It was my first taste of “Funshine pie”. I’d heard nothing but great reports from previous attendees. My expectations were high, and I was expecting nothing other than complete awesomeness. So to have the boogie meet – and actually exceed – all expectations, was unexpected. This was quite simply the most fun skydiving boogie I’ve attended.
Excellent coaches and organising – with Mikey and Jim on the roster, we were already off to a flying start but add Mat Hill (Kristal), and Håvard Flaat (Skywalkers), and you begin to move into cherries-on-icing-on-cake territory. All these guys are not only great coaches and flyers, but they were all able to quickly understand the dynamic of the group they were working with, ensuring a great mix of challenge and fun was injected into each jump. At the end of each day, everyone was encouraged to congregate in the bar to see what cool stuff had made it to the day tape and Jim and Mikey also put on a few events at local restaurants, which promoted a good social element to the boogie.
The jumps and the jumpers – this was 100%, not-from-concentrate, no artificial additives, pure freefly goodness! Each morning started with the same formula – a choice to do head up, head down or tracking – but the organisers really pushed the boundaries with their groups. There were tracking pylon races (around a lead and rear tracker), space ball jumps, innovative head up transition jumps, steep tracing dives, vertical sequentials, massive two and three tube carveroos, two plane 24way tracking jumps – the list goes on. Every jump was lip smacking delicious, and my mind was blown at how they just seemed to get better and better as the boogie went on. Finally, it was a great bunch of people attending the event, and we all enjoyed jumping with old and new friends alike. Everyone in the groups I flew with came away beaming, having learnt loads and having a huge amount of fun doing so.
Dave Geffin