• Brian and Craig pick up like they've never been away.
• Craig waffles
• Brian raises the banter stakes
• School of Hard Knocks with Mad John and his bone breaking low turn demonstration
• Front Cover photo by Paul Rimmington of Tim Scrase leading an FS jump with a 4way launch from a skyvan at sunset over Skydive Klatovy.
• Another tunnel closes
• Another tunnel opens
• Craig dreams of being a Youtube influencer
• How to Future Proof Skydiving with Pete Allum
• Brian's coaching 3x teams at the British Indoor National Championships this coming weekend
• The British Indoor National Championships are in... France.
• Craig breaks his helmet and makes it work while he waits for a replacement part
• Craig goes fun jumping and does so so many jumps in 2024
• Dane Kenny 55th anniversary of jumping
• Brian diversifies into wingsuit coaching with a new rating from British Skydiving
• Brian's well into the planning phase for his Big Way Skills Camp in 2025 (bwsc25.info)
• Come and fly in the tunnel with Brian. FAB Scrambles almost sold out.
• Back cover photo by Bruno Brokken of the Women's Total Break Sequential World Record formation. Send in by Fleur Jones.

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• The Expo is coming
• School of Hard Knocks with Casey Pruett (1h00m10s)
• Front Cover of Jake Quigley by Laura Hampton over Skydive Langar
• SkyHigh buy a 2nd caravan
• Craig bemoans British Skydiving non-election
• Laura’s pet project is Skydive Langar Winter Webinars
• Eloy Hot Air Balloon Crash
• 400 the Movie. Crowdfunding will end soon. Don’t make Craig sad
• Craig slates AI generated Seychelles innhopp image
• Johannes Bergfors message
• Brian raves over Seychelles Boogie by Tsunami Skydivers. It’s a bit embarrassing really.
• AON2 X0 visual digital altimeter
• Caelum Systems’ “Talkable”. If you can’t guess what it is from the name then you aren’t allowed to skydive again.
• Brian went to the wing suit tunnel
• Craig crashes Brian’s Expo table
• Brian and Laura went to CLYMB. The biggest f tunnel in the world. 
• Laura did a HD camp in Madrid in 5 words

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• Andy Malchiodi talks about his Hollywood movie ‘Hex’
• Front cover photo over of Ebu Uyar deploying over Skydive Senegal with the Atlantic
• Ocean watching on.
• Go Skydive expansion into Wales and Kent
• Skydive Tilstock has a use for Headcorn’s old plane
• Langar does 50,000 jumps in a year
• AON2 Obsidian delayed.
• AON2 X0 full steam ahead with this great visual alti
• Podcast round up… Fleur Jones on ‘Lunatic Fringe’. 
• And James La Barrie hosts a new podcast called ‘The 20 Min Call’
• Brian investigates suing JLB for false advertising after discovering that his podcasts are significantly longer than 20mins.
• Netflix special on The Parachute Murder Plot. TLDR: don’t watch it
• 400 The Move on IndieGoGo - please support it for Craig. x
• Brian and Craig love their Cookie G35s
• Brian gets around a bit. iFLY London, MK, Basingstoke, Manchester and Weembi.
• Brian plans trips to CLYMB the Big Friendly Tunnel and Indoor Wingsuit tunnel
• Craig has his best jumping year since 2019
• Craig is a pilot w.anchor.

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• Ben Lowe tandem entanglement
• Ben discusses getting back on the horse
• Taking 7 year olds on a tandem
• What would need to change in the UK for a DZ to take a minor on a tandem?
• Melissa Nelson online AFF courses
• What would need to change in the UK for a DZ to adopt online instruction?
• Front Cover photo by Bruno Brokken - a self portrait over Costa Rica
• Back Cover photos by Bruno Brokken of a Front Cover. 90% Italian magazine features Brian on the front cover. :-)
• PIA in Reno happening now - you should go.
• London BASE Jumps
• Super sketchy 4s delays on a base jump from a crane.
• Coaching qualifications Level2
• Rookie Rumble Starlets
• British Record attempts for Total Break Sequential
• Ebu Uyar listener email
• Brian travels with suspicious looking lead and gets quizzed. Unsurprisingly.
• Brian dropped his N3 digital alti in the swimming pool
• Craig is 1 from 3.
• Craig is too simple to Keep. It. Simple. Stupid.

