ChromeBoy 0 #1 May 20, 2002 On Sunday Boston Providence had about 25 tandems and they did not arrive until late which means the first load did not get off the ground until between 11am and 12pm. Because of the time factor they took the tandems up to 10,000 feet only and then we went up to 14,000. I was sitting by the door and I was cracking up watching the tandems exit. Watching them go from being excited getting in the plane and then getting really nervous close to exit time to practically throwing up (one did) at exit. We were rolling on the floor laughing. Anyone else have any funny tandem stories? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #2 May 20, 2002 I had a friend of mine do a tandem this weekend. We opened the door, he looked out and said "hooooolyyyyyyyyy SHIT!". It was hilarious (location joke). "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #3 May 20, 2002 All but one of the tandem students who threw up or passed out on me skipped breakfast.Over the years, I have heard so much profanity, in some many different languages, that it has gotten boring. Now I wear ear plugs to protect my delicate sensibilities.The funniest thing is the number of new arms students grow when they get close to the door. Peal their left hand off the door frame. peel their right hand off the pilot's seat, peel their left hand off the wing strut, peel their right hand off the door frame, peel their left hand off your thigh, oh never mind, let's just go!After 2200+ tandem jumps, I have seen almost everything, even tried a side-spin, once! But the only thing that gives me cold sweats was the 100 pound German girl who had a death grip on my left hand at pull time. We were jumping an early Vector Tandem long before Cypri were invented! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milo 0 #4 May 20, 2002 www.toxicsoda.com has one of the funniest videos I have ever seen http://www.toxicsoda.com/download/video/LetsGo.wmvA tandem who appears a little nervous.milo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #5 May 20, 2002 Geez! I got nervous watching that girl. I'm sort of surprised that the TM was able to talk her into going. She looked like she just about passed out for a second there.Turn off the world before you come to bed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #6 May 20, 2002 When I was a student (doing RAPS), i was going out first out of a 206 with a tandem in it. The higher we got, the more she was getting worried. We got up to 10k, and opened the door and my instructor checked the spot. I got in the door, and he pushed me out and the woman was like "OH MY GOD - WHAT'S HE DOING ??!!!". I almost cried with laughter on the ground after I was told that !!! There's no tomorrow - you ain't gonna live it for me - The Offspring Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emma 0 #7 May 20, 2002 We had a girl at the weekend who was so scared in the plane that she started getting everyone else on there freaked out too....I've seen them scared and silent before, but she was actually crying..and then, screaming...for about 5 thousand feet.I found it all quite stressful, actually. She was so LOUD! Everyone on there was trying to chill, as you do, and yet this young lady was giving off the impression she was due for the electric chair.....Dunno how the tandem instructors cope with that over and over...She was seriously worse than that bird on your video there...And then she got down and loved it and thanked us for being so sweet! Probably not a contender for AFF though.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rachill 0 #8 May 20, 2002 We have heard some crazy things come from people after their first tandems......"That was better than shootin' dear" andOne guy was a big golfer and so the TM asked if it was better than golf, the student says "Oh, it was okay..." We were like "WHAT" A lady this weekend said "Now I know why the birds sing all the time!!!" I liked that one!!!Of course you gotta love the screamers when they land and just can't help to scream their head off in excitement!!!Blue Skies!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #9 May 20, 2002 QuoteI'm sort of surprised that the TM was able to talk her into going.I'm not terribly sure the TM talked her into going. I think they just went! I wonder what her jump was like? Ciels and Pinks-MicheleIf you really want to, you can seize the day; if you really want to, you can fly away...~enya~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicagoskydiver 0 #10 May 20, 2002 We had a girl (tandem student) freak out last year at Skydive Illinois and it was caught on video...lol! Kris Bagwell was the tandem master. There was a four way group going out in front of her. She was calm until that group exited and then she freaked because she thought they got sucked out! LMAO!! She grabbed the walls and screamed repeatedly "I'm not going! I'm not going! No! I'm not going!" Kris got her calmed down and out they went. Down on the ground she said "I can't believe it did it!" to which the video guy replied "Neither can I!" LMAO!!!!Hackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingILweenie 0 #11 May 20, 2002 The funniest thing i've seen happened at Skydive Illinois. A couple of years ago i was on a load where the TM was going through all the stuff they do on the ride to altitude (checking the altimeter at 5 grand, etc). The student was just fine. Then when we get to the altitude where the tandem gets strapped in, the instructor leans over and tells the guy:"ok, you have 2 choices. 