Radio Skydive UK

Another episode recorded live on YouTube!

• Andy Ford - cameraflyer, record holder, 20000 jumps.
• Some other stuff too.

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• Doug Barron talks 250ways in Chicago this coming summer (37:30)
• Rook Nelson discusses hosting 2x 200+ formation groups on the same DZ (1:00:35)
• Front cover photo of a 29way Jewel formation in the world's largest wind tunnel, CLYMB in Abu Dhabi. Organised by Laura Hampton and Brian
• Brian waxes lyrical about that tunnel and that trip. One of the best weeks of his life. 
• Dropzone.com is back as skydiveforum.com
• Brian's in ...

• RSUK celebrates 100 podcasts
• Cheaper than Craig's therapy 
• Front cover photo by Greg Crozier of the 96way Head Up World Record formation taken on a 360 cam from the very centre of the formation.
• Dave Schwartz of Skydive Radio fame comes along to chat. He's our #1 fan. 
• Dropzone.com is gone
• Brian got screwed by Joel. But in a nice way.
• Brian picked up his new FS suit in Empuria
• Rich Rust listener video from Dubai
• A...

• British Indoor Skydiving Nationals Review
• Brian goes so long between competitions that he's officially a Rookie again. 
• Brian's still got it, wins Silver, carried by his team clearly.
• There are 31 million tunnels in France.
• AAA controversy
• Why were the UK Nationals held in France?
• Ask The Expert with Paul Dorward covering canopy turns in variable winds as a response to RSUK98 School of Hard Knocks story.
• Front Cover...

• Brian and Craig pick up like they've never been away.
• Craig waffles
• Brian raises the banter stakes
• School of Hard Knocks with Mad John and his bone breaking low turn demonstration
• Front Cover photo by Paul Rimmington of Tim Scrase leading an FS jump with a 4way launch from a skyvan at sunset over Skydive Klatovy.
• Another tunnel closes
• Another tunnel opens
• Craig dreams of being a Youtube influencer
• How to Future Proof Skydiving...

• The Expo is coming
• School of Hard Knocks with Casey Pruett (1h00m10s)
• Front Cover of Jake Quigley by Laura Hampton over Skydive Langar
• SkyHigh buy a 2nd caravan
• Craig bemoans British Skydiving non-election
• Laura’s pet project is Skydive Langar Winter Webinars
• Eloy Hot Air Balloon Crash
• 400 the Movie. Crowdfunding will end soon. Don’t make Craig sad
• Craig slates AI generated Seychelles innhopp image
• Johannes Bergfors message
• Br...

• Andy Malchiodi talks about his Hollywood movie ‘Hex’
• Front cover photo over of Ebu Uyar deploying over Skydive Senegal with the Atlantic
• Ocean watching on.
• Go Skydive expansion into Wales and Kent
• Skydive Tilstock has a use for Headcorn’s old plane
• Langar does 50,000 jumps in a year
• AON2 Obsidian delayed.
• AON2 X0 full steam ahead with this great visual alti
• Podcast round up… Fleur Jones on ‘Lunatic Fringe’. 
• And James La Barri...

• Ben Lowe tandem entanglement
• Ben discusses getting back on the horse
• Taking 7 year olds on a tandem
• What would need to change in the UK for a DZ to take a minor on a tandem?
• Melissa Nelson online AFF courses
• What would need to change in the UK for a DZ to adopt online instruction?
• Front Cover photo by Bruno Brokken - a self portrait over Costa Rica
• Back Cover photos by Bruno Brokken of a Front Cover. 90% Italian magazine featu...

• Skydive The Expo review
• Craig is no longer Chair of British Skydiving
• The King is Dead
• Long Live Queen Mary
• Craig’s ego is dented. 
• Brian is ‘supportive’, like all good friends are. 
• Front Cover photo by Jacek RRRRR of Joe Laming
• Back Cover photo by Andreas Roksvaag
• International Skydiving Commission review by Rai
• Skydive Voss under threat
• 7 jumps, 7 continents, 7 marathons, some swimming too. Not really sure ...