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• Skydive The Expo review • Craig is no longer Chair of British Skydiving • The King is Dead • Long Live Queen Mary • Craig’s ego is dented.  • Brian is ‘supportive’, like all good friends are.  • Front Cover photo by Jacek RRRRR of Joe Laming • Back Cover photo by Andreas Roksvaag • International Skydiving Commission review by Rai • Skydive Voss under threat • 7 jumps, 7 continents, 7 marathons, some swimming too. Not really sure what’s going on. AmericanExtreme.com website leaves us all confused. • iFLY price hike • Brian’s back to Costa Rica and will not lose his passport

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• Arthur Amara talks about Obsidian, the Heads Up Display Visual Altimeter
• Is the Obsidian expensive, or cheap?
• Bruno Brokken Front Cover Photo of Brian and friends over the pyramids
• Ryan Garner Back Cover Photo of Lee Robinson exiting on his 1st wingsuit jump
• The UK has had a surprisingly sunny January
• Laura discusses wearing sunglasses for AFF instructing.
• Heated gloves… Laura should have asked for commission.
• Always check your kit before jumping, no matter what the change.
• 7 jumps in 7 days on 7 continents. Two rival groups? 777 and 7x? More story needed.
• Skydive the Expo preview
• Brian wrote an article for the mag.
• Brian learns how to stop himself better
• Laura’s team Chimera calls it after 7yrs
• Skydive Langar had their first A licence qualify in 2023. Groundschool to ‘A’, all in January.
• Is there a best time to learn?

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• Joe Connolly explains SkydiveOffset.com
• Pete Harries takes the Front Cover photo of Chimera over Skydive Arizona
• Jason Burgoyne shares his tattoo of Brian on his leg for the Back Cover
• Brian and Laura compete to see who did the most jumps in 2022
• Brian loses. Badly. Laura does 3.3 jumps for every one of Brian's jumps
• Laura Hampton did 1,012 jumps in 2022
• Brian & Laura review their years and look forward to 2023
• Skydive Langar Progression School discussion
• FS proficiency stickers discussed. Is there a need for FS2?
• Brian's got some fancy new heated gloves thanks to Laura's recommendation
• Brian broke the live streaming at the Indoor Nationals. 
• Tom Shorten listener question about moving from a corporate career to a skydiving career.
• Skydive The Expo coming soon.

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• Pete 'Taf' Mather explains UpLift (18:50) • If the chemicals in your brain are messed up you can reach out to a dedicated skydiving support network: https://www.upliftskydiving.com/ or Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/ 

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• Pete Allum Future Proof Skydiving (38:20) • Back Cover photo by someone of Kate Cooper-Jensen keying a multi-plane formation with 9ppl outside the Twin Otter over Skydive Perris • Artistic Nationals • Low attendance ideas • Book Club with Rai Ahmed recommending Matthew Syed ‘Rebel Ideas” (35:30) • Costa Rica ‘Party on the Playa’ Boogie remembered by Bonnie Grant (43:30) • Old but new DZ reopens at South Cerney. Just in time for winter. • Bruise submissions

 

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• Laura Hampton, British National Champion • Andy Ford School of Hard Knocks (41:50) • Front Cover photo by Gary Swoop Wainwright of the Sky Games at Skydive Langar • Back Cover photo by Paul Rimmington of the Rookie Rumble with appropriately placed British Skydiving banner. Craig and Tash approve. Brian is relieved. • Craig is busy with British Skydiving stuff • 4wayFS Nationals • Low attendance solutions • 8wayFS Nationals • Other Nationals • Book Club with Laura Hampton recommending Simon Sinek ‘Start With Why” (1:01:05) • Costa Rica ‘Party on the Playa’ Boogie remembered by Tim Johnson (1:41:00) • Stupid malfunctions. Laura packed hers. Brian opened his. • Stupid audible story, thanks Brexit • Brian loves his Insta360 Go2 but not when people ask him what camera it is. • How does Brian fit a 360deg camera to a helmet with a Mohawk? • Laura won’t be at Indoor Nationals. 

 

• Brian goes off-script talking about mental health. (1:48:20) If the chemicals in your brain are messed up you can reach out to a dedicated skydiving support network: https://www.upliftskydiving.com/ or Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/ 

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▪ Paul Mayer and State of the Tunnel Industry in the UK (56:05) ▪ Spencer Bailey Front Cover of a CReW formation over Skydive Sebastien ▪ Plane Swap Back Cover by RedBull of Luke Aikins climbing back in. ▪ Intentional Plane Crash Dude ▪ FAA attitude ▪ Bonehead Helmet with freefall comms ▪ Twinwoods goes bust :-( ▪ First Aid Courses ▪ Brian has a… drumroll… passport!  ▪ Brian loves his sponsors and his Jav which he says is the most comfortable thing in the world. ▪ Insta360 Go2 tiny HD camera - a GoPro beater? ▪ Brian’s Big Way Skills Camp is sold out. ▪ Craig’s got a whole weekend of jumping planned.  ▪ Rai will be there too. Tash won’t. ▪ Tash has a 170 for her first jumps back. ▪ Tash judged. ▪ Tash translated.

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• Tom Grocutt and his amazing Skydive Logger iOS app • Back Cover by Michael Bayada of four women freeflying in iFLY Basingstoke, submitted by Fleur Jones. • Craig gets hard geeking out on his two favourite things • Brian subtly plugs Dropzone Brewery - no one notices. Did you? • Wild Geese is operating and is now Skydive Ireland • Skydive Seychelles looks shit and no fun at all • World Indoor Championships have kidnapped Tash • Listener feedback and shoutouts to Raj, Tim, Nuno and Chris • Rai flew in the tunnel and got a tired arm • Craig did some jumps and got a tired body

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