Radio Skydive UK

• Rich Grimm, Tsunami Skydivers, Exotic Boogie organiser • Costa Rica for the win • Eloy Bent Prop stories, Oceanside setup • Front Cover by Paul Rimmington @paul_rimmington of Gary Wainwright landing his canopy at Skydive Langar. • School of Hard Knocks with Rich Grimm - Demo jumps are crazy! • iFLY UK publishes financial results as iFLY USA closes 3 sites. • The UK press love a plummet and a plunge. • Heartwarming video of injured skydiver returning to the sky: https://youtu.be/dXis77ZXu-0 19mins • Aerodyne Icon issues are over. Are they? • Aerodyne Icons are the new ugliest container in town. • Craig is selling up • Craig loves his Aria audible by AON2. • Jump for the Cause 2009 181way women's record recognised by Great Western Railways. • Or maybe Guinness World Records. • Craig competed at 4way nationals and spectated at 8way nationals. • Rich travelled round a bunch of boogies and recommends Lost Prairie. You should go. • Look after your mates. You never know who needs some support.

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• Chris Mayhew, Freestyle National Champion • CloudBase App creator • CloudBase is the finest way to log your skydives and analyse your data • Front Cover of Chris flying with teammate Ed Cracknell in Nova at the World Championships in Crystal Coast Skydiving in USA. Photo by Chris Bess of @_orbit_media_ • School of Hard Knocks with Chris Mayhew • GoSkydive ditches British Skydiving • GoSkydive sticks with British Skydiving • Aerodyne Icon issues are over. Are they? • Wingsuit AAD fire and new guidelines at Langar • Craig jumped with a YouTube influencer • Brian has a comedy audible fail. • Brian has a photoshoot in London • Melanie Curtis wants to teach you how to fly in your life outside skydiving. Sign up here: https://go.melaniecurtis.com/howtoflychallenge • Look after your mates. You never know who needs some support.

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• Jack Peploe, Wingsuit National Champion • Leading Edge community initiative • Leading Edge podcast - go listen to it • Front Cover of the Jack flying alongside a plane by Tomek Nowicki • School of Hard Knocks with Jack Peploe • Wingsuit progression • Listener Submissions... thanks Joël! • Listener Submissions... thanks Marshall. We think. • Skydive Isle of Man opens • Amber doesn't cross the channel? • World Skydiving Day • Fuel surcharges being dropped - thank you dropzones! • Icon volatility • POPS skyvan jumps at SkyHigh • Brian is off to SummerFest soon • Dean Fisher instagram • Expo back at a 'new' venue. • We talk about some other stuff too but no-one reads show notes so it doesn't really matter • Prove me wrong - email [email protected] and Craig will pack your canopy for you on your next jump. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD If you enjoyed this show please share #RadioSkydiveUK with your social media followers. Facebook, Instagram or wherever. If this episode rocked your boat, head on over to wherever you get your podcasts from and subscribe or follow.

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• Andrew Draminski & Marcus King talk to us about Canopy Formation records
• Andrew Draminski is a Canopy Formation guru
• Marcus King is newly annointed
• Front Cover of the 104way World Record, photo by Gustavo Cabana
• Marcus talks about night jumps
• Someone on the show talks more than Craig. Wtf!
• We talk about some other stuff too but no-one reads show notes so it doesn't really matter
• Prove me wrong - email [email protected] and we'll delive a crisp high five the next time we see you and read your name out on the next show.

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• Amber Forte, Red Bull Athlete • Amber plans to fly across the English Channel in a wingsuit • The entire journey will be over the sea. • Through one of the busiest commercial flight corridors in the world. • Amber is officially bonkers. Brian tells her this. • Amber discusses glide ratio • Amber discusses wing suits • Amber discusses navigation • You won't be able to guess what will be in her pockets.

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• Even Rokne & Fredrick Wendt talk to us about Skydive Voss and Extreme Sports Week
• Even Rokne is the king of innhopps - the Kinghopp?
• Fredrick Wendt is the Operations Manager at Skydive Voss
• Front Cover of the Norwegian Flag being flown on Mational Day by Chris Todd, photo by Morgan Mackay
• Rainbow boogie at Skydive Tilstock raincheck
• Quick Aerodyne Icon Update - new Technical Notice release by Icon.
• It's not a Service Bulletin or a Safety Bulletin though.
• Because that would make them liable. #conspiracy
• AON2 are bringing a new audible to the market and are looking for testers. Could be you?
• Craig wins Bronze for his performance as Chair of British Skydiving.
• Craig laments not trying harder to win Silver.
• Fredrick tells us about Extreme Sports Week and how to pronounce it in Norwegian
• Ekstrem Sports Veko with Veko meaning Week but that work is only in the area around Voss.
• Everyone calls the festival 'Veko' and everyone knows exactly what you mean when you say "the week:
• There are 52 weeks in a year but there is only ONE WEEK in Voss.
• Even discusses skydiving in the free-est sense possible.
• Voss is the home of innhopps. We know this because Fredrick and Brian are wearing matching brown tshirts that say this.
• Even tells us about his innhopp project during Veko - sounds incredible
• Even keeps getting up and banging his phone around making weird noises.
• Even talks about the first ever Veko was just 4 main sports and 2 smaller sports.
• Fredrick talks about the land owner being difficult.
• Skydive Voss has been around 49 years and they plan to be around another 49 years at least.
• Local Council has approved a compulsory purchase but now there is a long administrative wait. Hopefully nothing goes wrong.
• Brian does a night jump and promptly forgets it.
• Craig got to play on some planes

