fonz 0 #26 January 22, 2002 QuoteThey don't know beer from skunky pond waterI found that out the hard way No more Miller for me!Alphonshttp://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven/skydive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #27 January 22, 2002 I've learned to enjoy roller coasters even more now that I'm skydiving.Something about relaxing a bit and enjoying the ride makes it so much more enjoyable. LummyP.s. I think you have to pay duties for alcohol.Oh and Budweiser is actually a better beer over there :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #28 January 22, 2002 I went to an amusement park for the first time since I began skydiving over winter break. I had an awesome time on the rollercoasters (but it may be due to all the free beer I drank Busch Gardens...) It also helped that there were no lines, and I got in for free. My opinion's biased, but I still love rollercoasters just the same! I can't wait to go to Cedar Point this semester!!!!!!"You laugh at me because I am different, and I just laugh at you." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #29 January 22, 2002 QuoteI can't wait to go to Cedar Point this semesterOh man I'm jealous. Cedar Point is the coaster park to end all coaster parks. Have fun!"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 0 #30 January 22, 2002 To be honest I don't like rollercoasters for a few reasons:Firstly, being and engineer by trade I understand how they are designed, built and the sorts of loading they are put under and that everything is predictable.Secondly I realise that they are maintained under very strict budgets and corners can be cut (some of the work I have seen on them is scary), the sort of corners that no skydiver would ever allow for his/her rig.Thirdly, I know whats going to happen next.Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #31 January 22, 2002 QuoteThirdly, I know whats going to happen nextWhat about skydiving? Let's see, plane ride, door opens, you jump and do a few things and pull. Then you land, pack your rig, plane ride...I mean, nothing too unordinary is going to happen. You're not going to fall up... Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bill2 0 #32 January 22, 2002 I did several bungee jumps about 10 years ago, and was no where near as nervous doing them as when I did my AFF L1. The jumpmaster was talking to me on the way in the plane, and I could barely talk to him. The bungee jumping required no skill; we had about 10 minutes of instruction. I was the first to go in my group, and just climbed over the railing of the bridge, looked down, and dove. It was fun but didn't even compare to skydiving. We were doing back when it was illegal, and were jumping in the Sierra Nevada mtns near Angels Camp. The guys organizing the jump had people with walkie talkies at each end of the canyon so the police couldn't nail us. It added to the fun a little. Later on we were going to bungee jump the Golden Gate bridge, but the FBI went after the guys organizing it, so that never came about. I haven't gone on a roller coaster since I started skydiving, but I doubt it will be as much fun as jumping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiventom 0 #33 January 22, 2002 I don't like them... I don't like to be scared like that... Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 0 #34 January 22, 2002 lol I should have watched for that one!!!!!Roller coasters are just so controlled, you can normally see where your going, like riding a bike on the same streach of road 100 times.Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #35 January 22, 2002 A while back, Six Flags Over Texas took the Judge Roy Scream (one of their first coasters) and put the trains on backwards for a summer. That was cool, totally felt like a different roller coaster.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 0 #36 January 22, 2002 Sound goodWe used to have a small ride that came round as part of a traveling fun fair called the bomber, kinda hard to describe but was scary as shit. Worst when a car came off and killed the 2 people inside.Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #37 January 22, 2002 Six Flags Over Texas has a really good track record, from what I understand, except for a freak accident with the Roaring Rapids (the water rapid ride that EVERY theme park has with the big round boats...). Where it had the wrong wing loading and hooked in. (It was loaded too heavy on one side and flipped over). Other then that, I *think* they've been really safe. They have a couple newer rides (The Titan for instance) that are really intense. One of the Batman rides fires you electromatically from 0-70mph in something like 2 seconds. Wild, fast ride. Very cool. Similar to the acceleration that I feel if I go from belly to sit to stand real fast. They don't even let people wear earrings or sun glasses on it.