Residence:
        Cleveland, United Kingdom 

    Occupation:
        Skydive Cameraman (weekday and weekend) 

Equipment:
    Container:   Tear Drop Superfly
    Main:           Sabre 135
    Reserve:      Smart 135
    AAD:            Cypress 2

    Container:    Tear Drop Viper 
    Main:            Sabre2 - 107 
    Reserve:       Speed - 120 
    AAD:             Cypress 2 

Home drop zone:
   http://www.skydiveacademy.org.uk/, Peterlee, United Kingdom 

First jump:
    March 1998 - Tandem, August 1999- AFF

Total jumps to date:
    1500+

Licenses, awards, ratings & other numbers:

    A-101192, B-101192, C-101192, D-101192, CAT8, CAT10, FS1, IC1, FF1, FF2, CH1, CH2, JM1

Skydiving specialties:
    Tandem/Team Videographer, Free Flying & Skydiving Formation, Speed

Accomplishments: (note: both deaf/hearing in Italic)

• First British Deaf Licensed Skydiver
• First British Deaf ever to get License-D
• First British Deaf to achieve all-deaf 12 & 14-way world record
• 17 Point 2 Way British Record
• 8 Point 3 Way British/European Record, May 25, 2003
• First British Deaf  to achieve FF2 (qualification headown)
• Speed Deaf World Record Average speed of 254 mph ( British's fastest speed of 289mph)
• Won Northern UK Speed Championship 2003 for fastest mph speed in a head-down track
• British/European/California State Record 5-Way by 5 Deaf British skydivers, Perris Valley, CA, Sept 9,2003
• World Record all-Deaf Big-Way RW 15-Way, Sept 13, 2003
• World Record all-Deaf Night RW 7-Way, Sept 13, 2003
• World Record all-Deaf 4 Way RW 18 points, Sept 13, 2003
• World's first deaf ever to perform high altitude jump from 32,000 feet, Davis, CA, Sept 13, 2003
• World's longest freefall time - 3 minutes 24 seconds on a sinlge jump, Davis, CA, Sept 13, 2003
• Won award for "Most Progressed Student 2000" at his home DZ
• Won the Scottish national championship 4 way Junior class, May 29-30, 2004
• First Deaf skydiver ever to do a BASE jump in Kjeray, Norway, June 21, 2004
• Placed 5th in Men Speed World Cup meet in Hibadlstow, England, June 25-27, 2004
• Junior 4 way Grand Prix Championship 2004, Standing (4x Gold, 1x Brozen, 1x 4th place, 1x11th placce
• World Record all-Deaf RW Sequential 3 point 10 Way, October 14, 2005
• World Record all-Deaf Big-Way RW 16-Way, October 15, 2005
• World Record all-Deaf Night RW Sequential 3 point 8 Way, October 15, 2005
• Class Rookies 4 way Grand Prix Championship 2006, Standing (2x Gold, 2x Bronze) 
• Class AA 4 way 2nd Place Grand Prix Championship 2006, Standing (1x Gold, 1x Silver, 1x Bronze) 
• First Deaf European to perform Bird-Man, April, 2007

Demo Jumps:

• August, 2001, Shotton Colliery,UK - Festival fair at Fair Area 
• June, 2002, Peterlee, UK - Police show at School track field 
• July, 2002, Middlesbrough, UK - Festival fair at football ground park 
• July, 2003, Shotton Colliery,UK - Festival fair at Fair Area 
• May, 2004, Middlesbrough, UK - Festival fair at football ground park 
• August, 2004, Durham, UK - Car show at school field 
• July, 2005, Shotton Colliery,UK - Festival fair at Fair Area 

Last updated:May 1, 2007