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RevJim 0
QuoteCool it please.
Is it bad that I was thinkin' it, Remi?
It's your life, live it!
Karma
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Karma
RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1
Quoteno worries female unit.
I'm not one of your female bibos. Please show me the respect that I deserve.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey
benforde 0
I'm with you on that April,
I would also add that there are people with ten thousands of jumps + landing all around me... I am the new guy, really..
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I would also add that there are people with ten thousands of jumps + landing all around me... I am the new guy, really..
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benforde 0
Quotejust because i have 3 jumps doesn't mean i have less authority to talk to a new jumper about the experience than a person with 3,000. we were all there at one point and i'm sure we all remember what it felt like.
Talking, advising, sharing? What?
And are you talking about being a passenger on a tandem jump or actually skydiving?
In the first case you clearly have a fresher view point than the person with the 3000 jumps, and your butterflies are probably still flying strong in your belly... in the second case... well... clearly not.
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you just can't win with women 
"love" is used endearingly but it upsets you
"love" is used endearingly but it upsets you
MWGemini 0
I've convinced a few friends and former coworkers to come out for a jump with me. I always enjoyed reminding them that the scraggly looking guy with the mountain man beard is the one who designed most of the equipment they will be entrusting their lives to. I love the look on their faces after that.
I met him once in DeLand. Seems like a pretty nice and VERY smart guy. But that's not as fun to tell them
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Mike
I met him once in DeLand. Seems like a pretty nice and VERY smart guy. But that's not as fun to tell them
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Mike
QuoteQuotejust because i have 3 jumps doesn't mean i have less authority to talk to a new jumper about the experience than a person with 3,000. we were all there at one point and i'm sure we all remember what it felt like.
Talking, advising, sharing? What?
And are you talking about being a passenger on a tandem jump or actually skydiving?
In the first case you clearly have a fresher view point than the person with the 3000 jumps, and your butterflies are probably still flying strong in your belly... in the second case... well... clearly not.
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tandem passengers, my next jump will be my first IAF
i just talk to them tell them to relax on the way down, enjoy the view, (if they're serious about pursuing AFF) i tell them to start good habits now and maintain good altitude awareness and show a good throw when they pull.
I remember my 1st 3 jumps more than any other jumps.
1st one: too busy with remembering instructions
(got in car to go home with my jaw dropped the whole ride
)
2nd one: tears in my eyes as I thought I was going to die
3rd jump: truely enjoyed it.
1st one: too busy with remembering instructions
(got in car to go home with my jaw dropped the whole ride
)
2nd one: tears in my eyes as I thought I was going to die
3rd jump: truely enjoyed it.
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I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year.
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Quoteand show a good throw when they pull.
Be a friend, show support but leave technique teaching to the instructors please.
I hate having to unteach/reteach students due to stuff like that.
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."
benforde 0
i just talk to them tell them to relax on the way down, enjoy the view
I believe that if you had made that a little clear early in your posts, you might not have gotten so much attitude in return. —but... let these people enjoy the first jump, who cares about "show a good throw"? dude it's their first jump.
Tandem masters are trained to say the right things (in most cases) and to make them relax into the fabulous experience of the first ride.
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tandem passengers, my next jump will be my first IAFQuote
i just talk to them tell them to relax on the way down, enjoy the view
I believe that if you had made that a little clear early in your posts, you might not have gotten so much attitude in return. —but... let these people enjoy the first jump, who cares about "show a good throw"? dude it's their first jump.
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that's why i prefaced that with (if they're serious about pursuing AFF)
i never said i taught them how to throw. they take what their instructors teach them and apply. i'm telling them to remember it in the air. to have a cool head about them and be calm.
i'm not putting on a USPA coach's hat and barking, "OK! HERE'S HOW YA DO IT!!"
Shotgun 1
I don't recall 1st-timers ever annoying me. (Their enthusiasm - in whatever form - is usually quite fun.)... But I did have to laugh at the group of guys who wanted music from "Point Break" played over the loudspeaker as they walked to the plane for their first jumps.
OMB, I would have paid to see that. Did Dan play the song?
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey
Quotei know, i was especially nervous about my level 3 tandem becuase i rushed through my maneuvers in my level 2, my instructor brought it up, but still said i did well enough for level 3.
It seems to me that you are doing the same thing as the "macho tandems" . As you stated, you have enough anxiety of your own and by trying to calm someone else down you might just reflect own anxieties onto them. Just be cool, and think about your own jump and your own butterflies
Quotei'm always careful when chatting with a students.
Don't forget you (as I) are just a student yourself. There are plenty of example in the incident forum of people who get ahead of themselves
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Shotgun 1
It wasn't Dan, because this was at Skydive San Marcos (Texas) shortly after "Point Break" had been released... but yes, they did play the song for them... and a few of us were in tears watching them walk out to the plane with that music playing. 
Okay here's something that will maybe put things into perspective for you. I was once in the military. Hah the Canadian military. But I did get to shoot machine guns and all (and it was a long time ago). Now how would you like it if I showed up as a prospective DEA agent (or cop or whatever it is that you say you are) and I start telling my fellow recruits to relax, be calm, I used to shoot machine guns so I know what I'm doing. See the irony here. Shit if you started this stuff with a hundred jumps we'd still jump all over you (and I'm waiting for someone with thousands of jumps and years of experience to jump all over some of the stuff I say here on DZ.COM). Someone with 3 jumps, should not be thinking that they need to be talking to tandem passengers. If you're serious about this sport, then be a good student (and remember you are a student skydiver until you have obtained your license) and listen to people about skydiving. We know more about this sport than you do. Sorry to hurt your ego and all, but it's true.
Try not to worry about the things you have no control over
Try not to worry about the things you have no control over
I actually really like to see the expressions of the 1st time tandems when they come down. Smilling from ear to ear, overwhelmed with joy and excitment and always talking really, really loud with their friends.
I also think its hillarious that when the guys come down, they don't quite know if the want to give the TM a hand shake or a hug or something else.
I also think its hillarious that when the guys come down, they don't quite know if the want to give the TM a hand shake or a hug or something else.
Inveniam Viam aut Faciam
I'm back biatches!
I'm back biatches!
Are there really "levels" for tandems nowadays or is this some kind of mistake???
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