Designer 0 #26 February 24, 2005 LOL.Just about any chance of a normal life!O.K. whats normal?(lol) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMannequin 0 #27 February 24, 2005 PC Gaming, although it's not THAT big here, I just started winning some bucks from it.... but it was so worth it! and savings! Blue skies! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiD_PL8 0 #28 February 24, 2005 A fiance, and several whuffo friends. Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdfreefly 1 #29 February 24, 2005 Downside: Living near bankruptcy for the first 5 years I was in the sport. Close friends who don't jump are not as involved in my life as they used to be. Haven't gone sking since I started. The only camping I do now is at a dz. I will walk with a bit of a limp for the rest of my life and probably have arthritis in my ankle very early. Scared the hell out of my family and friends by nearly killing myself. Emotional pain over losing girlfriends I thought were "the one", although I realize now I was fortunate it ended when it did(this really belongs in the upside portion). Got to experience the wonderfull feeling of losing close friends to stupidity. Upside: I met my current boss at the dz and thanks to my current job, have been financialy stable for the past 2 years, sort of. Met some really great people and made some great friends. Met my current girlfriend at the dz and thank the stars that those previous relationships went south due to skydiving. I have seen sunsets from 13,000 feet, you just can't beat that! Things I used to get sick worrying about just don't seem that big. I smile a lot more than I used to. I have been places and seen things that I never would have without skydiving in my life. I have taken about 200 people on their first skydive, that is very special. About twice a week, I get to go out and just play. How many 30 year old men get to do that? Surviving an accident that you saw coming and thought was going to kill you gives you a whole new perspective on life. The sky giveth, and the sky taketh away! Methane Freefly - got stink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brits17 0 #30 February 24, 2005 golf scholarship whuffo boyfriend but check it out i gained: sex drugs rock n' roll thank you skydiving! _______________________ aerialkinetics.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cderham 0 #31 February 24, 2005 Any possability of comfortable early retirement. Chris It's Jimmy Time!! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Fast-As-Fuck/6099474213 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #33 February 24, 2005 I've gained much more than I gave up. I don't really consider it as having 'gave up' anything though. I'm just living my life how I want to and jumping figures prominently in my life.Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumperconway 0 #34 February 24, 2005 A country club membership and the golf that went with it although I didn't sell my clubs or gear though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #35 February 24, 2005 lol, that's funny same with me... I still have my clubs too... but haven't picked them up since I started jumping.NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumperconway 0 #36 February 24, 2005 I played once on thanksgiving day to keep my dad occupied before the family got together late in the day for the meal. Mom had past less than 2 weeks earlier. Funny thing is that having not played in 2 yrs I beat him! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #37 February 24, 2005 More money than I thought I could ever spend on one thing. Lots of time with wuffo friends... Its ok, they are all still my friends and I have a whole bunch of skydiver friends now.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brits17 0 #38 February 24, 2005 QuoteI played once on thanksgiving day to keep my dad occupied before the family got together late in the day for the meal. Mom had past less than 2 weeks earlier. Funny thing is that having not played in 2 yrs I beat him! you up for a little match play? putting together a new set of custom Ping G2 irons, love em... but i could use a little friendly competition on the course. _______________________ aerialkinetics.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penniless 0 #39 February 24, 2005 Time. Skydiving takes up a lot of time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #40 February 24, 2005 I am not sure if this qualifies as giving anything up... One Sat night, I was in a bar. Having dinner, a couple of drinks, and chatting with 2 women. "Tomorrow, I am going out to do my first skydive, a tandem." "Really? I've always wanted to do that." "Go with me." "Ok. Here is my phone number." 26, recently divorced... hmmm.... Next day... "Hello" "Hello, may I speak to xxxx?" "If you are the crazy guy that is thinking of taking my daughter skydiving, you can think again. There are plenty of ways to kill yourself. She is not going skydiving and she is not going out with you while you are. I don't want her around someone that is so irresponsible..." "Oh. Nice talking to you." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #41 February 24, 2005 R-6, Saving account, and lots of $$$$. But it was worth it.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #42 February 25, 2005 One motor bike (it became a Rig) Photography (I havn't set foot in my darkroom since I started) Weekend motorbike rides, 400-500km trips on a weekend used to be common place for me. Now I drive about 300km every weekendYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #43 February 25, 2005 My sanity. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #44 February 25, 2005 I gave up a zoological expedition to Belize. Yeah, it would have been about the coolest trip. PhDs, archaeologists, marine biologists, geologists and biologists from all over the world meeting in Belize to do various research together. Yep, I had the chance to go. I paid the deposit to go, then made my first skydive, then my second, then my third, then I realized I no longer had the money to go to Belize ... then my fourth skydive ... then my fifth ... I'm coming up on my 1000th here pretty soon and I still haven't been to Belize. But, I just found out there is a Boogie there once a year so ... now skydiving has given me a reason to go! And BTW, I have NO regrets about getting into skydiving. I have been in the sport 9 years now. Since I started skydiving, I have met some of the most fun people, had more fun in my life, traveled and lived in so many different and cool places, had a beautiful daughter, made amazing friends, teammates, and boyfriend, medaled at a US Nationals with an amazing group of people, etc... The list goes on. All in all I would say, It's all Good.Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #45 February 25, 2005 QuoteR-6, Dude wtf is wrong with you?? ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ncrowe 0 #46 February 25, 2005 Being Debt Free, ..no regrets though.......its been really fun thus far :) "Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverjerry 0 #47 February 25, 2005 food, hehehehe gained more than i ever lost though, met some great people, learned a lot about life, and traveled the world, but thats skydiving!life is a journey not to arrive at the grave in a pristine condition but to skid in sideways kicking and screaming, shouting "fuck me what a ride!. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livenletfly 0 #48 February 25, 2005 good thread. the best thing ive given up is materialistic needs. skydiving taught me whats truly imortant in life!!! and its not driving an escalade with 20in dubs, tiny cellphones, and bling bling. even though 1/3 of my yearly income goes to skydiving, its the best money ive ever spent, and the only money that has bettered myself from the inside to the out. im a better person since i started jumpng. im currently getting my coach rating and hopefully aff this fall because i want to give back to a sport thats given me so much. it makes me wonder when i hear jumpers bitching about how much the've given up to skydive. do these people ever think about all they've gained? skydiving is different for each jumper. regardless of time in sport or jump #"s some get more out of our sport than others. it means more to some than others. its what makes us individuals among our common bond. in a nut shell, if your skydiving you best be loving it cuz there aint no other reason to do it. period!!!> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
altichick 1 #49 February 25, 2005 Job, House, Relationship, Financial security... but the past 12 months have been totally worth it... and besides I have a really nice tent now Don't sweat the petty things... and don't pet the sweaty things! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indradhanush 0 #50 February 25, 2005 yes given up family, girl friend, engagement and almost everything and everybodyQuotelife is a daring adventure or nothing at all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
