Remus 0 #1 September 14, 2002 I made my first jump today (tandem) at Redcliffe here in Australia / Queensland. It was a totaly awesome experiance, that has left me in a natural high all day, I can't imagine how i'm going to get to sleep later.I've been trying to put the experiance into words so i can tell the guys at work about it, and I can't do it, there are no words in the english language that can describe the sensations and emotions that I felt during the whole event. The moment that I left the airplane with the tandem master, I felt the most intense and mind numbing fear of my life, the feeling in the pit of my stomach as we fell was gut wrenching. The roar of sound in my ears as we acelerated added a total feeling of speed. And once the tandem master had us in a level fall, I found that I could not breath easily because of the rush of wind, but I just focused on pushing air out and pulling it in. We fell for about 40 seconds or so, with the city and beach coming up at us real fast. I though the deceleration from the opening of the chute would be a lot worse than it actualy was. And for the next 6 minutes the tandem master let me make a few turns and stuff. Once he had us on the beach I had this totaly awesome high happening and could not sit still for a moment ! I am certain that this is a sport that i am going to dive into ( sorry about the choice of words ) with all my determination. To anyone out there who has not done this, DO IT !!! you only live once, I can't imagine who I was yesterday, before my jump, all i know now is that I am totaly adicted and am signing up for an AFF course to get my licence to jump solo. Anyway sorry to ramble on about this, but I felt i had to share my experiance with you all :) Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kirils 1 #2 September 14, 2002 Congrats!!! The things you feel about the jump is pretty much common to everyone else who has jumped. If you haven't done it, you'll never understand it! Have you thought about AFF?? Believe me, it just keeps gettin' better. And once you get about 25-50 jumps under your belt, you develop a completly new awarness of flying your body AND that keeps gettin' better and better and better... It's the greatest sport in the world and I and every other jumper welcome you aboard!!!"Slow down! You are too young to be moving that fast!" Old Man Crawfish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChileRelleno 0 #3 September 14, 2002 CONGRATULATIONS!!!as the saying goes "You must jump to know" well now you know and its pretty dang awesome isn't it? I hope you got video,cause your first is really special. I'm glad to hear you plan on advancing through student status and becoming a "skydiver",pay close attention to your instructors and be safe."Safety is free,use all you want". Once again CONGRATULATIONS!!! ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jumpy 0 #4 September 14, 2002 Congratulations dude I remember my first jump was the most fun i ever had! Even though it is all a bit of an information overload Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Dumpster 0 #5 September 14, 2002 My profound congradulations, friend! Yes, there is no way to describe the experience - I love telling people it's like an orgasm, only different, - The girls really smile! Jump often and be safe!!! Andrenaline is a great drug, and all you gotta do is jump! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowbird 0 #6 September 14, 2002 Conratulations! I can see your grin from here! Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Brisco 0 #7 September 14, 2002 Congratulations!! Sounds like your Tandem Master set the hook deep!! Now go learn and FLY! Brisco Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CanuckInUSA 0 #8 September 15, 2002 Congrats and welcome to the club. I remember my first jump (a tandem back in July of this year) was loud, windy and intense. But it was also way too cool not to try again. So I enrolled in an AFF course and three weeks ago I became a licensed skydiver. Also, on one of my last jumps (I haven't jumped in a few weeks thanks to a minor hockey injury), I jumped without a helmet for the first time since my tandem jump (I had lent mine to a student who forgot his) and the experience wasn't nearly as intense as it was during my tandem. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that the more you jump, the more acclaimated you'll become to the whole experience and the easier you'll be able to process the whole thing. Good luck in any future jumps you may make. Despite my sore toe, I'm heading off to the DZ tomorrow to jump for the first time in three weeks. Wish me luck. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cop 0 #9 September 15, 2002 Congratulations! Now keep on going and jump safe, and that does not mean slow and low... "You can call me Mike" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Airhead 0 #10 September 15, 2002 Totally Cool...You DA MAN, Steve!!! Hey, I'm a newbie too. I did four tandems before I got myself psyched up enough to go into a Freefall program. AFP, it's like AFF but with one JM. So far I've got in 7 jumps, 3 of them in AFP. Yesterday I did my first skydive without the JM holding on to me the whole time...AND the adreniline/endrophine BUZZ really is still pretty intense, lasting for hours with me. Skydiving is awesome, isn't it? Welcome to "the tribe" of sky jumpers!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites QuickDraw 0 #11 September 15, 2002 Yeah..big up's dude. All you have to do now is sell your soul and everything else you own -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jessefs 0 #12 September 15, 2002 Welcome to the addiction! Unrecoverable debt.....HERE I COME! <* Spread the Love! *> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites moodyskydiver 0 #13 September 16, 2002 Congrats on your jump and welcome to skydiving. