FAST FACTS

Known as: Tim or Porter
Born in: Suffolk UK Born when: 1968
Years jumping: 14 Started in 1992
Now lives in: The Sky
Famous for: High energy for jumping in all conditions & Safety paramount
Favorite place: Cornwall
Inspirational Flyer: Jan Wildgruber, Phillip Valaud ,Chris Gauge and many different people at different times
Best School Subject: Geography , Mathematics
Education: High school, Mechanical Engineering College
Describe yourself as a person: Up in the clouds and down to earth
Describe yourself as a teenager: Rebellious
Biggest influences in life: Family and excitement
Reality of being a pro Freeflyer: Freedom to fly
Freefly or Flyfree: Go Free
Freefly competition in the future: The best part of competition is the training, competition is show time... Probably
Favorite other stuff: Cliff top and costal walks
Girls and Freefly: We need more
Your future: Live to find out
Freefly future for you: To fly low level, high speeds with maximum lift
Favorite food: Organics
What do you love about flying: It totally removes you from the earth and all the insignificant problems are left far below.
What do you love about your job: To be able to travel to new places and meet new people also to look down on this beautiful earth from above.
How to freefly: Start at the beginning, with good belly skills. The most important position is the deployment position. Search out a good instructor, Invest in good equipment and jump as much as you can. Find like minded friends to train with
whether you decide to put together a team for competition or not it doesn’t matter. Training with the same person or people will increase your awareness levels and reaction to one another in the sky. Always keep a grip on reality and the values of life.
If I didn’t Freefly I would...: Be a ground bound misfit
Describe your best Freefly moment: Being asked to film with super zoom, flying between large formations of belly and Freefly during the last Vichy boogie Also helping to pioneer British Freefly by opening the first British Freefly school in 1995 endorsed by the BPA
Other cool stuff: Enjoying the beauty of nature and watching my daughters grow up
Your philosophy: Respect your elders; treat others as you would expect to be treated. Dream within reality and make your dreams a reality. Respect the life which you have been given, endeavor to live as long, for yourself and for your loved ones. Be honest and sincere and listen to your morals. I am a Christian and believe we are here for a purpose. To develop character experiencing trials and tribulations, the higher you rise the further you have to fall. We will be held accountable for how we have lived our lives. Question? How does the devil presume to win on this planet, by deceiving the world in to believing that god never even existed. I believe that we have been before with wings like Angles and pray we qualify for wings again.
Safety first, flight then pleasure
Tomorrow we fly
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