GQ India
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10th July 2018
Volvo Ocean Race has New Zealand on an adrenaline high
Remember three things!" shouted Elsie above the turbofan splicing through air, snapping an oxygen mask onto my face. "Cross your arms over your chest and tuck your feet under the ledge. Look up - UP, not front, not down. And what will you shout? That's right. Ba-na-na!"
I gave the instructor a thumbs up, fighting down a wave of nausea. I no longer felt the inexplicable calm from 15 minutes ago, when our Volvo XC60 crunched onto the Sky Dive Auckland ranch in Parakai, and before the pros zipped