SweetL1 0 #1 July 16, 2004 Hi Everyone! I'm seriously thinking about going skydiving on Sunday for the first time in Los Angeles but I don't know how to choose where to do it. Do any of you know what the good companies are? I know there is LA Sky Diving in Riverside and one in Lake Elsinore. Any suggestions about what to do or how to be calm during a first jump would be awesome also. . . Any help is appreciated . . thanks! -Lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #2 July 16, 2004 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SweetL1 0 #3 July 16, 2004 I am definitely doing tandem jump, don't think i could do it by myself the first time. I just bought the package from Lake Elsinore online, any suggestions for what i should do or how to prepare? I'm excited/very nervous :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkiD_PL8 0 #4 July 17, 2004 Just show up and listen to your instuctor. You will have a blast. Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billymotox 0 #5 July 17, 2004 Welcome! Have fun and let us know how it goes billy d------------------------- "Escape may be checked by water and land, but the air and the sky are free." (from the story of Daedalus and Icarus) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mt_skydiver 0 #6 July 18, 2004 Hope you have fun! I know tandem was the right choice for the first one for me because it just gives you that sensation of flight, and that way you won't be scared/surprised in experiencing it later. Plus, many DZ's offer discounts on the AFF program if you do a tandem first! Enjoy! You'll never find me Jew gold! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jeth 0 #7 July 19, 2004 Welcome! The main thing with your first jump is try to RELAX. Your instructor will do all the hard stuff. Just try to arch your back and keep your arms and legs from dropping down. You will probably be in sensory overload and won't remember most of it after you land. But you will feel like a million bucks! The main thing is just listen to your instructor and HAVE FUN!! Let us know how it went! Jeth "At 13,000 feet nothing else matters." PFRX!!!!! Team Funnel #174, Sunshine kisspass #109 My Jump Site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyyhi 0 #8 July 19, 2004 Elsinore is my home dz. . .I love it there and so will you. It is very layed back and a lot of fun. Relax and enjoy your tandem. You will love it so much. Let me know when you are going to be there and I will say Hi!________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SweetL1 0 #9 July 19, 2004 Thanks everyone for all your suggestions!! I jumped yesterday and it was AMAZING!!! i wanted to get up there and do it all over again. I wasn't that nervous at all actually and my tandem instructor was so great. I can't wait to do it again! thanks again . . :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkiD_PL8 0 #10 July 19, 2004 Welcome to the sky. Now get back out there again asap! Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
skymama 35 #2 July 16, 2004 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SweetL1 0 #3 July 16, 2004 I am definitely doing tandem jump, don't think i could do it by myself the first time. I just bought the package from Lake Elsinore online, any suggestions for what i should do or how to prepare? I'm excited/very nervous :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiD_PL8 0 #4 July 17, 2004 Just show up and listen to your instuctor. You will have a blast. Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billymotox 0 #5 July 17, 2004 Welcome! Have fun and let us know how it goes billy d------------------------- "Escape may be checked by water and land, but the air and the sky are free." (from the story of Daedalus and Icarus) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mt_skydiver 0 #6 July 18, 2004 Hope you have fun! I know tandem was the right choice for the first one for me because it just gives you that sensation of flight, and that way you won't be scared/surprised in experiencing it later. Plus, many DZ's offer discounts on the AFF program if you do a tandem first! Enjoy! You'll never find me Jew gold! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeth 0 #7 July 19, 2004 Welcome! The main thing with your first jump is try to RELAX. Your instructor will do all the hard stuff. Just try to arch your back and keep your arms and legs from dropping down. You will probably be in sensory overload and won't remember most of it after you land. But you will feel like a million bucks! The main thing is just listen to your instructor and HAVE FUN!! Let us know how it went! Jeth "At 13,000 feet nothing else matters." PFRX!!!!! Team Funnel #174, Sunshine kisspass #109 My Jump Site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #8 July 19, 2004 Elsinore is my home dz. . .I love it there and so will you. It is very layed back and a lot of fun. Relax and enjoy your tandem. You will love it so much. Let me know when you are going to be there and I will say Hi!________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SweetL1 0 #9 July 19, 2004 Thanks everyone for all your suggestions!! I jumped yesterday and it was AMAZING!!! i wanted to get up there and do it all over again. I wasn't that nervous at all actually and my tandem instructor was so great. I can't wait to do it again! thanks again . . :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiD_PL8 0 #10 July 19, 2004 Welcome to the sky. Now get back out there again asap! Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
