denete 3 #101 January 1, 2008 39...and I'm still 39.SCR #14809 "our attitude is the thing most capable of keeping us safe" (look, grab, look, grab, peel, punch, punch, arch) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
auburnguy 0 #102 January 1, 2008 20... im still 20 but almost 21 HIGH FIVE!"If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way." - Homer Simpson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicolai 0 #103 January 1, 2008 first jump I was 17.. 68 jumps later and I am 19This is an awesome sport.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gibbbo111 0 #104 January 1, 2008 went 4 a tandem with my son for his 20thbirthday. Scared as all the way out to the dz, had second thoughts but went ahead with it. loved it , went back 2 weeks later for another tandem just to make sure did aff 2 weeks after that . Was nearly 50 then now 53 done 150 jumps but still having trouble flying ,so not sure if i'm going to stay with it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavi_omen 0 #105 January 1, 2008 As soon as I could legally skydive here in Wisconsin, I did. Turned 18 (July 4th) and signed up for the next static line class. I have 68 jumps right now, but it hasn't been jumpable here for a month and a half. Otherwise I'd have upwards of 100 right now.There's no such thing as free will; everything is dictated by the Uncertainty Principle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebusto 0 #106 January 4, 2008 Do you have fun? That is what is important. Quote... but still having trouble flying ,so not sure if i'm going to stay with it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazmoDee 3 #107 January 4, 2008 40th birthday.....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
377 22 #108 January 6, 2008 I made my first jump at Livermore CA (Cal Club DZ) at age 18, in 1968. I had been waiting impatiently for five years. I first saw jumping at Calistoga DZ when I was about 13. I HAD to do it ever since seeing those Calistoga skydivers. I was at such an impressionable age. My parents and siblings only wanted to stay to watch one load but I begged them to wait and we stayed for hours. I just thought it was the coolest thing in the entire universe. The jumpers were really nice to me, let me handle some gear, answered a million whuffo kid questions, and earnestly encouraged me to jump with them when I turned 18. I counted the days. I am 58 now and still jump. It is no longer the coolest thing in the entire universe but still damned close. I am really lucky to have jumped in the 60s. It was a different world back then. Many things are better now, like the gear, but there was a non commercial anti authoritarian rebel spirit back then that was unique and I miss it.2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joea 0 #109 January 7, 2008 38... two months before my 39th birthday.. which was last December. What the hell am I going to do for my 40th?!It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. - Clarence Worley from "True Romance" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonka 2 #110 January 8, 2008 Tandems at 14 and sixteen. AFF at 18. Am 19 now and jumpin a ton! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GLIDEANGLE 1 #111 January 8, 2008 Started jumping at age 50. My tandem first jump was a 50th birthday gift to myself. I had wanted to jump since my teens... but life got in the way. My son is off to college so... now I jump. Now age 51.The choices we make have consequences, for us & for others! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #112 January 8, 2008 Oh, cool. Finally someone at least starting in the same decade as my starting age. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wburch16 0 #113 January 8, 2008 started at 16 and still going at west tennessee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #114 January 9, 2008 Quote It was a different world back then. Many things are better now, like the gear, but there was a non commercial anti authoritarian rebel spirit back then that was uniqueand I miss it. I knew it.... I just knew it, that I was born in the wrong year! YEP YEP, I should have been a WWII baby! Hats off to ya Sir! It was 1330hrs 05JULY1997 SL in Rantoul, Illinois made 33 jumps/landings through 08JULY1999 then it HIT me that I have a few "little" responsibilities that need to be "taken care of" so I sat out til 31JULY2004 to get current for the WFFC (i snuck in) Money was never an object, i was self employed, there was plenty, but while I was making all that money, that left me with NO Time! I equaled all of my first 9yrs of jumps together last year! My kid started last year SEPTEMBER, and we hope nah... we WILL be flying together by early summer this year!Screw the money, screw the time.... I cant take either with me so I am going to use them both from here on out on more concerts(Ellie), when She gets her A~lic then I told her that I would spring for her USPA LIFE dues, more shopping for shoes/clothes (Molly~She is SO materiallistic...) and MORE freakin jumps (ME).... "Life IS beautiful"....:DD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigfall 0 #115 January 9, 2008 I started to jump when I was 39 and had a bad skydiving accident at age 41 but am hopeful that this spring will bring my next jump and I can rejoin my skydiving friends in the blue skys again!!STEP OUT AND FEEL THE RUSH!!!! LATER SKYBOMB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #116 January 9, 2008 Quote I started to jump when I was 39 and had a bad skydiving accident at age 41 but am hopeful that this spring will bring my next jump and I can rejoin my skydiving friends in the blue skys again!! "shake it off"....old man!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhys 0 #117 January 9, 2008 27 now i'm 33"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mia_s 0 #118 January 9, 2008 Tandems at 15 & 16 Had my A licence at 16 I'm 18 now, and have done app.300+ jumps =) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikki_ZH 0 #119 January 9, 2008 Tandem with 20 Static Line course with 26 (only 16 jumps) AFF with 32 in 2003 (now 500 jumps) BASE with 33 in 2004 (now 200 jumps)Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gonejumpingl 0 #120 January 10, 2008 Started when i was 29, now 31. Changer my perspective on life forever... Had to take 5 months in '07 because of work... How stupid was that!!! Today is a better day!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swoopin43 0 #121 January 10, 2008 First jump May 17 1978 ,15 years old ,hung around the DZ for 4 years waiting to turn 16 .packing student rigs etc for plane rides etc. 1st jump outlaw from 7500 foot about a 3 -5 sec delay with a papillon. Coming up on 30 years of jumpin . Started when I was to young to know any better and now I CAN NOT STOP .Blue skies ! ! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnskydiver688 0 #122 January 10, 2008 Wow your old... j/k Sky Canyon Wingsuiters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strop45 0 #124 January 10, 2008 45The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." -- Albert Einstein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yarak 0 #125 January 11, 2008 I slipped out of the vagine in freefall. I landed hanging on to the umbilical cord.I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your fucking packing tent down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
