Someone tell me...

[TypicalFish 0]

...the training "Rules Of Beer"...

When to buy; for who.

(Besides the obvious of course, "always, everyone")

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[flyinghonu 0]

Hey yeah...I need to know too! Is there an industry favorite

"Excuse me while I kiss the sky..." - Jimi Hendrix

[vdschoor 0]

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Hey yeah...I need to know too! Is there an industry favorite

There is no industry favorite I think, just obey local dz beer laws and favorites
For your AFF instructors: whatever they tell you to buy for them / favorite beer

Everyone else? Just pay attention to what people like and bring that...

Iwan

[AggieDave 6]

At Aggieland, if you owe beer, we just ask you toss some $$$ into the keg fund, since we keep 2 kegs on tap at all times. Generally $15 is the accepted amount, although that's much cheaper then a true case of beer (of good beer), but that pays for what a case of beer would cost at keg prices.

So everyone wins in the end. We have beer, your beer dues are paid and you save money on beer prices.


I guess not every DZ has a 2 keg professional keg dispensor, with pressurized taps dispensing ice cold Shiner Bock.

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

[lovingskylady 0]

Don't you guys just take turns buying the beer? I brought some out and just shared with everyone.

[lawrocket 3]

If you think you may owe beer, you do.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[AggieDave 6]

Why would it matter?

People pay their beer dues, so it goes to the keg funds get added to, thus when we start to run low on beer, the DZ goes and gets new kegs.

Here's a link for something similar to what we have at the DZ: Clicky

Basically, this thing fucking rocks!

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

[Jib 0]

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When to buy

Once you finish level 7, you are responsible for beer every time you do something you haven't done before. Some of those are completion of level 8, your own rig, new rig, licenses, 100 jumps and using the "F" word (1st), if you're not careful.

Some DZ's have nuances too. Like losing a rip cord or violating the beer line = beer.

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[kai2k1 0]

My copy of the beer rules.


The Beer Rules

An unwritten law, one as immutable and irrefutable as gravity and backed by history, states that skydivers enjoy the drinking of beer almost as much as flight itself.

A manifestation of this fact is the tradition of the buying by an individual skydiver a case of beer (that being twenty-four cans or bottles holding twelve or more ounces of beer, ale, or some similar such substance) for his or her fellow jumpers to celebrate the accomplishment of a particular feat or milestone in one's jump career.

It is generally recognized that the buying and drinking of such beer enhances that common bond shared by skydivers and contributes greatly to the body of knowledge concerning parachuting and its related activities.

It is a sad fact that some skydivers are ignorant of what constitutes a significant achievement (usually and henceforth referred to as a "first").

Equally sad is the fact that some unscrupulously thirsty jumpers will shamelessly try to "weasel" a case of beer out of a jumper for an inauspicious event. Recognizing this, the following happenings are to be regarded as suitable occasions for buying beer. This list is not to be construed as exhaustive.

First jump (It is not required of students. They are simply encouraged to participate).

If more than one first is accomplished on a single jump, only one case of beer is required.

Participation is voluntary. If a skydiver chooses not to participate by buying, neither shall the skydiver enjoy the fruits of the accomplishments of others. Non-drinkers may buy sodas and buyers may make up any part or whole of their purchase in soda for the enjoyment of those non-drinkers.

It is generally recognized that using a reserve parachute for the purpose of saving one's worthless, non-packing self from a gory death requires him to buy the saving rigger dinner or the bottle of liquor of his choice.

These articles are ironclad and binding. For the price of an additional six-pack, a sniveling skydiver may enlist the services of an S & TA to represent him or her in a hearing where the committee will rule against that skydiver a second time.

Completing the student course of instruction

First four way

First eight way

First CRW

First time in the peas

First night jump

First kiss pass

First competition

First water jump

First naked jump

First jump on your own pack job

First dead center (measured by a judge or electronic scoring pad on a three or five cm disc)

First jump on a new main or new rig (purchased, not borrowed)

Any license, award, rating, or badge

Getting your name or photo in "Parachutist" Magazine

Gross safety violations not resulting in serious injury or death

Any jump ending in "00"

First cutaway/reserve ride

First jump from an aircraft not normally used at home drop zone

First jump at a new drop zone

First demo jump

First save (you riggers thought you were getting off easy)

Vomiting in the airplane or on another skydiver

First round canopy jump (Geez, used to be the other way around)

First broken bone

First camera jump

There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan

[lovingskylady 0]

That's really funny. Broken bones and vomiting on the airplane are kinda scary though!!!

I was a little sick after my first tandem but was fine on my second one. Would I owe beer for doing a second tandem since it wasn't my first?

[TypicalFish 0]

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If you think you may owe beer, you do.

PHENOMENAL response....

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[firstime 0]

when your new just do what I do(see my name) just
bring beer, don't ask just observe who's reaching for
what after the sunset load. I figuire at 55 jumps I am
doing first's on just about every jump. When someone asks "is that the firstime" you say I got it
covered bro. More over it's fun to buy beer at 9am
and watch the people looking at you... look up and
say " I hate milk with my wheaties". pull your pants down just enough to show some plumbers crack and
smile.

[themitchyone 0]

I'm not sure that I get this beer thing. Sure, I like to catch a beer afterwards, but when you jump with your JM, they have to do more jumps afterwards, typically. It's not like they can take a beer break.

"If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girl's sports such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing." - Homer Simpson

[TypicalFish 0]

Actually, I thought the beer was for consumption by the DZ "locals" and anyone else wanting to join in the camraderie... Am I incorrect?

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