1: we can go together or 2: you can jump out and i will chase after you and i will strap you in when i catch you."the student actually believed him...and to make matters funnier, actually wanted the second choice!blue skiesTomas"Marge, it takes 2 people to lie. One to lie and one to listen."-Homer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicagoskydiver 0 #12 May 20, 2002 Quotethe student actually believed him...and to make matters funnier, actually wanted the second choice!Sounds like a future Joe Jennings! LOL!Hackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #13 May 20, 2002 I was talking to one of my friend in Florida who is a tandem master one day and one of the tandems there asked him how he did the tandem with video. The tandem master said, "I will disconnect you in freefall and then fly out in front of you to capture the video. Right before deployment altitude of 5,500 feet I will connect us back together." The student looked at him with a blank stare and said, "I don't think I want video." I was rotflmao! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #14 May 20, 2002 The Toxic Soda guy was out at Spaceland for the recent freefly festival so without even seeing that I know which video you're talking about. Yeah that's just about the funniest thing I've ever seen. We do quite a few tandems so I've seen just about every expression imaginable. On one of our year-end videos there a clip of a girl who had her eyes closed for what looks like the whole ride up and the entire skydive. "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chicagoskydiver 0 #15 May 20, 2002 QuoteThe student looked at him with a blank stare and said, "I don't think I want video." I was rotflmao!LMMFAO!!!! That is hysterical!!! I bet if they told him that the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary he'd go find a dictionary so he can check to see if it's true or not! LOL!Hackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites homer 0 #16 May 20, 2002 We had a young girl come for her third attempt at a tandem (illness and winds prevented the first two) a few months back. Each time she came out she got a little more nervous about going. Well she was scared to death when the door opened and even more so when she reached the ground. Her fist words were, "mom don't ever do it." She even started to cry. We thought she was going to have an anxiety attack. Luckey for us she couldn't convince the next jumper to change his mind. Beware of the toes you step on today, for they may belong to the ASS you KISS tomarrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites canopycudler 0 #17 May 21, 2002 I think our DZO having a tandem pull at 13K on a somewhat windy sunset load" was by far the best since i've been there!! LOL... they came down... two days later.. but they came down.. LOLwe're 74 miles from normal..... .. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #18 May 21, 2002 Quotethey came down... two days later.. but they came down..Anywhere near the dropzone? Which would make for an interesting poll.... what's the furthest distance, or most bizzarre, off-landing you've heard for a tandem?"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites canopycudler 0 #19 May 21, 2002 Quote Anywhere near the dropzone? Uh.. not exactly... other jumpers.. (search & Rescue ) found them a ways out ... they landed in a nice muddy farmers yard!! Tee heee.. it was great! "I will jump anything that gets me up" - Jeremy.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spy38W 0 #20 May 21, 2002 Quotewhat's the furthest distance, or most bizzarre, off-landing you've heard for a tandem?I recently heard a story from SDSM a number of years ago (when GPS's only had numbers and no moving maps). As the story goes, there had been unfavorable weather for a number of weeks, and finally it was a light industrial haze and the pilot set up jump run (with GPS) hit the green light, people jumped, he landed and asked how everybody got down only to get puzzled looks from the people on the ground."? We heard you call 1 minute to jump run, but nothing since then" when the phone rings... it was one of the skydivers calling from an airport 12 miles away. --Give them a sip of the darkside, and they just thirst for more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hooked 0 #21 May 21, 2002 That video is so funny! I would love to know what her reaction was, after she landed! (I wish I had a DSL connection to view this one better) J Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ducky 0 #22 May 21, 2002 We sat and watched some of Fast Eddy's "greatest hits" one day not long ago at ASC... The one where the guy passes out just as Eddy unbuckles him and falls face first is pretty good. The guy smacks it hard and then proceeds to throw up, Eddy appears to be reaching to help, but after a closer look you notice he is just moving the guys arm so he doesn't soil the jump suit!!kwakStupidity is a crime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skystorm 0 #23 May 21, 2002 I was going up with tandem once. While still on the ground, being checked out by the JM, we were talking about who's going out where and when.The JM looked at me and said : "I'm throwing you out at 5"The tandem student looked at me, white as a sheet, and asked : "Why, what did she do wrong?" LMAOHang onto Heaven, when hell is on your