Whats your reason????

[swoopfly 7]

hey

after a few discussions people have made many points and a good one was about being a skydiver and after you accept the risk for the reward to make that jump, you could be considered a skydiver...well after everyone here has decided and made the choice to be a skydiver,...what is your reasoning for doing so??? What makes everyone here want to jump and take that risk,??? what are the rewards for you??

mine personally is because of the dream of human flight, and how i can accomplish that dream through skydiving. im also curious to hear maybe different responses to why you jump??

[birdshit 0]

Cause its fun

[spindlee 0]

I love it so much, being able to be free in the air with my friends for 60 seconds and in those 60 seconds nothing else matters. I love the feeling afterwards, the huge grin I have under canopy, even when I screw up a coach jump I still just laugh and smile about it.

To me, skydiving is the ultimate sport and quite frankly everything else seems boring
(apart from sex)

If in doubt, whip it out...

[elias123 0]

It's a great deal of fun, it's beautiful, it makes me happy, and I love the free beer!

"In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

[muff528 3]

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Cause its fun

BINGO!!

[Harmless 0]

I have two motivations in life; to have fun, work so I can have more fun...

"Damn you Gravity, you win again"

[lippy 918]

I just do it to get laid. I've been jumping for almost 10 years and it's gonna happen soon, I can feel it!

I got nuthin

[Will_Evo 0]

Because in the air, I dont even know my name.

Zoo Crew

[champu 1]

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What makes everyone here want to jump and take that risk,???

Risk? What risk? I have a Cypres.

[airtwardo 7]

I'm laundering money for the mob.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[pirana 0]

It beats working for a living.

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

[keithbar 1]

I always say " it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on". I have heard a few guys drunk around the bonfire say it's better than sex but i always come back with " dude YOU ain't doing it right"!

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 .

[SkyjunkySean 0]

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I always say " it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on". I have heard a few guys drunk around the bonfire say it's better than sex but i always come back with " dude YOU ain't doing it right"!

There is nothing better than sex after skydiving....unless it's sex before skydiving

[spindlee 0]

Sex whilst skydiving

If in doubt, whip it out...

[virgin-burner 1]

sex is overrated!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[feuergnom 29]

ohhhhhhhhh - poor boy

The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle

dudeist skydiver # 666

[kimemerson 7]

I want to bring peace, prosperity and happiness to all humanity. But I'm a practical sort of guy and I know such altruistic pursuits can take a while. So in the mean time I'm involved in the unfettered hedonistic phase of the overall plan. Just taking the baby steps toward world salvation.

[kallend 2,105]

To annoy the neighbors.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[quade 4]

It's a very pure and zen-like experience.

Generally speaking, at the moment you're actually doing it, nothing else matters. As a matter of fact, there are moments in skydiving where that is not just philosophically true, but actually the truest thing that can be said about the sport.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[dancy 0]

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... why you jump??

Because I just can't stop doing it.

[chuckbrown 0]

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I love it so much, being able to be free in the air with my friends for 5 MINUTES and in those 5 MINUTES nothing else matters.

There. Fixed it.

[countzero 7]

it's so fun, it's challenging, it makes my soul sing in a way that nothing else can. plus i get to wear (to quote bliiy joel) "a bright orange pair of pants"

diamonds are a dawgs best friend

[d123 3]

Skydiving, for me, is immersing and discovering in a honest new world, to which I connect in different way that this one and I share this new world with friends and a friend is not someone who flies well in sit but someone who knows why s-he's there, just like me. ... and I can go a lot more into the details of this world
"Fun" as a word doesn't communicate nothing at all. The details of an experience and what they mean to you makes fun believable when using it in a sentence.

I really like some of the answers especially the one about forgetting your name!
Have a good ride,
Jean-Arthur Deda.

Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

[Tolgak 0]

To have a day of relaxation, that's why.

The week is hectic. I'm running around getting my heart-rate up with exercise, doing a bunch of school work and flight training, and worrying about my future.

All my negative emotions leave me when I leave the plane.

Plus, with a 0% success rate in getting sex, I don't know any better

Dropzones are terrible places for inspiration. What does one think when one looks up for a sign only to see a bunch of people falling?

[MarkM 0]

Keeps me from sitting inside playing World of Warcraft all the damn time.