topdogs1963

I checked out this drop zone last weekend. Ive been jumping elsewhere, and thought id try skydive 35. After meeting the owners, Jeff and Ivan, who are great, each intructor they have, every tandem, a.f.f. instructor, they all made sure to introduce themselves, and say welcome. The drop zone is clean, bathrooms are spotless. BIG landing area, nice rigging area. They turn loads quick, so getting in a lot of jumps in a day is easy. A real relaxed, fun place. Jeff, and Ivan kept coming over to see if I need anything. At the end of the day, each came up to me and thanked me for coming !! I was floored at their people skills. I told Ivan my canopy work needs work, he said no problem, we will work on that. Great place...if your a first timer, Jeff, Sam and Chuck run the tandems and do a great job at being friendly, and Jeff keeps the jokes going to put first timers at ease. Big Sams the character of the group..and will keep you laughing... Chuck is just the nicest guy you could meet. All while stressing saftey. Fun jumpers are welcome, and are treated right, great place, weather your a first timer, a student, or licenced jumper, great place. My home D.Z. is Temple, i love Temple, but now i have a home away from home at skydive 35.

OK...rookie review here, so take it for what its worth. Nice looking helmet, visor comes with anti-fog, was hoping I could wear glasses in it, but its really snug. The visor does lock tight. Only thing that is odd is to open the visor, you need to pinch the upper part of visor around your eyebrows to get it to unlock. unlike the push button z-1. Not a real big deal, but different. Over all I'm happy with it. Tryed keeping it closed after opening canopy, super heated, next jump lifted visor after I was in canopy...stayed cool. This was during a hot texas summer day ! The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was I cant really wear my glasses with it. I might be able to force it, but it would be REAL tight.

I have made some jumps back in 1981...and have always wanted to go back to it. The years past, and as much as ive talked about it, I was to busy with life. This year i promised myself i would come back and do the A.F.F. course. My goal was to TRUELY learn how to skydive...not what i did in the airforce. I visited 2 drop zones, skydive dallas and skydive Temple. I dont mean to bash dallas but as nice as the dallas dz is...I felt like I was cattle. Just another body with a pocket of cash. They seem to cater to the ((buck list)) people. Many come there to jump one time in thier lives...then thats it. WHICH IS FINE !...but half my class was there to become skydivers. Hope im explaining this right, i wanted them to TEACH ME not just get the jump over with, heres your video...bye. So i called skydive Temple i explained what happened at dallas and they invited me in. The difference was night and day. I cant tell you how great the people are...and that they WANT to teach you! They have a instructor there named Wendy who is incredible in the sport. And always willing to help...shes Big on saftey...fun...and teaching you how to skydive with out the ego Ive seen at dallas. All the instructors there are great. Now Im on my way to get my licence and i picked the perfect DZ!...How much trust do I have in them ?? I gave my son a tandem jump for his 16th b-day. Ive learned Its the people who make the drop zone..so when your tired of being looked at like a pay check...or like a head of cattle...and dont want all the ego,,and feel like LEARNING.... skydive at temple...