Oct 5, 2012, 8:21 PM
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Best places to jump over the holidays for a relative novice
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Hey,
I'm thinking about taking a week off over Christmas and finding a sunny DZ to jump at. I'm a relative novice, only back in the sport for 3-4 months after a 10 year hiatus.
I'm looking for a place where it's easy to meet people and get on loads, with a welcoming atmosphere that's not intimidating to new comers. It would be a plus if there were classes held over the event as well - I'm eager to brush up on my skills.
Thanks Vanessa
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Oct 6, 2012, 5:37 AM
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Florida, California and Arizona will be your best bets. It will be the busy season in those states, so you'll have a pretty good chance at finding a lot of planes flying. If you're going to want to camp or use bunkhouses, better choose a dz and make reservations now!
FL- DeLand, Zhills, Palatka, Sebastian, Lake Wales are all within 2 hours of each other CA- Perris and Elsinore are close to each other AZ-Eloy
Oct 6, 2012, 1:28 PM
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What Andrea said.
I cant comment on CA and FL since I haven't been to one of their holiday boogies in a long while, but at Eloy, there are seminars most evenings in the hangar with the best training material: free beer ;-). Seriously, the seminars are pretty interesting.
Oct 6, 2012, 11:47 PM
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Florida, California and Arizona will be your best bets. It will be the busy season in those states, so you'll have a pretty good chance at finding a lot of planes flying. If you're going to want to camp or use bunkhouses, better choose a dz and make reservations now!
FL- DeLand, Zhills, Palatka, Sebastian, Lake Wales are all within 2 hours of each other CA- Perris and Elsinore are close to each other AZ-Eloy
I've been to most of those DZ at that time of year and they are ALL great, my personal preferences would be Eloy and Elsinore though
Oct 7, 2012, 4:38 AM
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Awesome thanks folks! I was chatting with a friend at my home DZ and he might be going to Arizona this winter. I'm thinking that might be a good plan because I'll know someone there too.
Oct 8, 2012, 11:38 AM
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Well, our vote is for Skydive Arizona of course ;)
We have a awesome Holiday Boogie lined up, with plenty of activities both daily and at night to make it worth your while.
Skydive Arizona, also has a bunkhouse, bar, restaurant, showers, gear store and more on site, so it's easy to just arrive and play as much as you want.
