mailin 0 #1 July 18, 2005 Curious about answers. JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outlawphx 1 #2 July 18, 2005 Although I'm a newbie at freeflying (and jumping on my own and paying for coach jumps), I've still made time to jump with some fresh A's to help them with their RW skills. I guess I feel lucky that I started jumping at a small dropzone in the early 90's, because it was a given that experienced jumpers would mentor the lowtimers. That was the way to increase the number of competent divers, and that led to more satisifying jumps for everyone. At big turbine DZ's now days, there are so many good jumpers already that I don't think many experienced jumpers feel the need to help improve the overall quality of the dropzone's skydiver pool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #3 July 18, 2005 Does this mean you wanna jump with me... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #4 July 18, 2005 I'd just like to jump with people without feeling like I'm begging... So, in other words - yes JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #5 July 18, 2005 Sure, all the time. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #6 July 18, 2005 I -am- a low-timer cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #7 July 18, 2005 I hope you gets lots of experienced people to jump with you then! JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #8 July 18, 2005 As often as possible. I suck but I can often teach people SOMETHING and more often than not they help me practice things too. It's a pretty good feeling watching people progress too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ccowden 0 #9 July 18, 2005 I LOVE to jump with newer jumpers and pass along what I know. I try to do my best at making the effort to do so, but I know sometimes I do get caught up in working on my own skills, so I won't pretend that I am perfect, but I try. Still, one of my favorite things to do is jump with newer jumpers and teach. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GogglesnTeeth 6 #10 July 18, 2005 I can't stand Sky Gods, and will never become one!!! I jump with anyone. New A license or old timer, I jump with anyone I can. I tend to jump with newer jumpers, and that's cool with me since my RW skills can always use work!! Some of the most entertaining jumps are ones that get funneled from launch to break off!!!Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites psf 1 #11 July 18, 2005 I never really thought about this. I jump with who ever wants to at the time. I don't ask, nor care what the number of jumps someone has is. My question for the groups is: how often do you ask how many jumps someone has? Thats a question I just don't ask.ignorance is not bliss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grue 1 #12 July 18, 2005 QuoteI hope you gets lots of experienced people to jump with you then! Jen Hehe, me too. The problem I'm already running into is that my tiny little DZ is mostly RW, which is fun, but I have my eye set on FF, so there'll be a lot of solo experimentation, I suspect :)cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tigra 0 #13 July 18, 2005 There's a time to jump with low timers and a time to work on your own skills and jump with people at your level or better than you. Its all about balance. Its OK to be a little selfish with your jump tickets, (as in work on improving your own skills) but there should also be room to give a little back to the sport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Darius11 12 #14 July 18, 2005 When it comes to Freeflying i always ask how many freefly jumps they have. Because I suck and don’t want someone else who sucks as bad as I do. If I fuck up I want them to be able to get out of my way. Until I can depend on my skill to avoid other people I will always jump with people who can avoid me. I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites HeatherB 0 #15 July 18, 2005 I still feel like a low-timer myself. Lately I've only been doing 4-way. If I had more time and cash on my hands I'd come out for more "fun jumps." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #16 July 18, 2005 QuoteBecause I suck and don’t want someone else who sucks as bad as I do. If I fuck up I want them to be able to get out of my way. Until I can depend on my skill to avoid other people I will always jump with people who can avoid me Uh just hand them the Eloy Holiday DVD... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tigra 0 #17 July 18, 2005 Its an important question for an organizor to ask if he/ she doesn't know the people he/ she is jumping with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #18 July 18, 2005 I'm usually the "low-timer," but I've found lots of very experienced folks willing to jump with me, and I love to jump with them to help improve my skills. That said, I did my first "rescue a newbie from another solo" routine last week, grabbing a newly-minted A license holder and going on a two-way with him. He was so grateful that I'd asked, and I made a point of suggesting some other folks at the DZ who are much more experienced than me who would be willing to jump with him. As I get to know students, too, I make a point of saying "let's jump together when you get your license." I know that meant a lot to me when I was a student, knowing that there would be people to jump with once I was out in the big bad world without an instructor."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tri160 1 #19 July 18, 2005 Hi Jenn, There are lots of people @jumptown who will jump with you just ask!! Dave Godin,myself (when i am healed) and bunches of others. CRWSKIES(and whole bones), Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites psf 1 #20 July 18, 2005 narrow minded on my part..... I jump at a small dropzone where max load is 6, with usually 2-3 going low..... so its usually who evers left tries something together unless there is a specific goal of a jumper...ignorance is not bliss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Peej 0 #21 July 18, 2005 i dig jumping with newbies. Helping people learn and giving back to the sport is what i'm about. It's why i'm in the proces of trying to get a JM rating and a coach rating. until then i'll jump with low timers as much as possible. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RkyMtnHigh 0 #22 July 18, 2005 QuoteAs often as possible. I suck but I can often teach people SOMETHING and more often than not they help me practice things too. It's a pretty good feeling watching people progress too. Ditto. Honestly, I feel as though my flying has improved 10 fold from jumping with lowtimers because I'm focused on them and adjust my fall rate to stay with them. I love the big grin when they have that "ah ha" moment from a small tip I shared. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CSpenceFLY 1 #23 July 18, 2005 Almost everywhere I go unless I'm going to do big way stuff.I enjoy helping to new people hopfully keeping some people in the sport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 2,991 #24 July 18, 2005 I do, but lately I find I really have to make time for it. Often I'm at the DZ filling in for a missing person on a 4-way team, or committed to 6 jumps with a 20 way, or doing something like the PPP. It's becoming more and more rare that I just find myself with no commitements at the DZ. The one time every year I try to _make_ time is at Rantoul, where I organize for low-time jumpers pretty exclusively. