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Europe’s #1 skydiving podcast is full of skydiving news, advice, stories and interviews with some of the best skydivers from around the world. To happily misquote the 1990s cinematic masterpiece Point... more
FAQs about Radio Skydive UK:How many episodes does Radio Skydive UK have?The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.
May 29, 2017Ep 42 - Jarno Cordia Headline Interview Jarno Cordia Wingsuiter Headline Interview Alex Grisman Ask The Expert about Jet Engines and Turbine Engines We record over Skype - apologies for sound quality Front cover by Chris Stone over Skydive Algarve of the BCPA hybrid bigway record. Back cover by Stuart Bain or Jen and Ant Edwards celebrating their 3rd wedding anniversary. Listener feedback from Matthias von Bargen Craig gets a hard-on for skydiving tech (Brilliant Pebbles, Dekunu, Chronos, Drone jumps, wind tunnel virtual reality, FSNinja website and app. Everyone else falls asleep. Squirrel prove that wing suits can go up. 101 yr old does a tandem - oldest ever? SOS sequential records. Brian jumps in France. Bonjour mon petit pois! And gets confused by wing loading formulae. Tash jumps with her FS team in Algarve and has her very own MOAB. Mother Of All Bruises. Bruise of the year competition launched Brian and Rai impress with the size of their logbooks, namely the jumps taken to get to their A. Tash jumps with her CF team at Headcorn. And maybe is swayed by alcoholic gifts in the bar to award extra points (and therefore prizes). “You won’t believe what she was given!” Rai writes a travel book based on wind tunnels in the world. Please tell one person about us, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or another podcast directory....more2h 14minPlay
April 11, 2017Ep 41 - Dave Schwartz from Skydive Radio Dave Schwartz Headline Interview Dave Schwartz School of Hard Knocks Dave Schwartz Ask the Expert about opening plane doors during flight Dave Schwartz Book Club Looby Lou Smith-Wildey Front Cover photo of Wez Westley swooping his Peregrine framed perfectly in the reflection of sunglasses David Waterman Back Cover photo of Jackie Smith reaching for the accuracy dead centre during a downwind accuracy competition on a round parachute. Fanboy Craig gets a little tongue tied in the presence of his hero Tash does CF over Headcorn and Langar Brian gets stitched up by Dave. Beer, red wine, $70 tequila. No-one notices him slurring his words. Brian bemoans the poor weather in Florida and yearns for the sunny blue skies of the UK. BPA Safety and Training Committee makes a decision about age related medicals. Twinwoods Adventure World Challenge results Brian want’s you to Kiss His Booties Craig jumps three weekends in a row but doesn’t know what fun is. Dave ruins the show. We think it’s sabotage from a competitor. Blue on blue. If you’re listening to us on iTunes, please give us a review there. If not, please force one person to download our show and don’t untie them until they do. We love all listener feedback, Facebook, email or send over some audio you record on your smart phone to [email protected] ...more2h 19minPlay
March 17, 2017Ep 40 - TK Hayes, DZO of Z-Hills Headline Interview TK Hayes, DZO of Zephyr Hills interviewed by Gil Sharon. Front Cover by Tom Shorten taken over Skydive Langar Martin Soulsby (birthday boy) School of Hard Knocks Back Cover by James Lee taken over Skydive Langar Happy birthday to Martin Soulsby, Dave Schwartz but more importantly, happy birthday to us! Yay. Three. Rafael Schwaiger - Skydive Dubai - Two out video with a Petra 69 Perris DC9 rumours Fraser Corsan wingsuit record attempts dismissed unless he lands in boxes. Sad news about Jyro from NZ Aerosports. Jackie Smith launches her book. Why hasn’t this legend got a wikipedia page? Go on make us more popular, 10 more fb likes to hit 1000. Brian announces he is Load Organising at “Klatovy Bigway Fun”. 7-11th August. Come along? Brian makes plans for his Florida trip. Who should he interview when there? Kiss My Booties 4way team get a namecheck. Best team name ever? Craig gets some FS coaching and confirms he has an Aussie ‘E’ Licence Certificate And gets to tell his Cookie rig story Tash smashes the tunnel Islander Stall Spin from years ago Who found the Easter Egg from Ep39? Don’t ruin the surprise for everyone but let us know if you liked it. If you liked the show, please tell one person about us....more1h 54minPlay
