Welcome to the December newsletter from Skydive Spain. This month we have the now world famous Skydive Spain Christmas Boogie starting. The organisers are starting to arrive so far we have Andrew Lovemore and Jim Harris here.

We now have three of the monster Dornier G92s, 15 place twin turbine aircraft that takes 12 minutes to 15,000ft (4600m) ready and waiting for you.

Team Satori is arriving with several 4 way teams for the Satori academy.

Bollullos XXL our home 4 way team will be training several times this month.

Marcus Laser is here with a USPA coach and AFF instructor course.

The safe flight canopy course run By Jim Harris this month will teach you how to land your canopy comfortably in nil winds and how to land on your rear risers.

Above and below you can see a tracking group organised by our Norwegian freefliers Harvard Flaat and Kristian Moxnes. Photos by Andrew Lovemore

Jim Harris leading an organised sit fly jump mat the Christmas Boogie. Photo by Mike McNulty

Above and below is Jim's head up group part of the free organisers at the Skydive Spain Christmas Boogie

Below is an exit shot a of a 12 way head down formation taken by Harvard Flaat

Above is inside one of the three Dornier G92s. Most people say that the Dorniers with benches like ours are the most comfortable jump aircraft in the world. And the fact that it only takes 12 minutes to get to 15,000ft is a bonus.

Tonight is Hawaiian night at the Phoenix bar as one of the several events for the Skydive Spain Christmas Boogie. You can see above plenty of shirts that could make you vommit.

Above is Mike McNulty, Hedy Van flipflop, Jonno and Luis

Graham Wilkins, Lisa and Ant.

Mikey Carpenter, Steph Soria and waiting for a shot at the hula competition.

Two well dressed Hula chicks ready for some hula action.

Simon Cathrine above, forgot it was Hawaiian night fortunately his normal choice of shirt helped him blend in.

Mikey Carpenter not doing so well.

Ronan Whelan getting cocky with the hula. We were all just happy that he didn't spew over the crowd.

Pablo Rua holding the Spanish contingent up..!

And we have the winners above, about to be awarded their prizes by DZ manager Andrew Lovemore.

Tracking groups with Harvard Flaat and Kristian Moxnes. Photo by Andrew Lovemore.

Head down formation day at the Christmas Boogie by Harvard Flaat

Above and below a head down group taken by Harvard Flaat

Above and below a head down group exit photo at 15,000 ft (4600m) taken by Andrew Lovemore

Above is a head down organised group at the Skydive Spain Christmas boogie taken by Andrew Lovemore.

4 hot chickas. Susie, Steph, Weed and Liz

Lesley and Stijin. So what are the chances of the surf board making it back to the hotel in one piece..?

Above is Ronan, Herman and Jane all part of the FS organisers group.

Tonight is Hula competition, the person who can keep the hula hoop going the longest is the winner. The top three will then go into a final "Hula off"

Herman remember no hands..!

Lisa making it look easy. See the concentration on her face.

Mike McNulty looking incredibly comfortable in a grass skirt.

Simon Cathrine showing us how its done..! NOT..!

Above is the final Hula off with Laura Mackenbach, Hedy Van Fipflop and Lisa. The person to keep the hula going the longest is the winner.

Lisa, Hedy and Laura all holding their prizes after the "Hula off"

Photo News Updated 28/12/09

Andy Lovemore with an organised group by Jane Henderson

Busy Packing areas by Jane Henderson

Brian Cummings one of our organisers after landing

Jo Burns and Will in TShirt weather, SkydiveSpain.com by Jane Henderson

Ronan Wheelan with an FS organised group by Jane Henderson

Bec's manifesting fancy dress. By Jane Henderson

two of our Dorniers 8:30 in the morning blue skies ready to fly..! By Jane Henderson

The CF guys landing the lightenings. Always entertaining.

Simon Cathrine organising an FS load.

Simons load dirtdiving

Above and below Boogie jumpers chilling out between loads in our new area behind the hangars.

Above and below Phoenix night getting a few beers before sitting down for Chrimbo dinner

After Christmas dinner doing some more boozing..!

Hedy, Hannah and Ana Christmas night

Here is Jane wondering why I have a camera, when it is blinding obvious that she is taking the photos. Sorry stupid me lol.

Andy Lovemore debriefing an organised load. Don't forget that registration is free at the Skydive Spain Christmas boogie and we lay on all the organisers for all disciplines for free every day..!

Manifest at 8:30am first load has already been called 15 minutes

Ronan one of the FS organisers and Jonno Skydive Spains Master rigger at the Christmas dinner.

Tom in the fore ground has just finished his last student jump. He is now just paying his jump ticket and hiring our brand new equipment.

Andy and Steve on "Boxing" day.

Håvard Flaat organising a load on Christmas day.

Ronan Wheelan organising another FS load.

Norgie Chicks Christmas day

DZ owner Hannah and DZ manager Andy Lovemore.

One of Ronan's FS organised loads

All the photos below were taken at the Christmas dinner at the haystacks with just over 100 people attending.

All in Christmas dinner was starters of cheese and ham and salad then a choice of 10 different main meals and each 4 people gets a jug of beer and bottle of wine and then your choice of desert. All of this for only 15 Euros..!

Simon Cathrine and Jo Burns at Christmas dinner. Little things please little minds..!

Håvard Flaat and Steph Soria in the Phoenix Christmas day.

Manifesters Hannah and Bec

Above and below people getting briefed for their first CF (canopy formations) jumps by our free CF organisers.

Hannah with manifest under control.

Helen Swallow, Steve Saunders and Karen Saunders before Christmas dinner

Fiona getting festive

John Marshall Christmas day

Phill Symonds Christmas day.

