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Skydiving Goals for 2008

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Make more jumps in 08 than I made in 07 (211)

Get the D

Don't get axed from any big ways (Heck, I'm thrilled just to get invited)

Get more tunnel time in 08 than 07 (90 minutes)

Nice mix of coaching and learning.

Add a rig (anybody selling a nice complete rig with a 190 main?)

Get some more birdman flying

Make more friends, and not lose any friends.

Keep everything in healthy perspective

Win the lottery and marry a rich girl

MH

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If anyone is looking for the 2007 goals thread I dug it up in General despite the search not finding it
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2538320;

2008 goals (skydiving, BASE, flying, other)
Live
Don't get injured again
Fully recover from my last injury, do all the old fun things I was doing before
Get better at head down
Lose some weight so I fall slower and don't crash as hard
Get better at RW and big ways
Encourage newbies
Jump the Perris Jet
Get a real skydiving non-camera helmet
Do a night wingsuit jump
Do a chamber ride / hypoxia training
Do a 24k jump, and maybe a 30k jump
Fly a few times at iFly SF Bay
Get one of those tunnel FF ratings or join a league
Do some video editing on my stacks of tapes
A wingsuit rodeo jump with my girlfriend
Get Dad on a tandem or in the tunnel, and Mom at least out to the DZ
Skysurf
Compete on the CPC
Swoop a pond
PRO rating
1000 skydives

Jump a B and some other objects and get my BASE number
Go on some BASE trips or to special events (Go Fast Games, KL, Moab, Twin Falls, Switzerland, Norway?)
Legal BASE in a National Park besides the New River Gorge
Get a PF tracking suit, skydive and BASE it
Unpacked BASE

Instrument airplane rating
Aerobatic & spin training
FAA advanced/instrument ground instructor
Take my sister up in my plane
Drop a jumper
Fly to a boogie and a BASE trip

Senior rigger ticket
Fly a paraglider
SCUBA certification
Get a Ph.D.

I thought of a bunch more but I didn't want to overdo it.;)

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What are your skydiving goals in 2008? More jumps? New equipment? New disciplines? Improving current skills?



DON'T DIE. That's pretty much my goal every year.
all except for my 3rd year I have succeeded.:D
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1. Heal
2. Jump again
3. Don't get hurt
4. Get my B
5. Jump a balloon
6. Jump a helicopter
7. Jump the jet
8. Go to and jump at a couple out of state boogies
9. Do a 4 way scramble
10. Jump with all my friends that I haven't jumped with yet
11. Do my 100th jump
12. have fun
Fly like a girl

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I have one goal in 2008, I want to bang a hot sky chica.

That is all, and Im not afraid to talk about it. :ph34r:

is your wife jumping this year?
You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

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My Skydiving Goals for 2008

at least 300 jumps for the year.

Make most of them team training jumps

do better at Nationals then last year.

be on the next texas state freefly record again

overall just improve my freefly skills

get more tunnel time.

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Now that I'm only about 2 hours from the biggest tunnel in the world, I think I'll try it. :)
Goal: Be as good a flyer as most people with half my jumps but will settle for not being outflown by jumpers on student status. :)

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

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This year was full of accomplishments for me. For 2008 I aim to:

- Get my FAA Rigger Cert
- Begin flying camera
- Surpass 1000 jumps

I think all are within reach in 2008. B|



Bump....

Hey Max, I know you made the first goal, how did the rest go?

Have a great 09 buddy!


B|B|B|
Onward and Upward!

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Well, unless I accomplish more than just getting drunk tomorrow here's how I did.

2008 goals (skydiving, BASE, flying, other)
Live - I think I managed this one
Don't get injured again - I'm all healed
Fully recover from my last injury, do all the old fun things I was doing before - I'm back to running, skiing, swooping, BASE jumping and everything else I can think of
Get better at head down - maybe a bit?
Lose some weight so I fall slower and don't crash as hard - nope, I think I got fatter
Get better at RW and big ways - I didn't do too much RW this year
Encourage newbies - I tried to encourage a few people and lots of tandem students
Jump the Perris Jet - not yet
Get a real skydiving non-camera helmet - not yet
Do a night wingsuit jump - I did a couple, it was scary
Do a chamber ride / hypoxia training - soon
Do a 24k jump, and maybe a 30k jump - this year maybe?
Fly a few times at iFly SF Bay - Yes
Get one of those tunnel FF ratings or join a league - Yes, I'm a belly and freefly level 2 now, no leagues yet, but I just bought a few hours in bulk
Do some video editing on my stacks of tapes - nope
A wingsuit rodeo jump with my girlfriend - nope, she's still recovering
Get Dad on a tandem or in the tunnel, and Mom at least out to the DZ - No parents skydiving yet, but my Mom came to the DZ on my birthday and a friend of hers did a tandem while she did an observer ride
Skysurf - not yet
Compete on the CPC - I think the CPC died, so no
Swoop a pond - I swooped the ocean a few times
PRO rating - hopefully soon
1000 skydives - I've got more than that now

Jump a B and some other objects and get my BASE number - #1224
Go on some BASE trips or to special events (Go Fast Games, KL, Moab, Twin Falls, Switzerland, Norway?) - I made it to the games and TF.
Legal BASE in a National Park besides the New River Gorge - hopefully in my lifetime
Get a PF tracking suit, skydive and BASE it - not yet
Unpacked BASE - I've done a number of unpacked jumps now.

Instrument airplane rating - got it
Aerobatic & spin training - not yet
FAA advanced/instrument ground instructor - got it
Take my sister up in my plane - done
Drop a jumper - no comment
Fly to a boogie and a BASE trip - I've flown to skydive for the day and to Twin for the weekend a few times

Senior rigger ticket - got it
Fly a paraglider - not yet
SCUBA certification - maybe soon?
Get a Ph.D. - long term

I also did lots of tandems this year, got laid off and got a new job working for Sandisk, got another BASE rig (or was it two?), I'm currently on a break from illegal BASE jumping, got a Velocity 120, I saved myself on a wingsuit chop, I chopped a tandem, and did lots of other fun stuff.
BASE 1224, Senior Parachute Rigger, CPL ASEL IA, AGI, IGI
USPA Coach & UPT Tandem Instructor, PRO, Altimaster Field Support Representative

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1. Be alive on January 1, 2009.

2. Have no titanium and no more scars than I have now on January 1, 2009.

3. It'd be nice if all of my friends can say the same thing on January 1, 2009.



Still have 24 hours to go, but close enough.

1. I'm still alive!

2. Still have no titanium and I added no scars.

3. Most of y friends can say the same thing.

Gravy - Finally earned the AFFI rating I've wanted since 1990.B|

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