bivar 0 #1 August 21, 2002 Read this Skydive LasVegas. Do also read the part about using Cypress., 3/4 down the page. BI---------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #2 August 21, 2002 My favorite part is quoted below (funny/sad stuff is highlighted): Quote"EXTRA HIGH" FREE-FALL OPTION only $10 per 1,000' optional. So instead of Jumping from 8,000' feet above sea level, if you want, we'll can take you All the Way Up to 14,000' above sea level for only $10 per 1,000' as an option. This can Increase your Free-Fall time from about 10 seconds to about 51 seconds of FALLING if you want !! All of our Airplanes have now been Up-Dated with Factory Brand New "Extra Big" Engines and Propellers to achieve the Extra High Altitudes. Then, after the Extra-High Airplane Exit and Free-Fall, we still have an Awesome 5 to 7 minute Parachute Ride ahead of us; Soaring, Gliding, and having Fun steering the over-sized Parachute built for two. Couldn't THEY "find" a high School student to "proof read" this Monstrosity for them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bivar 0 #3 August 21, 2002 "Extra big engines and propellar", thats funny. Is this somekind of a scam? (Am I allowed to say that, or are they going to sue me bigtime now?) BI---------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymut 0 #4 August 21, 2002 Infomercial galore. QuoteWe import them from Germany and are the ONLY skydiving school in the U.S. to use a CYPRES on all of our jumps. They must have visited a lot of dropzones to be able to make that claim. Matt A well-informed person is somebody who has the same views and opinions as yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #5 August 21, 2002 So an "extra high" skydive from 14,000 feet with video would cost $364. That seems like it is way on the high side. [sarcasm] Of course, each of their staff members has more experience than the combinded staff at most dropzones, and they are the only dropzone in the US to use AAD's in all their tandem rigs, so it must be worth it. [/sarcasm] These folks give a bad name to skydivers and appear to be in business just to scam whuffos. Pathetic bastards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #6 August 21, 2002 What a joke!! I guess I'll just leave my rig home when the wife and I go to Vegas next winter- let's see- $179 to 8,000' - plus ten bucks per thousand after that that would $239 bones for a jump we charge $185 for - and $165 if you get here at before 8:00 am - You're right ! This place is a JOKE!! That Cypres claim is funny as hell! Actually, the whole damn ad is funny as hell! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilivan 0 #7 August 21, 2002 <<< All the Way Up to 14,000' above sea level >>> How high is Vegas above sea level??"If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bivar 0 #8 August 21, 2002 2174 ft? See this. BI---------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bivar 0 #9 August 21, 2002 The boulder city airport, on which SLV is located, has an elevation of 2201'. Source Looks like a scam to me BI---------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #10 August 21, 2002 Actually... check out the Gravity Zone DZ in Jean NV. Its a cool place from online accounts and they allow fun jumpers there...Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenlightgirl 0 #11 August 21, 2002 I guess my DZ's student rigs with CYPRES was a dream? I could have SWORN we had them. But, if SLV is the ONLY DZ to offer them, I must be mistaken. Geeeeeeeeeeez, what a STUPID ad...for a STUPID website, for an obviously some-what confused DZ.Alisha "Allie" Carsten Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpy 0 #12 August 21, 2002 Quoteand they allow fun jumpers there... Ohh but not for long unless you went through there student program because people who didn't "keep on breaking the rules" lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rachill 0 #13 August 21, 2002 Hey! Who wants to go to SLV!!!! Let's show up and break some rules!!! heeheehee BooYa#1 GR#50 You might be a skydiver if... Your having sex and she whispers in your ear "I've never done this before" and you yell out "Case of Beer" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bivar 0 #14 August 21, 2002 OK, lets kick ass. BI---------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #15 August 21, 2002 Yeah! I wonder what thier reaction would be if about fifty of us showed up and told them we want to take lessons - Oh, and we already have our own gear- Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rachill 0 #16 August 21, 2002 Hell yeah, let's act like whuffos and take their student course. Anyone want to pay for extra altitude to 14000? (that's the funniest thing I've ever heard) BooYa#1 GR#50 You might be a skydiver if... Your having sex and she whispers in your ear "I've never done this before" and you yell out "Case of Beer" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sar911 0 #17 August 21, 2002 Let me see if I understand. If the mission statement of the USPA is Dedicated to Promoting Safe Skydiving and Supporting Those Who Enjoy It”, would this put them in violation of the mission, goals, rules and regulations of our association? Do we want these people representing our membership and our sport to the public? To blindly judge me and every other skydiver is prejudice by any definition. To hold us accountable for others actions clearly shows how incompetent they are. Why is it that the other 190 DZ’s in the USA don’t have this problem? If they speak badly of our members in writing on a public web site, imagine what the say to the people that come there. And to think that only their training and instructors are good enough is about as elitist as you can be. You can bet that I would recommend their DZ to people, NOT. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #18 August 21, 2002 I still don't think it's cool....but...in their defense, I can understand. After the law suit fiasco I would be a little shy about fun jumpers too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #19 August 24, 2002 Maybe this is just me, but this: QuoteFIRST TANDEM SKYDIVE ... No Games, No Gimmicks is in complete contradiction with this: Quote"EXTRA HIGH" FREE-FALL OPTION only $10 per 1,000' optionalA One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #20 August 24, 2002 Last time I checked their web site, they were only allowing fun jumpers that had graduated from their AFF program. Something about all them lawless 1 percenters who would regularly break the rules. I guess paying another $289 again just to watch a coupla AFF instructors Freak might be worth it...I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #21 August 24, 2002 Omg that place is such a fucking joke!! I wonder how many JM's/TM's and camera flyers they go through a season. What kinda rules did the Funjumpers break?I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fasterfaller 0 #22 August 24, 2002 We should go up there and play stupid and take a aff class . After exit break away from the jm and track like a mo fo . That place sucks . Last time I was in Henderson I made a stop there on a saturday and the place was deserted . What happened to the otter they had a long time ago ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #23 August 24, 2002 They have the 182's... (one that crashed) and accourding to posts on Rec. he is getting an otter and wants people to by the 182's before he gets the Otter in... Jean NV is where to go to....Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #24 August 24, 2002 hahah ya i could go up there and pretend like i don't know how to arch and when they keep giving me the thumbs down signal just fucking punch it out and scare them silly LOLI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #25 August 25, 2002 Or shake 'em loose, go into a sit, and leave 'em with thier jaws hanging wide open-! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
