We're you ever a whuffo ?

[cocheese 0]

Well ?
I don't think i ever was a whuffo. I've questioned a few types of jumps, but never thought sport jumping was as stupid as some whuffos think.

[AggieDave 6]

Seeing how I got in trouble when I was 8-ish for jumping off the roof with my backpack and a hefty bag...nope, never a whuffo.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Zenister 0]

my mother caught me jumping off the roof of our duplex at Eglin AFB with a military cargo pilotchute at something like 8 years old. It was my 2rd jump, Mitchell had already made 4. I'm honestly suprised it took me as long as it did to try it again.

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[fallman 0]

I was warned that my trampoline would be taken away if i was caught jumping from the roof to it once more. Was warned again for encouraging my younger brother to do so. It was finally confiscated when i made a jump from the trampoline up to the roof Ahhh...good times

woa....that was cool....

[skydiverbc 0]

always thought it was cool my brother jumping from planes for the military when i was 14.... never crossed my mind until someone at work asked me to go .

[yoink 321]

nah... there was a big ass lake near our old house when I was a kid - needless to say, we used to have competitions to who could jump in from the highest tree
never a whuffo....

[nael 0]

Hell yeah, I was! I always thought people who jumped out of planes were mad, until I decided to try it, once.

That once turned into a weekly thing. When I met my friends after my first (tandem) jump and they told me that I could actually be taught how to skydive I thought that was the coolest thing. I think I must have been living with my head in the sand because I had no idea people did this for fun other than the odd tandem now and then! Best thing I ever did, by far.

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[seekfun 0]

Aggie Dave - ROCK ON!!!

I did a similar thing with a tarp and some garden hose (it was poor design). My buddies suckered me into jumping off of a bridge into the yucky river below. The first one hurt. So, I did it again.



topher

"...there is a there out there..." - Tom Robbins

[Darius11 12]

I made my first Parachute from a huge garbage bag when I was a kid. I used to jump of the top of the steps.

I don't want to mention how many umbrellas I messed up.

Never a Whuffo

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[Skyrose7 0]

When I was younger, I always wanted to experience that feeling of falling. I remember jumping off chairs or swings and wishing there was no ground there so I could keep falling. Then one day I made a jump....The ground is still there though..

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[turtlespeed 221]

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Seeing how I got in trouble when I was 8-ish for jumping off the roof with my backpack and a hefty bag...nope, never a whuffo.

Yep - Went through 3 Golf Umbrellas in one afternoon.
And then the sheet from the parents king size bed - hey - it worked pretty well.

but then again - it was only 16 feet.

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[WrongWay 0]

No, definitely not. I was BASE jumping slides when I was in Kindergarten.

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[JRock 0]

one of my favorite toys as a kid was my fisher price adventure dude with the parachute.
I have looked high and low to find that toy again.
Nowhere to be found.

[seekfun 0]

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Nowhere to be found.

Toys 'R' Us does carry a 12" GI Joe dude with a parachute. It's a pretty cool toy. I spent a couple of hours throwing one off my buddies house recently.

There's nothing like two guys in their late twenties playing with a GI Joe paratrooper for 2 hours. It just makes your heart sing.

- topher

"...there is a there out there..." - Tom Robbins

[SeaKev 0]

Nope. Did my beer jump from the top of the dresser when I was 2. No pull resulted in 6 stitches.

[Conundrum 1]

Nope, always been fascinated with skydiving and finally I had the money and the time to start doing it myself

[skygod7777 0]

i can honestly say no, i grew up on a dz, so i was always around skydiving. and it always made sense to me to jump
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[ChrisL 2]

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i can honestly say no, i grew up on a dz, so i was always around skydiving. and it always made sense to me to jump
later

Didnt make any jumps till I was 24 years old but I always wanted to.
Wished I was a bird and wanted to fly from my earliest memories.
I never wondered why you would do such a thing.

So the answer is no, I was never a whuffo.

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[larsrulz 0]

At least I wasn't the only one....I went on a scouting canoe trip where there was a ~30' cliff into the river and everyone would jump in (most went off the 15' ledge). I took one of the garbage bags we had and did a BASE jump! I wonder if anyone got that on film...

I got a strong urge to fly, but I got no where to fly to. -PF

[catfishhunter 2]

nope.........see all of the above

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[sunshine 2]

I was definately a whuffo. I always thought skydiving was insane. Then i did it and finally understood.

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[MarkM 0]

Was a whuffo. I also used to be terrified of heights. At theme parks I'd tend to stay away from the rollercoasters.

[skyyhi 0]

Okay, so what about jumping off the roof into the pool with a towel or bedsheet. . .I used to do this when I was a kid and I would lead my brothers to do it as well. . .course, they got in trouble because they were always getting hurt and breaking things. . .lol!

And go figure, I am the only one who jumps out of planes.

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[noname 0]

Oh yeah, I was the most annoying whuffo ever.
I only showed up at the dz cause my friends were going and they told me there was lots of beer there.

"Why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane? You guys are all crazy. And stupid. I would NEVER EVER jump out of a plane. I mean thanks for the beer and all but what is wrong with you people????? What if your parachute doesn't open?"

The whole idea just seemed a lot saner after talking to actual jumpers and finding out what it was all about

[cocheese 0]

I'm thinking 80% or more of us were jumping off stuff as a kid, and always trying to fly and get air etc. I was a base jump whuffo just a tad. and am still questioning it here and there. I think i need more jumps to decide.