KaliGrown 0 #1 August 8, 2006 Just made my first jump, it was a tandom, from monterey ca, it was a blast and i can't wait to do it again. Here looking for info on how to go about geting certified to do it solo. Tim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #2 August 8, 2006 Welcome to the forums! Here is a good link to help you understand what it takes to get started.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
squarecanopy 0 #3 August 8, 2006 They say it takes about a week for the grin to wear off - Congratulations! Get with your dropzone or tandem instructor and get into their AFF program. Blue skies! Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyscallin 0 #4 August 9, 2006 "A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water" ~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #5 August 9, 2006 Haha....I still have my grin! And my first jump was over 3 months ago! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites squarecanopy 0 #6 August 9, 2006 I know what you mean!! I made my first jump in Sept. 2003, and I was so scared the Instructors had to almost kick me out the door-then I broke my leg in a prairie dog hole during a landing in May 2004-been back now since Oct. 2005 and got my A license last month- and I'm STILL grinnin' so much my face hurts! It is possible that I am addicted. Hello, my name is Bill and I'm a jumpaholic... Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #7 August 9, 2006 Quote Hello, my name is Bill and I'm a jumpaholic... The only difference here is that when you call your sponsor, it's for help with your jumps--not for help in keeping you away from the DZ! (Bill's my de facto sponsor already, whether he knows it or not!)TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #8 August 10, 2006 It doesn't help much when the addiction can be further fed by tunnel time in between jumps.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #9 August 10, 2006 NO KIDDING!!! I really, really, really have to find a good bank to knock over. (Except for the whole business about how I can't even tell a lie without my face giving it away, let alone actually STEAL anything.)TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest #10 August 10, 2006 haha...lemme know when you find a good bank! I'm all for it! A few extra bucks would be kinda nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #11 August 10, 2006 QuoteA few extra bucks would be kinda nice. Nothing's ever "extra" when the wind tunnel is just 20 minutes away. . . .TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites squarecanopy 0 #12 August 10, 2006 Holy cashflow, Batman, this bunch really is addicted! Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #13 August 10, 2006 Ka-CHING!! Where're my goggles??? 9 days to my tandem and counting. (Tammy jumped yesterday!!)TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites squarecanopy 0 #14 August 10, 2006 ALLLRIIIIGHT TAMMY!!! Julie, I am so excited that all you tunnel flyers also want to skydive! Just think, this time next year we will have to do a big way with You, Tammy, Yvonne, Booby(oops - BOBBY)Carl, me, Brad, and whoever else...first step first, though, let's get you out into the clear blue next Saturday. Man this is COOOL!! Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #15 August 11, 2006 Yes, well, see our subject line--ADDICTED!!! It trickles downwind from the dz all the way to the tunnel. I'm just excited that all you skydivers want us to join the club. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sartre 0 #16 August 11, 2006 Why is November so faaaar away? I literally can think of nothing else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ladydyver 0 #17 August 12, 2006 I just keep hopin to win the lottery to pay for my jumping habit.DPH # 2 "I am not sure what you are suppose to do with that, but I don't think it is suppose to flop around like that." ~Skootz~ I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites az_wolf_lover 0 #18 August 20, 2006 Hello all- I too am a addicted!!- I have done 4 tandums and 20min. in the tunnel and I will be starting my AFF in 4 days!! (1st and 2nd stage )-if there's a cure for this I DON'T WANT IT !! All this and I've only been in this since April this year & It just keeps getting better and better!!- any thought on nervousness for the start of my AFF?? AprilBLUE SKIES AND SAFE LANDINGS!! "WHY DO SOMETHING YOUR SELF- WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO IT FOR YOU" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites squarecanopy 0 #19 August 20, 2006 Hey, April! Welcome to the world of nutjobs who jump out of good airplanes on purpose! And then dream about it whenever they aren't! MY KIND OF GROUP.... As you probably read on one of my previous posts on this thread, I was a nervous nitwit when I started-it took me about ten jumps before my heart rate didn't skyrocket when they would open the door. Remember that anybody who isn't at least a little scared is the exception-fear is the normal reaction to the risk and the unknown. Focus on the TRAINING, and you will be able to train out the instinctual reactions to all things you encounter out in the air-both normal and emergency stuff that comes up. That's why we train, and why we never stop learning. I am no longer nervous, in fact I look forward to the open door and the 55 seconds of freedom and adrenalin that waits out there- Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites az_wolf_lover 0 #20 August 20, 2006 Yes I'm nervous- but not about any thing but the airplane to ground idea- not sure why-I know I can do it. I 've been studing and talking to LOTS of friends @ my DZ ( Which is the best!! ) I'm sure it will all go away in time. A friend of mine is going to do all my videos for me- which makes me feel not AS nervous - just knowing that some one I know will be up there with me is a huge releifBLUE SKIES AND SAFE LANDINGS!! 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squarecanopy 0 #6 August 9, 2006 I know what you mean!! I made my first jump in Sept. 2003, and I was so scared the Instructors had to almost kick me out the door-then I broke my leg in a prairie dog hole during a landing in May 2004-been back now since Oct. 2005 and got my A license last month- and I'm STILL grinnin' so much my face hurts! It is possible that I am addicted. Hello, my name is Bill and I'm a jumpaholic... Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #7 August 9, 2006 Quote Hello, my name is Bill and I'm a jumpaholic... The only difference here is that when you call your sponsor, it's for help with your jumps--not for help in keeping you away from the DZ! (Bill's my de facto sponsor already, whether he knows it or not!)TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #8 August 10, 2006 It doesn't help much when the addiction can be further fed by tunnel time in between jumps.