SivaGanesha 2 #26 February 6, 2015 Back in the day, at my first DZ in Canada, I was considered the coolest of dudes, and was known as the 'Iceman'."It's hard to have fun at 4-way unless your whole team gets down to the ground safely to do it again!"--Northern California Skydiving League re USPA Safety Day, March 8, 2014 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 851 #27 February 6, 2015 I've always thought if a person has to claim publicly they are "cool", in all likelihood, they aren't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazmoDee 3 #28 February 6, 2015 One evening after jumping concluded at Zhills, Mark was conned into doing an "Atomic sit up". After a nose full of asshole and balls on his chin, he was known as "Ballsack". Until he later tried to start a borrowed dirt bike from the wrong side. He either bent the hell out of the shifter, or broke it clean off. Can't remember. He's called "Kickstart" now... I'm behind the bar at Sloppy Joe's....See ya in the Keys! Muff 4313 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PixieUK 0 #29 February 6, 2015 One girl got a bit enthusiastic about getting into place in the doorway and managed to knock her teamie (who was outside) off the plane entirely. When the group got down, the girl who was knocked off the plane complained that her team-mate had barged her out of the way, though the perpertrator protested her innocence. The whole thing was caught on video and was pretty clear-cut so after that the she was known as "Barge" A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygypsie 2 #30 February 6, 2015 Some good friends renamed: "Johnny Longspot", "JazzHands", "Cutaway Joe" & "Too Low"...all good guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #31 February 6, 2015 A friend of mine is still known to us as "nine five"... after the height she pulled on AFF level 1.-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #32 February 6, 2015 after walking out to the boarding area with with his cutaway cable mis-routed a jumper came to be know as "2 ring"You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 851 #33 February 6, 2015 Remember Michelle giving Joe Dimaio the nickname Britney? Because every time that sum bitch jumped with us, after landing he'd always say "Oops, I did it again!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithbar 1 #34 February 6, 2015 there was a guy at Bardstown Kentucky who was nicknamed either danger Dan or dangerous Dan . I never heard the backstory on that but then one of the hog roast boogies he flew in on his ultralight. and landed on the width of the runway. coming over the top of one tree roll to a stop just short of the tree line. I was like oh now I get it i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #35 February 6, 2015 I have a Vomito at the DZscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BleuCiel 0 #36 February 6, 2015 "Scary Gary" Because he was. He kept screwing up, wouldn't stick to the dive plan, couldn't be trusted to do the right thing... Fortunately, he only lasted about a year before disappearing from the sport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #37 February 6, 2015 We had a Moo Ray for a while after he landed in the cow field nearby. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 150 #38 February 7, 2015 Golo. Cannonball. Peterpowerpole. Kornkob. Barrybattlestar. Beverlybreakaway. Tommytwochutes. SFB (shitforbrains). Ronnieracer. Also PAWA our pilot. (Piss, (beer) Aeroplanes, Women, Alriiggghhhtt,). In truth he was a one beer wonder..... Prolly another 20 or 30 I can't remember right now.....My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygypsie 2 #39 February 7, 2015 Bad Andy and Punk. Hey, I know these guys...friends of ours, too Tell them both hello...no doubt you will see them before we will, since we moved up & over the other side of the state ! Also, an honorable mention to the "Tomahawk Tornado" ~BSBD~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #40 February 7, 2015 "Mark the Narc" "Crazy Ed" (there are many Crazy Ed's in the world. "Ganja" (because his last name was Weed) "Maplehart," or "Dougie Maplehart" (neither was related to his real name) "Wragg" because when your last name is "Wragg" you have an automatic skydiving nickname "Pilot Error" for one of our pilots Four of the six above are dead. Maybe we should avoid nicknames. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BleuCiel 0 #41 February 7, 2015 obelixtim Golo. Cannonball. Peterpowerpole. Kornkob. Barrybattlestar. Beverlybreakaway. Tommytwochutes. SFB (shitforbrains). Ronnieracer. Need the back-story behind "Korncob". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BleuCiel 0 #42 February 7, 2015 darkwing"Mark the Narc" "Crazy Ed" (there are many Crazy Ed's in the world. "Ganja" (because his last name was Weed) "Maplehart," or "Dougie Maplehart" (neither was related to his real name) "Wragg" because when your last name is "Wragg" you have an automatic skydiving nickname Need the back-story behind "Mapleheart". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 150 #43 February 7, 2015 Landed off the DZ, took a detour through a field of corn, grabbed a couple of cobs for lunch, a cop came along and charged him with theft. His wife absolutely hates the nickname, but most jumpers don't know him by any other name....he's had it for 40 years....My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FastRodriguez 0 #44 February 7, 2015 They call me birdshit... Took a nap at the wrong spot. Woke up covered in pigeon crap. Shit DOES happen :("I don´t stop when I am tired. I stop when I am done" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #45 February 7, 2015 FastRodriguez They call me birdshit... Took a nap at the wrong spot. Woke up covered in pigeon crap. Shit DOES happen :( "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xsniper 1 #46 February 7, 2015 Stable (cause he wasn't) Sugar Britches Axel Bookworm Comet (as he passed the formation) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BleuCiel 0 #47 February 8, 2015 xsniperStable (cause he wasn't) Sugar Britches Axel Bookworm Comet (as he passed the formation) All right, ladies and gentlemen. Some of these nicknames are obvious and require no further explanation. But others like "Axel" and "Bookworm" do not seem to have any relationship to skydiving. Those kind require that you provide the story behind them, so that we can understand and be entertained. Thank you. Oh, and about "Sugar Britches": because they were sweet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackwallace 3 #48 February 8, 2015 Student in Deland hung his main on the ""wind sock". By the time he went on the next load they had changed his name in manifest. When he went back up to new england area the name was waiting for him. FUBAR Notso and Notto the Bright brothers: Herd membersU only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,249 #49 February 8, 2015 "Dances with Drogues" "Thud" and a pilot named "Door" because he was so good that's all anyone ever had to say to him.Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithbar 1 #50 February 8, 2015 xsniper Stable (cause he wasn't) Sugar Britches Axel Bookworm Comet (as he passed the formation) I want to jump with cometi have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
