firewater 0 #1 April 15, 2004 G'day all! Just wanted to give a quick little self introduction, seeing as I've been spending what might be considered a less then productive amount of time reading these forums. I'm just getting my feet wet, so to speak, in the sport of skydiving. I've made 3 tandem jumps so far. The first two were in Upstate New York at Finger Lakes Skydiving. My most recent jump was in New Zealand, where I was lucky enough to find a ride down to Mercer and jump there. Was great fun. Living in Santa Cruz, CA at the moment, doing the college thing. Going to make my 4th tandem on Saturday, at Skydive Monterey Bay (weather permitting of course). Planning on doing my AFF this summer when I can afford the time to do full time work. My goals in the sport are to get a license (naturally), learn to Freefly, and (in the VERY distant future) perhaps learn to fly a WingSuit. Anyway, this became longer then I thought, so I'll wrap it up. Good to meet you all, Mitch UCSC's very own FLYINGSLUGS! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billymotox 0 #2 April 15, 2004 Welcome! Good luck with AFF. 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
skymama 37 #3 April 15, 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
firewater 0 #4 April 15, 2004 Thanks for the welcome! The DZ in New Zealand was in a little town called Mercer which was about 2 hours from Auckland. Jumped from 12,000ft and the view was stunning. I was able to see both sides of the country, as far north as the tip, and as far south as Lake Taupo which is pretty much in the center of the country. Amazing experience, it's a truly wonderful country! UCSC's very own FLYINGSLUGS! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damion75 0 #5 April 15, 2004 Dude - time spent on here is seldom time wasted, unless you want to!! Welcome and enjoy!*************** Not one shred of evidence supports the theory that life is serious - look at the platypus. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loflyer 0 #6 April 15, 2004 welcome to the forum. Good luck on your aff! If you ever find yourself in Central California, stop by Skydive Taft & say HELLO... Blue skies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robskydiv 0 #7 April 16, 2004 Congrats! Keep jumpi'n! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #8 April 17, 2004 Welcome to it! There is also a NorCal group on the www. PM me if you want details. This way you can keep up on what the haps are in NorCalSkydiving. Enjoy the wonderful scenery that is Skydive Monterey Bay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #9 April 18, 2004 Good luck with AFF and enjoy the Forums.TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #10 April 19, 2004 Hello Mitch Good to hear your going to jump at SMB. Did you get to jump yesterday? Lodi had to send the Beech99 there because of Otter problems. Did you jump from it and who was your Instructor? If you do AFF there Raff ,Terri or tom are good Instructor's, and who know's, I may be there working sometime and get to jump with you too! Also, who did you get to jump with in New Zealand at Mercer? Was it a guy named Mal? Good luck and be safe.www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firewater 0 #11 April 19, 2004 Hey Ed, thanks for the welcome. I was able to make my 4th tandem on Saturday at SMB. It was a positive blast! Such a great location. Weather was perfect for it, got a great view of the coast. I made my jump pretty early (around 10ish), and made it from the Otter. Actually got to go to 14k as opposed to 10k! Don't know why, but I was MORE then happy. I believe my instructors name was Jim... but I pretty much met him just as we were loading the plane so my memory is a little fuzzy. He did teach me to do turns in freefall which was pretty sweet. None the less, he was a great instructor The staff seemed very nice and welcoming, and it was a fantastic experience. I can't wait to go back ! My instructor in Mercer was a guy named Jamie. Very funny and a fantastic tandem instructr. Heading back to NZ in next winter, hoping to have passed AFF and be able to make a whole bunch of jumps up in the Bay of Islands as I hear it's fantastic up there. Anyway, good to meet you! Mitch UCSC's very own FLYINGSLUGS! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
