Newbie boogie questions

[GrendelKhan 0]

So I keep seeing the boogie references around and about, and I have a few questions that I'm hoping the braintrust can answer. Mostly I need to know how many (100?) jumps after an A license do you need to attend one of these. Also where are the best ones and how often do they happen. Once I get proficient in skydiving I'd like to start making my vacation plans around big events. What are the major events of the summer? realistically I probably wont be ready until then , and I'd like to see about going Just don;t tell my parole officer).

Grendel Khan-The Official DZ.Com Newbie Forum Nuisance
"They sicken of the calm, that know the storm."

[kelpdiver 2]

I attended the American boogie when I was a Post AFF student there at Davis. Was actually my 3rd and 4th jumps, using the borrowed CASA. But since I was landing at the somewhat remote student landing zone (the Barn), it wasn't really different from before.

Most will allow you with an A, a few require more. Ideally, you should be comfortable flying your canopy in a sky with at least an otter load (23 jumpers). WFFC in Illinois is one of the biggest, requires 50 (?) jumps and not being under a parachute above 3000 (essentially meaning throwing your PC at 3.5).

[skymama 37]

Depends on what you are looking for in a boogie; fast planes, different things to jump from, huge nightly party with lots of drunk people, nice scenery, safety conscience dz...you get the picture. What is important to you?

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[upndownshop 0]

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Depends on what you are looking for in a boogie; fast planes, different things to jump from, huge nightly party with lots of drunk people, nice scenery, safety conscience dz...you get the picture. What is important to you?

yeah what she said.

Here is one event in your back yard, and its student friendly..www.skyfestboogie.com

[GrendelKhan 0]

Wow, very cool and looks like a good place to start. Thanks. In regards to what I'm looking for in a boogie experience...short answer; I don;t know. Long answer; As a complete and total newb to skydiving I am unfamiliar with almost every aspect of the sport other than what I see at my DZ. Once I get to a point where I am proficient enough to "leave the nest" I wnat the complete skydiver experience. I want to visit the hallowed and historic DZ's to see the people and places I've read about or seen on TV (and a few really bad movies), do small formations and huge big ways, crazy jumps from helos and baloons, high altitude jumps, crazy all night parties in exotic locales, so basically wherever I can jump with lots of people who will get drunk with me and listen to me talk about it all night. If there are any boogies that hand out free money to the participants, that will probably be my first stop. The Skyfest in Houston look slike a good starting point. If anybody from SDA is going, give me a yell, I've got gas money and I alwyas take Jaeger on a roadtrip

Grendel Khan-The Official DZ.Com Newbie Forum Nuisance
"They sicken of the calm, that know the storm."

[NWFlyer 2]

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1574697
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1786106
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1866808

Those three posts contain some good info.

Have fun!

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[Fleahop 0]

You have a little time till the summer starts. Get some jumps under your belt, try and get a B or greater Lic. Then visit DZ.com look under calender or boogies and pick somthing. The WFFC has been known for specialty aircraft and some wild nite life that I have only heard of...maybe seen a photo or two...ok ok I saw the 99 video but this is a good one. Just be straight up where ever you go and someone will help you. And don't be to shy about showing up at the WFFC there are several landing areas that will keep you out of the main flow if need be. Good luck and welcome to a new way of looking at life.

Fleahop

Don't just knock on deaths door...Kick it down and run like hell! He hates that.

[mdrejhon 8]

Someday I want to attend a beach boogie such as www.kenyaboogie.com where all landings are a beach landing.

I'll have to wait until a C license though, I don't want to expose my rig to salt water

[popsjumper 2]

Look in your Parachutist mag.
Look in the DZ.com calendar.
Talk to others at Aggieland.
Review the other threads shown to you.
Read Events and Places to Jump threads.
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mdrejhon:
You may consider RoamingDZ.com Destin Beach Boogie.

Destin Florida, dates not scheduled yet but late spring, early summer for sure.

Beautiful!

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[NWFlyer 2]

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http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1574697
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1786106
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1866808

Those three posts contain some good info.

Have fun!

Bumping this because I saw a question from a newbie about whether a boogie was appropriate and I'm sure there's lots of new jumpers considering their boogie.

[jasonRose 0]

I was at LP last year with 30 jumps under my belt!!! No problems but I did ask a lot of questions!!!!

Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!!

[peek 21]

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WFFC in Illinois is one of the biggest, requires 50 (?) jumps and not being under a parachute above 3000 (essentially meaning throwing your PC at 3.5).

Perhaps these would explain it a bit better:
http://www.freefall.com/gear.php
http://www.freefall.com/safety.php

[jumpinfarmer 0]

Most I think require 50 jumps some more.

Think about Couch Freaks in FT Dodge IA Labor Day weekend.

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