RickieD

My wife and I did our tandems in August and were completely hooked. We did our AFF jumps a few months back and still love it. We quickly realized after our AFF was completed how much we still had to learn. Skydiving requires considerable dedication at the start as there are a laundry list of things that can go wrong and you have to be prepared for everything. I read and study everything with Brian Germain's name on it and I read these forums every single day. Until your an expert like many of these skydivers, you have to show dedication so they don't discuss you after you failed to respond correctly from a horrible accident. I've only completed 15 jumps and spend considerable time preparing mentally and physically for every single jump. If you have the time and funds, this sport rocks. Never walked away from a jump yet without feeling better than any other day.

I had two line twist during my AFF jumps, but not one in the last six...of course I only have 14 jumps total since I am a newby. So few posts I can respond to that I had to chime in on this one. Finally, something I understood...

Use Dropzone's DZ finder. I am in Italy and we have numerous AFF schools, which are open pretty much year round - depending on snowfall. I am in my AFF right now and they told me they jump all year.

I started AFF in September and I am 52. Never too old as long as you have the desire and some mobility. My wife takes the AFF with me...

I am a newby skydiver so am learning much from these threads. I failed my AFF3 last weekend, as my position - proven on the video - was horrible. We spent five minutes redoing some exercises on the ground and my instructor showed me one trick which just clicked in my head. We went right back up and I did it perfectly. Sometimes you just need it explained a little differently. My instructor had me lay flat on the ground, push up with my arms and he said - feel that tightness in your back? Get the same feeling when you jump and you will have the position. I did it, I was relaxed and I was on to the next level. Couldn't believe how easy it felt.