Hey Gals - Guys, What If You Were Into A Sport That You Loved Mor Than kydiving?

[rwieder 0]

Would you quit, and persue the sport, or would you blow it off and keep on skydiving?

I've got 3 mucho bad-ass 1/4 mile cars and one 240" Rail with a 426 Hemi. I'm telling you it's a rush from hell. I have a driver who pilots the cars when i'm not home. He actually drives them more and better than i. I'm also thinking of getting into open wheel racing. But i'm torn between the two. Dammit.

What would you gals & guys do? At this point i'm going to continue to jump camera and take time to make the right decision. I hate hard decisions!

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[ACMESkydiver 0]

Screw skydiving! Go for something new!!!

'Course, you're talking to a girl that just sold her canopies, so you may find other opinions out there.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[LisaH 0]

Hey Gals - Guys, What If You Were Into A Sport That You Loved Mor Than kydiving? - NEW

Lordy..I'm still a student, when does kydiving come in?

Edited to say j/k

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[gofast_ER 0]

sell all your car stuff and buy new gear/jumps

I may not agree with what you have to say but i'll defend to the death your right to say it.

[kelpdiver 2]

does it have to be one or the other?

You can jump a day a month and see how the new endeavor pans out. Obviouly your performance will drop a bit with lower currency.

I like to try something new each year, do it enough to get to basic competency. Then it survives or dies on the merits along with the 1 primary sport and a couple secondaries.

[d_squared431 0]

You don't have to quit skydiving you can take a break to pursue the other.Why can't you do both?

TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1
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You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly

[AggieDave 6]

I have a feeling life would be like it is now.

I love skydiving, but I also love the martial arts and mt biking. I ride about 5 times a month. I go to class twice a week and I jump every weekend.

I also really enjoy motorcycles, so I ride as much as I can. I haven't done a good long trip since last year, this year I only did about 500 miles in 2 days. I need another 800+ in a day trip...got one planned for August, we'll see how it goes.

I guess the biggest downfall is not having the money to persue any of them very well right now. Even skydiving, I'm jumping but I'm scrimping to save up for some new gear (canopy). I haven't really spent any money on my bike, on mt biking or martial arts in a long time either (unless you count my last belt test and basic maintance/fuel for my motorcycle). The local trail system is city owned and free to me. So I guess I need to get really good and get a sponser to help pay for the skydiving. Atleast I can still do tandems and coach jumps to pay for the jumping its self.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[mnealtx 0]

I'm with ya!!

"Shiner Bock Skydiving Team"

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[selbbub78 0]

do what i do... just do them all!
CReW Skies,

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[popsjumper 2]

I'd say go with the racing and do demos into the track on practice and race days.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[NWFlyer 2]

If you feel like you can pursue both within your comfort level for safety, currency, and $pending, then go for both. Despite what some people think, you *are* allowed to stop skydiving if you choose!

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[ChrisL 2]

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Would you quit, and persue the sport, or would you blow it off and keep on skydiving?

Do both.

Duh

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My mighty steed

[ChrisL 2]

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I love skydiving, but I also love the martial arts and mt biking. I ride about 5 times a month. I go to class twice a week and I jump every weekend.

I also really enjoy motorcycles, so I ride as much as I can.

Throw weight lifting and and nice guitars into that mix, take out the mountain biking, and theres my life
Its full. Very full.

But DAMN, I only get one life so I'm living the hell out of it

I cant imagine having to give up any of my passions or having to choose between them.

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My mighty steed

[swedishcelt 0]

Yeah! Why on earth would you have to choose? Balance your life. It's good to have many choices and talents. If I lived near an area where I could surf I probably would all the time and be perfectly happy.

[rwieder 0]

Don't you think you have to be a 100%er to be really good at one of the two? Or three? Everything takes place on the weekends, thein lies the problems for me.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[AggieDave 6]

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Don't you think you have to be a 100%er to be really good at one of the two? Or three? Everything takes place on the weekends, thein lies the problems for me.

You don't have to be a 100%er, one weekend a month is more then a LOT of skydivers out there. Then again, some DZs do some weekday stuff. I know Aggieland tends to jump on Wednesdays (sometimes) and we have Hop-n-pop Thursdays out of the 182.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[antifnsocial 0]

Hey Mr. Intense, Decide whether you want to be a star or be happy. And good luck with being a star cause there are a lot of star-want-to-be's out there already and they don't seem incredibly happy or satisfied with themselves. I would focus on being happy in the moment and if that means taking a breaky-poo from skydiving, so be it. You'll be a more rounded person if you just follow your heart.

Please feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean.

[stitch 0]

I wouldn't mind getting into another activity to take up some of my time that wasn't as expensive a skydiving.........basketweaving comes to mind.

"No cookies for you"- GFD
"I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65
Don't be a "Racer Hater"

[rwieder 0]

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[rwieder 0]

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sell all your car stuff and buy new
gear/jumps

I already have new gear and prepaid jumps a two DZ's. It's lap times i'm concerned about! I really got hooked when i did the Richard Petty Driving Experience last fall at the Nextel Cup Race At Texas World Motor Speed Way. Man, driving one of those stock cars is the shiznits! We got to do 30 laps, i started 17th and finished fourth. (No beating and banging allowed, they'll Black Flag ya!) I can see why those guys race 36 out of 52 weeks a year.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[shropshire 0]

I do both.... life is not a re-hearse-al [sic].


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(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[kelpdiver 2]

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I wouldn't mind getting into another activity to take up some of my time that wasn't as expensive a skydiving.........basketweaving comes to mind.

just about anything that will compete with skydiving for your interest is going to cost you.

[Broke 0]

Just borrow a guitar, and take a book out of the library.

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[PLFXpert 0]

I would do what I want---always do.

I've always been frank about skydiving being one of many hobbies of mine. When I first started, of course, I was at the DZ every weekend for at least a year or more. But the "newness" of it wore off like anything else.

I love trying new things and keeping my brain stimulated. Often when you're trying something new, you're also learning something new. And I love that.
Some people are really, really good at one thing and some are pretty good at a lot of things. I would likely fall into the latter category.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[PLFXpert 0]

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sell all your car stuff and buy new gear/jumps

Yea, see the problem with that is you'll end up buying it all back later in life.

I was in college and sold three surfboards, two wakeboards & scuba gear to help pay for AFF. Nevermind I had gotten all of the above for FREE.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.