back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveMonkey 0 #24 May 21, 2002 Quote it was one of the skydivers calling from an airport 12 miles away Wasn't Skreamer by any chance ??!!! Look at me, I'm falling off a cliff now - The Offspring Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AndyMan 7 #25 May 21, 2002 The worse I ever saw was this one girl at Aerohio. She was very indecisive about going on the ground. Her friend was preasuring her into it - "C'mon - we said we'd do i togeather".Anyways, she managed to get into the plane, and plane managed to taxi to the end of the runway. As the otter was warming up the turbines at the end of the runway she just started to go nuts. She literally ran to the door, was trying to open it to get out.Then she had a moment, changed her mind... decided she COULD do this, then walked back to her seat. (light load)Then she changed her mind again! Insisted she could not possibly do this. She wanted off. Then she wanted to go. Off, go. Off, go.Eventually we kicked her off the plane, because we knew if she couldn't even take off with us there was no way in hell she'd jump.Her friend had a great time, and she was upset we wouldn't let her go._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 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. 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Zennie 0 #14 May 20, 2002 The Toxic Soda guy was out at Spaceland for the recent freefly festival so without even seeing that I know which video you're talking about. Yeah that's just about the funniest thing I've ever seen. We do quite a few tandems so I've seen just about every expression imaginable. On one of our year-end videos there a clip of a girl who had her eyes closed for what looks like the whole ride up and the entire skydive. "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicagoskydiver 0 #15 May 20, 2002 QuoteThe student looked at him with a blank stare and said, "I don't think I want video." I was rotflmao!LMMFAO!!!! That is hysterical!!! I bet if they told him that the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary he'd go find a dictionary so he can check to see if it's true or not! LOL!Hackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
homer 0 #16 May 20, 2002 We had a young girl come for her third attempt at a tandem (illness and winds prevented the first two) a few months back. Each time she came out she got a little more nervous about going. Well she was scared to death when the door opened and even more so when she reached the ground. Her fist words were, "mom don't ever do it." She even started to cry. We thought she was going to have an anxiety attack. Luckey for us she couldn't convince the next jumper to change his mind. Beware of the toes you step on today, for they may belong to the ASS you KISS tomarrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites canopycudler 0 #17 May 21, 2002 I think our DZO having a tandem pull at 13K on a somewhat windy sunset load" was by far the best since i've been there!! LOL... they came down... two days later.. but they came down.. LOLwe're 74 miles from normal..... .. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #18 May 21, 2002 Quotethey came down... two days later.. but they came down..Anywhere near the dropzone? Which would make for an interesting poll.... what's the furthest distance, or most bizzarre, off-landing you've heard for a tandem?"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites canopycudler 0 #19 May 21, 2002 Quote Anywhere near the dropzone? Uh.. not exactly... other jumpers.. (search & Rescue ) found them a ways out ... they landed in a nice muddy farmers yard!! Tee heee.. it was great! "I will jump anything that gets me up" - Jeremy.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spy38W 0 #20 May 21, 2002 Quotewhat's the furthest distance, or most bizzarre, off-landing you've heard for a tandem?I recently heard a story from SDSM a number of years ago (when GPS's only had numbers and no moving maps). As the story goes, there had been unfavorable weather for a number of weeks, and finally it was a light industrial haze and the pilot set up jump run (with GPS) hit the green light, people jumped, he landed and asked how everybody got down only to get puzzled looks from the people on the ground."? We heard you call 1 minute to jump run, but nothing since then" when the phone rings... it was one of the skydivers calling from an airport 12 miles away. --Give them a sip of the darkside, and they just thirst for more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hooked 0 #21 May 21, 2002 That video is so funny! I would love to know what her reaction was, after she landed! (I wish I had a DSL connection to view this one better) J Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ducky 0 #22 May 21, 2002 We sat and watched some of Fast Eddy's "greatest hits" one day not long ago at ASC... The one where the guy passes out just as Eddy unbuckles him and falls face first is pretty good. The guy smacks it hard and then proceeds to throw up, Eddy appears to be reaching to help, but after a closer look you notice he is just moving the guys arm so he doesn't soil the jump suit!!kwakStupidity is a crime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skystorm 0 #23 May 21, 2002 I was going up with tandem once. While still on the ground, being checked out by the JM, we were talking about who's going out where and when.The JM looked at me and said : "I'm throwing you