With jumping conditions being potentially unpredictable, our annual Safety Day is an ideal opportunity to shake the winter blues and get involved in a series of short seminars intended to prompt thought and discussion about various aspects of skydiving. From personal fitness tips, to checking your kit over we aim to make a fun day hopefully giving you some thought provoking ideas.

Its at least worth the free evening pizza we offer to those who attend seminars!

Brush up your formation skydiving skills ready for this seasons exciting events with some top-quality FS coaching with Simon Cathrine. All levels are catered for whether you’re thinking about starting a team, considering joining some BigWay jumps or simply need to get your FS1 qualification.

The weekend will consist of all judges going through all the rules and any changes in any discipline. Then they will split into groups for their own particular disciplines and do some judging training with DVDs. This is also a good opportunity for any teams who will be training at Hib that weekend to get their training skydives judged, so they can see if there is anything they need to work on from a judges point of view.

This is an ideal opportunity for anyone considering taking up judging. You can come along and see what happens.

Canopy courses have become an essential part of the learning curve for all skydivers. Brian Vacher's Basic Safeflight Course breaks down the complexities of canopy flying into simple easily understood principles. You will practice these over the 10 hop & pop jumps included in the course and each landing is videoed and debriefed in the classroom. You will learn a lot about how to fly, land, canopy safely and leave with more skills and confidence to help through you skydiving career. A highly recommended course, it really is the best way to stay safe under canopy.

The 3-day course costs £350 and includes 10 hop & pop jumps. Places are limited to 12, so please call the office or the dropzone to pay your £50 non refundable deposit.

Take advantage of the Bank Holiday and stay a few extra days! The Dropzone will be open all week (including Tuesday) and is available for fun jumping and team training alike. Jump tickets on the Skysaver scheme will cost £16 per slot for individuals and teams alike. Team jumps will count towards our normal sliding scale team account rates. FS and FF coaches will be available.

This weekend is aimed at helping jumpers get their FS or FF individual grades enabling them to jump with others and begin to participate in the seasons events.
If you’re successful then why not think about the FS scrambles next weekend?
 

Scrambles is always a fun meet, teams are drawn on the day with a capable team captain and a fair mix of levels between teams to create a good competition. You don't need to be the hottest FS jumper to take part and it’s a great way to meet other jumpers and maybe even some future team-mates.

We try to accommodate as many Non FS1s as possible but we unfortunately are restricted by numbers and ability levels.

Hibaldstow is pleased to welcome Caroline Hughes' team for what promises to be another well-run and exciting event. Aimed at FS1 jumpers with over 50 jumps, group sizes increase at a safe rate while jumpers learn the initial skills needed for Big Way jumping.

For more information and registration details see: www.skydivechoreography.com

Funshine has become synonymous with fun freefly events and offers high quality and exceptionally well organized coaching and organising. The events have become so popular that registration is strictly limited in order to guarantee a coach:student ratio and you should sign up to www.funshineboogie.com for info and updates. Post FF1 only.

If you can’t make this one then keep your eye out for the Funshine May and September editions at Skydive Spain, Seville – dates to be released soon!

The second of our five new Skysaver weeks starts on Bank Holiday Monday and the dropzone is open all week (including Tuesday) for fun jumping and team training alike plus FF and FS coaches will be on hand.

Experienced jumptickets cost £16 each and team jumps will count towards our normal sliding scale team rates.

Want to start taking part in bigger FS jumps? This is the ideal time to start – the ever-patient Simon Cathrine will introduce you to the skills needed to take part in big ways, and by participating in skydives that gradually build in size and complexity you'll can practice and enjoy this rewarding part of the sport.

4-way FS Team Kaizen has gone from strength to strength over the last couple of years and will be available for coaching and organizing at the dropzone all weekend.

Last years FF Scrambles was such a great success that we have decided to make it an annual event.

Competitors jump with a different team mate each round to gain a personal score accumulated over the course of the competiton. Jumpers are also split into just head up or both head up and down categories to encourage all freeflyers to enter. We’re pleased to have VFS team the Bad Lieutenants organizing and are certain a great night will follow in the bar.

