Phoenix-Fly – The Need 4 Speed – Artistic Playtime (training sessions). Edited by Jarno Cordia Phoenix-Fly – The Need 4 Speed – Artistic Playtime (training sessions). Edited by Jarno Cordia

Sun Path Products, manufacturer of the Javelin series of harness/containers, has released a deployment bag option with tuck tabs instead of rubber bands. The new stowless bag is offered as an optional extra on new Javelins, or can be ordered separately, to fit into your existing Javelin. Various versions of lazy bags have been in

The UK’s key to international gold medals, Sparky’s female teams have beaten the boys many times in winning the UK Nationals. She is a multiple World Champion and has set many World Records. Her many awards include two Royal Aero Club Gold Medals, the Prince of Wales Cup, Extreme Sportsperson of the Year and the

Fly It Forward was to be the swan song for World Team Director, BJ Worth, aiming for his sixth and final record-breaking event. World Team is billed as ‘the largest multi-national sports team ever united to pursue a common goal’ and holds the official FAI 400-way world record created in Thailand in 2006. In February

The Skydive Empuriabrava Challenge is a unique event, running World Record events in two orientations on the one drop zone. The famous French load organiser Patrick Passe assembled a group of 106 belly-flying skydivers, with 20 on the ‘bench’, aiming to break the FAI large sequential world record. Babylon and friends drew a veritable crowd

Deane ‘Smudge’ Smith flew a VC 96 with 300 HMA lines, extended his risers to 28 inches and opened up his chest strap, using an RDS (Removable Deployment System) to allow the canopy to fly naturally. Alastair Macartney was flying a VC 79 with 300 HMA lines and, for our test flights, opted to keep

Adam spent a great deal of time and effort developing his skills to achieve results through high levels of motivation, self-belief, commitment and dedication. Achieving peak condition is one thing, but having a steadfast belief in it and your ability to excel is another. If you optimally condition yourself and continuously believe in your training

Once you begin to learn formation skydiving, it is worth spending some time on your basic flying position before embarking on bigger and better things. A good position is the foundation to all other FS skills. Tunnel sessions are handy to work on this. Whether skydiving or tunnel, get video as this will give you

With the season in full swing, we’re feeling pretty ‘on it!’ Our turns are getting faster, smoother and more efficient, whether that’s head-up, head-down, flat or under canopy. Maybe we’ve done a lot of tunnel time, been to a boogie or just got back from a training camp. We’re getting the hang of this skydiving

Following the original Soul Flyers comes its sequel – the imaginatively titled Soul Flyers II, where French wingsuit guru and all-round cool dude Loïc Jean Albert and chums hop off on another world tour of aerial antics including wingsuit flying, base jumping and swooping down various mountains. Soulflyers II Reviewer: Chris Hollis Runs for: 1