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Skydiving in Thailand on the up and up again…

Posted by admin on July 22nd, 2008

 
Tandem Skydive Experience with Extreme Sports Cafe at our partner Drop Zone in Sri Racha near Pattaya in Thailand.
To do a Tandem Skydive requires no experience but there are weight restrictions.
The maximum weight for a Tandem Skydive is 95 Kilos. (fully clothed)
Available all year round
WE ARE NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR TANDEMS FROM 14th NOVEMBER 2008
Full [...]

Rocket Racing League…

Posted by admin on July 17th, 2008

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RRL Promo Video
Sound like a video game?
Of great interest to us was the comment on the video that you can play *against* real Rocket Racing League pilots online from a console!!! Mental stuff! 
The Rocket Racing League® is an aerospace sports and entertainment [...]

UK O2 Pay as you Go SIM cards are a rip-off

Posted by admin on May 26th, 2008

I am mobile in the UK at the moment..
Needing a local number I went and bought a SIM card. The iPhone being on O2 here I grabbed one of theirs.. The one that said ‘50 Free Minutes’ on the packet.
It seemed reasonable at £10.00.
However 10 minutes later flashing down the M25 iPhone in one hand, [...]

A skydiving friend’s gear has gone missing. Please forward far and wide and keep a look out for any and all pieces.
Forwarded from Lauren:
My name is Lauren Demme and my gear bag that has all of my skydiving gear in it has disappeared. It is black with purple pinstripes from the Sunshine Factory, [...]

Shutdown Day!

Posted by admin on April 16th, 2008

’nuff said… Learn to Skydive. Learn to Kitesurf. Or cheat and use your iPhone to stay online!

Red Arrows banned from 2012 London Olympics…

Posted by admin on April 13th, 2008

Well this is just crazy! And the reasons given defy belief, particularly when you take into account the currently pending Chinese Olympics!
The world-famous Red Arrows have been banned from appearing at the 2012 London Olympics because they are deemed ‘too British’.
Organisers of the event say that the Arrows military background might be ‘offensive’ to other [...]

Odds that you’ll die… 100%…

Posted by admin on April 8th, 2008

Odds that you’ll die from Skydiving, or another extreme activity… Not listed! But some eye opening ones are..

Chris K was a joy to have at the boogie, and helped out immensely when Stefan had his accident. Respect.
Hope to see you again soon Chris.

He also took some wonderful pictures of not just the boogie, but also local scenes..
Chris K’s Skydiver Network page.

If you didn’t know already that Skydiver Network (setup by Omar - one of the Skydive Vietnam Load Organizers) was the place to be here’s another reason to go there..

Kevin Elvis King (one of our participants) has put a bunch of really cool photos from the Skydive Vietnam boogie (and those bad weather days) on [...]

Skydiving Geckos

Posted by admin on March 18th, 2008

This is from a very interesting article published on ArsTechnica..
[Researchers also found that geckos in windtunnels (pictured above) were able to control their decent and steer towards a solid surface using their tails. When on their stomachs, gliding in a pose similar to Superman's, the position "allowed them to use their tails to turn or [...]