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Agreed! No worries have fun !

I mainly based my comment off personal experience and was more of a general reply and was not intentionally attacking thread. As far as outside influeces go I think that we are both misunderstanding eachother. Im not refering to movies ,advertisements etc.. adn what gets you to show up to the DZ and jump but to the actual skydive. My mind clears and i am barely aware of anything around me, my friend docked me and i couldnt remember it until the video. It just seems like (and I could be completely wrong since i am not there yet) the more jumps you get the more concentrated on turning points and making a world record some people forget why they do it in the fist place. I have been surfing my whole life and do contest and got pretty competitive so I know how it can be. well liosing my train of thought ! Looking foward to hearing from you.

Its not that I think experienced jumpers like yourself are trying to stall newbies its the vibe a lot of people give to the new guy at the DZ. As for myself I only have 3 jumps but i have spent a lot of time at DZ's and found it to be more of a chore than anything to get some advice or even some kind of friendship. Dont get me wrong there are tons of people who are willing to talk with and I enjoy myself every time I go its the top dogs who have all the advice who are the ones that typically dont enjoy sharing it.

I have read a couple of comments about how newbies are overly enthusiastic and are jumping into the sport to aggresively. wouldnt you agree that your first jumps were so raw and not hindred by any outside influence. It was all about your own experience and how wide open your mind seemed to be to new ideas and possibilities. That seems to be the difinitive point in every skydivers career is that first feeling of delight. then to turn around years later and act like you dont understand where they are coming from is beyond me.

wouldnt you consider someone who has 1 jump and another who has 0 both newbies. The mind set of the two are now completely diferent. So when and at what point does it become ok to be overly enthusiastic. 20,40 or 200, Just curious!

Nobody can work for free! I would expect some sort of compensation for my work. It would seem fitting for the rookies to do all the grunt work rather others like yuorself donig it wouldnt you think. As far as ratings, different sets of gear and a trailer go your talking tens of thousands of dollars! For me to save money as a forest firefighter is a joke I make a base pay which is shitty and work like a 96 hour work week while paying for my apartment and bills that go unused more than half of the year. Its not my intention to come and undercut the veterans and and work my way past them. I would rather do the stuff others wont and learn from those who have been in the sport for a while and are willing to teach. I appreciate the advice whether positive or negitive, Thanks again!

I have done 3 tandems and my first level AFF last year and all I can think about is jumping. I am a seasonal firefighter and miss the whole spring and summer jump sea[email]Quotesons. I am bored of my job and want to get away. I have seen some guys at DZ's that did some sort of work around for a little cash to jump and survive. Just was wondering if any one needs any work around their DZ. Willing to do anything to jump and maybe a little help getting a rig in the future. Desperately wanting to be a part of the community.thanks!

I am new to the sport and was wondering whether or not there is an option to finance a new/used rigs?