampiero
"Watch an entire living room fall out of a plane,"
redbull.com, December 15, 2015.

Championships

Provenzano was the 2007 Overall Champion of the Pro Swooping Tour, and won the U.S. Pond Swoop Nationals for four consecutive years. He won the championship at the 2011 Dubai World Cup Freestyle, and the Vertical Relative Work World Cup Championship.

Personal life

Provenzano lives in

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Filmography

* ''

'' – skydiving team (2013) * ''

'' – stunts (2014) * ''After Dark'' (short film, 2016)

References

External links

Official page on Red Bull Air Force
{{DEFAULTSORT:Provenzano, Jeff Living people 1976 births American skydivers American stunt performers Red Bull people Sportspeople from Greenwich, Connecticut Sportspeople from Manhattan Sportspeople from Port Chester, New York People from Eloy, Arizona Sportspeople from Pinal County, Arizona School of Visual Arts alumni