redrocka528 0 #1 March 14, 2002 I'm going to be in Thailand for awhile next spring and I'm having trouble finding DZ's any closer than singapore. Does anybody have any ideas? If I hang out at the airport with my rig on and 10 bucks in my hand will that do me any good? what about exceptionally tall trees? There's no way I'm going 3-4 months without jumping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #2 March 14, 2002 into air above 13,000 feet i would hope. I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cam 0 #3 March 14, 2002 ya poor poor guy. or izit girl? u'll wait a looong time in the airport...situation in thailand is very intermittent. u'd survive if there really was a dz in s'pore (2 1/2 hrs flight) but there isn't... a few upcoming events in Malaysia tho. and in Indonesia if u get the right weekend - need to make sure the place is goin to function. email me at sabre150uk@yahoo.co.uk if you wan more infosee ya Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grosfion 0 #4 March 14, 2002 I'm also in Singapore, do you know anything I don't know cam???Malaysia sucks....A few friends and me try to get some skydivers together to organise a jumping weekend in Jkt....blues Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #5 March 14, 2002 Malaysia sucks???????I just sepnt 2 weeks in Malaysian Borneo at the ESA Boogie. We were jumping at the Internationa airport.We were landing next to the runway.They were stoping the air traffic for us.I have BASE friends / aquaintances who have dinners with the KL mayor (while being on parole in the US).BASE jumps organised to open a new government building.BASE jumps organised from the KL tower and Petronas Towers.If you want my take on it, its not Malaysia that sucks, its the lack of DZ..... If someone put their heads together and started a good, small DZ there, (especially with the AFF grads that came out of ther 2 last Borneo Boogies), It my just work... The country seams to love skydivers and BASE jumpers.RemsterMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grosfion 0 #6 March 14, 2002 I think we are talking here about regular skydiving schedules and not from Boogies organised for rich European and American tourists... If I'm going 2 weeks jumping I'll do about 80 - 100 jumps and pay much less in the US....Malaysia is only on certain days Disneyland for skydivers for all the jumpers stuck in South East Asia it SUCKS!!!!!!!cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grosfion 0 #7 March 14, 2002 btw: was it true that there was no jumping on the weekend????Your suggestion to set up a dz in Malaysia sounds so simple and I know a few guys who tried it.....BUT WE HAVE A WINDTUNNEL NOW!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #8 March 14, 2002 We had days off tyo explore, and to be honest I dont know if they fell on the weekends.... I know we jumped on one Sunday...And you know what: there were non-rich tourists there (rich by Malaysian standard, yes, but not by Western standards). The AFF grads were mostly malaysians, and my bet is that they were themsleves very well off, of sons/daughter of very well off people. Pick up BASE jumping.. then you dont need a DZ.... My point was, the contry is extremely opened to skydiving/BASE. But its not up to the contry to have DZs... its up to jumpers to establish them.... If only I had money and all the ratings.. lolRemsterMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grosfion 0 #9 March 14, 2002 It is totally up to THIS country to have dropzones: if you have regulations that you can only jump up to 8.000ft and you don't have the support from the army you are not happy if someone tells you that you have to learn BASE jumping. We are not talking about the Disneyland days here. I checked out the prices (don't tell me this was a "cheap boogie" and to be honest I don't like the advert like: during you are lying in the sun or explore the beautiful island your packer is packing for the next jump!!! Why do you think not many freeflyers were there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #10 March 14, 2002 QuoteWhy do you think not many freeflyers were there?RW jumpers are rich? news to me..... glad to be one then! lol... I agree with you on one thing, Never said it was a cheap boogie (you read my review, right?). But I still think that at £1,300 for 2 weeks, b/fast, lunch, 5 start hotel, 2 parties, flights, 17 jumps included, its not a bad deal (maybe I've been living in the UK for too long and I've lost track of what is a good deal... lol). If your scapping-by to live, yea, its expensice. But if you can save the money and make 1 nice trip a year... There were jumpers there that, by no means, are anywhere close to rich in North American standards. They saved their money to go. The jumps tickets were $25 (or £19) to 15,500 feet from a herc C-130. In the UK, we pay about £17 or 18 per jump from 12,000. I'd say its comparable, if not a better dea, never mind the fact it was a herc.... and for the packers: they mostly packed the AFF and video rigs.. even the big time LOs and us runts packed ourselves (I guess us old timers dont mind it)Alsom ESA boogies are not the place to go and pound 100 jumps in 2 weeks. Never said it was. bu then again, there arent that many DZs in the world with enough planes to ensure that level of jumping. Perris, Eloy, Deland, the City, Lapalisse, Empuria, etc.... but its easy to forget that big busy DZs are not the norm (even in the US). Raise your hand if you spent some of you jumping carrer jumping at a Cesna DZ? [raises his hand]And,Quoteif you have regulations that you can only jump up to 8.000ft You know what, If I lived in malaysia, and all I could get is 8,000 feet from a 182, I'd jump.... who's the spoiled one? Quotet is totally up to THIS country to have dropzones: I'm not sure I understand your statement. If you mean its up to [insert Malaysia, Tailand's goverement name here] to set up DZs... good luck. It HAS to be done from the ground up. It has to be an entrepreneur who starts it. Yes, In SE Asia and developing economies, you'd probably need to pull strings in the governemnt and have good allies to make it easier. And even then, It wouldnt be easy. hell, its not easy to keep DZs running in the rest of the world either! I'm sure the local AFF grads from the Borneo Boogie dont come from the bottom of the economic ladder, they must have daddies and mummies who have an ear at some level of the government...Sorry to go for a rant, but it really bugs me when people say its up to the government to do things like this.....RemsterMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
