Have you ever been skydiving?

Question

I think I'm going to do a tandem jump for my 18th birthday next week. How was your experience?

Answer 1

I did it once, back in the mid 1960s, it was a blast, I was very nervous, but managed to do it.

I have not done it since, but it is a fantastic experience.

Keep your feet together on landing, and roll.

Good luck.

P.S. Happy birthday.

Answer 2

I love Skydiving! I've been an active jumper for the last two years and have about 300 jumps. It is the greatest feeling in the world to fly my body through the sky with my friends. Making different formations, flying different body positions... can't say enough good things about it. Skydiving is freedom and is the best thing I've done in my life. You get into the sport for the rush but you stay in for the people.

I hope you enjoy your jump and will come back and get training and your license.

There are a couple websites you need to check out to get good info on skydiving.

http://www.uspa.org is the website of the United States Parachute Association, the governing body for sport parachuting in the United States. There is a list of member dropzones on the website along with all sorts of great info on the sport.

The official site for the British Parachute Association is: http://www.bpa.org.uk/links.htm
The official site for the Canadian Parachute Association is: http://www.cspa.ca/

http://www.dropzone.com is another great resource for everything about skydiving, including dropzones in the United States and the rest of the world, and some BASE too.

http://www.bigairsportz.com is the web site for Brian Germain, one of the best people on the planet to get information on canopy flight from.

http://www.skydiveradio.com is just fun and a good place to feel like you’re at the drop zone when you can’t physically be there.

If you’re not sure about skydiving but want to fly you should look at the vertical wind tunnels. http://www.skyventure.com/ is the website for skyventure which operates many tunnels in the United States, Europe and Asia. I love flying in the tunnel. I don’t do it very much, I’d rather spend my money on skydives, but it is a great place to learn, work on my flying skills and just have a lot of fun!

Make sure that you contact the drop zone you want to jump at directly. There are a few scams out there, one of which is 1800skyride. They will take your money and send you to any dropzone they want too but only about three dz’s in the country except skyride tickets. So please, please, please contact the dropzone directly.

The tandem is a great jump. I’d get video too. I made one tandem in June of 2005. In August of 2005 I came back to start student training (good info about student training at uspa.org) and got my license. I’ve been jumping as much as I can and have a few hundred jumps. I have earned the USPA Coach Rating and plan to continue to jump for fun and help teach others how to fly and be safe in the air. There is nothing better than flying your body through the sky with your friends. The canopy is a lot of fun to fly too. It only gets better and better. Every weekend seems to be more fun than the one before. You will get into the sport for the rush, but you stay because of the people. I love this sport and I sincerely hope that you’ll become a full time skydiver and I’ll be able to make some jumps with you at a boogie!

Blue Skies! Black Death! And EFS!!!!

Answer 3

No, and even when something freezes over, the answer's the same. More power to you though. Have a lot of fun!

Answer 4

no but i want 2

Answer 5

That is one thing in my life I have never done and I would like to do!

Answer 6

i never sky dived before, i would be scared to do it...

but maybe it might be fun..but scary the first time.

Answer 7

nope

Answer 8

No, but i do want to

Answer 9

no i haven't but it's on my list

Answer 10

hell no