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Name: Sarah Cannon Nickname: Smithy Email: sarahjcannon@hotmail.co.uk Slot: Outside Centre Age: 33 Number of jumps: 3,600 Kit jumped: Icon “Elements” with ZPX Pilot 104, Smart 110 reserve &
a Vigil. Dropzones: Weston on the Green and Empuria Brava Skydiving achievements: Women's 4-way World Champion 2008, Nationals
2007 & 2008 AAA 4-way Champion. British National 8 way bronze 2008. Nationals 2006
AA Gold. 2006 GP Langar AA gold. 2006 GP Hib AA Gold. Nationals 2006 Speed 8 and Intermediate 8 way gold. Nationals 2005 Junior
Silver "One Non Blonde". Member of the live TV advert for Honda, March 2008. Member of the record-breaking
"Red Cross" formation, September 2007. Member of the "Jump for the Cause" World Record formation jump
in Perris, CA in 2009. Coached at the Swedish Basics in May/June 2009 and 2010, coached the Silver and Bronze teams at the
Swedish Nationals 2009, coached the Czech and Portuguese National teams 2009/2010. Best/most memorable skydive: Round two of the World Championships 2008, jumping out of a Porter in France, knowing that we were
in joint first place with the US girls team. No pressure... Ultimate skydiving ambition: For skydiving to be recognised as a sport
around the world, and for the World Meet to be televised on National TV. My personal goals are always changing – I want
to always be the best that I can be. Interesting fact: My surname is now officially Cannon :-) My husband Ben and I have a dog
called Max, who is named after Maximus Meridius the gladiator. Other interests:
Personal training, horse riding, triathlon.
Name: Hannah Betts
Slot: Inside Centre Age: 32
Email: hannah_betts@hotmail.com Number of
jumps: 3,600+
Kit jumped: Icon "Elements", Pilot 117 and Smart 110 reserve.
Dropzones: Perris, CA.
Skydiving achievements: Current Women's 4-way World Champion 2008, British Nationals 2007 & 2008 AAA
4-way Champion. Womens British Formation 60 Way Record 2007. Mass Drop World Record Demo Thailand 2006. Participant in live
Honda TV skydiving advert, 2.5 million viewers! Member of the Jump for the
Cause record breaking formation 2009. Best/most memorable skydive: Round 7 at the Nationals 2007 - Sparky and I had such brilliant eye contact,
we were smiling so much at each other to the point we were laughing in the last 10 seconds! The dive was going so well and
it was so much fun, it didn't feel like a competition jump! Also first balloon jump where I made Smithy hold my hand -
I was so scared! Ultimate skydiving ambition: First goal achieved (to become World Champion
and become the highest scoring female team in history)... Right now I'm enjoying coaching and learning to freefly, however,
I know the serious 4-way bug will come back to haunt me! When it does, the goal, as always, is to get a higher average than
before and get on that podium again! Interesting
fact: Before
I joined Bodyflight Storm I wanted to be a Freestyle Champion! I'll have to put that on goal on hold for a while...!
Other: Currently based at Perris Drop Zone as a tunnel coach, basic to advanced
FS skills coach, 4 way coach, AFF instructor and videographer... |
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Name: Claire Scott Nickname: Sparky Email: sparky-scott@hotmail.co.uk Slot: Outside
Centre Age: 36 Number of jumps: 5,000+ Kit jumped: Aerodyne - Icon "Elements", Pilot 117 and Smart 110 reserve Dropzones: Skydive
Weston and Perris Skydiving
achievements: World Champion 2008, British National AAA 4 way Champion 2007 and 2008.
