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INSIDE CENTER | DERRICK KENT
OUTSIDE CENTER | SIMON CATHRINE
POINT | HENRY CHOW
TAIL | PHIL HARTREE
VIDEOGRAPHER | ALAN THOMPSON
COACH | CRAIG GIRARD
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First Static line: 2000
Jumping since: 2000
Jump number : 1700+
Tunnel: 30+ hours
Achievements:
- National 4-way Intermediate Gold 2004
- ESL Single A Gold: 2004
- 1st Bodyflight World Challenge: 5th
- National 8 Way Bronze: 2008
Most memorable jumps:
- Premature opening at 14,000 ft during my unstable exit on RAPS
- Taking Doug McLelland out during a Wagga Wagga at the Nationals 2007
Largest formation: 80 at Langar
Favourite things:
- Ruth
- Curry also (very handy)
- Cycling
- Company of good friend
- 4-way
- 8-way
Jumping since: 2000
Total jumps: 2100
Tunnel: 100+ hours tunnel- personal and coaching
Achievements:
- UK Team World Championship 2008
- World Cup/European Cup competitior 2007
- National 4 Way open bronze: 2008
- National 8 way intermediate bronze
- 2008 Gold swimming award 1980
Most Memorable jumps:
- 1st naked skydive over bridlington
- round 7 of 8-way nationals 2007
- 50-way at hibaldstow
Largest formation: 102-way arizona challenge
Favourite things:
- Curry also (very handy)
- Gym/Training
- Superman
- Anything skydiving
- Motorbikes
Favourite quote:
"it is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool
than to open it and remove all doubt"
Jumping since: 1991
Total jumps: 1500+
Tunnel: 40+ hours
Achievements:
- UK Team World Championship 2008
- World Cup 2007
- European Cup competitor 2006, 2005
- Nationals 4-way open bronze: 2008
- BPA Overall intermediate bronze: 2006
- Nationals 8-way intermediate gold: 2004/2005/2008
Most Memorable jumps:
- Stupino, MI8, Brit 20 something way
- 1st jump at the World Championship 2008, I was cacking myself.
- 2nd ever static line jump. I was cacking myself then too.
Favourite things:
- Family Guy
- 4-way, 8-way
- Gym
- G&T, Zinf.
Favourite quote:
"some men see things as they are and say why, i see things that never were and say why not"
Jumping since: 2001
First static line: 1990
Total jumps: 2001+
Tunnel: 150+ hours
Achievements:
- BPA AFF instructor
- Tunnel coach
- National 4 Way bronze: 2006
- National 8 Way gold: 2007 and 2008
- World 8 Way Championships: 5th position, 2008
Most memorable jump:
- In the words of Raymond Babbitt: "There's lots of them"
- First unstable exit and subsequent 360° turns.
- 100th jump. Sunset, 7 way sit fly with 3 cameras, made for a good video.
- FS1 jump at Lake Wales, Florida jump number 125.
- First balloon jump, Eloy, Arizona.
- My AFF examination jumps
Largest Formation: 80-odd, Langar
Favourite things:
- Curry - Nuff said
- Jogging - not as often as I should
- Birmingham - a great and underated city
- Great food - I've been lucky to eat in some great restaurants
- Travelling - I love city breaks, Belfast, Edinburgh, Prague, Reykjavik, Rome, Amsterdam, New York
- Liverpool... no really.
- Instruction - I love coaching and instructing. It's great when a student 'gets it'.
Jumping since: 1999
Total Jumps: 2300+
Largest formation: 32
Tunnel: +5hours
Achievements:
- UK Team World Championships 2008
- UK Nationals 8-way Gold 2008
- UK Nationals 4-way Bronze 2008
- UK Nationals 8-way Bronze 2007
- UK Grand Prix Overall AAA class Gold 2007
- UK Grand Prix Overall A class Silver 2007
- UK Grand Prix Overall AAA class Silver 2006
- UK Grand Prix Overall rookies class Bronze 2006
- UK Grand Prix Overall Junoir class Gold 2004
- European Skydiving Leagues rookies Gold 2006
- European Skydiving Leagues class A Bronze 2007
- European Skydiving Leagues best Video Bronze 2006
- 9 holder Deaf World Record
Most memorable jumps:
- HALO at 32,100ft at Davis, CA, USA in Sept 2003
- 3 times broken Deaf world record at Lake Wales USA in Sept 2005
- I won award bronze for the best video at the European Skydiving Leagues in Sept 2006
- Filming Women World Champions at Grand Prix and we won gold medals 2007
- 1st jump at the World Championship 2008
Favourite things:
- English food and Chinese food
- Skydiving of course!!
- Photography
- Keeping fit (gym)
- Swimming
- Dancing
- Spending time with my niece
- Extreme sports
Favourite quote:
"colour of blue is beautiful cos earth is blue, sky is blue, sea is blue and my eye is blue"
Jumping since: before the big bang
Total jumps: 12 million
Tunnel time: 36 million hours
Largest formation: infinity + 12
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