Radio Skydive UK

110 Amber Forte, Red Bull Athlete, and her plans to cross the English Channel in a wingsuit

• Amber Forte, Red Bull Athlete • Amber plans to fly across the English Channel in a wingsuit • The entire journey will be over the sea. • Through one of the busiest commercial flight corridors in the world. • Amber is officially bonkers. Brian tells her this. • Amber discusses glide ratio • Amber discusses wing suits • Amber discusses navigation • You won't be able to guess what will be in her pockets. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD If you enjoyed this show please share #RadioSkydiveUK with your social media followers. Facebook, Instagram or wherever. If this episode rocked your boat, head on over to wherever you get your podcasts from and subscribe or follow. FEEDBACK Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love to hear from you - let's keep the conversation going. Record an audio message on your smart phone and send it, or a regular email, to studio@radioskydive.uk or put something on social using #RadioSkydiveUK We hope you enjoy.

109 Even Rokne, Fredrick Wendt from Skydive Voss discuss Extreme Sports Week

* Even Rokne & Fredrick Wendt talk to us about Skydive Voss and Extreme Sports Week * Even Rokne is the king of innhopps - the Kinghopp? * Fredrick Wendt is the Operations Manager at Skydive Voss * Front Cover of the Norwegian Flag being flown on Mational Day by Chris Todd, photo by Morgan Mackay * Rainbow boogie at Skydive Tilstock raincheck * Quick Aerodyne Icon Update - new Technical Notice release by Icon. * It's not a Service Bulletin or a Safety Bulletin though. * Because that would make them liable. #conspiracy * AON2 are bringing a new audible to the market and are looking for testers. Could be you? * Craig wins Bronze for his performance as Chair of British Skydiving. * Craig laments not trying harder to win Silver. * Fredrick tells us about Extreme Sports Week and how to pronounce it in Norwegian * Ekstrem Sports Veko with Veko meaning Week but that work is only in the area around Voss. * Everyone calls the festival 'Veko' and everyone knows exactly what you mean when you say "the week: * There are 52 weeks in a year but there is only ONE WEEK in Voss. * Even discusses skydiving in the free-est sense possible. * Voss is the home of innhopps. We know this because Fredrick and Brian are wearing matching brown tshirts that say this. * Even tells us about his innhopp project during Veko - sounds incredible * Even keeps getting up and banging his phone around making weird noises. * Even talks about the first ever Veko was just 4 main sports and 2 smaller sports. * Fredrick talks about the land owner being difficult. * Skydive Voss has been around 49 years and they plan to be around another 49 years at least. * Local Council has approved a compulsory purchase but now there is a long administrative wait. Hopefully nothing goes wrong. * Brian does a night jump and promptly forgets it. * Craig got to play on some planes HELP US SPREAD THE WORD If you enjoyed this show please share #RadioSkydiveUK with your social media followers. Facebook, Instagram or wherever. If this episode rocked your boat, head on over to wherever you get your podcasts from and subscribe or follow. FEEDBACK Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love to hear from you - let's keep the conversation going. Record an audio message on your smart phone and send it, or a regular email, to studio@radioskydive.uk or put something on social using #RadioSkydiveUK We hope you enjoy.

108 Lucy Mancey, Head of Membership and Engagement at British Skydiving

* Lucy Mancey, Head of Membership and Engagement at British Skydiving * Lucy explains wtf she actually does * Lucy talks all things British Skydiving * Craig gets jealous and wants to talk about British Skydiving too * Craig and Lucy have a dance off to see who loves British Skydiving the most. * Aerodyne Icon news. Lucy puts the boot in. Or she's very diplomatic. We forget which. * Craig borrows a friends rig * Headcorn resumes fun jumper skydiving. Yay. * Headcorn has increased their fun jumper training requirements * The Daily Telegraph has the best skydiving headline ever * "Freak accidents, suicides, attempted murder: The dark side of skydiving" * Makes you want to read it, doesn't it? * Amber Forte plans to fly across the English Channel in her wingsuit * We await Red Bull's permission for her to talk to us. Go drink a can of Red Bull for us please. * Send us a video showing you drinking and saying "We want Amber!" * Tristan da Cunha jump. Pathfinders jump into a tiny island in the windy Atlantic Ocean. * Two tandems, both carrying medical professionals. * Red Devils jump into Ten Tors. Lucy reminisces. * Navy Raiders jump onto Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. * Lucy talks about a freefall collision and partial shoulder dislocation in her School of Hard Knocks * Craig wins a Bronze Medal at the Royal Aero Club. * We take the piss but secretly we are very proud of him. Just don't tell him, ok? HELP US SPREAD THE WORD If you enjoyed this show please share #RadioSkydiveUK with your social media followers. Facebook, Instagram or wherever. If this episode rocked your boat, head on over to wherever you get your podcasts from and subscribe or follow. FEEDBACK Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love to hear from you - let's keep the conversation going. Record an audio message on your smart phone and send it, or a regular email, to studio@radioskydive.uk or put something on social using #RadioSkydiveUK We hope you enjoy.

107 Knives with Simon Soper, UK Advanced Instructor

* Knives with Simon Soper, UK Advanced Instructor * Front Cover photo by Andy Ford * Charlie Wakeham tags along to eat pizza * We feel incredibly emotionally supported * School of Hard Knocks with Simon * Simon discusses his winter in NZ * Simon discusses how excited he is to be back on a rainy little island in the middle of the Atlantic for the 'summer'. * Jet fuel running dry? * Gliding bailout rigs and pencil packing drama * Aerodyne Icon speculation * Skydive Headcorn pauses fun jumpers 'temporarily' * Craig's doing 4way * Brian's SunPath Javelin is grounded. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD If you enjoyed this show please share #RadioSkydiveUK with your social media followers. Facebook, Instagram or wherever. If this episode rocked your boat, head on over to wherever you get your podcasts from and subscribe or follow. FEEDBACK Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love to hear from you - let's keep the conversation going. Record an audio message on your smart phone and send it, or a regular email, to studio@radioskydive.uk or put something on social using #RadioSkydiveUK We hope you enjoy.

106 Icons and Sundays with Alex 'Buzz' Busby Hicks

• Alex 'Buzz' Busby Hicks is Chief Instructor at Skydive Tilstock • Buzz has even more opinions than Craig. • Wait… is that even possible? • Aerodyne Icons currently grounded in the UK • Craig's Icon is grounded. • Luckily he doesn't jump anymore so he won't even notice. • Skydive Langar leading the investigation • British Skydiving response • Worldwide response as of Mon 13 April 2026 • World Cup of Indoor Skydiving. FS at Weembi in Lille, FF at iFly Aix-Marseille • Cloudbase logbook app by Chris Mayhew first look • Front Cover photo of a tracking exit over Tilly by Buzz's friend. • Back Cover photo of a demo exit and salute over the O2 arena in central London • Skydive Tilstock now open on Sundays after a 30 year hiatus • Tilly has a quieter plane, that's cheaper this year. • Buzz thinks skydiving is too cheap • Craig flew in the tunnel • Craig still has iFLY Expo tunnel time from 2016 to fly! • Craig is a whizz at international currencies. Saves himself £1.62 • We stop recording at midnight. Brian still has to pack. Ugh. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD If you enjoyed this show please share #RadioSkydiveUK with your social media followers. Facebook, Instagram or wherever. If this episode rocked your boat, head on over to wherever you get your podcasts from and subscribe or follow. FEEDBACK Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love to hear from you - let's keep the conversation going. Record an audio message on your smart phone and send it, or a regular email, to studio@radioskydive.uk or put something on social using #RadioSkydiveUK We hope you enjoy.