February 27, 2017Ep 39 - Klaus Renz Jumping in North Korea Klaus Renz headline interview. Jumping in North Korea. Front Cover by Eve Mason. Taken over Skydive Langar. Pretty sunset. Jumping through clouds, legally. Special feature from Garnett. We love him. Back Cover by Aled Bonsall of Regan just after landing on his 50th birthday jump. He is the definition of sartorial elegance. Craig jumps in Oz. Not through a cloud. Rai jumps in Spain. Bit windy. Tash and Brian don't. Brian is LTD. Living The Dream. Rai's done a canopy course. You should too. We eat pancakes. Can you find the Easter Egg? The Expo happened. Craig went to bed early. ...more2h 1minPlay
November 08, 2016Ep 38 - Richard Webb of TopGun BASE Richard Webb, TopGun BASE, Headline Interview Front Cover by Ming Chu of a 25way Canopy Formation jump descending into the clouds over Nationaal Paracentrum Teuge Back Cover photos by Freefly teams Omni taking the piss out of Xerxes Answers from Drunk Skydivers - Would You Rather Answers from Drunk Skydivers - Chest Straps We toast the legends Scotty Carbone and Pat Works More competitions that you can shake a stick at… World Champs, Mondial, Wingsuit Worlds, Indoor Worlds. French Ladies 4wayFS Round 10 catastrophe French 2wayCF Open Gold won by Women’s team. First time ever? Craig went to Skydive Chicago as Team Manager for the GB delegation. Tash went to Skydive Chicago as a CF judge Brian didn’t even get a postcard. What does a Team Manager do at the World Championships? Craig borrowed a Valkyrie and didn’t bust the beer line. Tash’s third time lucky at SDC. Finally gets to jump after two previous visits. Craig, Tash and Dave and Stump from Skydive Radio made a jump. Craig had a brain mal. Tash does three jumps from three different planes. Nice. Brian’s Vigil AAD replaced in 43hrs after a cutter error. Craig thinks Brian should have replaced the cutter and ignored the manufacturer’s request. Brian’s water jump made him wet. Thanks to Skydive Headcorn. Tash judged 19 MFS teams at the US Nationals. Why does the UK have zero teams in this discipline? Tash judges the most important competition in skydiving. Brian popped in to say hi at Skydive Algarve and was gifted a jump ticket by someone he’d never met before. Cheer Ronny. 29way multi-plane fantastic on borrowed kit. Craig warns against borrowing kit... Borrowed kit kills. Craig, Tash and Brian borrow kit and don't die. Tash absolutely nails some 4way VFS whilst holding two of Omni and her coach stable. Legend. ...more2h 12minPlay
October 11, 2016Ep 37 - Luke Aikins skydives without a parachute II - THE JUMP Luke Aikins Headline Interview continued. The jump. Front Cover by Mark Davis, Getty Images for Stride Gum Why he did a dummy pull in freefall. How he felt when he landed. What he'd do if he was King of Skydiving We introduce Vertical Suits as our latest show sponsor. His video footage is here. We love all listener interaction. Email, message us on fb or record some audio on your phone and send it to us at [email protected] ...more48minPlay
September 12, 2016Ep 36 - Luke Aikins skydives without a parachute Luke Aikins Headline Interview. The man without a parachute. Luke Aikins Part 2 on Ep37. Brian Vacher Ask the Expert. Two Stage Flare. Front Cover by Jakob Aungiers of a 360 deg 40way Headdown formation over Skydive Hibaldstow. 15 seconds later he chopped. Video coming soon. Back Cover by Lucy Smith-Wildey of the REME at the Armed Forces Parachute Championships over Skydive Netheravon. UK Nationals informal review. Lodi Tandem fatality. “Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion. You default to your level of training.” Brian has Mal #4 and a dodgy Vigil cutter. Unrelated. Thank dog. Craig went jumping at the Nationals and performed to his usual standards. Craig visited a DZ, hired a rig, bust the beer line and was grounded forever from the country. Tash judged the first weekend of FS Nationals. Fun fun fun. On a DZ. In a room without windows. Tash and Craig prep for the Mondial (World Championships) in Skydive Chicago. We love all listener interaction. Email, message us on fb or record some audio on your phone and send it to us at [email protected] If you liked the show, please force one person to download our show. And don’t untie them until they do....more2h 45minPlay
