Shari 0 #1 January 15, 2004 Man-oh-man!! I just did my first tandem. Oh WOW!!! My DZ was at Spaceland. The folks there are fabulous. The video, the flight, the everything. The owner even checked to see what I thought!! Great people. Now I'm hooked. Scheduled to go again, then again, then again....I need a loan!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrenchyDiver 0 #2 January 15, 2004 Hehe Welcome and....Congratulations!!! Hispas Brothers President HISPA #2, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billymotox 0 #3 January 15, 2004 Congratulations! Welcome to the party! billy d------------------------- "Escape may be checked by water and land, but the air and the sky are free." (from the story of Daedalus and Icarus) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reginald 0 #4 January 15, 2004 Yep, that's how it starts. It hit me like that 6 months ago on my first tandem. I have since finished AFF got my A license and bought a $6,000 rig, jump suite, altimeter, etc. My best advice is to start robing banks NOW! "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #5 January 15, 2004 HI! Sounds like a case of Hook-n-Mouth ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prepheckt 0 #6 January 15, 2004 Welcome to the sport, I'm willing to bet you're looking at your stuff wondering what you can sell for jump money"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin19d 0 #7 January 16, 2004 glad u liked it.. welcome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #8 January 16, 2004 Welcome to the forums! 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paige 0 #9 January 16, 2004 Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
britboynz 0 #10 January 16, 2004 hehehehe Just send 2/3rds of ur paycheck each month to the DZ/assorted skydivin gear companies/liquor stores. That should just about cover it welcome to the sport Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shari 0 #11 January 16, 2004 I have to tandem at least 1 more time, then I start working towards my solo. I'm just freaked out about the landing still. I can't even park my car right!!!! Maybe I need to tandem forever!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smit705 0 #12 January 16, 2004 Welcome to the forums and the sport, it only takes one jump and your hooked. It's in your blood now, Enjoy! In Christ Dave Smith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shari 0 #13 January 16, 2004 Gonna have to get a second job!!! I think I'll sell all my furniture!! Any takers???? I think about it all the time. I think I'm obsessed. It is cheaper than owning a ski boat though!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redramdriver 0 #14 January 16, 2004 Welcome sister...don't look down!!!!!So, you bring your beer? Its 5 o'clock somewhere POPS #9344 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raefordite 0 #15 January 17, 2004 QuoteI have to tandem at least 1 more time, then I start working towards my solo. I'm just freaked out about the landing still. I can't even park my car right!!!! Maybe I need to tandem forever!!! Nah! You'll get bored with that tandem instructor strapped to your back. But don't worry, the training wheels won't come off until you are ready. Enjoy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiveelis 0 #16 January 17, 2004 welcome to our beautiful sport !!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you get that loan________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cesslon 0 #17 January 18, 2004 if you have a ski boat id suggest you sell it now and when ya qualified and have 20 jumps buy a parachute or it will be more expensive then owning a sky boat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #18 January 18, 2004 Ha ha haaa...I just love hearing about people's first tandems...I was out on the DZ today watching a new tandem student...it's so much fun seeing their faces as they're about to land!!! IT's almost as much fun as getting to jump myself! ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shari 0 #19 January 19, 2004 No way that I could possibly get "bored" with my instructor!!!! Ok....do I buy food for the house or go jump? I have beer....so, from what I understand, I'll fit in the community. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kyros1 0 #20 January 19, 2004 Welcome to the sport!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themitchyone 0 #21 January 19, 2004 Quote Man-oh-man!! I just did my first tandem. Oh WOW!!! My DZ was at Spaceland. The folks there are fabulous. The video, the flight, the everything. The owner even checked to see what I thought!! Great people. Now I'm hooked. Scheduled to go again, then again, then again....I need a loan!!!! Here's some advice you don't need: pull out the credit card. Welcome! "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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shari 0 #22 January 19, 2004 I cut up my credit card right after I jumped. I knew that I'd have a problem!!! I'll just give up food! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TribalTalon 0 #23 January 21, 2004 heheh awesome. more jumpers in texas! i'm from pearland myself, but i jump at SDH, i prefer the small laid back type of dz, but i'll probably go out to spaceland every now and then that i live so close to it now. (used to live up by conroe) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shari 0 #24 January 22, 2004 yeh buddy - a texas girlie right he-ah! I live in Friendswood...we're practically neighbors. What a small world. Anyway - I just loved spaceland....I can't wait to go back...and it will be soon....I'm starting to StReSS OuT AGaiN....I nEeD a FIXXx. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CancerChris 0 #25 May 18, 2004 Congrats. Sell the wife, hawk the car, live on a drop zone, then your hoooked. welcome to the world of skydiving. P.S. Max out credit cards just keep jumping. Cancer Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites