Alan Eustace recently made the highest skydive ever, from 135,000 feet, breaking records set by Felix Baumgarter and Joe Kittinger. Despite how it’s been portrayed by the media, the aim of Alan’s jump was not personal fame or a high altitude jolly. This was a scientific project, StratEx (Stratosphere Explorer), which aimed to create a

##So Roy, now you finally are a World Champion, how does it feel? Well it’s still hard to comprehend right now what it really means. You know we started in 2002 training with Hayabusa. I started jumping in 1995. It’s a lifetime dream come true. It’s hard to describe. You work so hard for so

It is Revenge weekend at Bodyflight! We have 17 British teams at AAA category, 4 teams at AA category, 12 teams at A and 8 teams at Rookies gives a nice total of 41 teams. The idea, to have a rematch after Nationals, to see what you could have won… Revenge is what it says

Espen Fadnes reflects on the dawning of a new era in BASE Are you a base jumper that skydives or a skydiver that base jumps? 15 years ago there was no doubt. In a Norwegian skydive community with a path of withdrawing licences on members doing base jumps, you became a base jumper… who occasionally

Individually, skydivers will choose different types of parachutes for various purposes. Make sure you master the canopy you’re flying at the moment, before changing to a smaller or faster type. Experience and Currency Generally a higher jump number will lead to more experience in flying and landing parachutes, but this does not necessarily mean that

The company Fluid Wings was formed in 2011, specialising in building unique ram-air wings. Their specialists are blurring the lines between parachuting, speed flying, and paragliding. The owners moved their focus on skydiving canopies in 2013, working on both high performance and basic canopies. The anticipation is to produce a whole line of wings for