Heart Pumping Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

Aaron    Experience Guides     extreme sports, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Gifts

As Valentine’s Day sneaks up ready to stab you through the wallet like a sly bow from Cupid’s arrow, there are many ways to get the heart a racing and the pulse a pacing without spending fortunes on the usual hallmark jargon – so you don’t have to rummage through the card shop looking for teddies and toys…

This year, why not go all out and please your squeeze with an unforgettable experience to really get that heartbeat a booming! Release those endorphins like a bursting bottle of bubbly and get the fire of love roaring with a high octane activity pushing the limits of both your comfort zone and what is acceptable on the year’s biggest extreme love fest!

Highest Bungee In The UK
Price £100

If you’re going to put them on a platform ready to leap off in the name of cheap thrills, you may as well make it the highest Bungee in the UK! There is very little as daunting / exciting as peering over the edge of a 300ft platform ready to make a lemming leap attached by nothing more than a bit of rubber around the ankles…


Experience Includes: Highest Bungee in the UK, Reach 60mph in just 1.9 seconds, leap from the 300ft platform!
Available at: Belfast (county Antrim), Knutsford (Cheshire), Maidenhead (Berkshire)


Tandem Skydive
Price £220

If 300ft isn’t quite enough to tickle the fancy of your Valentine, why not try somewhere nearer 13,000ft? With a big cloth parachute instead of an elastic band, they’ll experience 30seconds free fall as they drop 8,000ft – before deploying the parachute and feeling that sharp tug of a harness to the crotch – as they descend back to earth on an 8 minute scenic tour of the skies!

Experience Includes: Tandem jump form 13,000ft, 30 seconds of free fall, safely attached to a professional instructor!
Available at: March (Cambridgeshire)


Radical SR3 Passenger Ride
Price £75

If the thought of leaving terra firma is a little too trouser twitching this Valentine’s Day, how about sending them on the fastest track day available? With Radical SR3 Champion Anthony Dunn behind the wheel, let them experience a white knuckle ride to send shivers down the spine – and see if the scent of red roses lingers after 3 laps of Silverstone…

Experience Includes: 3 or 4 white knuckle laps, 300bhp Radical SR3 racer, expert driver pushing the car to its limits!
Available at: Chertsey (Surrey), York (North Yorkshire), Gainsborough (Lincolnshire), Lutterworth (Leicestershire)


Fly Fighter Pilot Weekday
Price £249

Another of the high octane and exhilarating experiences, the Fly With A Fighter Pilot is guaranteed to get your their heart racing and they pull manoeuvres straight out of ‘Top Gun’. The Bulldog aircraft is used by several air force’s worldwide and the expert pilot will teach them how to perform a variety of breath-taking stunts before handing them the controls!

Experience Includes: Ex-military pilot, fly a range of awesome stunts, fly the Bulldog training aircraft
Available at: Cirencester (Wiltshire)


Zap Cat Experience Bournemouth
Price £99

Water based adrenaline fuelled experiences don’t come much more extreme then the awesome Zap Cats. These light weight catamaran can pull an astonishing 3G in the corners when piloted by the expert driver. The 50hp engines are sure to get your loved one’s adrenaline flowing as hey co-pilot the Zap Cat around the tricky off shore course!

Experience Includes: Co-pilot the awesome Zap Cat, reach 45mph and pull 3g in the corners, expert driver at the controls
Available at: Cirencester (Wiltshire)

So there we have it, a selection of our favourite adrenaline pumping activities that will make your Valentine’s heart race come February 14th! With a selection of air, water and driving experiences, there is bound to be an experience perfect for your other half this Valentine’s.

Extreme Valentine’s Gift Ideas

Aaron    Experience Guides     extreme sports, Present Ideas, Valentine's Gifts

The day of St. Valentine is usually reserved for romantic gifts and quiet nights in with your partner, but this year why not go against the grain and treat your loved one to a Valentine’s day present that is guaranteed to get their heart racing… with an adrenaline fuelled experience! These are some of our favourite extreme present ideas to give on Cupid’s most romantic day that are great when enjoyed together and create an even more memorable experience.

Lovers Leap Tandem 160ft Bungee Jump
Price £120

Make the ultimate leap of faith with your loved one this Valentine’s day with the gift of a 160ft tandem bungee jump. You will be strapped together as you leap from the crane platform sharing this petrifying but totally exhilarating experience. Once safely back on terra firma, you will be able to enjoy half a bottle of bubbly to toast your jump, and to help calm the nerves!

