I made my first jump!

[flyonthewall 0]

I did a tandem at Perris on Saturday. As I was standing there with my TM waiting for the otter. I got a little nervous. When I got in the plane I got a little more nervous. Okay okay stop looking out the window! Then a guy doing a hop 'n pop opened the door and when he jumped I wasn't nervous I was scared! Then everyone else that was jumping before us went. As I slid down the seat to the door my palms were a little sweaty. Now I'm on my knee at the door 1,2 & 3 All I can say is that freefall is simply incredible. Words can not describe it. After a good bit of freefall I pulled at 5K. After the canopy opened I felt like I was just hanging there suspended it was so peaceful and quiet. I spent three days at perris this weekend. I met some seriously cool people from all over the world. I still haven't met a skydiver that I didn't like. Everyone at the DZ was telling me how soon I'd be back. I'm fairly sure they're right and this was only a small taste of something I'm going to do over and over and maybe even over again. I liked the vibe at Perris so much I think I'm going to do my AFF there even though there are DZs closer to my house.
I've been lurking around this site for almost a year now. So I wanted to post about my first experience. I've learned a lot here so far.

[themitchyone 0]

Hey Fly,

Congratulations on your tandem. I feel your excitement. Perris is a cool DZ. I'm working on my AFF there as we speak. Take care.

-Michele

"If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girl's sports such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing." - Homer Simpson

[Sheenster303 0]

Congratulations! I've just recently done my first tandem as well and I absolutely loved it! I plan for much more excitement to come! Good luck with your AFF!

Sheena

I'm so funny I crack my head open!

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[skymama 37]

Welcome to the forums! I'm glad you enjoyed your first jump! Perris is a great dz, you can't go wrong with doing AFF there. We have a lot of dz.commers who hang around there also, so you're bound to meet up with some of them. Don't worry, they won't bite....too hard.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[hawkflight 0]

Congrats on tandem.....I did my first tandem last sunday and am beginning my AFF training this Sunday the 16th. I can't wait.....they say less then 1% of the population have ever jumped out of a plane...that's a pretty exclusive club..... Tom

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"Any fool can learn for his own mistakes, a wise man learns from anothers." Mark Twain

[atsaubrey 0]

congrats on your tandem. AFF will be even better. Once you start learning to "fly", thats when it gets addicting.

"GOT LEAD?"

[EdC 0]

Congrats and welcome to a wonderful sport.

Big Ed

[Jayruss 0]

congrats, welcome to the sport and welcome to perris

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[flyonthewall 0]

Thanks for the replies. I really had the time of my life this weekend. Everyone I met at the DZ went out of their way to make sure I had a good time.

[flygirl03 0]

***I made my first jump!

i read that and before i opened the thread i said... "it won't be your last!"
and i was right

you are so right when you say there are no words...

enjoy

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earthbound misfit

[KrisFlyZ 0]

Welcome!!

So when are you making your next jump? :)

[michaelflying 0]

GO DO AFF WON'T LOOK BAck

www.skydivekzn.co.za

[Lee03 0]

YES, you'll be back

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To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

--Nevil Shute, Slide Rule

[wiz 0]

It only gets better!

Congrats and welcome.

Waving off,
jeff.

[Spatula 0]

Congrats! Welcome to the addiction!

[flyonthewall 0]

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Welcome!!

So when are you making your next jump? :)

I think @ the beginning of next year I will start AFF. I have some financial loose ends that need tying up. After I deal with that I will be back in the air. I will go by myself but I have two friends that want to go as well so hopefully I will have a buddy or two to do AFF with.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

Good thinking; get your friends hooked too, that way you'll have people to talk about skydiving with!! Non-skydivers just get soooooo annoyed when you're amped and talking about your last freefall or landing or whatever...all my 'previous' friends were too chicken to go with me. Thankfully I have a bunch of new friends that understand my addiction!

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[skyyhi 0]

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Non-skydivers just get soooooo annoyed when you're amped and talking about your last freefall

Yeah, I bored everyone at work with 30 renditions of my Level 1 AFF. . .

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Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ
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Darcy

[flyinggoose 0]

But you bore nobody that reads this forum. Keep the stories coming....

"Never waste a heartbeat."

[rugburn 0]

I did my AFF Level 1-3 there (finished up at Eloy). It was great. All of the jumpmasters I had were great. I especially remember the two on my AFF L1. Joe DiGioia and Vinny Palmieri. They were both awsome. Who did you have?

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I am ready to meet my maker. Whether my maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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[flyonthewall 0]

I jumped with Joe Miller. He did a great job introducing me to the sport. I will request him when I go back to do my AFF.