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DENGOPHER 0 #14 September 16, 2002 congrats on your first jump but dude you owe BEER!!!!! welcome to the sport it only gets better enjoy!!!!! just jump!!! gopher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TheBile 0 #15 September 16, 2002 It's always good to hear about someone's first jump. It helps all those 'old hands' relive their first jump. The only way I could describe the experience to wuffos is that it's one of those quintessential experiences that you have in life that cannot bve compared to anything else you do, or anything else that will happen to you. It's easier to talk about it to fellow skydivers because we've all been there and we all have a common frame of reference. Welcome on board, and jump over the side as soon & as often as you can.Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Cajones 0 #16 September 16, 2002 Welcome to the family! The laws of physics are strictly enforced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymick 0 #17 September 17, 2002 OK im just repeated what everyone else is saying...but CONGRATULATIONS! Once you start jumping you have a whole new look on life...its awesome! damn i feel sorry for whuffos hehe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hohonukai 0 #18 September 17, 2002 Rock on! Thanks for letting me live vicariously during the evening hours of the work week. There is nothing like this natural high of jumpin'! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hooked 0 #19 September 17, 2002 QuoteSounds like your Tandem Master set the hook deep!! They are good at doing that! Congratulations. The feelings and emotions are unexplainable to anyone that hasn't done a skydive. I have completely given up trying to explain to my family 'what it is all about'. One family family member even said to me, "good job, well done"!!!!! What was that? I tried to explain it wasn't a job, but a passion! They will never understand. I thank everyone on this forum for being here and listening to our first jump stories, it is so important to be able to talk about this experience with people that understandJ -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites aneblett 0 #20 September 17, 2002 Welcome to the Sky AgeS.E.X. party #2 ..It is far worse to live with fear, than to die confronting it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jraf 0 #21 September 17, 2002 GO, Stevemeister GO!!!!!! Congrabutations! It only gets better with every jump!jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. 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Kirils 1 #2 September 14, 2002 Congrats!!! The things you feel about the jump is pretty much common to everyone else who has jumped. If you haven't done it, you'll never understand it! Have you thought about AFF?? Believe me, it just keeps gettin' better. And once you get about 25-50 jumps under your belt, you develop a completly new awarness of flying your body AND that keeps gettin' better and better and better... It's the greatest sport in the world and I and every other jumper welcome you aboard!!!"Slow down! You are too young to be moving that fast!" Old Man Crawfish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #3 September 14, 2002 CONGRATULATIONS!!!as the saying goes "You must jump to know" well now you know and its pretty dang awesome isn't it? I hope you got video,cause your first is really special. I'm glad to hear you plan on advancing through student status and becoming a "skydiver",pay close attention to your instructors and be safe."Safety is free,use all you want". Once again CONGRATULATIONS!!! ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpy 0 #4 September 14, 2002 Congratulations dude I remember my first jump was the most fun i ever had! Even though it is all a bit of an information overload Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #5 September 14, 2002 My profound congradulations, friend! Yes, there is no way to describe the experience - I love telling people it's like an orgasm, only different, - The girls really smile! Jump often and be safe!!! Andrenaline is a great drug, and all you gotta do is jump! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #6 September 14, 2002 Conratulations! I can see your grin from here! Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brisco 0 #7 September 14, 2002 Congratulations!! Sounds like your Tandem Master set the hook deep!! Now go learn and FLY! Brisco Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #8 September 15, 2002 Congrats and welcome to the club. I remember my first jump (a tandem back in July of this year) was loud, windy and intense. But it was also way too cool not to try again. So I enrolled in an AFF course and three weeks ago I became a licensed skydiver. Also, on one of my last jumps (I haven't jumped in a few weeks thanks to a minor hockey injury), I jumped without a helmet for the first time since my tandem jump (I had lent mine to a student who forgot his) and the experience wasn't nearly as intense as it was during my tandem. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that the more you jump, the more acclaimated you'll become to the whole experience and the easier you'll be able to process the whole thing. Good luck in any future jumps you may make. Despite my sore toe, I'm heading off to the DZ tomorrow to jump for the first time in three weeks. Wish me luck. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cop 0 #9 September 15, 2002 Congratulations! Now keep on going and jump safe, and that does not mean slow and low... "You can call me Mike" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airhead 0 #10 September 15, 2002 Totally Cool...You DA MAN, Steve!!! Hey, I'm a newbie too. I did four tandems before I got myself psyched up enough to go into a Freefall program. AFP, it's like AFF but with one JM. So far I've got in 7 jumps, 3 of them in AFP. Yesterday I did my first skydive without the JM holding on to me the whole time...AND the adreniline/endrophine BUZZ really is still pretty intense, lasting for hours with me. Skydiving is awesome, isn't it? Welcome to "the tribe" of sky jumpers!