• Arthur Amara talks about Obsidian, the Heads Up Display Visual Altimeter
• Is the Obsidian expensive, or cheap?
• Bruno Brokken Front Cover Photo of Brian and friends over the pyramids
• Ryan Garner Back Cover Photo of Lee Robinson exiting on his 1st wingsuit jump
...

• Joe Connolly explains SkydiveOffset.com
• Pete Harries takes the Front Cover photo of Chimera over Skydive Arizona
• Jason Burgoyne shares his tattoo of Brian on his leg for the Back Cover
• Brian and Laura compete to see who did the most jumps in 2022
• Brian loses. Badly. Laura does 3.3 jumps for every one of Brian's jumps
• Laura Hampton did 1,012 jumps in 2022
• Brian & Laura review their years and look forward to 2023
• Skydive Langar ...

• Pete 'Taf' Mather explains UpLift (18:50)
• If the chemicals in your brain are messed up you can reach out to a dedicated skydiving support network: https://www.upliftskydiving.com/ or Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/ 

Don’t be alone. Make a connection. 

• Pete Allum Future Proof Skydiving (38:20)
• Back Cover photo by someone of Kate Cooper-Jensen keying a multi-plane formation with 9ppl outside the Twin Otter over Skydive...

• Laura Hampton, British National Champion
• Andy Ford School of Hard Knocks (41:50)
• Front Cover photo by Gary Swoop Wainwright of the Sky Games at Skydive Langar
• Back Cover photo by Paul Rimmington of the Rookie Rumble with appropriately placed British Skydiving banner. Craig and Tash approve. Brian is relieved.
• Craig is busy with British Skydiving stuff
• 4wayFS Nationals
• Low attendance solutions
• 8wayFS Nationals
• Othe...

▪ Paul Mayer and State of the Tunnel Industry in the UK (56:05)
▪ Spencer Bailey Front Cover of a CReW formation over Skydive Sebastien
▪ Plane Swap Back Cover by RedBull of Luke Aikins climbing back in.
▪ Intentional Plane Crash Dude
▪ FAA attitude
▪ Bonehead Helmet with freefall comms
▪ Twinwoods goes bust :-(
▪ First Aid Courses
▪ Brian has a… drumroll… passport! 
▪ Brian loves his sponsors and his Jav which he says is the most ...

• Tom Grocutt and his amazing Skydive Logger iOS app
• Back Cover by Michael Bayada of four women freeflying in iFLY Basingstoke, submitted by Fleur Jones.
• Craig gets hard geeking out on his two favourite things
• Brian subtly plugs Dropzone Brewery - no one notices. Did you?
• Wild Geese is operating and is now Skydive Ireland
• Skydive Seychelles looks shit and no fun at all
• World Indoor Championships have kidnapped Tash
• Li...

• Karine Joly, Anna Moxnes, Dennis Praet and Pete Allum discuss shoes.
• Jason Cooke talks helmets, specifically the Cookie G35
• Front cover by Casey Pruett of Brian over Tambor, Costa Rica
• Back Cover of Skydive Tilstock Women’s Edition
• Jeb’s new book Memoirs from The Edge
• Tash used an Oculus to view one of Jeb’s flights in 3D
• FS1 makeover
• AON2 in struggle with chip shortage but pressing ahead with Obsidian
• Brit200 / L...

• Brian talks too much about Costa Rica to fit anything else in.
• He lost his passport and drags the story out.
• There is no Dennis Praet
• There is no Anna Moxnes
• There is no Karine Joly
• But there will be all three, and added Pete Allum, in Ep87. Promise
• FAI Statement about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

• Herman Landsman | Spotting From a C130 (19:40)
• “It’s windy”
• Pete Allum Future Proofing Skydiving (59:45)
• Front Cover photo by Alex Potter
• Back Cover photo by Alex Potter
• Cover photos sponsored by HB Camera Mount
• Andy Ford voicemail and logbook chat to get hard over (1:14:20)
• Craig ejaculates silently
• Skydive Logger on iOS is recommended
• It’s not on Android though, is it? Ugh
• Tash talks to us from the future
• ...