JumpForFun85 0 #1 December 28, 2008 Hey everyone, I just starting jumping. I just am looking for some New York jumpers to find a good place to call a home Dz. Hit me up on this or email me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AliMac 0 #2 December 28, 2008 Welcome to Skydiving! Depends on where in NY you are, where did you make your first jumps? I started at The Ranch in Gardiner NY, great people great fun, great atmosphere. I love it there, don't get there as much as I would like lately but the people are incredible and very willing to teach and help out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CMiller 1 #3 December 28, 2008 The ranch isn't exactly upstate… I'd suggest Frontier Skydivers in Newfane, or Finger Lakes Skydivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #4 December 28, 2008 being a life long native New Yorker i can attest to the fact that for MANY... the ranch IS upstate...Really,, for all those people, who live in metro NY City or on the ISland.. ANYthing above westchester is UPstate hahahaha.. true... but as CMiller points out, there are hundreds and hundreds of miles MORE,, to the north and west.... north through the adirondacks and up to Malone, and west,,,, through the finger lakes, and into rochester and buffalo...The OP didn't provide a location, so it's tougher to answer the question.. like MANY things,,, it's ALL Relative.. but there are Lots of GOOD dropzones in NY. jt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skron 0 #5 December 28, 2008 OP, where in NY are you? As JimmyT points out upstate NY can be very different to different people. I jump at Rochester Skydivers and I love it. Its a small one cessna DZ, but its a great place to start jumping. There is also Frontier further west and Ovid to the east. PM me if you have more specific questions.Well behaved women don't often make history. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #6 December 28, 2008 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
JumpForFun85 0 #7 December 29, 2008 yeah anything is upstate, im in syracuse so wherever...i am just trying to find some input on dz's and maybe find a place to call home. Every place is more than an hour away, so any input is great input. -Drew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPAWNmaster 0 #8 December 29, 2008 hey man you should join us at Finger Lakes Skydiving...it's like an hour from your location! I live in Ithaca and go up there all the time. For now it's closed for the season but we have a good time. There are freefliers, wingsuiters, belly rw, all kinds of stuff going on up there so feel free to make it home. check out this video compilation i made for hte end of the year (all fingerlakes stuff): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESo9fGUKzuE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
