Whats the Best Boogie/Event around?

[DocJames 0]

I am wanting to whose Boogie is currently viewed as the best to attend? And all the reasons that it is so awesome!

Thanks.

canopy collisions are bad

[darkwing 5]

You'll get a hundred different answers. Mine is Lost Prairie-- location, people, events, weather....

-- Jeff
My Skydiving History

[Amazon 7]

Lost Prairie..11 days of summer fun in Montana

Best weather of ANY boogie... warm days cool nights...I have yet to see it rain there during the boogie... warm and dry.. like 90 degrees with 50% or less humidity..unlike the other boogies farther east muggy and crap ass thunderstorms. First loads of the day at 9am... late but great for sleeping off the party the night before....now you may be thinking that cuts down on the jumping day.... BUT....sunset load is about 9:15 PM and still light enough to land at 10 PM. we are talking LONG summer days.

Not too big.. not too small. Good lift aircraft from Skydive Arizona.. so there is never a ery long wait for any load.
Good load organizing.. and a variety of it as well.

GEEEEZ I forgot...

LANG CREEK BREWERY... is only about 10 miles from the DZ....home of Skydiver Blonde ale.. and Trimotor Amber....and Mandarin Hefewiesen....

[skinnyshrek 0]

me personally i have 3. Thomaston halloween boogie Dublin and the annual boogie at the farm.

http://www.skydivethefarm.com

do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

[livendive 8]

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me personally i have 3. Thomaston halloween boogie Dublin and the annual boogie at the farm.

I've only been once, but the Thomaston Halloween Boogie last year was a fucking blast. Very, very different from LP, which I'd have to list as my favorite, but top notch regardless. Dublin was fun too, but I didn't notice anything that made it substantially better than other good boogies. Again, I've only been once, and the events on Saturday probably contributed mightily to the somewhat subdued party that night.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Yes, the double fatality kind of put a damper on the party.

[Thanatos340 1]

Best Party Atmosphere - Skydive Atlanta Halloween Boogie.

Best Skydiving Atmosphere - Skyfest. Lots of aircraft, Great organizers. Great event especially for low time jumpers.

Best Deal: Skydive the Farms Monthly $139 all you Jump weekends.

Best Combination of Everything (Jumps, Party, Planes, People) - Dublin.

[keka 0]

I gotta say that the last one I've been to was Raeford military appreciation boogie which was awesome!
no one can beat $15.00 jump ticket + GREAT people + big ways + Wingsuit + Swooping + free flyers + film festival + great DZ + awesome prizes + PAC + OTTER + great pilots..... on and on

the memorial boogie at West Point VA is awesome too! the Casa and Otter flying from Friday - Monday; really friendly DZ, great organizers, big ways.....the Halloween boogie is usually the same great event.


you should start to save your $$$ now and try to go to as many as you can... it's a great way to meet new and cool people!

I've heard only good things about Chicks Rock.. but I haven't been to one (yet).

Keka

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org
PMS#551
I love my life :)

[turtlespeed 219]

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Best Party Atmosphere - Skydive Atlanta Halloween Boogie.

Best Skydiving Atmosphere - Skyfest. Lots of aircraft, Great organizers. Great event especially for low time jumpers.

Best Deal: Skydive the Farms Monthly $139 all you Jump weekends.

Best Combination of Everything (Jumps, Party, Planes, People) - Dublin.

LOL

And after Haloween this year I will have pounced on all of the above - PLUS - possibly the bestest Boogie I have ever experianced, Lost Praire, Although the Weather is Terrible, the skydiving Sucks, the beer is warm, and there are too many Canadians, it still manages to be a pretty interesting time.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[Bolas 5]

Beach Boogies are best in my mind.
Keys Boogie

Emerald Coast Memorial Day Boogie

Hope to check out LP this year.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[lauraliscious 0]

Yeah, kind of depends on what you want out of a boogie. I tend to agree with what's already been said though...
Dublin
Skydive Atlanta Halloween
Emerald Coast Beach boogie (memorial day)

Haven't been to Skyfest or Summerfest yet, but I AM going to Lost Prarie this year. Hope to add it to my list of favorites.

Enemiga Rodriguez, PMS #369, OrFun #25, Team Dirty Sanchez #116, Pelt Head #29, Muff #4091

[brenthutch 441]

Hop in your time machine and go to the 1999 World Freefall Convention

[bozo 0]

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Hop in your time machine and go to the 1999 World Freefall Convention

Since we have a time machine....lets go back to the 85 Freak Brothers Convention.....now that wuz a boogie.

bozo
Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

[hajnalka 0]

Keka -

I second that about the Raeford boogie - what an amazing time! I seriously hope it's an annual event now.