Experience Includes: Share an exhilarating 160ft plunge, toast your jump with a bottle of bubbly, experience the ultimate adrenaline rush with your loved one
Available at: Tamworth, Hove, Bristol, Bedford, Renfrew, Salford, Maidenhead

Harness Sphereing For Two
Price £65

What’s it like to go zorbing? Well why not find out with your Valentine and experience one of the latest thrills to come over from New Zealand. With harness sphereing you will both be strapped into the 12ft inflatable ball and roll down a steep grassy hill, reaching speeds of 30mph with nobody but your partner for company on the other side of the sphere!

Experience Includes: Share the Spereing experience with your partner, reach crazy speeds of 30mph
Available at: Newquay, Bury Port, Chepstow, Cheltenham, Reading, Forest Row, Ware, Birmingham, Nottingham, Holywell, Macclesfield, Leeds, Stocksfield, Blairegowire

Orca Experience
Price £82

This white water Orca experience takes rafting to the next level, as this small inflatable raft fits two people and will really test your relationship as you tackle the raging rapids together. The challenge will be working together, and not falling out (of the boat and with each other) as the towering waves and swirling swells smash into your wave tackling raft.

Experience Includes: Use team work to take on the rapids, test your relationship while the adrenaline is pumping
Available at: Bala (Merioneth)

Top Gun Experience For Two
Price £805

Without question one of the ultimate extreme gifts this Valentine’s day as you will both be up in the skies learning to perform some breathtaking stunts! To get even closer to the real Top Gun experience, your loved one, or ‘Ice Man’, will be tasked with tail chasing you in the simulated Dog Fight as you do your best to shake them from your tail before they get a chance to shoot!

Experience Includes: Aerobatics session Top Gun style, compare your total G’s pulled, watch from your own cockpit as you both fly crazy stunts.
Available at: Cirencester (Wiltshire)

Extreme Adventure Tubing
Price £59

Enjoy a dodgem ride on the white waters of the river Tummel with your loved one as you bob, bounce and bundle your way through the swirling rapids together. As you go with the flow of the fast moving water, you can attempt to catch ‘eddies’ and surf standing waves which is sure to keep the adrenaline pumping the whole way down the river.

Experience Includes: Take one the River Tummel’s rapids, enjoy the white water dodgem ride with a loved one
Available at: Pitlochry (Perthshire)

So there we are, a selection of our favourite extreme Valentine’s gift ideas. Experiencing these exciting activities with a loved one will only make the adrenaline fuelled adventure more enjoyable as it is yet another memory you share. So if you’re looking for a new, unique and exciting Valentine’s present for that special someone, there’s an experience to suit everyone tastes and budget.

Pro Diaries: Paul Swift – Stunt Driver

Aaron    The Professional's Arena     extreme sports, Paul Swift, Stunt Driving

To celebrate the launch of three new Paul Swift Driving Experiences, we caught up with the man himself to discuss his journey in the Stunt Driving World so far, including Guinness World Records, driving for Top Gear and filming THAT advert in the Audi R8 Spyder.

Hi Paul, Thanks for talking to us today. So what exactly is Stunt Driving, and what sort of things do you normally do for a show?

Stunt driving is taking driving to extremes. We are often asked to perform stunts in a car which could be perceived too dangerous or risky for an actor or member of the public to perform.

Most of our work includes performing manoeuvres such as J-turn’s, handbrake parking, donuts and balancing cars on two wheels.
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Top 10 Track Days

Aaron    Experience Guides     experiences, extreme sports, Ferrari Driving, Goodwood, Lamborghini Driving, Silverstone, Track Days, Track Experiences

The UK’s Track Driving Venues are reopening soon, so here’s our top 10 ‘Must Drives’ for this season!

To celebrate the reopening of the UK’s circuits for driving experiences, we have given some care and attention to our track driving menu and navigation – making it much easier to find your perfect track day or birthday gift. It’s easy to get lost for choice with the huge range available, so here is our top 10 based on ratings, tickets sold and overall quality! With so many supercars at so many circuits including Silverstone and Goodwood – it’s not easy to find the perfect experience to realise those childhood dreams…so allow us to help!
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Too Chilly? Don’t Be Silly – Activities Thriving!

Aaron    Experience Guides     Bungee Jumping, extreme sports, skydiving, Snow Experiences

The weekend just gone was one of the coldest in a good long while, culminating in Saturday proving the most chilly November night for 25 years!

Surely no time to be out enjoying a high-octane activity you ask? Well, no – quite the contrary in fact!

The Extreme Element team aren’t deterred by a little bit of cold, oh no – not when it comes to what we consider to be the ultimate in adrenaline pumping experiences. This Saturday saw a few of us try our hand at Skydiving, arriving at the airfield at a frosty 8am for what was to be a truly unforgettable day.

