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Andy Vernum Membership Services Sue Allen Tel: 01733 380 809 Stock Controller Dave Brown [email protected] IT This is another bumper issue 84 page Mag, made up of 57 editorial Z a h e d S h a h pages and 27 pages of adverts. Understand that extra advertising [email protected] always results in extra reading fo r you. The proportion of adverts will BPA Officers never go above one third of the magazine. Additional pages of BPA Chairman Chris Allen advertising sold above this ratio means that we increase the size of [email protected] ADVERTISING Vice Chairman John Smyth the magazine. An extra page of advertising will result in two more Jackie Green [email protected] Warners Group Publications editorial pages to read; an extra two will add six editorial pages. I t is STC Chairman John Hitchen West Street this improved revenue which has made your Mag bigger and glossier [email protected] Bourne. Lines PE10 9PH with more room fo r your articles. Competitions Chairman John Smyth Tel: 01778 393 313 [email protected] Fax: 01778 394 748 This issue is packed with goings-on from all over the UK so it's great Development Chairman Ian Midgley that Jackie and Cheryl from Warners Group have sold enough [email protected] [email protected] advertising to cover the cost of space fo r it all. Enjoy! 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SUPPORTED BY Front Cover ( Nancy Koreen over Lake Tahoe, u k s p o r t ' ^ photo by Janine Hill, a Brit now living in California 2 skydive ^ October 2001 Espace Boogie Photo spread World Games 1 The continuing adventures of Sebastian XL Xtravaganza The biggest coaching event in the UK Speed Freaks How fast can you go down? CF Festival Newcomers are introduced to the art of linking canopies Nationals British ch am p io n s Bikini-Way Chicks Rock 4th part on keeping a team together We Remember Dave Paton 1 C la ss ified A dsSubscription Details 1 Classified AdsSubscription JM's newsround 10 Puzzle Weston Summer Ball Council Matters 21 Club News 47 BPA Clubs and Centres 75 Kit News Incident Reports 57 Advertisers Index October 2001 The new MG ZS 180. 2.5 V6 • l77Ps • 0-60mph, 7.3 secs.* 17" alloys • ABS • Sports suspension • www.mgcars.co.uk 08459 251251 Car shown is a ZS 180 at £ 16,720 OTR. inc. pearlescent paint at £325 extra. *3 years/60,000 mile warranty, whichever comes first, subject to terms and conditions. Available in the UK only. Maximum Strength MG ZS Sports ratio gearbox • 3 year warranty* • ZS range from £12,495 OTR. LIFE’S TOO SHORT NOT TO Photos Willy Boeykens The Brits were a massive presence at the Espace as usual Let's keep it that way, the boogie would not be the same without the 'Roast Beef FS Preefly The finest F5 load organising team was as This year freeflying came of age at the Espace. Load organisers were Marco and usual headed up by 'The Man' Patrick Passe, Gi of Frick Atmonalti, Tazio Madliger. The skydives ranged from small sit jum ps he who has given us a 45-way compressed to 22-way Atmonalti and head-down loads. 'Atmo what?' Atmonalti. This is a accordian - as the fifth point! Pastie was form of back flying that Marco discovered. It's a bit like tracking but, instead of assisted by Dazzle, Milko, Fred and Dario who one person on their back and the rest on the front, there is one on his front, all did sterling jobs. the rest on their backs. The controls are the same as head-down but the dive last 70 seconds. Way cool. October 2001 f i u D i j j a j£i Yz j£j. Track Dives Tube and BirdMan George took over the sunset There were many birdman and tube tracking loads and all of these were jum ps made too. Condolences to Pierre The Espace Boogie 2000 heavily oversubscribed. Then Marco who lost his hand-held tube in a swamp, video is OUTSTANDING and George combined a jump to do (he had a bit of a moment when trying to a 'Trak-Monalti' dive, half tracking retrieve it, when he found himself sinking Buy one - Ed and half in Atmonalti. This was a in quicksand. Wisely, he left the tube bundle of fun and a first we reckon. where it was...) ( skydive * October 2001 Once stability and heading were comfortable, I would give Pauline the nod and she would then climb up on me. As soon as Pauline stood up she would start flying her body surface. The fall rate dropped, the flying speed significantly increased and it was barely noticeable that I had another skydiver riding me! The rides were smooth and effortless, very different to the difficulty of someone climbing all over your back.... Aircraft and Facilities Video Unfortunately the Antonov giant jet of previous years was 'unavailable'. Booooooo! 5o aircraft Stephane, Joel's brother, did a sterling this year were two Super Otters from 5kydive Portugal, going up and down like mad with job editing the day's jump videos, Lapalisse's Skyvans going as fast as they could. Between them these four aircraft dropped exceeding his usual excellent standard. 550 skydivers, 9,125 times. Mot bad eh? The manifest was run 'avec beaucoup efficiency' by Shown on a 20ft square screen, the Giles and Julie. This, the thirteenth Espace Boogie was held at Joel Cruciani's DZ, Lapalisse. daily video was a gathering place for The food was fantastic, the bar was impressive and not as expensive as usual. all skydivers in the evening. 8 skydive October 2001 Musak Espace - The best boogie in the world. Joel invited DJ Richie for the duration to spin some choons, THANK YOU Joel and all.