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 0 #38 January 22, 2002 Did a good water slide the Sun City it was like vertical for about 80 foot (slide of death or some predictable name like that), I know that nothing like skydiving but your only wearing a pair of shorts!!!!Not noticed it myself but apparently rides are different at the end of that day to the beginning and the wheels start to soften up a bit.Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #39 January 22, 2002 From experience I know that the Texas Giant gets faster and more violent as the day goes and the wood flexes/gets warmed up.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bill2 0 #40 January 22, 2002 The folks who organized our bungee jumping were 2 brothers who did the Rebock commercials involving bungee jumping (if you can remember back that far), wanted to break the world distance record for bungee jumping which at that time was held by some people in Oxford, UK. The 2 brothers took a hot air balloon up to about 5000 feet, each of them attached their feet to a 500' bungee cord and jumped off of the balloon. They fell approximately 1000' (the bungee cord stretches to twice its length). After the bouncing up and down stopped, they then cut the cords and skydived for a very short bit, and then pulled and rode their chutes in. Now that would be an adrenaline rush. I think this whole thing was written up in Sports Illustrated in '92 or so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #41 January 22, 2002 Roller coasters don't do anything for me. I took my son to Six Flags last summer. He was having a blast so I enjoyed seeing that but personally they don't do much for me. I was pissed that the 200 FT "Base jump simulator" was not running that day! I might have liked that a bit more."I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazerq3 0 #42 January 23, 2002 Rollercoasters although still fun dont produce any hyphed up adreniline for me anymore now on the other hand I was up in the mountains and standing on the edge of a (approx) 300-400 ft cliff, and got all kinds of nervous to think that there are people that would jump off this f%cker!!!!!!! I always said I'd like to try BASE, but after being right there n the edge and looking down....................I got a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGGGG way to go before I may consider that!!!!!!!I have bungied before and that was scary but I think jumping off that edge would be scarier!!!!jason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brokeneagle 0 #43 January 23, 2002 love 'em! Like to ride 'em all with my feet locked under the seat and my hands up in the air... in the front, back, middle, doesn't matter, wooden ones are terriific, also like clean upside-down loops and stand-up type; the sideways loop thang messes with my inner ear...Brokeneagle. I'm really very gentle, no matter what my kung-fu teacher says... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #44 January 23, 2002 "with my feet locked under the seat"Keeping them from getting broken? "I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brokeneagle 0 #45 January 23, 2002 yup, protectin' them thangs! I'm really very gentle, no matter what my kung-fu teacher says... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #46 January 23, 2002 "yup, protectin' them thangs"You really need to stop hurting yourself. You'll get a lot more jumps in..."I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #47 January 23, 2002 I still enjoy roller coasters. No, not as much adrenaline as skydiving, but I swear, nothing can ever beat The Beast!The Beast is the best roller coaster ever designed. 4 and a half minutes of pure wooden roller coaster hell! Better than most of the new ones they're building!C'mon, those of you in and around Ohio who have been to Kings Island know what I'm talking about! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #48 January 23, 2002 >And as for bungee jumping: never tried, but sure want to. >Anybody know of a good place to jump in or near Holland?Fonzy, just check behind Amsterdam Central station there is a permanent bungy-setup.Been there with a few buddies of mine who did a jump together (I was broke..as usual..only filmed them)Read somewhere that (I believe) Joe Jennings did a couple of bungy jumps to train for his first base-jump.Sounds like a great way to practice Base-exits (if you wanted to, not for me though..I'll just stick to 'normal' jumping :-)Cya,JC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonz 0 #49 January 23, 2002 QuoteI think you have to pay duties for alcoholI suppose that's ok (within boundaries of course). My main concern is that the beer isn't confiscated. That would be too much a waste!Alphonshttp://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven/skydive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #50 January 23, 2002 QuoteMy main concern is that the beer isn't confiscated. That would be too much a waste!I'm sure the customs officer wouldn't consider it wasted. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
