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I played ultimate but gave that up for a girlfriend after she left I found skydiving and I usually can't think of anything else I'd rather do. Unless you consider sex a sport
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So what am I, the only person here who's just a couch potato that likes to jump out of planes?
Skydiver 1: "Last weekend I hit Aspen, did some slopes".
Skydiver 2: "Yeah, I did some mountain climbing, what about you Mark?"
Me: "uh, got in a few hours of Counterstrike...."
Skydiver 1: "Last weekend I hit Aspen, did some slopes".
Skydiver 2: "Yeah, I did some mountain climbing, what about you Mark?"
Me: "uh, got in a few hours of Counterstrike...."
QuoteMe: "uh, got in a few hours of Counterstrike...."
"I sat on the computer chatting to other skydivers I've never even met before..."
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."
"I sat on the computer chatting to other skydivers I've never even met before..."
Amen! And got paid good hourly wages to do it, too!
A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
I have ridden motorcycles since I was six years old. I raced motocross for two years, then later in life raced a an ATC 250R ATV. I was riding skateboards as soon as urethane wheels were invented and rode on three sponsored teams when in junior high and high school. I surf with some degree of expertise and have a 6'4" Charlie Baldwin thruster (comp weight) in my toy room. Also in that toy room are my Gnu Pharoah snowboard which I rip on, my H.O. VTX slalom with double high-wraps which I competed for some time on, and my Hyperlite Dean Lavelle signature wakeboard that I can throw three different flips on. I have a 96 Sea Doo XP with a Solas prop and an R&D scoop grate and ride plate. It's fast enough to barefoot behind (with my masterline toe-handle) while wearing my SkiWarm Violator barefoot suit. I can do flips, one-foot toe-holds, and tumble turn my ass off; not to mention the jump starts off 20 foot tall boat docks.
Bottom line is that I have always been into serious "type A" recreation and have always pushed the limits in each and every one of the sports I have chose to commit to. I don't half ass anything; never have. My only regret is that I don't have enough free time to give to each and every one of these fantastically fun endeavours. It is because of these other things that it took me 21 and a half years to reach 3000 skydives. I really wanted to try EVERYTHING and get good at each of them while I was young and fit. I don't regret any of it for a second, as I am still, as a 38 year old man, able to get out when I can and throw down some mad tricks in those other things I learned during my breaks from skydiving. Sure, I don't have the stamina I did when I was in peak form for whatever it was I was doing, but I CAN still do all the "tricks" given a short warm-up.
I guess the difference there, if there is one
, is that I did indeed take the proper time to learn the right way to do things. I just didn't strap on a snowboard and go huck off jump and try to do a flip. I knew that was a quick way to break my neck. Likewise, it is very stupid to think you are going to be able to get away with swooping a VX right off of student status. There is a serious "I want it now" mentality in skydiving; this is evident. People are led to believe that for the right price, time in sport means nothing. "Gimme a dollar and I'll make you holler!" Just try that in surfing and see what happens. Show up at some pristine break in your smacky-booty wetsuit and your new stick and just TRY to break into the lineup. You will more than likely get run over, beat up, or both. Until you have the required skill set and have established yourself with the locals, you are fucked; at least at popular breaks.
Sorry for rambling, but I had a lot to say.
Chuck
Bottom line is that I have always been into serious "type A" recreation and have always pushed the limits in each and every one of the sports I have chose to commit to. I don't half ass anything; never have. My only regret is that I don't have enough free time to give to each and every one of these fantastically fun endeavours. It is because of these other things that it took me 21 and a half years to reach 3000 skydives. I really wanted to try EVERYTHING and get good at each of them while I was young and fit. I don't regret any of it for a second, as I am still, as a 38 year old man, able to get out when I can and throw down some mad tricks in those other things I learned during my breaks from skydiving. Sure, I don't have the stamina I did when I was in peak form for whatever it was I was doing, but I CAN still do all the "tricks" given a short warm-up.
I guess the difference there, if there is one
, is that I did indeed take the proper time to learn the right way to do things. I just didn't strap on a snowboard and go huck off jump and try to do a flip. I knew that was a quick way to break my neck. Likewise, it is very stupid to think you are going to be able to get away with swooping a VX right off of student status. There is a serious "I want it now" mentality in skydiving; this is evident. People are led to believe that for the right price, time in sport means nothing. "Gimme a dollar and I'll make you holler!" Just try that in surfing and see what happens. Show up at some pristine break in your smacky-booty wetsuit and your new stick and just TRY to break into the lineup. You will more than likely get run over, beat up, or both. Until you have the required skill set and have established yourself with the locals, you are fucked; at least at popular breaks.
Sorry for rambling, but I had a lot to say.
Chuck
My favorite kind of skiing!
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