Moab resident Becca Jordan was part of one of the first-ever all-female teams to compete in Acrobatic Flying at the FAI World Cup of Wingsuit Flying in the Czech Republic in August. Her team set the official world record for “most grips in a round,” performing 12 grips (holding onto another skydiver) in a single round during a single wingsuit skydive.
Since starting her skydiving career in June 2021, Jordan has completed over 1,200 jumps, with about 900 of those in a wingsuit. Wingsuit skydiving allows jumpers to soar horizontally at speeds approaching 200mph, making it one of the fastest non-motorized human sports. In March 2025, she completed a First Flight Course at Skydive Deland and earned approval from Squirrel, a leading wingsuit manufacturer, to start teaching wingsuit flying at Skydive Moab.
Jordan, who learned to skydive at Skydive Moab and now teaches wingsuit flying there, spoke with the Moab Sun News about her journey from climber to world record-holder.
Moab Sun News: What drew you to wingsuit flying? How did you get involved in this to begin with?
Becca Jordan: It started back in 2018. I was really into climbing, and it’s where I learned that people wingsuit, that they jump off cliffs and fly these suits. And I was like, man, that’s epic.
It’s so cool that humans are pursuing things wildly out of their element, with this precision, and grace, and focus. It seemed just very on the edge. So I did a tandem jump with my mother in 2021, and it rocked my world. And that’s when I decided that like, oh man, yeah, this is for me, and I need to figure out how to do it.
So June of 2021, I went to the Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) course, which gets you licensed in skydiving.
MSN: I didn’t know that skydiving was that formalized.
Jordan: Yep, it’s super formalized. There’s actually four licenses, so you just progress as a skydiver, and then around 200 jumps, you’re cleared to fly a wingsuit.
Before even starting my Accelerated Free Fall program, I knew that I wanted to wingsuit. It was a dream. And I learned in Moab, Skydive Moab, and it’s where I met Elizabeth [Brott].
Skydiving can be a male-dominated scene, so a lot of boys would jump together. Elizabeth and I just said, “let’s ditch the boys and go fly together!” We had good chemistry right off the bat, and one day we just decided to sign up for a national competition and be an acrobatic team. That brought us to world competition, where we were the first American all-female team.
MSN: When you talk to people who aren’t familiar with this world, what are the biggest misconceptions that people have?
Jordan: People often think we’re crazy daredevils, but that’s really not the case. It’s super technical, not really an adrenaline junkie sport. I’m competing with people who work as aero-physicists and lawyers—really intelligent people.
MSN: How has Moab played a role in your life and your introduction to all of this?
Jordan: Oh my gosh. Moab catapulted my career—it’s where I learned to wingsuit! Moab is so beautiful from the sky, and it has such a strong wingsuit community. It’s just allowed me to progress immensely to the point now that we’re competing on a world level. Now I’m teaching people to wingsuit here and I’m running women’s wingsuit camps. So skydiving in Moab was the beginning of the rest of my life.
MSN: Is there anything that’s a misconception or something that you particularly love telling people?
Jordan: Anyone can do this! And it would be really cool if more ladies can get in on skydiving and wingsuiting. It shouldn’t be something that should intimidate you so much.
MSN: What’s next for you?
We’re here at nationals because we’re doing a different style of flying. It’s called performance flying. So it’s like a solo performance, and you’re scored based off time, distance, and speed and you use like a GPS tracker to take in all that data. They just opened a women’s category, so Elizabeth and I are pursuing that this year. But down the line, we’ll get back to acro.
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