Having spent a whole weekend drinking tea and with many false alarm ‘on the bus’ and ‘kit-on’ calls from the 4-way weekend of UK nationals, i was suffering from a little bit of trepidation coming up to the roll over weekend for 4 way and the start of Artistics and 8-way…..could i take another weathered […]

Halfway through the second weekend the 4-way Nationals completed. The unfriendly weather gods were thwarted by the slick Hibaldstow machine making use of any chinks in the clouds to claw through the meet, round by round.  Competitors worked with the management to get the meet done, taking short calls, some iffy weather and dealing with

In 8way Microclim8, our British team going to the World Championships Chicago, were battling to reclaim the title of National Champion that they lost last year to Ex Presidents, here to defend their gold. Both teams have a new line-up since last year, Microclim8 had brought in new blood of Martin Cressey and Jonny Flowers,

“We are saddened to announce World Wingsuit League (WWL) has lost another great wingsuit pilot and a beautiful human being. Uli Emanuele, thank you for your contributions to our sport and thank you for sharing your exceptional talent with the world. RIP. “You will always be a part of the WWL family and your

Introducing the Alaska Wingsuit Project – Landing a bush plane on the summit of an Alaskan mountain – Then Pryce Brown and Matt Gerdes open up some new wingsuit BASE jumps in the last frontier. Introducing the Alaska Wingsuit Project – Landing a bush plane on the summit of an Alaskan mountain – Then Pryce

UK Nationals Opening Trailer at Skydive Hibaldstow UK Nationals Opening Trailer at Skydive Hibaldstow

Only three decades ago people would have been proud of flying 5 different formations of 6-way in one jump. Doing the same with more than 10 skydivers was only in the fields of the imagination. Seeing 8 jumpers in a movie doing four points in a row left us speechless… we dreamt of 100 folks

After 10 long hours of waiting in stormy weather, the DZ finally sprang into action, like pressing ‘Play’ on a video. Teams were suddenly dirtdiving on a windswept creeper pad still awash with rain. In literally five minutes from the first call, teams were kitted up and walking out to the G92s, props spurted into

It’s been a frustrating morning at Skydive Hibaldstow, with the winds hovering just under and just over the limits, leading to a multitude more ‘Gear up’ calls than boarding calls. The first lift took off and jumped successfully across three planes, but the second was put on stand-by, still with gear on, where they waited

Last episode ended at round 5, when some teams were going up to begin round 6 on Sunday night. Most of them struggled with weather and the flow of the dive. The puzzle was 20, 18, 5, a workhorse jump if ever you saw one! With clouds thickening, and the dim light meaning it;s easy