Think jumping out of a plane is risky? Try shooting yourself to the ground like a bullet at up to 75 miles per hour... now that takes guts!

That's what 50 canopy pilots spent their weekend doing at the 2011 U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships in Rosharon at Skydive Spaceland.

They're competing to be one of the top 8 canopy pilots to go to the world meet in Dubai later this year.