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Bay City, Michigan, 1978. Adjusting to life in freedom after being held 18 years behind the iron curtain.
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Linked with another 231 skydivers. freefall formation, Lake Wales, Fl, 1995
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Taking a passenger along, Clewiston, Florida - 1998. |
Parachute Stack, Clewiston, Florida 1994 Top to bottom: Ross, Betty, Bruce, Loes, myself, Marty, Mitch, Are and Ron |
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![]() Jerusalem, Western Wall, Nov. 2010 |
![]() Bethlehem, Palestinian Teritories, Nov. 2010 |
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![]() Dead Sea, Nov. 2010 |
![]() Security outside Jerusalem, Nov. 2010 |
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![]() End of the Men's Giant Slalom, Whistler, Canada, March 2010 |
Lucas, end of the Men's Giant Slalom, Whistler,Canada, March 2010 |
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Whistler Peak on the background |
On the Peak to Peak Gondola, Whistler-Blackcomb |
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![]() Powder Challenge |
Whistler
At the Olympic Rings, bottom of the Men's Downhill Race Run |
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![]() Stana's Spring Break in Paris |
![]() France most famous landmark |
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![]() My girl in France |
![]() Loes, Stana and Grandma Diny dining at a Champs-Elysees, Peris |
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With Lucas, at his school Fun Fair, 2004 |
2008 "motivational" tour |
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![]() Top of the Rockefeller Plaza Bulding, NYC, Dec. 2009 |
NYC, December 2009 |
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![]() Skating at the Rockefeller Plaza Ice Rink, NYC, Dec. 2009 |
![]() Stana and Lucas on Liberty Island, NYC, Dec. 2009 |
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With Lucas - skiing at Snowbird, Utah, January 2009 Click Here for more images.
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Lucas snowmobiling at Winter Park, CO. 2008 (Click on image)
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Diving with Loes in the Galapagos. Leon Dormido (Sleeping Lion), off the coast of San Cristobal, 1993
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Anna, Stana (daughter), Ben and Lucas (son) at play at the sand dunes. Kasouga, east coast of South Africa, June 2007 |
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Stana, Jackson Hole, WY, 2003
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Lucas Nickolich, aboard the Eye of London, 2003 |
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Loes and myself over Dillingham Airfield, Oahu, Hawaii, 1995 |
House where I grew-up and lived from 1953 to 1977. Biltmore, La Habana. Click to enlarge. |
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The Vatican, 2006
Roma, 2006 |
With the Cuban National Team, III Panamerican Parachuting Championships Collique, Peru 1975 Two years before "bailing out of hell".
![]() Family portrait in Holland, January 2010 |
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Scuba diving with Loes, Key Largo
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A Sunday afternoon at the pool. |
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![]() Kisspass with Loes at 10 Grand! |
Mahi-Mahi prize trophy. Duck Key, August 2009 |
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Our honeymoon in Dubrovnik
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Lucas, Isla de Capri |
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Hiking the Napali coast trail, island of Kauai, Hawaii |
Ruins of Pompeii |
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Grand Place, Brussels, July 1, 2009 |
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The family outside the Franz-Joseph Palace, Vienna, January 2008 |
Prague, November 2008 |
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Lucas favorite sport. |
Stana practicing at home for the All State Audition
Stana Katrina Nickolich at a figure skating competition.
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With son Lucas on top of the Nohoch Mul pyramid, Maya ruins at Coba, Yucatan, Dec. 2008 |
![]() Groesbeek, Netherlands, July 2009 |
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"Brigada Patria" Fuerzas Especiales, Latacunga, Ecuador |
Playing over Z-Hills |
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![]() Bled Cup, Yugoslavia, 1989 |
![]() Docking on a 12 Stack with the NAVY SEALS and Tampa CREW, 1998 |
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![]() Barkley East, South Africa |
![]() Horseback riding with Stana, Sephton's Ranch, Barkley East, South Africa |
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Enjoying Ceviche in Salinas |
With Ted Strong and Ecuador Special Forces trainees in Salinas, Ecuador, 1998 |
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![]() Me, Alberto Alibrandi and Fernando Gallegos, Latin Challenge 1996 |
![]() With my S.W.A.T Team Trainees, "Grupo de Intervencion y Rescate" (GIR) Ecuador, 1995 |
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Klein Matterhorn. Zermatt, Switzerland |
"Here's to your health"
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Profession: Entrepreneur
980 Tandem Jumps - 600+ AFF Jumps
USPA Instructor/Examiner, Senior Parachute Rigger
International Skydiving Competitions:
Szolnok, Hungary 1974 - Peru 1975 - Mexico 1977 - Bled, Slovenia 1989
Hobbies: Scuba Diving, Sailing, Skiing, Writing
Married 20 + years with two great children
Contact El Lince nick@heldbehind.com
"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by
worrying about the future"
