Taupo SkyDive

The boys finally built up the courage to do a skydive when they reached Taupo, it proved to be more difficult than we first thought! The weight restriction of 100kgs meant that the team lard arse Stevie was 2kgs over the permitted weight! To his credit not wanting to let the Awesome Foursome down Stevie pulled out all the stops to do the jump. Firstly he stripped down to shorts, t-shirt and flip flops and lost 0.5kgs! Then he had a chat with Douglas but failed to lose any weight, so in his desperation he stuck his fingers down his throat and made himself sick! His dedication to the tour proved in stunning fashion, however he again failed to lose any weight. So stuck at 101.5kgs with all hope appearing lost Stevie begged the instructor who relented and let him dive... what a palava!! So the boys suit up and head for the skies...

Steve is first to dive due to the extra fuel being burnt thanks to his weight! Fake smiles all round for the last shots in the plane!!

Staino is away next putting on a brave face for the camera but bricking it really!

Dave is last away and having seen the other boys do it he has no choice but to put on a fake smile and follow suit! Here we go...

Steve finally takes to the skies first from 12,000ft already screaming with his nutcase tandem jumper Hamish, 5ft 6 inches and about 11 stone, but still managed to somersault Steve out of the plane! Just 45 seconds more freefall! Steve tells us he was loving it really!!

10,000ft screaming with his eyes shut!

8000ft screaming and eyes still shut!

6000ft Stevie starts to compose himself just in time, stops screaming and his eyes are nearly open!

At 5000ft Hamish deploys the parachute and Steve is put out of his misery... after another 5 minutes under the parachute!!

Staino's up next and is thrown out of the plane by his Tandem Jumper Lynette!

Staino in textbook position and loving it... cant stop screaming either though!!

5000ft and Staino shoots past the camera looking more than a bit startled by the parachute deployment!

Staino on his way in to land

A rough landing but safely down!!

Digit out last but not least with Kerry strapped on his back.

Dave in extreme close up... what a sight! Absolutely loving it by the looks of it!

Dave touches base with his cameraman.

Dave and the amazing view over Lake Taupo, what a place to make your first skydive!

Dave hits 5000ft and up he goes looking as giddy as a schoolgirl