New to skydiving. need advice. BASE question

[monkey1031 0]

1. Spell check.
B. Go make a few hundred skydives.
9. They're right... It is dull.


-smd7

[dmcoco84 5]

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By the way, Ray has a great first jump course:
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=917427;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;
~J

WOW! I just read that and almost died from laughter! I wonder if I am over qualified? I have 6!

[jamostar 0]

There is a whole lot of really difficult shit to do in skydiving try cranking out 15+ points on a 4-way or something relatively easy like 6 different transitions with a skyball. Better yet how about 15+ vertical points in a 4-way. Skydiving well, is really hard. If it's a rush you're after try being stupid lots of different ways. Smoke some crack. BASE is another skill like skydiving. Try getting really good at skydiving. If your looking for a challenge ask other skydivers for some ideas. You are probably a total natural, but I'm sure you can't grab a skyball 6 different times with 5 transitions in one jump, try it.

Sig lines are so stupid.

[hWalker 0]

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There is a whole lot of really difficult shit to do in skydiving try cranking out 15+ points on a 4-way or something relatively easy like 6 different transitions with a skyball. Better yet how about 15+ vertical points in a 4-way. Skydiving well, is really hard. If it's a rush you're after try being stupid lots of different ways. Smoke some crack. BASE is another skill like skydiving. Try getting really good at skydiving. If your looking for a challenge ask other skydivers for some ideas. You are probably a total natural, but I'm sure you can't grab a skyball 6 different times with 5 transitions in one jump, try it.

Very, very true.

Wise men don't say 'make 200 skydives before you get into BASE' for nothing. Get proficient in any skydiving discipline of your own choice. Get really confident in your skydiving skills. Making a 5-6th jump on a day should feel like a piece of cake. And only then you may start to think about getting into BASE. IMHO, just like you can't make a good programmer unless you're a strong mathematician, you'll never make a decent BASE jumper unless you're a worthy skydiver.

[Zennie 0]

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try train surfing...

Or do what the H-brothers did and combine the two. The train jumps are one of the most hardcore things I've ever seen.

- Z
"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon