Skydiving competitions: from your first meet to the world stage

• What you need first: The licence and grades your discipline needs (see disciplines and grades).
• Cost: You cover your own jumps. Event fees vary.
• What's next: Kit, costs and safety

Competition skydiving is fast, technical and great fun. You don't have to be a champion to start.

The ladder

• UKSL and Grand Prix: a series of meets at centres around the UK. The Formation Skydiving series is the British Skydiving UKSL, linked to the European Skydiving League. British Skydiving calls these meets the perfect place to gain competition experience.
• Skills Coaching Roadshows: many meets include them. Top UK skydivers coach you, and you just cover the cost of your jumps.
• British National Championships: the annual championships in formation skydiving, freefly, freestyle, canopy piloting and more.
• World Cups and World Championships: international events run under the FAI.

For dates, see our British competitions 2027 guide and British Skydiving's diary of events.

Source: Competitions, British Skydiving, checked October 2026.

Governing body: British Skydiving. It sets the UK safety standards and training awards for skydiving, so it's the official place to find out more.

Typical prices, checked October 2026. The club or coach sets and bills the price.

The club map lists some of the UK clubs for this sport. It is a starting point, so check with the club before you travel. To have a coach found for you, use the enquiry form.