August 23, 2016Ep 35 - Brian Vacher from PDFT and Flight-1 Brian Vacher, Canopy Pilot, PD Factory Team Member and Flight-1 coach Headline Interview James La Barrie Thought for the Podcast John Le Blanc Ask The Expert - how long should control lines be. Answers from Drunk Skydivers - Would You Rather… Janina’s Point Break Movie Knowledge Front Cover by Pete Lindstrand. Mary Barratt docks on our own Carlos Crow over Skydive Headcorn. Back Cover by Doc John Carter and Martin Hopkins of Stefan Pacel (cow) and Kat Insall (tiger) helping Lorene Latour (leopard) celebrate her 1001st skydive over Skydive Langar. Luke Aikens 35,000ft jump - he survives! Copenhagen swoop festival should be expanded to other cities King Air stall in Byron You’ll never be as cool as Brian Vacher’s mum. (Janina - we need you). Brian demonstrates wing suits at the Science Museum in London, with Sam, Jose and Kamal. Craig heads to 4way Nationals Tash travels around the UK with her CF buddies and nails her FF2 (but doesn’t have to do a 4pt 4way to prove she’s safe in the sky). We love your photos, your audio recordings and your messages. Send them to [email protected] If you liked the show, please force one person to download our show. And don’t untie them until they do....more2h 17minPlay
July 15, 2016Ep 34 - James La Barrie from dropzone.marketing James La Barrie headline interview. The dropzone.marketing expert discusses how DZs can be the best they can be. John Le Blanc’s Ask The Expert covers how to recover from stalled canopies, intentionally and unintentionally. We ran out of people with the initials JLB so we called in Dan BC. Hope you don't mind. Dan BC Thought for the Podcast Sarah Neale guest hosts the show. Front Cover photo by Ged Parker. Showing Jamie Arnold on his 1000th jump surfing Adam Mattacola. Photo submitted by Kate Arnold. Back Cover photo of Craig and his daughter SmallPox. Craig tries to convince everyone that the back cover photo, he submitted, of himself and his daughter, is very amazing. Sometimes it’s easier just to agree. Brian gets all passive aggressive with the show notes. Brian broke the goat and got on the wrong plane. As did his AFF student. As did… Craig is current again. Sarah talks about upsizing after a two year hiatus. Rai thinks more should be done for new skydivers. Joel is in Burgundy drinking Burgundy. Chatteris buys a balloon. And stocks up on off-landing report forms. Luke Aikens plans to jump without a rig. Or a wingsuit. Or a cardboard box. Phil Wayper success with his homemade parachute. Brian applied for a job but got turned down. Back to living the dream. Tash compares USPA CF Competition weather with BPA CF Competition weather. Rai thinks you should do a canopy course. Sarah pours more wine. Rai, Tash, Sarah and Craig talk about other stuff but Brian can't remember what they said. If you like the show, please tell one person about us. And don't untie them until they've downloaded every single episode. Thank you kindly. ...more2h 43minPlay
June 08, 2016Ep 33 - Norman Kent - the world’s most famous skydiving cameraflyer Norman Kent Headline Interview - the world’s most famous skydiving cameraflyer talks to us about his life and career. Mike Carpenter School of Hard Knocks (aircraft emergencies) Answers from Drunk Skydivers reveals that they don’t know about jerking off. Front Cover by Ming Chu. Self portrait over Skydive NorthWest (Cark) of him and his Velocity 84. Back Cover by Craig Hicks of an 8way FS exit over Skydive Hibaldstow. We think it flew. Maybe. Rai Ahmed: shiny new guest host in the studio. Rai thinks you should do a canopy course. Sarah Neale downloads our favourite 32 downloads. Yummy. Lodi Cessna Caravan crash. Fresh air for sale - good luck Jakob. Brian has a Burning Man ticket and wants to partake in Burning Sky. But… money… and time… Joel is too tired to turn up. Craig celebrates being a new father (Hello Agnes!) and how with so little sleep he feels like death. He’s never been so tired. Craig still turns up. Tash is off galavanting around the world (USPA CF Nationals), looking down her nose and judging people. Rai talks about her near death experience/ brush with a dust devil in March and how she thinks you should do a canopy course. Brian is actually booked onto a canopy course. Tipsy rigging sweepstake. Brian, immediately after the last episode, with a little help from Tash, put a new set of risers onto his kit. When he did a line check at the DZ, how many mistakes were there? 0, 1-2, 3 or more? Rai still thinks you should do a canopy course. If you like our show, please force one person to download our show and don’t untie them until they do....more2h 21minPlay
FAQs about Radio Skydive UK:How many episodes does Radio Skydive UK have?The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.