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Darius11 12 #25 July 18, 2005 QuoteQuoteBecause I suck and don’t want someone else who sucks as bad as I do. If I fuck up I want them to be able to get out of my way. Until I can depend on my skill to avoid other people I will always jump with people who can avoid me Uh just hand them the Eloy Holiday DVD... HEY that was the 3rd time time i had tried to sit I can do it now i can even do turns so thereI'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 Next Page 1 of 4 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. 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ccowden 0 #9 July 18, 2005 I LOVE to jump with newer jumpers and pass along what I know. I try to do my best at making the effort to do so, but I know sometimes I do get caught up in working on my own skills, so I won't pretend that I am perfect, but I try. Still, one of my favorite things to do is jump with newer jumpers and teach. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #10 July 18, 2005 I can't stand Sky Gods, and will never become one!!! I jump with anyone. New A license or old timer, I jump with anyone I can. I tend to jump with newer jumpers, and that's cool with me since my RW skills can always use work!! Some of the most entertaining jumps are ones that get funneled from launch to break off!!!Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psf 1 #11 July 18, 2005 I never really thought about this. I jump with who ever wants to at the time. I don't ask, nor care what the number of jumps someone has is. My question for the groups is: how often do you ask how many jumps someone has? Thats a question I just don't ask.ignorance is not bliss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #12 July 18, 2005 QuoteI hope you gets lots of experienced people to jump with you then! Jen Hehe, me too. The problem I'm already running into is that my tiny little DZ is mostly RW, which is fun, but I have my eye set on FF, so there'll be a lot of solo experimentation, I suspect :)cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #13 July 18, 2005 There's a time to jump with low timers and a time to work on your own skills and jump with people at your level or better than you. Its all about balance. Its OK to be a little selfish with your jump tickets, (as in work on improving your own skills) but there should also be room to give a little back to the sport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #14 July 18, 2005 When it comes to Freeflying i always ask how many freefly jumps they have. Because I suck and don’t want someone else who sucks as bad as I do. If I fuck up I want them to be able to get out of my way. Until I can depend on my skill to avoid other people I will always jump with people who can avoid me. I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherB 0 #15 July 18, 2005 I still feel like a low-timer myself. Lately I've only been doing 4-way. If I had more time and cash on my hands I'd come out for more "fun jumps." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #16 July 18, 2005 QuoteBecause I suck and don’t want someone else who sucks as bad as I do. If I fuck up I want them to be able to get out of my way. Until I can depend on my skill to avoid other people I will always jump with people who can avoid me Uh just hand them the Eloy Holiday DVD... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #17 July 18, 2005 Its an important question for an organizor to ask if he/ she doesn't know the people he/ she is jumping with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #18 July 18, 2005 I'm usually the "low-timer," but I've found lots of very experienced folks willing to jump with me, and I love to jump with them to help improve my skills. That said, I did my first "rescue a newbie from another solo" routine last week, grabbing a newly-minted A license holder and going on a two-way with him. He was so grateful that I'd asked, and I made a point of suggesting some other folks at the DZ who are much more experienced than me who would be willing to jump with him. As I get to know students, too, I make a point of saying "let's jump together when you get your license." I know that meant a lot to me when I was a student, knowing that there would be people to jump with once I was out in the big bad world without an instructor."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tri160 1 #19 July 18, 2005 Hi Jenn, There are lots of people @jumptown who will jump with you just ask!! Dave Godin,myself (when i am healed) and bunches of others. CRWSKIES(and whole bones), Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psf 1 #20 July 18, 2005 narrow minded on my part..... I jump at a small dropzone where max load is 6, with usually 2-3 going low..... so its usually who evers left tries something together unless there is a specific goal of a jumper...ignorance is not bliss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #21 July 18, 2005 i dig jumping with newbies. Helping people learn and giving back to the sport is what i'm about. It's why i'm in the proces of trying to get a JM rating and a coach rating. until then i'll jump with low timers as much as possible. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #22 July 18, 2005 QuoteAs often as possible. I suck but I can often teach people SOMETHING and more often than not they help me practice things too. It's a pretty good feeling watching people progress too. Ditto. Honestly, I feel as though my flying has improved 10 fold from jumping with lowtimers because I'm focused on them and adjust my fall rate to stay with them. I love the big grin when they have that "ah ha" moment from a small tip I shared. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #23 July 18, 2005 Almost everywhere I go unless I'm going to do big way stuff.I enjoy helping to new people hopfully keeping some people in the sport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #24 July 18, 2005 I do, but lately I find I really have to make time for it. Often I'm at the DZ filling in for a missing person on a 4-way team, or committed to 6 jumps with a 20 way, or doing something like the PPP. It's becoming more and more rare that I just find myself with no commitements at the DZ. The one time every year I try to _make_ time is at Rantoul, where I organize for low-time jumpers pretty exclusively. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #25 July 18, 2005 QuoteQuoteBecause I suck and don’t want someone else who sucks as bad as I do. If I fuck up I want them to be able to get out of my way. Until I can depend on my skill to avoid other people I will always jump with people who can avoid me Uh just hand them the Eloy Holiday DVD... HEY that was the 3rd time time i had tried to sit I can do it now i can even do turns so thereI'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
