The FLY WARRIORS team is a blend of Australian, Spanish, French and Venezuelan Free Fly flavors. David Nimmo and Luis Adolfo Lopez-Mendez, after leaving Babylon Freefly, joined forces with VFS Team 4 Speed member Raph Coudray. Adding Dani Gallego, has resulted in a great mix of talent. Free Fly harder, faster, safer.
Combining our experience with angle and vertical flying, allows us to offer a great variety on teaching flying methods, as well to organize Free Fly events and records. Our experience adds up to more than 75.000 jumps, 10000 tunnel hours, multiple World Championship victories, World Records in Belly/HeadUp/HeadDown.
With more than 100 years combined time in the sport makes us one of the most experience Free Fly teams on the planet.
Our Achievements
For the past 20 years, we have been part of World and European Records in both Head-Up and Head-Down freefly. We organize skydiving camps and training events in Empuriabrava to help skydivers develop the skills needed to participate in record-breaking skydiving events.
In 2022, we achieved three Spanish Records: Head-Down, 2-Point Head-Down, and a Mixed Formation of Head-Up & Head-Down. Our goal is to continue building technical large vertical formations, combining Head-Down and Head-Up skills.
Why Train with Us?
Throughout the past 20 years, we have organized and been part of the team for numerous European and World Records, including:
- 2005 European HD 28-way
- 2007 European HD 40-way
- 2009 European HD 51-way
- 2009 World HD 108-way
- 2011 European HD 80-way
- 2013 European HD 96-way
- 2015 European HU 21-way
- 2015 World HD 164-way
- 2016 World HU 72-way
- 2017 European HU 43-way
- 2019 World HU 84-way
- 2022 Spanish HD 18-way
- 2022 Spanish HD 2-Point 18-way
- 2022 Spanish Mixed HD & HU 17-way
- 2024 World Record HU 96-way
Individual Records and Achievements:
- David Nimmo: Organizer and Co-Holder of World and European Head-Up and Head-Down records. Over 32,000 jumps and 800 tunnel hours.
- Luis Adolfo Lopez-Mendez: Organizer and Co-holder of World and European Records in Head-Up and Head-Down. Over 20,000 jumps and 800 tunnel hours.
- Raph Coudray: Three-time VFS World Champion. Co-world record holder in Head-Up (84), Belly (400), and Head-Down (164). Over 22,500 jumps and 5,000 tunnel hours.
- Dani Gallego: Multiple wind tunnel competition medals, including 10 gold, 7 silver, and 3 bronze. Over 2,500 jumps and 4,000 tunnel hours.
Our records reflect not just our achievements but our dedication to the sport and the community. Join us to learn from record-setting champions and be part of the next big leap!
Our Quest is to
Free Fly harder, faster & safer.
This is the Warrior’s Way.
MEET THE WARRIORS
David Nimmo – The Sky Warrior
Country: Australia
Jumps: 32,000+ | Tunnel: 800+ hours
David is a pioneer in freefly skydiving coaching, active since 1995. Known for his precision and speed, he has been leading skydiving records and organizing world and European record attempts since 2005. As a skydiving coach and load organizer at Skydive Empuriabrava, David focuses on efficient, fast, and safe flying. He flies a Micron and a PD Valkyrie 75.
Luis Adolfo Lopez-Mendez – The Nomadic Warrior
Country: Venezuela
Jumps: 20,000+ | Tunnel: 800+ hours
Luis specializes in Head-Up and Head-Down skydiving techniques. His focus is on both technique and safety. As a global coach and organizer, he holds world and European skydiving records in Head-Up and Head-Down. Luis travels worldwide, coaching and organizing skydiving events. He flies a Micron and a PD Valkyrie 79.
Raph Coudray – The Champion Warrior
Country: France
Jumps: 22,500+ | Tunnel: 5,000+ hours
Raph is a three-time VFS World Champion and the first 4-Way Dynamic World Champion in the tunnel. He specialises in fast flying and vertical formation skydiving. He is an AFF and Tandem instructor and also known for his four European titles and four World Cups in VFS and Freefly. He’s a 16-time French Champion across multiple disciplines (FS, VFS, Freefly, accuracy, style) and holds co-world records in Upright (72), Head Down (164), and Belly (400) formations. he combines his VFS expertise with dynamic coaching.
Dani Gallego – The Rising Warrior
Country: Spain
Jumps: 2,500+ | Tunnel: 4,000+ hours
Dani is the new generation of freefly skydiving coaching. He joined the Fly Warriors team in 2019 and excels in dynamic jumps, combining angles and positions to create smooth, controlled movement. Dani has won multiple medals in wind tunnel competitions, making him a valuable asset to the team.
- 10 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze medals in wind tunnel competitions
Liane Prause - The Ground Warrior
Admin, Marketing & Event Manager
We want to make every single person feels welcome and a part of our community. Liane is our key person on the ground.
She makes sure everything runs smooth, questions are answered, problems are solved… you name it, she does it!
Ewan Cowie - The Eye of the Sky
Photographer & Videographer
Images is key and we are proud to partner with Ewan on our Events. Ewan has a great eye when it comes to capture the perfect moments in the sky.
Ewan is a World Record photographer and BASE Jumper, BPA AFF Instructor and FF coach, British Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist, and UK and French FF Record Holder.
You can also book Ewan for Photo session when coaching with us.
Tim Parrant
Photographer & Event Video Editor
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