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #9 August 10, 2006 NO KIDDING!!! I really, really, really have to find a good bank to knock over. (Except for the whole business about how I can't even tell a lie without my face giving it away, let alone actually STEAL anything.)TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #10 August 10, 2006 haha...lemme know when you find a good bank! I'm all for it! A few extra bucks would be kinda nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #11 August 10, 2006 QuoteA few extra bucks would be kinda nice. Nothing's ever "extra" when the wind tunnel is just 20 minutes away. . . .TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squarecanopy 0 #12 August 10, 2006 Holy cashflow, Batman, this bunch really is addicted! Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #13 August 10, 2006 Ka-CHING!! Where're my goggles??? 9 days to my tandem and counting. (Tammy jumped yesterday!!)TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squarecanopy 0 #14 August 10, 2006 ALLLRIIIIGHT TAMMY!!! Julie, I am so excited that all you tunnel flyers also want to skydive! Just think, this time next year we will have to do a big way with You, Tammy, Yvonne, Booby(oops - BOBBY)Carl, me, Brad, and whoever else...first step first, though, let's get you out into the clear blue next Saturday. Man this is COOOL!! Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #15 August 11, 2006 Yes, well, see our subject line--ADDICTED!!! It trickles downwind from the dz all the way to the tunnel. I'm just excited that all you skydivers want us to join the club. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sartre 0 #16 August 11, 2006 Why is November so faaaar away? I literally can think of nothing else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ladydyver 0 #17 August 12, 2006 I just keep hopin to win the lottery to pay for my jumping habit.DPH # 2 "I am not sure what you are suppose to do with that, but I don't think it is suppose to flop around like that." ~Skootz~ I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites az_wolf_lover 0 #18 August 20, 2006 Hello all- I too am a addicted!!- I have done 4 tandums and 20min. in the tunnel and I will be starting my AFF in 4 days!! (1st and 2nd stage )-if there's a cure for this I DON'T WANT IT !! All this and I've only been in this since April this year & It just keeps getting better and better!!- any thought on nervousness for the start of my AFF?? AprilBLUE SKIES AND SAFE LANDINGS!! "WHY DO SOMETHING YOUR SELF- WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO IT FOR YOU" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites squarecanopy 0 #19 August 20, 2006 Hey, April! Welcome to the world of nutjobs who jump out of good airplanes on purpose! And then dream about it whenever they aren't! MY KIND OF GROUP.... As you probably read on one of my previous posts on this thread, I was a nervous nitwit when I started-it took me about ten jumps before my heart rate didn't skyrocket when they would open the door. Remember that anybody who isn't at least a little scared is the exception-fear is the normal reaction to the risk and the unknown. Focus on the TRAINING, and you will be able to train out the instinctual reactions to all things you encounter out in the air-both normal and emergency stuff that comes up. That's why we train, and why we never stop learning. I am no longer nervous, in fact I look forward to the open door and the 55 seconds of freedom and adrenalin that waits out there- Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites az_wolf_lover 0 #20 August 20, 2006 Yes I'm nervous- but not about any thing but the airplane to ground idea- not sure why-I know I can do it. I 've been studing and talking to LOTS of friends @ my DZ ( Which is the best!! ) I'm sure it will all go away in time. A friend of mine is going to do all my videos for me- which makes me feel not AS nervous - just knowing that some one I know will be up there with me is a huge releifBLUE SKIES AND SAFE LANDINGS!! "WHY DO SOMETHING YOUR SELF- WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO IT FOR YOU" 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
ladydyver 0 #17 August 12, 2006 I just keep hopin to win the lottery to pay for my jumping habit.DPH # 2 "I am not sure what you are suppose to do with that, but I don't think it is suppose to flop around like that." ~Skootz~ I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az_wolf_lover 0 #18 August 20, 2006 Hello all- I too am a addicted!!- I have done 4 tandums and 20min. in the tunnel and I will be starting my AFF in 4 days!! (1st and 2nd stage )-if there's a cure for this I DON'T WANT IT !! All this and I've only been in this since April this year & It just keeps getting better and better!!- any thought on nervousness for the start of my AFF?? AprilBLUE SKIES AND SAFE LANDINGS!! "WHY DO SOMETHING YOUR SELF- WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO IT FOR YOU" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squarecanopy 0 #19 August 20, 2006 Hey, April! Welcome to the world of nutjobs who jump out of good airplanes on purpose! And then dream about it whenever they aren't! MY KIND OF GROUP.... As you probably read on one of my previous posts on this thread, I was a nervous nitwit when I started-it took me about ten jumps before my heart rate didn't skyrocket when they would open the door. Remember that anybody who isn't at least a little scared is the exception-fear is the normal reaction to the risk and the unknown. Focus on the TRAINING, and you will be able to train out the instinctual reactions to all things you encounter out in the air-both normal and emergency stuff that comes up. That's why we train, and why we never stop learning. I am no longer nervous, in fact I look forward to the open door and the 55 seconds of freedom and adrenalin that waits out there- Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az_wolf_lover 0 #20 August 20, 2006 Yes I'm nervous- but not about any thing but the airplane to ground idea- not sure why-I know I can do it. I 've been studing and talking to LOTS of friends @ my DZ ( Which is the best!! ) I'm sure it will all go away in time. A friend of mine is going to do all my videos for me- which makes me feel not AS nervous - just knowing that some one I know will be up there with me is a huge releifBLUE SKIES AND SAFE LANDINGS!! "WHY DO SOMETHING YOUR SELF- WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO IT FOR YOU" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
