skydivethemag.com

You can sign up for the British Skydiving Newsletter directly on skydivethemag.com. The site hosts a newsletter sign-up form that asks you to agree to the Privacy Policy and complete a simple human-check field before submitting. This is the route to take if you want British Skydiving news, club updates, and event information delivered to you rather than checking the site manually.

Where the Sign-Up Lives

The form sits alongside the site's main content areas, which are organised into these sections:

• Club News – what's happening at local drop zones
• Competitions – British Skydiving National Championships and international competition news
• Events – dates for comps, courses, and Council and Committee meetings
• Gear – gear news and reviews
• Progression – knowledge and skills development
• Safety – risk management and staying safe

The newsletter is the way to get this kind of update pushed to you instead of browsing each section.

Steps to Sign Up

1. Go to skydivethemag.com.
2. Find the newsletter sign-up form (it appears with the prompt "Want to sign up for the British Skydiving Newsletter?").
3. Enter your email address in the form.
4. Read and agree to the Privacy Policy — the form requires this before you can submit.
5. Complete the human-check field. The form notes: "Leave this field empty if you're human." In other words, leave that field blank; filling it in signals a bot.
6. Submit the form.

Expected result: your email is registered for the British Skydiving Newsletter.

Common Snags

• Skipping the Privacy Policy agreement. The form won't accept your submission without it.
• Filling in the human-check field. It's designed to be left empty. If you type something there, the form may treat you as a bot.
• Assuming it's a paid or account-based signup. Nothing in the site's information indicates a price or a login requirement for the newsletter — it's presented as a straightforward sign-up form. Treat any payment or account prompts you encounter as separate from this form.

What You Get

By signing up, you're subscribing to British Skydiving updates. Based on the site's sections, expect coverage of club news from local drop zones, national and international competition results, and event dates including competitions, courses, and Council and Committee meetings. If you're starting out or progressing in the sport, the Progression and Safety sections are also worth reading directly on the site alongside the newsletter.

Skydive the Mag (skydivethemag.com) is a UK-focused skydiving publication covering club news, competitions, events, gear, progression and safety. It is a magazine-style news and information site for the British skydiving community rather than a drop zone, booking platform or training provider. If you want to follow what is happening across UK skydiving, or sign up for the British Skydiving Newsletter, this is the kind of site to check.

What the site covers

The site is organised around a small set of recurring sections, each aimed at a different part of the sport:

The excerpt also points to feature-style articles, including topics such as becoming a skydiver, starting freestyle skydiving, coaching new coaches, moving "from the tunnel to the sky", wingsuit records, VFS, AFF and harness and emergency-procedure themes. That mix suggests the site serves both newcomers curious about the sport and experienced jumpers following the UK scene.

Who it is for

The content is written for people inside or adjacent to British skydiving:

• British skydivers who want national competition results, event dates and drop zone news.
• New or aspiring skydivers looking for explainer-style articles on how to start, what AFF involves and how progression works.
• Coaches and experienced jumpers interested in coaching, tunnel-to-sky transitions, wingsuit and VFS topics.
• Anyone following the wider UK community who wants a single place for club, competition and event updates.

The site uses British English and references British Skydiving structures, so it is most directly relevant to a UK audience.

What it is not

It is worth being clear about the boundaries, because the name could be misread:

• It is not a drop zone and does not appear to offer jumps itself.
• It is not a booking service for courses or tandem jumps.
• It is not a training provider — progression and safety articles are informational, not a substitute for instruction at a affiliated club or drop zone.

If your goal is to actually book a jump or start training, you would use this site for background reading and then go to a drop zone or training organisation.

The newsletter

The site invites readers to sign up for the British Skydiving Newsletter, with a form that asks you to agree to the Privacy Policy and includes a simple anti-spam check. This is the main direct action the site asks of visitors. The available information does not state pricing or login requirements, so treat the newsletter as a sign-up offer rather than assuming any paid tier.

How to use it

1. Skim the section headings — Club News, Competitions, Events, Gear, Progression, Safety — to find the area relevant to you.
2. Read the feature articles if you are new to the sport and want orientation on AFF, freestyle, VFS or wingsuit progression.
3. Check Events if you are looking for competition, course or committee dates.
4. Sign up for the newsletter if you want British Skydiving updates delivered rather than checking back manually.

In short: Skydive the Mag is a UK skydiving news and features publication. Use it to stay informed and to find the newsletter sign-up; use a drop zone or training organisation when you want to jump.

Skydive the Mag is the online home of British Skydiving's magazine content, organised into six main sections: Club News, Competitions, Events, Gear, Progression and Safety. If you want drop zone updates, competition results, event dates, equipment reviews or skills and safety guidance, the section you need is listed below.

The six main sections

How to choose where to start

• You jump at a UK drop zone and want local updates → Club News.
• You follow competitive skydiving → Competitions, for National Championships and international results.
• You are planning around dates → Events, which lists competitions, courses, and council and committee meetings.
• You are buying or comparing equipment → Gear, for news and reviews.
• You want to move up a discipline or skill level → Progression.
• You want risk-management guidance → Safety.

