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Nah his posts always brings a smile to my face! him and a other few post whores!!! hahaha

Don't you just hate how the weather can mess things up! If it wasn't for the mr weather i would have a lot more jumps by now GOOD LUCK!!!!! give it your best, sure you will make it once you experience that 1st skydive i cant image how anyone wouldnt want to have skydiving a part of their lives forever!!!! It's awesome

Dude, your threads are always funny!!! Thanks for all the laughs!!!

Fight Club was absolutely awesome!!! I have to add a corny one , First Wives Club was pretty funny! lol

What an entertaining thread! Here's one of me and a friend of mine

I have to agree. guys in pink is just wrong im a chick and i dont even wear pink!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Still have to do one more normal SL, then I'm on DRP's Edit: made a spelling mistake lol

i only have 3 SL jumps at the moment not as much as i would like though, certain circumstances got in the way a couple of times (namely the weather!)

Yea ive met Thatch he's also a tandem master! It's still going to be a while before i freefall lol, but i will eventually get there

I send you a specail hello all the way from South Africa! "Watching their terrified faces as they leave the plane" makes me think back on my 1ste jump (not that it was that long ago lol) i remember sitting in the door and looking at my instructor/JM right before i jumped, he smiled and showed me the thumbs up, i smiled back and jumped, ill never forget that image.... when i landed, grinning from ear to ear, he shaked my hand, told me he was proud of me and well done! awesome experience! just thought ill share that with you you JM's leave an impact for the rest of our lives!

Welcome! skydiving can be pretty stressful but a lot of fun! like Peej said, just remember to arch hard and as best as you can. arching is very important with static line. For me controling the canopy was so easy, i thought it would be hard, but turned out to be a breeze! Landing can be tricky though, cos in the beginning judging how high you are is kinda hard, but its gets easier with every jump! Just listen to everything your instructor tells you and you ought to do just fine try to get in as many jumps as you can, every few weeks or so of not jumping, you have to refresh your memory. pratice makes perfect! 17 is really a good age to start

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Happy Brithday!

Aww i miss the cessna i made my first jump out of

I've noticed that a lot of skydivers i've spoken to scuba dive as well

Ditto!

I was actually hungry, i'm not anymore though....

That's exactly what i keep thinking too Good luck with training and welcome!

That's what i was thinking too welcome! and good luck with your licence!

If you know for sure skyding is for you and you have the money for the course i would also recommend AFF, but on the other hand, if you are a person that panics quickly (kinda like me) i would then recommend Static line. I did my 1ste jump this past weekend and even SL was pretty stressful for me, i don't think i would have been able to handel AFF. Static line is cheaper and a bit slower. Gives you more time to settle and get use to everthing. Good luck with which every direction you decide to go! I hope you pick one that is most suitable for you

Thank you

I'm defiantly going to try make my rounds at all the dropzones in SA when I finish training!

The training went great; it’s an awesome dropzone with really cool people! I had an excellent instructor, couldn’t have asked for better! As training progressed it freaked me out a bit, information overload, but once I got the hang of things it was smooth sailing. Got on to the plane (pretty cramped) with my very fashionable yellow overall and a ton on my back (I didn’t realize that rigs were so heavy!) It was only me and my friend that were students, the other two guys (other then the jumpmaster) are licensed skydivers. I was very chilled and collected UNTILL the 1ste guy jumped, that was when paranoia started to set in. To watch someone just jump out of an airplane like that was insane! I have seen a lot of videos but it’s nothing like the real thing (afterwards when I told him he said “but you should have seen my smile right before I jumped!” I jumped last, had a temporary complete brain fart, but I came around and exited the correct way, my arch was a bit “flat” though, had some line twists. Was a relieve to see the slider sliding down finally! Being under the canopy was unbelievable, nothing I have ever experienced before. When I came in to land I shouted at the top of my voice, “WOOHOOO AWESOME!” flaring and then landing smoothly on my feet, with a little stumble, my legs felt like jelly! lol Spend the whole day at the dropzone, met a lot of new people, can’t wait for next weekend! I just want to jump again…and again and again! Thank you for every one that welcomed me to the forums!

Thanks for the welcome Skymama! i will sure let you know how it goes, and keep you posted on my progress