Our gold standard has always been the Eloy holiday boogie. I suggest you gather up a bunch of people from your DZ and GO! - or, just go to Eloy for any event betw. about Oct. and Mar., and enjoy that Arizona magic. This DZ kicks serious ass, and their events are second to none.

I was only at WFFC once. Might get flamed for this, but -- Scary stuff. Seemed like too much carnage + debauchery for me, and I didn't care to go back. I believe this was in '96 or 7. Maybe it was better in the old days?

I've heard wonderful reports from both Lost Prairie and Skyfest attendees, but have not been to either. Maybe one of these years ...

Best,
D

p.s. If you're an apres-skydiver and prefer after-beer light activities, hands down the best pics I've ever seen were from the Naughty Cupid boogie .

[wmw999 2,439]

You have 58 jumps and you're in Texas. Skyfest is likely the one that you'll have the most fun at right now. And it's in only 2 weeks!

Dublin is supposed to be a lot of fun.

But as long as we have a wayback machine, the 1979 fall Herd boogie was pretty awesome . Car bash, bonfire, balloon, RW, lingerie jump -- you name it, it happened
Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[bozo 0]

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But as long as we have a wayback machine, the 1979 fall Herd boogie was pretty awesome . Car bash, bonfire, balloon, RW, lingerie jump -- you name it, it happened
Wendy W.

Seems like I have the t-shirt around here somewheres.
Boy could the Herd party too.

bozo
Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

[wmw999 2,439]

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Boy could the Herd party too.

Yeah, there was a little alcohol floating around. Some other stuff, too.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[bozo 0]

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Boy could the Herd party too.

Yeah, there was a little alcohol floating around. Some other stuff, too.

Wendy W.

Shooosh.....youre gonna get us in trouble.

bozo
Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

[upndownshop 0]

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You have 58 jumps and you're in Texas. Skyfest is likely the one that you'll have the most fun at right now. And it's in only 2 weeks!

Dublin is supposed to be a lot of fun.

But as long as we have a wayback machine, the 1979 fall Herd boogie was pretty awesome . Car bash, bonfire, balloon, RW, lingerie jump -- you name it, it happened
Wendy W.

Wendy Wendy Wendy, you are so great!.... You must be repeating stories that you "HERD"!!!!I bow down to your experience in this sport!!

Oh oh oH, How many lingerie jumps have you "herd" about.....any video??? he he he

Thank you for your support!!

Cant wait to see you
J

[upndownshop 0]

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me personally i have 3. Thomaston halloween boogie Dublin and the annual boogie at the farm.

Hey "skinnEy"....GTH!!!!!
May your weedeaters run out of weeds.... he he he

BTW were you not in on that "special" jump at SF that cost me a ton of money??????? Thanks my friend.............................................Your first time to be published in the magazines!!!???

[skinnyshrek 0]

Yes but if i remember skyfest that year was a fucking mudfest. Had to hide in the camper between each load. Also, at night if you didn't have a camper you were stuck outside as the hangar was locked up.
If the weather is nice i am sure you can get a shit load of jumps in. In a boogie i also like the night entertainment, the social aspect of a boogie. That i believe is the only thing missing from skyfest.

http://www.skydivethefarm.com

do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

[Amazon 7]

Come to the NW...Montana has PERFECT weather in the summer... that is something I ALWAYS put at the top of my boogie list...If you do not have good weather.. you are NOT jumping and summer in Montana at the end of July means that clouds are just about non existent. Temps in the 80's and low 90s with humidity at less than 50%....crystal clear lakes...mountains.. and a few hundreds of fellow partying skydivers....whats not to love about the Lost Prairie Boogie.

[upndownshop 0]

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Yes but if i remember skyfest that year was a fucking mudfest.

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One year out of 6 we had rain, we still did more than 1700 jumps in the 1.5 days available.

Had to hide in the camper between each load. Also, at night if you didn't have a camper you were stuck outside as the hangar was locked up.

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The difference between a hangar and a tent at night is what?

If the weather is nice i am sure you can get a shit load of jumps in. In a boogie i also like the night entertainment, the social aspect of a boogie. That i believe is the only thing missing from skyfest.

Bit of an oxymoron dont ya think? We did 3000 jumps in 3 days last year, that would never happen if we catered to the night life........IMO the social part of a boogie is the jumping, people joining together to teach, learn and have fun.....in the sky.... And we like to be up and jumping by 8 am on a sunday morning not sleeping till noon, well most of the time.... Ok thats a lie i will sleep in on Sunday....its my time to get a break...
So if you want to party....well SF may not be the best place for that.....but if you want 18 manufacturers, 15 LO's, specialty AC and a ton of jumps....we will leave the dash 34's running for you.