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(Review ID:2939)

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

One of skydivings best kept secrets.

Rated by: toolbox on 2006-03-25 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Oregon, Inc.
Pros: Great private airstrip,30+ acres of grass landing area,world class swoop pond,screaming fast turbines,camping,and great
Cons: Only 5 months of good weather.

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This place rocks! I lived there for 2 years,and I miss it alot. Not a day passes without my thinking about the sweet goodness at SDO. The experienced skydiver population is good size,with CRW dogs,swoopers,belly flyers,and a crap load of free flyers.The 300 series super otter is faster than any other I've experienced.The C-208 does pretty good also.If you like hiking,mountain biking or windsurfing,they are all within short driving distance. From June through early October this place is full throttle.Go there and experience skydiving next to the cascade mountains of the great northwest.

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5 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Scenic area, small town 40 minutes from Portland, Oregon, Great facility

Rated by: michaelted57 on 2005-08-19 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Oregon, Inc.
Pros: Very experienced professional staff, state of the art student gear and rentals, great aircraft
Cons: Rains from Mid-October to January, clears for a week, then rains until the 6th of July.

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In the summer this is a great place to be for the experienced skydiver or the newby. In the winter the level of individual attention almost outweighs the long waits between jumpable weather days. The staff is very professional and competent. There are several world record holders in several disciplines who call this DZ home, and they are always available to help. With my job I could live anywhere and jump anywhere, and I choose to live here because of this DZ.

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3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Go here when you are in the area.

Rated by: pwln on 2005-07-25 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Oregon, Inc.
Pros: Fast aircraft, friendly people, always another load going up.
Cons: I didn't find any...

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When I got there everyone was very friendly and made me feel right at home here. I only had a chance to do 2 jumps (work got in the way). I lost my wedding ring at 8k on a 2 way, Oh well, That just means I'll have to come back and look up there some more.

It took almost no time to check in, the manifest people and DZO were really nice and helpful. I will be sure to stop here again if I'm ever back in the area. You should too....

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(Review ID:578)

21 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

Big enough to be busy, small enough to feel at home

Rated by: ManBird on 2002-10-30 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Oregon, Inc.
Pros: FAST climbs, pro-size swoop pond, every form of skydiving, parties, scenery, and an actual beer light
Cons: Winter weather

You can't do better in the Northwest. The planes here, from Jump Air (http://www.jumpair.com) are THE cleanest, newest, nicest, and most importantly -- fastest jump planes you'll ever ride. Full loads get to altitude in ten minutes, and that's not just on a cold day.

The scenery is beyond beautiful. The ground is almost always green in every direction. Massive mountains jut up in the distance (Hood, St. Helens, Ranier, the Three Sisters, and sometimes Shasta).

All the amenities: indoor and outdoor packing areas, team rooms and camping (in the warmer half of the year), rigging loft with several very experienced riggers, "gear store" (OK, not a full gear store, but there's access to those things you need... Pro-Track batteries, goggles, etc), cameraflyers, video-editing room, lounge with a big screen TV, fridges, real bathrooms with real plumbing (plus the porto-potties), lots of parking, and it goes on and on.

You know ever have to ask, "Is the beer light on?" as this figurative phrase again. There's an actual light that says "Beer" on it. And the beer light here is an exceptional one. The fridges (and often times kegs) are populated with only the best, by the nation's biggest beer snobs.

If you're into BASE, you've got all four within an hour of the DZ, and plenty of them.

There's a great mix and acceptance of disciplines here. Come out at do some RW, freefly, skyfly, skyboard, or whatever. Then finish your jump with a swoop across the competition-size swoop pond. Or just hit the main, grass landing area facing into the light, consistent winds.

The ONLY downside is winter weather. From late October until April-Mayish, it's pretty much hop and pops. Albeit, some hop and pops in the snow, which kick ass, but the full altitude days get pretty scattered and cold throughout the winter.

I'm just a jumper here, but I love my drop zone. I'm not drunk right now or anything. ;) Point is... Skydive Oregon is a destination drop zone... not just a passing through/in the area stop. Though... you should do that, too.

MB]

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