justinb138 0 #76 January 19, 2005 Hmm. Roomate did a tandem with a friend for his b-day. Showed me the video. It seemed like fun, so I went and did a tandem jump. Had to go back the next week and do it again.... 15 jumps, a little bit of beer, and a few thousand dollars later..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #77 January 19, 2005 QuoteQuotemaybe its because they spend all their money on lift tickets they can't afford the drugs Ha ha ha ha ha . Right. That must be the case . Almost. It's replacing one addiction with another. I have a friend who was doing herion until she did her first skydive and thought: "what the fuck am i spending money on that for when i can spend it on this!" Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colossus 0 #78 January 19, 2005 How did I get into Skydiving? Well... I always wanted to go, and it was right before my wedding... and I was talking with a few of my friends, and my fiance. She was going to have a 'girly' day, and well... I wanted to do something different. One of the guys, being a shit, said why don't you just jump out of an airplane... it's just like getting married... you can only go down! I thought it would be a great opportunity to put him in his place and we went. The fiance said that she would let me do it then only because she could live with becoming a spinstress, but never a widow. Being macho, my friend decided to jump as well... and... well... he did it, but was scared shitless afterwards... Me... I was hooked. As for my wife... she has been reluctant... but has accepted that it is something that drives me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxx 1 #79 January 19, 2005 I always dreamed being able to fly since I was a little child. And then I wanted to make my dream come true. That's it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kimblair13 0 #80 January 19, 2005 On the way home from a softball game some friends and I were just talking about random things and one of my more retarded ones blurted out..."let's go skydiving!"...so we did. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #81 January 21, 2005 had just come back from thailand when i was watching the 6'oclock news. On it there was an article about this dz that was offering a diploma in commercial skydiving, this meant the government would give student loans for you to do AFF and a total of 200 skydives in 8 months. With out ever doing one, i knew for years that i wanted to get into skydiving. I phoned the news station 2 weeks later and got put through to the camera man where he gave me the name of the school. The school came up to my city and interviewed me....i was like laughing through the whole interview that the govt was going to pay for me to do 200 skydives. The people accepted me and the course started 2 months later, i packed my car the next day and drove 500 miles and sat on the dz every day watching while waiting for the course to start. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reddevil1 0 #82 January 21, 2005 To piss my parent,s off. The point of no return what a rush. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiD_PL8 0 #83 January 21, 2005 I was learning to bowl and I got this speech... "bowling is not for everyone, maybe you should try skydiving." Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #84 January 21, 2005 QuoteI was learning to bowl and I got this speech... "bowling is not for everyone, maybe you should try skydiving." BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That's funny! I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skykittykat 0 #85 January 22, 2005 I was made to do a tandem jump by an old boss of mine in NZ along with peer pressure from my brother and a few friends. To cut a long story short, the thought of jumping out of a plane was the worst possible thing in the world I could do, so I did the whole British stiff upper lip thing, while saying to myself that it was only 45 seconds of my life... I loved it. My brother, who really wanted to do it, hated it. Did another tandem and then 5 years later when I had money, time, etc, I did my AFF and haven't looked back since! Liz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beezyshaw 0 #86 January 23, 2005 Me and George Galloway were flying in a little Cessna 150 one afternoon. We had both recently gotten our private pilot licenses. Had it backed off in slow flight with the windows open, and we both just looked at each other with the same thought, "wow, would it be cool to just jump out like on the old Ripcord TV show?" So, we did a little bit of homework and found a skydiving club right in our hometown. We were invited to this guys house for the monthly meeting to see if we wanted to come to the dz that weekend and make a static line jump. All the guys were pretty straight looking, kinda "ex-military" types, but they were talking about this demo they were planning for some little league tournament. Not having any clue what they were talking about, one guy says "and don't forget we need 15 bucks for smoke." We both looked at each other in total shock...this skydiving club pays for weed out of the club treasury! Holy shit, we're in! (yes, a bag of weed really did only cost $15 in 1972, kiddies) But these guys didn't look like "heads" at all! Oh, well, if they're crazy enough to jump out of airplanes for fun, and the club buys the weed, who cares if they look straight! Of course later we found out they were talking about smoke grenades for the demo! That was almost 33 years ago, but it's still funny to remember that night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skykittykat 0 #87 January 24, 2005 That is a great story. No offence, but I love hearing all the old stories about skydiving and the lives that the skydivers were leading during the 70's and 80's. There are some pretty amazing people/stories out there. Liz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #88 January 24, 2005 Never had a choice My mother made about 20 jumps when she was pregnant with me. Its in my blood Got to love it!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #89 October 20, 2010 Quote Never had a choiceMy mother made about 20 jumps when she was pregnant with me. Its in my bloodGot to love it!! Umbilical cord was a static line huh?! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #90 October 20, 2010 Ironically, my first 3 static line jumps I went into the fetal position! I mentioned that to someone before and they replied, "well, thats all you knew" LOL Damn this is an old post! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #91 October 20, 2010 Quote Ironically, my first 3 static line jumps I went into the fetal position! I mentioned that to someone before and they replied, "well, thats all you knew" LOL Damn this is an old post! OLD... is a relative term! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeyo 1 #92 October 20, 2010 I won a free tandem jump on a radio contest. One of those "Third caller gets a cool price" kinda contest. I had the certificate on my drawer for 11 months and it was about expire in a week. So I went and make the jump, and when we landed I signed up for AFF and next week I was jumping. Thats how I got in to this fun addiction. HISPA #93 DS #419.5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluetwo 0 #93 October 20, 2010 My girlfriend told me we needed to go because she hadn't been in a while so I was like cool, whatever. I had no intention of doing it again any time soon but I was immediately hooked after one jump and when I found out I could do the student program that was all she wrote._______________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doughboyshred 0 #94 October 20, 2010 jumped the strat tower in vegas and knew that I had to get in to base jumping. I knew skydiving was the path to base jumping, and so here I am. 16 jumps in, and always looking forward to the next. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sangi 0 #95 October 20, 2010 I started dreaming of skydiving (as in my sleep), falling through the sky with that gut feeling all the way.. After I had quite a few of those dreams I decided maybe I should try the real thing and looked up for a local DZ through the net.. Called them, booked a tandem, got hooked, started AFF a week later and the rest is history... "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #96 October 20, 2010 ...I just kinda fell into it! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #97 October 20, 2010 On a dare in high school. Turned out I liked it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #98 October 20, 2010 Quote Quote Never had a choiceMy mother made about 20 jumps when she was pregnant with me. Its in my bloodGot to love it!! Umbilical cord was a static line huh?! LOL, for her baby shower my wife got a log book, with all 138 jumps logged in it that she made while pregnant to give our son , for when he starts jumping.... He made his first kick while were were climbing out of the DC3 at Perris... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #99 October 20, 2010 Quote On a dare in high school. Turned out I liked it. Gee...same way I got hooked on redheads! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vskydiver 0 #100 October 21, 2010 Quote On a dare in high school. Turned out I liked it. On a dare in high school. Turned out I like the instructor! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
