wingnut 0 #101 July 25, 2002 QuoteSkydive Las Vagas in Jean, NV might not want to mix these two dz's up..... skydive las vegas is in boulder city and las vegas gravity zone is in jean...... one is a liked dz the other isn't to kindly to fun jumpers......i've been both places.... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpNFly 0 #102 July 25, 2002 QuoteApril 1, 2000 was a bad day for me. So on April 1, 2001 I changed my karma by attending AFF groundschool. Too windy to jump that day, but April 7, 2001 I did my level 1. Went our every weekend and jumped when it wasn't too windy, got my A license in September. My life is great now. GREAT. It may just be coincidence, but I think the skydiving did it. Still got my family and most of my stuff too. Deuce!I know exactly what you mean, and I don't think it is a conincidence...Guess this sport just gives us all a whole new outlook on things... The key to walking on water... Is knowing where the rocks are Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver51 0 #103 July 25, 2002 My first jump was Aug. 26 1972 at Rocky Mount NC. I was in the Marines and stationed at Cherry Point NC. We had a club on base and went to Rocky Mount to jump. I jumped a 28ft with a double L mod until I was cleared to jump on my own, then moved to a PC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #104 July 25, 2002 May 28, 1998 Air Adventures Skydiving San Diego, CAKeith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harro 0 #105 July 25, 2002 September 16th 1998 at Sydeny Skydivers at Picton Australia.Jumpy Jumpy?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flash 0 #106 July 26, 2002 My first jump was Oct.17th 2000 and was made in Hawaii. Started student status the very next weekend at Skydive Spaceland! Gravity powered...Air cooled! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #107 July 26, 2002 July 21, 2000 - Skydive Delmarva, Laurel, DE Went to do one tandem and was instantly hooked. Came back a week later to do AFF and finished the whole course in 5 days. Wouldn't have taken me so long if we hadn't kept getting weathered out! Life has never been the same since - Thank God! dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #108 July 26, 2002 holy shit 5 days!!!!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #109 July 26, 2002 Yup - 5 days. Would have been 3 if the rain and clouds hadn't hung around so much. Funny thing was - after the tandem I KNEW I had to do AFF. But I couldn't figure out how to do it financially. Each jump was so expensive and had to be done within 30 days of each other. I was beside myself trying to figure out how I could afford an expensive jump every month. But I just had to do it! Well, I just bit the bullet and payed for the whole course ahead of time to get the bulk discount. There was no question in my mind I would complete the course. I was thirsting for some airtime! To this day I still cannot financially afford to skydive. But I can't emotionally afford NOT to do it! Gotta keep the happiness bank account nice and fat. In the end - that's all that really matters. Now - who wants to make a jump? You don't mind if I don't wear a jumpsuit, do ya? dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #110 July 26, 2002 "You don't mind if I don't wear a jumpsuit, do ya?" Your more of a tease than my crazy ex g/f!! I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deleted 0 #111 July 27, 2002 Static Line FJC, 1st Jump, 2nd Jump, and 1st bonfire drunk. Sept, 1998, Shiocton, WI (Wolf River Skydivers) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faicon9493 141 #112 July 30, 2002 My first jump was Oct. 4, 1980, at Sky Knights Sport parachute Club in East Troy, WI. (T-10, chest-mounted reserve, jump boots Bell helment - YAHOO!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ooohhhno 0 #113 July 31, 2002 California City - April 1987 - Static-line That same year a good friend also did her first jump at Cal City. 14 years later she tells me she is in an AFF course in Holister, California. Couldn't let her get away with that, so I started my lessons in Taft, Calif. 1 year later (a few months ago) we got married and now do two-ways together, ah, we also jump together.... Damn, I love that girl! ooohhhno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hawkbit 0 #114 July 31, 2002 Tandem - Longmont CO - July 14th 2001 AFF level 1 - Longmont CO - July 20th 2002 Fun jump - this Saturday ( I hope !!!! )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You don't quit playing because you get old, you get old because you quit playing" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redkiwi 0 #115 July 31, 2002 May 30 2002. Static line. Skydive Ranch Beiseker, Alberta, Canada It was the most terrifying experience I've ever had. It was also the best thing that's ever happened to me. Been jumping ever since. First free fall (jump #7) June 14 2002. LOVE IT!!ren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rachill 0 #116 July 31, 2002 Skydive Spaceland - January 18th 2001 I am 1 1/2 years old!!!! And 560 jumps older.!I love this sport! BooYa#1 GR#50 You might be a skydiver if... Your having sex and she whispers in your ear "I've never done this before" and you yell out "Case of Beer" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenlightgirl 0 #117 July 31, 2002 Mine was November 23, 2000, one month after I went into remission from cancer. I was 25 when I was diagnosed and 25 when I went into remission. I was terminal with stomach cancer. I made a list of things I wanted to do should I survive, and skydive was #1. Once in remission, I decided to make the first tandem jump from the Otter at Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon, Texas. I have yet to conquere anything else left on my list (#2 was to spit off the Eiffel Tower). Blue Skies AllieAlisha "Allie" Carsten Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #118 July 31, 2002 Good for you, now go after #2 on your list!!!!! (still laughing over this one) J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TShearer 0 #119 July 24, 2007 My first jump was at Skydive Suffolk, July 7th, 2007--2 days before my 30th birthday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #120 July 24, 2007 Don't remember if I posted to this thread before but it was June 1993, at Skydive North Alabama in Hazel Green, AL, near Huntsville. It had one of the tiniest LZs around for students (the size of a baseball field), and I never missed it during my training."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #121 July 25, 2007 July 8, 1995 Richland Skysports Richland, WA Static line (PCA) on a Strong SOS rig with a Mighty Mak 338 main and a 26' LoPo reserve. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #122 July 25, 2007 Emerald Coast Skydiving in Alabama just east of the Florida panhandle in May of 2004. Did 2 tandems. A year later, I kicked off AFF.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #123 July 25, 2007 1980. Vista Field, Kennewick, WA. Not sure if DZ had a name, but instructor was BJ Alexander, JM was "Rainbow" Russ Rollins (RIP). "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilDevil 2 #124 July 25, 2007 First tandem at Pinjarra WA November 11th 2005 then I did my stage 1 in Spain @ skydive spain on the 19th dec 2005 and finished my AFF on New Years eve running for the last load to get my consoles done :-) I had the biggest hangover the next morning No more Johnny Walker for me LMAO``````````````````````````````````` " Cant keep a good woman down " Angels have wings, but devils can fly ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rookie120 0 #125 July 25, 2007 July 27, 1996, Skydive Goshen. Goshen INIf you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
