Random Tips/Facts for Newbies

[aliengirl 0]

I thought it would be interesting to start a list of random tips/words of wisdom/facts for newbies (or anyone, for that matter). When I first started jumping I would have loved to come across a bunch of skydivers contributing different tidbits of skydiving information in one place.

Here, I'll start with a few of my own...you all please add anything that you would have wanted to hear when you were just starting out.

1. A "whuffo" is a non-skydiver (i.e., "wha' fo' you jump from dem planes?")
2. Pick a few select people at your drop zone that you trust and ask THEM any skydive-related questions you may have.
3. When packing, although every step is important, keep in mind these three things: stow brakes, collapse pilot chute and make sure slider is up.
4. Learn to enjoy buying beer because you will have a lot of "firsts."

[skydivexxl 0]

5. Green bottles / imports are not neccesarily better.
6. Listen to everything, mthen check info w/ someone you trust
7. Fly the pattern
8. Do not fly your canopy or your body up the line of flight...

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[catfishhunter 2]

Have a Hard Deck, know your hard deck and Keep your Hard Deck!

MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT
Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose.

[Sheenster303 0]

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Have a Hard Deck, know your hard deck and Keep your Hard Deck!

What's a hard deck?

I'm so funny I crack my head open!

P.M.S. #102

[labrys 0]

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What's a hard deck?

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=624844;search_string=hard%20deck;#624844

Owned by Remi #?

[Sheenster303 0]

Thanks! That helped a lot!

I'm so funny I crack my head open!

P.M.S. #102

[skybytch 273]

Listen more than you talk.

Never stop learning!

[airdweller 0]

rule #1

Pull

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"From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant,
who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" C. Montgomery Burns

[Mush 0]

DONT FEED THE SKYGODS, there heads get too big & they might go off balance on thier next jump

[Kris 0]

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rule #1

Pull

Rule #2: Don't scare your instructor.

Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and
Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

[selbbub78 0]

if you use the "F word" expect to buy beer soon afterwards (usually that day)

also when learning how to pack, and you are going slow and taking your time, watch out for the jokesters who will make you think you're doing everything wrong, just so you have to redo everything that you already did (happened to me 3 times in a row )

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[diablopilot 2]

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2. Pick a few select people at your drop zone that you trust and ask THEM any skydive-related questions you may have.

2a. Select those trusted few people, not because they give you the answere you "like" but because they give you the answer you *need*. There is a difference.

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[DALAILAMA 0]

Learn from mistakes, yours as well as others.
If you doubt the conditions, and don't know if you should jump,
Look for the smartest, most trustworthy person on the DZ that doesn't make his or her $ from skydiving.
If that person is in the bar.....Join him or her!
Don't be in a hurry to get hurt, aka. look cool.

"Dropzone.com, where uneducated people measuring penises, has become an art form"

[diablopilot 2]

Hang out at the bonfire.


Bring food, and beer.


If you can't bring food, beer will do.

Or Tequila.

Socialize.

Get to know people, and involve yourself in what's going on.

Don't wait to be noticed.

No is not always negative. Deal with it, it's not a bad thing.

Ask how you can turn "No" into a "Yes" and with a little experience and work it will happen.

Don't take it personal if you're not invited every time.

Don't be discouraged at a lack of instant success.

Have fun.

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[Mush 0]

" Tequila "

It's the way forward

Mush

[dzdiva 7]

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rule #1

Pull

Rule #2: Don't scare your instructor.

So that's what I was doing wrong!

"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..."

[pilotdave 0]

Canopy ribs have holes in them. Learn that before you buy gear.
Dave

[yoink 321]

Small is not necessarily cool. Hell, trying to be cool is not cool. Do it at your own pace.. that's far cooler

[catfishhunter 2]

It is better to be on the ground wishing you was in the air then in the air wishing you was on the ground!

MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT
Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose.

[Jimbo 0]

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It is better to be on the ground wishing you was in the air then in the air wishing you was on the ground!

That's a quote that people don't seem to understand... until they've been there.

Here's a quote (or part of a quote) that I think I originally got from Tonto.

Remember, the ground is hard, fair, and patient.


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Jim

"Like" - The modern day comma
Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

[RippedCord 0]

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rule #1

Pull

#2 Pull Safe: (pull at a safe altitude)
#3 Pull Stable: (pull in a stable body position)

#4 Land Safely

AMDG

[Mad47 0]

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I thought it would be interesting to start a list of random tips/words of wisdom/facts for newbies

I am afraid there will be a lot of BS in a list like that,
because it will be flooded with advice from people who do not know sh!t but believe they know a lot. There are always experienced people with good attitude at your DZ or at dz.com. Listening to them is more rewarding than trying to select the truth from the "list of skydiving wisdom"

[bmcd308 0]

>>3. When packing, although every step is important, keep in mind these three things: stow brakes, collapse pilot chute and make sure slider is up. <<

Or cock it, depending on whether you want it to work or not.

Brent

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[gremlin 0]

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I thought it would be interesting to start a list of random tips/words of wisdom/facts for newbies

Constantly look around for others whilst under canopy. Just because you know what you are doing does not mean anyone else does.

I'm drunk, you're drunk, lets go back to mine....

[happythoughts 0]

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Constantly look around for others whilst under canopy.

If someone is close, kick your legs in a little "scissor" type action. If they see you, they should do the same. If is like saying "Hi, yes I see you".