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• Lucy Mancey, Head of Membership and Engagement at British Skydiving
• Lucy explains wtf she actually does
• Lucy talks all things British Skydiving
• Craig gets jealous and wants to talk about British Skydiving too
• Craig and Lucy have a dance off to see who loves British Skydiving the most.
• Aerodyne Icon news. Lucy puts the boot in. Or she's very diplomatic. We forget which.
• Craig borrows a friends rig
• Headcorn resumes fun jumper skydiving. Yay.
• Headcorn has increased their fun jumper training requirements
• The Daily Telegraph has the best skydiving headline ever
• "Freak accidents, suicides, attempted murder: The dark side of skydiving"
• Makes you want to read it, doesn't it?
• Amber Forte plans to fly across the English Channel in her wingsuit
• We await Red Bull's permission for her to talk to us. Go drink a can of Red Bull for us please.
• Send us a video showing you drinking and saying "We want Amber!"
• Tristan da Cunha jump. Pathfinders jump into a tiny island in the windy Atlantic Ocean.
• Two tandems, both carrying medical professionals.
• Red Devils jump into Ten Tors. Lucy reminisces.
• Navy Raiders jump onto Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
• Lucy talks about a freefall collision and partial shoulder dislocation in her School of Hard Knocks
• Craig wins a Bronze Medal at the Royal Aero Club.
• We take the piss but secretly we are very proud of him. Just don't tell him, ok?

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• Knives with Simon Soper, UK Advanced Instructor
• Front Cover photo by Andy Ford
• Charlie Wakeham tags along to eat pizza
• We feel incredibly emotionally supported
• School of Hard Knocks with Simon
• Simon discusses his winter in NZ
• Simon discusses how excited he is to be back on a rainy little island in the middle of the Atlantic for the 'summer'.
• Jet fuel running dry?
• Gliding bailout rigs and pencil packing drama
• Aerodyne Icon speculation
• Skydive Headcorn pauses fun jumpers 'temporarily'
• Craig's doing 4way
• Brian's SunPath Javelin is grounded.

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• Alex 'Buzz' Busby Hicks is Chief Instructor at Skydive Tilstock • Buzz has even more opinions than Craig. • Wait… is that even possible? • Aerodyne Icons currently grounded in the UK • Craig's Icon is grounded. • Luckily he doesn't jump anymore so he won't even notice. • Skydive Langar leading the investigation • British Skydiving response • Worldwide response as of Mon 13 April 2026 • World Cup of Indoor Skydiving. FS at Weembi in Lille, FF at iFly Aix-Marseille • Cloudbase logbook app by Chris Mayhew first look • Front Cover photo of a tracking exit over Tilly by Buzz's friend. • Back Cover photo of a demo exit and salute over the O2 arena in central London • Skydive Tilstock now open on Sundays after a 30 year hiatus • Tilly has a quieter plane, that's cheaper this year. • Buzz thinks skydiving is too cheap • Craig flew in the tunnel • Craig still has iFLY Expo tunnel time from 2016 to fly! • Craig is a whizz at international currencies. Saves himself £1.62 • We stop recording at midnight. Brian still has to pack. Ugh.

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- Euro Skydiving Symposium review - Front Cover by Andy Ford of wing suits over Swakopmund in Namibia - Back Cover photo of Craig receiving a sword at the Expo - Craig talks - Craig talks some more - Craig interrupts Brian to carry on talking - Craig says something else but we weren't listening by that point. - Craig says something interesting. - But we missed it. - Craig talks - Craig said something else interesting and revealed some true emotion. - It was authentic but not worth the wait - Craig raves about Jim Cowan's presentations - 400 The Movie - Skydive The Expo review - Jump numbers down in France & UK year on year - Ferg responds to our last interview. We love that guy. - Brian coached wingsuiting - Craig steps down gracefully from the British Skydiving Board of Directors - Craig went to Riyadh for the International Skydiving Commission plenary. - Craig took a 100kg guy on a tandem.

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