Mike McNulty Christmas day

Kjell Svanes Christmas day

Santa's little helper Christmas day

Simon Wandeler our wingsuit organiser getting festive Christmas day

Ann Christmas day. Ann is from Norway and started here at skydive Spain on 15 second delays in the static line system with instructor Kjell Sevnes

Pablo Rua one of Skydive Spain's Spanish instructors on Christmas day.

Jane, Dave and Ronan Christmas day getting festive.

Robert SMILING...!

Jane Henderson one of our video people Christmas day.

Barbie a Skydive Spain rigger and packer

Pilot Eder being festive.

Håvard Flaat Christmas day.

Another of Santa's little helpers

Ronan Wheelan

Dave Pratt one of the boogie video men

Kia, Kim and Juha after another 15,000 ft skydive.

Pablo doing some fun jumps before the Boogie kicks off.

DZO Hannah and Barbie enjoying the Seville sun.

The Portuguese are back to enjoy the light winds and blue skies of Seville in Spain. Their home dropzone in the Algarve is not open yet so they have come to jump from 15,000ft in the sun.

John joins Mike McNulty in his van for a road trip to Skydive Spain to get some sunny fun jumping. You can see them both above and below testing out the 15,000 ft of freefall.

Above and below you can see Andy and Hannah trying on their Hawaiian Skirts that Andy Lovemore has made for the Hawaiian party this Christmas Boogie on the 29th in the Phoenix Bar.

Above you can see the second Dornier has arrived (happy days)

You can see above the third Dornier has arrived ready to haul people to 15,000 ft in 12 minutes.

Andy Lovemore keeping a keen eye on the Dornier before it leaves on its journey to 15,000 ft with 15 people on board.

Lesley Gale Editor of the BPA Skydiving Magazine (the Mag) and DZ owner Hannah Swallow.

Steph landing on the DZ..!

Andy Lovemore, Juha, Kimmo and Kim exiting the dornier from 15,000ft on another free organised group jump.

Congratulations to Ron above left from Holland who passes his USPA AFF instructor course with flying colours with the assistance of USPA AFF course director Marcus Laser. If you are interested in being an instructor either tandem, AFF or coach then visit the diary of events at the top of this page.

The requirements to attend a USPA AFF course are: you need to be a USPA member, 18 years of age, have a C licence or foreign equivalent and have 6 hours of freefall time. See Instructors academy facebook page for more details or contact them direct at info@instructorsacademy.com.

The requirements to attend a USPA Tandem course are: 18 years of age, 500 jumps on a ram air canopy, 3 years in the sport, have a D licence and a class 2 medical. See Instructors Academy on facebook for more details or contact them direct at info@instructorsacademy.com.

The Paraclub of Seville are back to use the facilities of Skydive Spain to train their static line students.

We welcome back Roy and Ryan above with Will. Roy and Ryan completed their AFF course here in Skydive Spain and are now back to do some fun jumping. They are just about to book on to the Formation Skydiving co9urse for their next visit so they can jump together.

Erik and Anders here for a weeks visit before the Boogie starts

Above you can see the area behind the hangar of Skydive Spain. This area was masterminded by Andy Lovemore and with the help of Mike McNulty, John and Pablo Rua. The area is now gravelled, fenced and welcoming to our customers.

Kim taking his trousers off on the flight line (for some strange reason.?)

Kjell (the captain) organising the load before boading.

Inside one of our Dorniers on the way to 15,000ft in 12 minutes. The Dornier has a door bigger than a Twin Otter and it climbs faster, with the benches inside it is also super comfortable.

Steve Saunders has arrived with all the CF (Canopy Formations) coaches and equipment. Above you can see him giving a CF brief to interested jumpers.

Pablo Rua giving some extra instruction to Marina and Laura. They both came to Skydive Spain after their AFF course with limited information so Pablo has taken them under his wing to make their visit easier and more comfortable.

New arrivals getting their gear checked and tagged before getting a DZ brief.

Organised headdown exit with Andy Lovemore. by Mike McNulty

Above and below more Organised groups with Andy Lovemore exiting the Dornier from 15,000 ft. By Mike McNulty.

We welcome a group from Hinton Skydiving centre in Oxfordshire in the UK. They come to jump in the sun. SkydiveSpain.com. The guys are John Crampton, Carl Champion, Paul Naylor, Frazer Wells and Steve Champion.

Above and below is Marcus Laser running a USPA AFF instructors course. If you are interested in being an AFF instructor then contact the instructors academy directly on info@instructorsacademy.com or visit their facebook page Instructors Academy.

Marcus is running two courses early next year. One Coach and AFF course in January and a Coach and Tandem course in March. Send the Instructors Academy an email to book your slot or for more information.

Above is Mishka in the manifest making a call for the next load. Its nearly time for the sunset load and then Bar time.

Above is Andy Lovemore doing some B Licence progression lessons with Steve Champion. Here at Skydive Spain we have three full time BPA instructors.

Carl Champion after another 70 second skydive..! Still jumping in TShirts..! Skydive Spain in Seville offers the best jumping weather in Europe so even during the winter time you can have 20 degrees jumping weather.

Busy packing area. And the Dornier is flying back to back lifts. Thats what we want to see.!

Marcus running the USPA AFF instructors course. You can see him above dirtdiving with two potential AFF instructors.

Above and below are Skydive Spain's new walkaround harnesses so people can practice their emergency procedures and pull pretent handles.

Steven Leung walking back after another 70 seconds freefall

Left are the Hinton Guys coming back from the landing area.