• First skydive at 17 in 1984
• 4000 skydives
• Participant in NZ freefall formation record
• NZ canopy formation flying record holder
• Participant in two separate world record attempts for largest freefall formations
• NZ national skydiving champs; 1st canopy formation flying (sequential); 2nd canopy formation flying (rotations); 1st team accuracy; 1st individual accuracy
• NZ Parachute Team 1992-3
• World Parachute Champs China '92; 4th place
• Professional skydiver since 1993 specialising in freefall camera work
• First basejump in 1990
• Sports include; skydiving, basejumping, kayaking, scuba diving, paragliding, snowboarding, climbing (rock, ice, alpine) & enjoying oneself
• Freefall photos taken by Chuck have appeared; on billboards in Auckland for Pepsi, Ansett in-flight magazine, Wheetbix card, Cover of recent 'No Limits' calendar, Minolta add, Postcards, numerous adverts & a book.
• Numerous newspaper appearances including four front pages.
• TV appearances include; Mountain Dew (two shows, both lead stories), Three Sport (two shows), 20/20 (lead story again), Ski Whizz, Too Extreme (Learning Channel in the US-another lead story) shown twice on NZ TV, T.V.2 'Magazine Show', Havoc & Newsboy.
  
• Subject of an award winning Kiwi-Australian hour long documentary on 'The Psychology of Risk'. Aired in NZ, Australia & with the Discovery Channel in the US
• Mentor in "Adventure Central", 13 part T.V. series made for 20th Century Fox for the "Discovery Channel", marketed to the US, NZ, Australia & Germany
• Stunt man on the locally made Lift' soft drink commercial. Involved skydiving from a helicopter while riding a mountain bike…twice
• Mountaineering safety on commercial productions
• Mountain Film Unit formed in April 2000. We made a basejumping film called 'The One'.
• 'Chilli Factor' UK TV Extreme Sports Show; Skydive from tandem paraglider & also fly own paraglider off Coronet Peak, release, freefall & deploy reserve. Passers by alert authorities, ambulance & police appear at scene. TV3 News picks up & airs as major news story

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