Roger Holmes was born in London in 1969 and spent his childhood in Suffolk. His adventurous streak came from his parents; his Father surfed whilst stationed in Hong Kong and his Mother backpacked around Austria in the 50’s. His Father taught him to sail dinghies at the age of 12 and ride motorcycles at 13, a passion he shared with his parents who both rode. After a few years riding street bikes he bought his first motocross bike and became a regular on some of the British championship tracks in the East of England.

Roger started Skydiving at 17 (His Great Uncle was a parachute instructor in WWII) the rush of leaping out of a perfectly serviceable airplane and hurtling towards the ground at over 120mph really appealed to Roger, so much so that he was reprimanded for pulling low (opening his parachute late) and put back several jumps in training. He then spent several summers in the UK working at Drop Zones and jumping.

At 24 he started Scuba diving and soon after enrolled on his instructor program in Florida where he passed with flying colours. Inspired by the warmer waters he flew to Grand Cayman in the Caribbean where he spent a year and a half teaching Diving and running Dive boats. There he regularly went Shark diving and exploring ‘Chimneys’ which are Gully’s that run out in the reef then drop down in vertical tunnels and eventually come out into deep blue. The deepest of which came out at 77meters! Roger has also taught Scuba Diving in Australia & Thailand. He is a Master Scuba Diver Trainer. 

From Grand Cayman Roger and two other crew sailed a 45foot ‘Choey Lee’ Motor-sailer across to Mexico and up The Yucatan peninsular to Isla Murrejes just off the North East Coast. The Auto helm packed up just a few hours into the voyage, so through the night they took shifts of 2 hours on and 4 hours off to keep on course. From there he sailed to the Florida Keys and up the Intracoastal Waterway to finish in Jacksonville, Florida.

On the same trip: - Cave diving in Mexico, Stunt flying over Key West and Skydiving over Cape Canaveral.

At 27 he took a flight to New Zealand and came back three years later! There he trained as a River Sledging (Hydrospeed) Guide and together with fellow guide Michael Clark were the first people to negotiate the grade 6 rapid ‘Nevis’ near Queenstown on River sleds. The river had such a high volume of water rushing through that at one point Roger was held under water for so long it was the only time he really thought he was going to die. He also worked in the Ski-fields of Queenstown Snowboarding, where he found the wild scenery breathtaking and dropping off the back of mountains into steep powder exhilarating.

At 28 whilst in Australia Roger learnt to BASE-jump. This has been the most thrilling activity that Roger has taken part in so far; he has over 300 jumps in 10 different countries. One of his most challenging achievements was to climb the ‘Old Man of Hoy’ in the Orkney Islands (see videos) with friends Tim & Gus and BASE jump off it. Another first for Roger Holmes and friends! Roger has also filmed and photographed many of these adventures himself.