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites QuickDraw 0 #11 September 15, 2002 Yeah..big up's dude. All you have to do now is sell your soul and everything else you own -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jessefs 0 #12 September 15, 2002 Welcome to the addiction! Unrecoverable debt.....HERE I COME! <* Spread the Love! *> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites moodyskydiver 0 #13 September 16, 2002 Congrats on your jump and welcome to skydiving. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DENGOPHER 0 #14 September 16, 2002 congrats on your first jump but dude you owe BEER!!!!! welcome to the sport it only gets better enjoy!!!!! just jump!!! gopher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TheBile 0 #15 September 16, 2002 It's always good to hear about someone's first jump. It helps all those 'old hands' relive their first jump. The only way I could describe the experience to wuffos is that it's one of those quintessential experiences that you have in life that cannot bve compared to anything else you do, or anything else that will happen to you. It's easier to talk about it to fellow skydivers because we've all been there and we all have a common frame of reference. Welcome on board, and jump over the side as soon & as often as you can.Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Cajones 0 #16 September 16, 2002 Welcome to the family! The laws of physics are strictly enforced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymick 0 #17 September 17, 2002 OK im just repeated what everyone else is saying...but CONGRATULATIONS! Once you start jumping you have a whole new look on life...its awesome! damn i feel sorry for whuffos hehe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hohonukai 0 #18 September 17, 2002 Rock on! Thanks for letting me live vicariously during the evening hours of the work week. There is nothing like this natural high of jumpin'! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hooked 0 #19 September 17, 2002 QuoteSounds like your Tandem Master set the hook deep!! They are good at doing that! Congratulations. The feelings and emotions are unexplainable to anyone that hasn't done a skydive. I have completely given up trying to explain to my family 'what it is all about'. One family family member even said to me, "good job, well done"!!!!! What was that? I tried to explain it wasn't a job, but a passion! They will never understand. I thank everyone on this forum for being here and listening to our first jump stories, it is so important to be able to talk about this experience with people that understandJ -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites aneblett 0 #20 September 17, 2002 Welcome to the Sky AgeS.E.X. party #2 ..It is far worse to live with fear, than to die confronting it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jraf 0 #21 September 17, 2002 GO, Stevemeister GO!!!!!! Congrabutations! It only gets better with every jump!jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 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
QuickDraw 0 #11 September 15, 2002 Yeah..big up's dude. All you have to do now is sell your soul and everything else you own -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessefs 0 #12 September 15, 2002 Welcome to the addiction! Unrecoverable debt.....HERE I COME! <* Spread the Love! *> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #13 September 16, 2002 Congrats on your jump and welcome to skydiving. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DENGOPHER 0 #14 September 16, 2002 congrats on your first jump but dude you owe BEER!!!!! welcome to the sport it only gets better enjoy!!!!! just jump!!! gopher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBile 0 #15 September 16, 2002 It's always good to hear about someone's first jump. It helps all those 'old hands' relive their first jump. The only way I could describe the experience to wuffos is that it's one of those quintessential experiences that you have in life that cannot bve compared to anything else you do, or anything else that will happen to you. It's easier to talk about it to fellow skydivers because we've all been there and we all have a common frame of reference. Welcome on board, and jump over the side as soon & as often as you can.Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cajones 0 #16 September 16, 2002 Welcome to the family! The laws of physics are strictly enforced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymick 0 #17 September 17, 2002 OK im just repeated what everyone else is saying...but CONGRATULATIONS! Once you start jumping you have a whole new look on life...its awesome! damn i feel sorry for whuffos hehe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hohonukai 0 #18 September 17, 2002 Rock on! Thanks for letting me live vicariously during the evening hours of the work week. There is nothing like this natural high of jumpin'! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #19 September 17, 2002 QuoteSounds like your Tandem Master set the hook deep!! They are good at doing that! Congratulations. The feelings and emotions are unexplainable to anyone that hasn't done a skydive. I have completely given up trying to explain to my family 'what it is all about'. One family family member even said to me, "good job, well done"!!!!! What was that? I tried to explain it wasn't a job, but a passion! They will never understand. I thank everyone on this forum for being here and listening to our first jump stories, it is so important to be able to talk about this experience with people that understandJ -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aneblett 0 #20 September 17, 2002 Welcome to the Sky AgeS.E.X. party #2 ..It is far worse to live with fear, than to die confronting it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #21 September 17, 2002 GO, Stevemeister GO!!!!!! Congrabutations! It only gets better with every jump!jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
