johna.foley 0 #1 September 8, 2008 Had my first jump 2 weeks ago and was scheduled for my first AFF yesterday. Got grounded by a hurricane, and will just have to go twice next weekend! I've never met better people in my life. Can't wait to get back in the air! It's all I think about. Every time I hear a plane now, I smile. Special thanks to Skydive Orange for making me feel very comfortable and safe. Now if I could just get my girlfriend to jump...Because there's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #2 September 8, 2008 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
mattiemaple 0 #3 September 8, 2008 I am right there with you...new to skydiving but every time I hear a plane I am like ...geez..wish I was up there jumping!!! hahahaha I also am more conscious of the sky and the clouds...amazing how one little experience can change ya forever!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brucet7 0 #4 September 8, 2008 Welcome to the sport. I know the draw. They were flying right over my house yesterday while I was doing some yard work, just tormenting me.POPS #10623; SOS #1672 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johna.foley 0 #5 September 8, 2008 Funny you mention that cloud thing... Me too. This is what I was put here to do. Even though all my friends think I'm crazy, I look at them as though they are crazy for not completely living. Hopefully people will continue to RESPECT the dangers so this sport will remain long after we are gone.Because there's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johna.foley 0 #6 September 8, 2008 Remarkably, she is. She's a paramedic and we made a deal: she can fly in those crazy Medivac choppers for a living if I can jump out of planes for fun. I think I came out on top.Because there's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattiemaple 0 #7 September 8, 2008 Yea....I definitely agree with you!!! Everyone thinks I am totally insane but I LOVED it and cannot wait to get back up there and I am sure that they are all sick of hearing me talk about it but it changed me forever...just wish they could experience the amazing sport of skydiving!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InfiniteLevels 0 #8 September 8, 2008 yea i hear you guys i think my friends are sick of me rambling about it too....and everyone just thinks im crazy and stupid for doing something so dangerous i dont care, skydiving is incredible...they just dont get it.... funny what you guys were saying about the planes too...whenever i see one i think the same thing....then i end up thinking "oh its under the clouds, its not even that high.....!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johna.foley 0 #9 September 8, 2008 Painful.Because there's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johna.foley 0 #10 September 8, 2008 As soon as you jumped, did you feel like nothing else mattered at the time? No worries, no stress, just complete serenity?Because there's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johna.foley 0 #11 September 8, 2008 Ive never felt better in my life. Could have died right then and would have felt like I needed to accomplish nothing more!Because there's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattiemaple 0 #12 September 8, 2008 Yea...it was actually amazing cause I was not nervous at all the whole time gearing up...going up in the plane...or getting ready to jump!! It was the weirdest thing and I think people dont believe me until they watch my video at how calm and happy I was to jump!! I LOVED the whole experience and it was like nothing else mattered the whole time I was in the sky ...it was like my mind went blank and I just enjoyed the moment!!! It makes life now I think more meaningful and how we should live each day fully!! I have never been happier since I jumped!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LOSTandCRAZY 0 #13 September 9, 2008 I was crazy LONG before I started skydiving..... and now I know that there is somewhere I belong. Under canopy!"Get these balls!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreaming13000 1 #14 September 9, 2008 Quote i think my friends are sick of me rambling about it too....and everyone just thinks im crazy and stupid for doing something so dangerous i dont care, skydiving is incredible...they just dont get it.... I couldn't get any friends into the sport with me so I made many new skydiving friends who care about my skydiving stories hahaha. to the OP good luck and blue skies!"A man only gets in life what he is believing for, nothing more and nothing less" Kenneth Hagen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