out at 5"The tandem student looked at me, white as a sheet, and asked : "Why, what did she do wrong?" LMAOHang onto Heaven, when hell is on your back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveMonkey 0 #24 May 21, 2002 Quote it was one of the skydivers calling from an airport 12 miles away Wasn't Skreamer by any chance ??!!! Look at me, I'm falling off a cliff now - The Offspring Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AndyMan 7 #25 May 21, 2002 The worse I ever saw was this one girl at Aerohio. She was very indecisive about going on the ground. Her friend was preasuring her into it - "C'mon - we said we'd do i togeather".Anyways, she managed to get into the plane, and plane managed to taxi to the end of the runway. As the otter was warming up the turbines at the end of the runway she just started to go nuts. She literally ran to the door, was trying to open it to get out.Then she had a moment, changed her mind... decided she COULD do this, then walked back to her seat. (light load)Then she changed her mind again! Insisted she could not possibly do this. She wanted off. Then she wanted to go. Off, go. Off, go.Eventually we kicked her off the plane, because we knew if she couldn't even take off with us there was no way in hell she'd jump.Her friend had a great time, and she was upset we wouldn't let her go._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 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. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
canopycudler 0 #17 May 21, 2002 I think our DZO having a tandem pull at 13K on a somewhat windy sunset load" was by far the best since i've been there!! LOL... they came down... two days later.. but they came down.. LOLwe're 74 miles from normal..... .. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #18 May 21, 2002 Quotethey came down... two days later.. but they came down..Anywhere near the dropzone? Which would make for an interesting poll.... what's the furthest distance, or most bizzarre, off-landing you've heard for a tandem?"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canopycudler 0 #19 May 21, 2002 Quote Anywhere near the dropzone? Uh.. not exactly... other jumpers.. (search & Rescue ) found them a ways out ... they landed in a nice muddy farmers yard!! Tee heee.. it was great! "I will jump anything that gets me up" - Jeremy.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #20 May 21, 2002 Quotewhat's the furthest distance, or most bizzarre, off-landing you've heard for a tandem?I recently heard a story from SDSM a number of years ago (when GPS's only had numbers and no moving maps). As the story goes, there had been unfavorable weather for a number of weeks, and finally it was a light industrial haze and the pilot set up jump run (with GPS) hit the green light, people jumped, he landed and asked how everybody got down only to get puzzled looks from the people on the ground."? We heard you call 1 minute to jump run, but nothing since then" when the phone rings... it was one of the skydivers calling from an airport 12 miles away. --Give them a sip of the darkside, and they just thirst for more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #21 May 21, 2002 That video is so funny! I would love to know what her reaction was, after she landed! (I wish I had a DSL connection to view this one better) J Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ducky 0 #22 May 21, 2002 We sat and watched some of Fast Eddy's "greatest hits" one day not long ago at ASC... The one where the guy passes out just as Eddy unbuckles him and falls face first is pretty good. The guy smacks it hard and then proceeds to throw up, Eddy appears to be reaching to help, but after a closer look you notice he is just moving the guys arm so he doesn't soil the jump suit!!kwakStupidity is a crime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skystorm 0 #23 May 21, 2002 I was going up with tandem once. While still on the ground, being checked out by the JM, we were talking about who's going out where and when.The JM looked at me and said : "I'm throwing you out at 5"The tandem student looked at me, white as a sheet, and asked : "Why, what did she do wrong?" LMAOHang onto Heaven, when hell is on your back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #24 May 21, 2002 Quote it was one of the skydivers calling from an airport 12 miles away Wasn't Skreamer by any chance ??!!! Look at me, I'm falling off a cliff now - The Offspring Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #25 May 21, 2002 The worse I ever saw was this one girl at Aerohio. She was very indecisive about going on the ground. Her friend was preasuring her into it - "C'mon - we said we'd do i togeather".Anyways, she managed to get into the plane, and plane managed to taxi to the end of the runway. As the otter was warming up the turbines at the end of the runway she just started to go nuts. She literally ran to the door, was trying to open it to get out.Then she had a moment, changed her mind... decided she COULD do this, then walked back to her seat. (light load)Then she changed her mind again! Insisted she could not possibly do this. She wanted off. Then she wanted to go. Off, go. Off, go.Eventually we kicked her off the plane, because we knew if she couldn't even take off with us there was no way in hell she'd jump.Her friend had a great time, and she was upset we wouldn't let her go._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
