How do you explain Skydiving to whuffo friends?

[GogglesnTeeth 6]

Ok, so I was out tonight trying to describe why I love skydiving so much to a friend of mine.
The whole deal. Not just jumping out of a plane and then landing safely, but the fun on the ground at your home DZ, the beer light after hours, the smacking someone on the ass and asking "how's your momma" and not getting sued, the hugs,the DZ family, etc.
She just didn't get it.....

I really miss my "home" DZ in the Seattle area, and haven't found that feeling here in SW florida yet. Not sure if I will jumping at a fucking tandem factory.......

I tried to tell her that most people don't get it till they jump, but that's hard to explain too.

How do you explain it?????

Goggles and Teeth

"You fall like a greased safe!!!"

[Amazon 7]

Take her to the DZ and get her to jump

[bob.dino 1]

The best way I've heard it explained:

"You come for the skydiving, and stay for the people."

[soulshine 0]

I loved the saying:

Trying to explain skydiving to a wuffo is like trying to explain sex to a virgin.

Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity!
~DEVIOUS BEEF~~FGF #69~

[tcnelson 1]

i've been a dork, a skateboarder, a military police officer, an army sniper, a chemistry nerd, and i've done a whole bunch of things in my life associated with all of those and more and all of my old friends know about most of it.

i tell them that skydiving is not only the coolest thing i've ever involved myself with but, it's the thing that i choose to do above all other things when i have the free time. that's all i can say.

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[GogglesnTeeth 6]

not sure if she will............. she knows about my bad knee and how it happened.......LOL

I told her about how if you know the group you can basically smack someone on the ass at random, and she nearly freaked............ LOL

Goggles and Teeth

"You fall like a greased safe!!!"

[Bolas 5]

Tell them it's like college without the pesky classes.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[FallinWoman 1]

I put trying to decribe skydiving right up there with the most common question I get..."Is it fun?"

No, asshole...it sucks...that is why I continue to do it...

people will not get it until they have tried it.

~Anne

I'm a Doll!!!!

[wildcard451 0]

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"Is it fun?"

No, asshole...it sucks...that is why I continue to do it...

hahahahahaha

[blewaway5 0]

I quit trying. I let them bring it up, and if they really want me to explain it I just tell them that it relaxes me in an exciting way and that it's one of the only places I've ever been where so many people from so many different walks of life do nothing but have fun!

They want more than that then they can come check it out for themselves

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[bobsled92 0]

SIMPLE....iT's like SEX and a car accident combined.
(stolen quote from a guy at Bridge Day)

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[Avion 0]

I simply say,

"It's the most fun I ever had sober!"

[Cre8dCute 0]

When someone asks me why I skydive, it's not like I can come up with a direct reason other than I have an absolute love it and that they will never understand that unless they do it themselves. The next question I usually ask is "When do you want to go try it?"

Of course to date, I have found a few people who said they would try it, but none who have taken me up on the offer (a couple of times I have offered to even pay!).

[Icon134 0]

I don't... I used to... I find that either people get it or they don't... and the ones that don't... never will get it.

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[cocheese 0]

An ex-girlfriend (whuffo) once asked me : Geeze, doesn't it get boring going up and down all day ?
This was after years of me being gone every weekend.
That was about that last words i remember her saying.
I tell people it's like being superman for $20.

[leroydb 0]

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I loved the saying:

Trying to explain skydiving to a wuffo is like trying to explain sex to a virgin.

also I like

"remember when sex was safe and skydiving was dangerous?"

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[leroydb 0]

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I tell people it's like being superman for $20.

now I gotta remember that...!!!

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[VampireGirl 0]

I was once asked: " How long does the buzz last..." I responded, "It doesn't go away.."

Skydiving changes your outlook on life, is the hardest one to explain to people...

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[mailin 0]

My reply now-a-days is:

"Its really hard to explain to someone that hasn't tried it"



Jen

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[MikeJD 0]

Don't bother, unless they have another activity that they're passionate about and takes up most of their free time, in which case they'll probably get it anyway. Unfortunately a frightening number of people can't imagine anything in their weekend beyond sleeping, shopping and TV...

[skydiverbry 0]

MY only reply is "Let me take you and then you'll know"

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[lawrocket 3]

I just described the first jump like losing virginity. You know what's about to happen and you've heard all about it, but you're still scared, nervous, almost dreadng it. Yet, you make the move and go for it. You make some mistakes, you aren't exactly comfortable, and it's over pretty soon.

But, dammit, you've just had one of the best times of your life, and you wanna go out and do it more and more, and you get better at it!

I still say sex is better, though.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[happythoughts 0]

"Close your eyes and imagine that you could go up 100 ft and effortlessly fly over to your friends house. Wouldn't that be fun? I go out with my friends on the weekend and we fly around together."

[ACMESkydiver 0]

Don't. It's pointless.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[monkycndo 0]

I love the view from up high and I tell people it is the only place I can get a 360 degree unobstructed view without having to make a long hike.

I love the idea that during the 60 or so seconds of freefall, nothing else in the world matters, other then to pull. Really keeps things in perspective.

I enjoy being with people that have a shared passion in what they do. Doesn't matter where you work or how rich you are, you belong.

And once the beer light is on, Yeah buddy!

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