Silver medalist British Nationals 2009. Team VMax 1999 - 2003 (4-Way Women's
World Cup Gold 1999 & 2002, 4-Way Women’s World Championships Gold - Gap 2003). Team Airkix 2005 - 2006 (4-Way
Women’s World Championships Gold - Gera 2006 and British National 4-Way Championships AAA Gold 2006. Women's
World Record - 30 points in 35 seconds - 2005). Bodyflight Storm (British National 4-Way Championships AAA Gold 2007 & 2008, and Women's 4-Way World Championships
Gold 2008 ) Member of the Jump for the
Cause record breaking formation 2009. Royal Aero Club Awards: Prince Of Wales Cup –
2000 & 2007, Gold Medal 2004, Jim Crocker Trophy 2007. Best/most memorable skydive: Guess that has to be the power line incident?! I jumped out of a balloon, didn't
make it back to the DZ and landed off. Followed a more experienced jumper down to a field but didn't see the power cables
until the last minute. I brought the cable down, setting fire to the field and caused a whole village to have a power cut.
Police, fire brigade and Southern Electric were all called to the scene! Nicknamed "Sparky" ever since! Ultimate skydiving ambition: My ambitions keep changing as the tools and support available to us also
change as well as the general skydiving standards keep raising. I’ve realised that I will never be totally satisfied
with what I achieve as I always want to achieve more!! Interesting fact: It took me 17 jumps to finally get off static line!! I was a bit of a kicker
on the rope!! Other interests: Horse riding, running, gym. Anything else?: Static Line Instructor, AFF Instructor,
Tunnel Formation Skydiving Coach.
Name: Kate Stephens Nickname: Layer Cake Email: kswales@hotmail.co.uk Slot: Tail Age: I feel about 25 but if you're counting real years 34 not sure which
one counts! Number of
Jumps: 3,500+ Kit jumped: Icon "Elements", Pilot 117 and Smart 110
reserve. Dropzones: Perris Skydiving achievements: World Champion female category 2008. British National Champion AAA 4 way
2007 and 2008. Women's World Record 151-way, Brit chicks 60-way, 50-way; World Cup 4 way gold (1999), World Meet British
Women's team 2001; British Nationals 2007 & 2008 4-way AAA Champion. Women's 4-way World Champion 2008, Royal
Aero Club Award - Prince Of Wales Cup - awarded to Vmax in 2000 and to Storm in 2008. Appeared on BBC 1 Sports program "They
Think it's all Over". Member of the Jump for the Cause record breaking formation 2009. Best/most memorable skydive: 1st skydive “petrifying, empowering, wonderful and the opening up of a new world. Ultimate skydiving ambition: For a winning Skydiving Team to be reported in the sports section of the National News (and to win the 4 way Women’s
World Championships in 2008) Interesting
fact: I fulfilled a life long ambition and pinched Gary Lineaker’s bum
when I met him at ‘they think its all over’ whilst I was on VMax Other interests: Skiing, walking, drinking wine and eating
lovely food.
Name: Gary Wainwright Nickname: Swoop Slot: Videographer Age: 37 Number of jumps: 6,500+ Kit jumped: Aerodyne - Icon "Elements" with a Mamba 104 and Smart 110 reserve Dropzones: Langar Skydiving achievements: World Champion 2008, British National Champion AAA 4 way 2007 and 2008. Brit 100 UK Large Formation Record, 2001
Scottish National Skysurfing champion, British Nationals 4 way 2004 "NRG" Bronze, British Team Member at 1st World
Cup of Canopy Piloting 2003, British 8 way team World Championships 2004, British Team Member at 2nd World Cup of Canopy Piloting
2005, World Team Camera Team 2006, British 8 way team World Championships 2006, British National 8 way Champion 2006 "Connextion",
British National 4 way Champion 2007 & 2008 plus Women's 4-Way World Champions 2008 (Bodyflight Storm) Best/most memorable skydive: Many spring to mind but I was honoured to film Taz Causer's mum (Hazel) doing a tandem recently with Gavin docked
on it. Ultimate
skydiving ambition: When I started skydiving I wanted
to get a front cover shot, film a world record and stand on top of the podium at a world meet – now I've achieved
all of these! Interesting fact: Nickname comes from unintentionally swooping past a formation in freefall many years ago! Other interests: Drinking beer Anything else?: Check out my website: www.garywainwright.co.uk |