Summer is (hopefully) upon us, so get a few days off work and take advantage of our third Skysaver week! As the Nationals draw closer it offers an opportunity to get into full swing with your training. We already have teams scheduled providing a better opportunity for back to back loads.

Jumps are £16 each for all experienced jumpers, and any team jumps made count towards the sliding scale rates.

An invitational FS event organised by Caroline Hughes.
To register your interest please contact www.skydivechoreography.com.

Whether you need to get your FS1 or simply improve your existing FS skills, 2009 British 4-way FS Bronze medalists Sonicnutz will be at hand for all your coaching needs.

Now into its fifth year the Hibaldstow 28-way sequential competition is an awesome multi-aircraft event not seen anywhere else in Europe! FS jumpers from around the country create their own teams and invite individuals to join.

In 2009 we had 4 full 28-way teams and hope for more this season so if you’re interested in taking part or even creating your own team for 2010 then please contact us for details.

If you haven’t heard about Hibaldstows Skysaver weeks by now then you’ve been missing out! Open 7 days a week with all experienced jumptickets costing just £16 its an ideal opportunity to team train or fun jump with some mates.

If you can’t make this one then the final Skysaver week is scheduled at the end of July.

The BCPA event details to be confirmed.
Infamous VFS team the Bad Lieutenants will be available for freefly coaching and organizing all weekend.

The BCPA event details to be confirmed.

Infamous VFS team the Bad Lieutenants will be available for freefly coaching and organizing all weekend.

The 3rd of the BPA UK Skydiving League 4-way events is hosted by SkydiveHibaldstow. Just one month before the National Championships it provides not only invaluable preparation for all levels but allows you to practice specifically from the competition aircraft.

A dedicated weekend for FS coaching with members of Triple-A class 4-way FS teams Sonicnutz and Kaizen.

The final Skysaver week for 2010 welcomes all jumpers for some fun filled mid-week summer jumping.

With only a couple of weeks left before the National Championships take advantage of our £16 experienced jumptickets!

Hibaldstow hosts the BPA 4-way FS and VFS National competitions.

4-way FS consists of 4 categories from Triple-A all the way down to Rookie so you don’t need to be a top level FS jumper to take part – even if you’re inexperienced or intermediate the National Championships has a place for you. We even have some scratch teams forming on the Friday!! It’s a great weekend so come and get involved.

The exciting new discipline of Vertical Formation Skydiving (VFS) is only in its second official year as a British National competition and with teams committing to training for the 2010 season we expect to enjoy some exceptional footage of the best of British freeflyers.

For more information see www.skydivingchampionships.com.

Hibaldstow hosts the BPA 8 Way FS National Championships and the Artisitics National Championships in the Free Fly, Free Style, and Speed events.

See www.skydivingchampionships.com for more details.

This is the rollover weekend for the 4-way and VFS weekend.

This is the rollover weekend to complete the Artistics and 8 Way National Championships if required.

Running along side will be Simon Cathrine’s Big Way Invitational Event and FF load organizing with Bad Lieutenants to take advantage of the multi aircraft line up.

Multi aircraft formation loads are often difficult to get on especially if it’s your first time and so this weekend is intended to help jumpers get involved and get some essential experience.

Had a good year so far? Then keep enjoying it with some end of season FS Scrambles fun! Always a fun meet - teams are drawn on the day with a capable captain and a fair mix of levels between teams to create a good competition. You don't need to be the hottest FS jumper to take part and it’s a great way to meet other jumpers and maybe even some future team-mates.

We will try to accommodate as many Non FS1's as possible.

8-way speed with a twist. Launched just last year the event was the first of its kind in the UK and due to popular demand the battle of the disciplines continues. In 2008, there were 2 FF teams and 4 FS teams.

Do you think you’ve got what it takes?

Further details and a dive pool will be available later in the year.

The Halloween 10-way speed returns with a sinister twist. The “Gathering” in the evening is fancy dress. Don't say you weren't warned and watch out for those nightmares...