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Top 10 Best Selling Christmas Gifts

Aaron    Experience Guides     Bungee, Bungee Jumping, experiences, extreme sports, Indoor Skydiving, quad biking, Tandem Skydive, ZapCats, zorbing sphereing

The Christmas Rush well under way and the majority of vouchers flying out of the office here are leaving with merry messages for the festive period…

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Pro Diaries: Tom Butler – Kitesurfing

Aaron    The Professional's Arena     cornwall, extreme sports, kitesurfing, land-boarding, wake boarding

An interview with up and coming Freestyle Kitesurfer Tom Butler, discussing his journey, the UK’s hot spots, the launch of Mutiny Kites and much more!

Hi Tom, Thanks for talking to us today. So, how long have you been Kitesurfing and how did you get into the sport?

Hi, no worries – it’s a pleasure!
I have been kite surfing for six years now. I first got into it through Powerkiting on land and it went on from there.

I was doing a bit of fishing one day in South Wales and saw some local guys ripping up and down the beach on these huge kites, jumping in the air and doing some crazy stuff and my dad knew straight away it was going to be an expensive new hobby! From there it went very quickly, I hooked up with a local shop when I was 13 and my dad would drive me 2 hours to the beach every weekend, and it went from a hobby to a lifestyle in no time.

What have you been up to this year? Have you been in many competitions?

After finishing my A levels before the summer I hooked up with my new sponsor; Mutiny Kites and saw potential for a gap year, learning about the industry outside of the competition scene. I have been mostly training in Egypt improving my riding and working with Mutiny recently. After 5 years on the British tour it’s now more exciting for me to see other sides of the industry. As a new company with well known guys from the industry, it has been a great few months learning about the design process of the kites, photo shoots, marketing the kites, testing and building my profile as a rider.

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Top 10 Under £50 Early Bird Christmas Gift Ideas

Aaron    Experience Guides     4x4 Driving, Bungee, Bungee Jumping, experiences, extreme sports, mountain boarding, quad bi, quad biking, Snow Experiences, zapcat racing

Here is our Early Bird preview at the top recommended Christmas gifts for under £50 this year. A great range of gifts spanning the many terrains of Britain!

As the mad rush of the Christmas shopping gets underway, we realise that finding the perfect gift really isn’t easy. That’s why we’ve whittled down our Christmas Specials page to this great Top Ten list for under £50, hopefully minimising your head scratching time and giving you a fine choice of what to spoil your adrenaline seeker with this Christmas. With great 2for1’s and other tasty discounts, you’ll even be able to join in their fun and go along with them! All of that for under £50… sounds like the perfect gift to us!

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What to do With the Kids? – Keeping Them Entertained this Summer!

Aaron    Experience Guides     4x4 Driving, experiences, extreme sports, helicopter flights, High Ropes, Jet Skiing, kayaking, land-boarding, motocross, mountain boarding, quad biking, skydiving, Snow Experiences, track driving, wake boarding, water sports, zorbing sphereing

Keeping them Entertained is as easy as A, T, B…

This guide displays some of the great activities we have for taking the kids out for the day, be it to join in or get rid; you’ll find a great selection of best sellers, best enjoyed and best priced activities for the young’uns!

The summer holidays provide a challenging conundrum for parents and children alike, with the exhausting strain of six weeks worth of entertainment hitting the stress levels and purse strings hard.

Kids are also encapsulated in the utter joy of being off school for nearly 2 months, combined with a new found boredom for their inactive minds.

Well, how does one keep them entertained and busy for 6 weeks without breaking the bank? Send them to bootcamp? Send them out to earn themselves a few extra pennies?

Well one tried and tested method of keeping them entertained is to ignite a passion or a new hobby. The enthralling nature of spending all day perfecting a trick or learning a new technique – be it on wheels or their backside; is guaranteed to keep them occupied and happy this summer.

However, the allowance of such activities is a precarious situation for any parent; too much encouragement and they won’t do it – too little and they may resort to moping around all summer draining your resources!

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Pro Diaries: Katie Summerhayes – Interview – Freestyle Skiing

Aaron    The Professional's Arena     bristish freeski tour, experiences, extreme sports, freestyle skiing, grom games, junioe skiing, katie summerhayes, skier, skiing, Snow Experiences

We managed to catch up with this year’s Grom Games champion Katie Summerhayes for a quick chat, and to discuss how budding young skiers can get into the Skiing and Freestyle Skiing from a young age.

Hi Katie, thanks for speaking to us today. So, how long have you been Skiing for now?

Hey, no worries! I’ve been skiing for around 8 years now.

What exactly is Freestyle Skiing?

Well, Freestyle is a type of skiing that involves skiing off jumps, rails and on half pipes – performing as many ticks as possible! Skiing on rails and kickers takes good balance and a lot of practice, but is well worth it when you perfect a trick!

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