What kind of articles appear

The magazine's content mixes news with instructional and feature writing. Examples of topics covered include how to become a skydiver, how to start freestyle skydiving, coaching new coaches, the tunnel-to-sky transition, wingsuit records, VFS (vertical formation skydiving), AFF, and gear and safety features. So the sections above are not just news feeds — Progression and Safety in particular carry skill-building and risk-management material.

Newsletter sign-up

The site also offers a British Skydiving Newsletter sign-up. The form asks you to confirm you have read and agree to the Privacy Policy before submitting. Note that the page itself does not state pricing or login requirements for any of this content, so treat access terms as unconfirmed rather than assuming everything is free or open.

Skydive the Mag covers the UK skydiving calendar through three separate sections: Competitions, Events, and Club News. If you want championship results and international meet news, go to Competitions. If you want dates for competitions, courses, and British Skydiving Council or committee meetings, go to Events. If you want to know what is happening at your local drop zone, go to Club News.

The three sections and what each one holds

The distinction matters because the two calendar-style sections are not duplicates. Competitions is written as news coverage of championships and international meets. Events is the listing side: it tells you when the latest competitions, courses, Council meetings, and committee meetings are taking place. Club News sits outside both and is organised around drop zones rather than a national schedule.

How to use them together

1. Start with Events if you are planning around a date — it is the section described as telling you when competitions, courses, and meetings happen.
2. Move to Competitions for the reporting around British Skydiving National Championships and international competitions, rather than for scheduling.
3. Check Club News for drop-zone-level activity, which is where local happenings are collected rather than national fixtures.

Expected result: you end up with a date from Events, context and results from Competitions, and local colour from Club News, instead of hunting through one section for all three.

Where this fits in the wider site

Skydive the Mag is organised into six content areas: Club News, Competitions, Events, Gear, Progression, and Safety. Competitions and Events are the two that answer calendar and results questions; Gear, Progression, and Safety are skill- and equipment-focused rather than schedule-focused. The site also carries a sign-up form for the British Skydiving Newsletter, which is a separate way to receive updates rather than a section you browse.

Common sticking points

• Treating Competitions and Events as the same thing. They are listed separately, and the descriptions differ: one is championship and international news, the other is a when-and-where listing that also includes courses and meetings.
• Looking for local drop-zone news under Events. Local activity is filed under Club News.
• Assuming the newsletter sign-up replaces browsing. The form asks you to agree to the Privacy Policy before submitting; it is an opt-in for updates, not a directory of fixtures.

If your goal is simply to know what is coming up, Events is the section to open first. If your goal is to read about how a championship or international competition went, Competitions is the one.

Skydive the Mag is the magazine site of British Skydiving, and it is useful at two stages: if you are working out how to become a skydiver, and if you already jump and want to move into a new discipline. Its content is organised into sections rather than a single beginner course, so you use it as a reading and orientation resource, then follow the pathways it points to. The site itself does not present pricing or booking details in the material available, so treat it as guidance and news, not as a place to sign up or pay.

What the site actually covers

The section structure tells you what you can expect to find:

For someone starting out, the relevant parts are Progression, Safety and Club News. For someone already jumping, Competitions, Gear and Events add the wider picture.

If you are trying to start skydiving

The site addresses the beginner question directly. Its content includes "Find out how you can become a skydiver" and "What next? AFF!", which points to Accelerated Freefall as the entry pathway. It also covers "How you can start freestyle skydiving" for people thinking beyond the first licence.

A practical way to use it:

1. Read the "become a skydiver" and AFF material to understand what the training pathway involves.
2. Use Club News to identify drop zones near you and see what they are currently doing.
3. Check Events for courses and meetings that relate to beginners.
4. Read the Safety section before you commit, so you understand how risk is managed in the sport.

The site explains the pathway and the disciplines; it does not replace the drop zone's own booking and training process.

If you already jump and want to progress

Progression is treated as its own section, and the topic list shows the range of directions available:

• Freestyle — how to start, aimed at people moving beyond basic belly flying.
• VFS (vertical formation skydiving) — a dedicated "Get into VFS" item.
• Wingsuit — including coverage of a UK wingsuit record, useful for seeing what the discipline looks like at a high level.
• Coaching — "Why coach?" and "New coaches from the tunnel to the sky", for jumpers considering the coaching route.
• Skills and mindset — items such as "Think like a fighter pilot" and "Harnessing your spirit", which sit alongside technical progression.

The pattern is that each discipline gets an entry-point article plus context from competitions and records, so you can see both how to begin and where the discipline leads.

How to use it alongside your training

Skydive the Mag works best as a supplement to instruction, not a substitute. Read the Progression and Safety material to arrive at your drop zone with better questions, use Club News and Events to find what is happening locally, and use Competitions coverage to understand the competitive side if that interests you. The site also offers a British Skydiving Newsletter signup, which is a way to keep receiving updates without checking back manually.

If your goal is simply "how do I start", the AFF material and Club News are the two places to begin. If your goal is "what can I do next", start with Progression and pick the discipline that matches your interest.