3mpire 0 #1 June 29, 2013 Just curious how many have never been a tandem student. I started on SL so I never did one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tommock 0 #2 June 29, 2013 Looking for the "Yes Both" option. My first jump was a tandem and I've been passenger during a TI examination. Quite a different feeling doing one as an experienced jumper. Getting into the airplane without a rig is the strongest "I forgot something somewhere..." feeling I've ever had :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecondRound 1 #3 June 29, 2013 That was how I returned to skydiving after a 35 year layoff. Then moved to s/L. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ILUVCHUTERS 1 #4 June 29, 2013 TommockLooking for the "Yes Both" option. My first jump was a tandem and I've been passenger during a TI examination. Quite a different feeling doing one as an experienced jumper. Getting into the airplane without a rig is the strongest "I forgot something somewhere..." feeling I've ever had :) I was looking for that option too :) I did two before my first IAD and I do recerts every year with a couple of our tandem masters. They're great fun! I have gone with the instructor who did my first tandem every year since. Love it! It's like celebrating my "anniversary" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 613 #5 June 29, 2013 Yes, I did a tandem after I got licensed. Mind you, I started jumping static-line abck in 1977, long before tandem was invented. By 1984, I had 350 jumps and did my first tandem jump strapped to the chest of Rob Laidlaw. I felt naked without a ripcord or altimeter. Keep in mind that Rob Laidlaw was captain of the world champion 8-way team. I earned two TI ratings in 1986 and ever since then have done to occassional jump on the front to help certify new TIs. Since becoming a tandem examiner (2008) I make a few jumps strapped to the front of every TI I train, even the TIs doing refresher jumps. I lost count of how many dozen jumps I have done on the front. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irishrigger 32 #6 June 29, 2013 i am a tandem examiner so i done about 40 as passanger. weird sensation with no rig but you get used to it. but still lots of fun most of the time.except when they plough you into the ground on landing after ignoring you instructions to flare and fighting with the toggles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #7 June 29, 2013 riggerrob Yes, I did a tandem after I got licensed. Mind you, I started jumping static-line abck in 1977, long before tandem was invented. By 1984, I had 350 jumps and did my first tandem jump strapped to the chest of Rob Laidlaw. I felt naked without a ripcord or altimeter. Keep in mind that Rob Laidlaw was captain of the world champion 8-way team. I earned two TI ratings in 1986 and ever since then have done to occassional jump on the front to help certify new TIs. Since becoming a tandem examiner (2008) I make a few jumps strapped to the front of every TI I train, even the TIs doing refresher jumps. I lost count of how many dozen jumps I have done on the front. Got my rating from Bill Morrissey way back at the start too...when I stood straight up he was 6 inches off the ground. I joked that my AAD had a mustache! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3mpire 0 #8 June 30, 2013 Doh. Forgot to add a "both" option. I've had the chance to do a few as ballast on recurrency or rating jumps but I kinda like my zero tandem streak I've got going. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #9 June 30, 2013 My first tandem ride was at about 200 jumps. Did a few more for the guys that I got rated with. Hated every one of them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 4 #10 June 30, 2013 I'm not sure what you are really asking, but my first (of two) tandem rides were when I had about 2,000 jumps. I was passenger for two friends near the end of the certification process for their tandem instructor license. It was uncomfortable and scary. I didn't enjoy it, but I was glad to help my friends. I wouldn't do it again. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dthames 0 #11 June 30, 2013 skybytchMy first tandem ride was at about 200 jumps. Did a few more for the guys that I got rated with. Hated every one of them! I passed up an offer for a free one because I didn't think I would like it. Zero tandems so far.Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DHemer 0 #12 June 30, 2013 about 4 years before having enough money to do aff I won a tandem as part of red bull comp Was hardly a student though, very much a passenger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #13 June 30, 2013 No no no hell no and no.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #14 June 30, 2013 grueNo no no hell no and no. Pussy. I've done three. First was on vacation at Playa del Carmen. Started jumping a little over two years later. Second was for a buddy that needed to get recurrent after coming back from the gulf. Last one was #5 with an upjumper for a newly trained TI. The dz was busy and they needed him on the wheel.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #15 July 1, 2013 grue No no no hell no and no. Plus another "no" Just sayin' ! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 325 #16 July 1, 2013 I did a couple for a friend over the past few months (when she got her rating, and then her handcam TI jump) I actually really enjoyed them, and unlike a solo skydive where you get 'bored', I found it relaxing to just kick back and enjoy the view.Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cnsky54 0 #17 July 1, 2013 I did one last summer in memory of a loved friend. When she was in hospital, the number one thing on her bucket list was for me to take her for a tandem jump. Alas, surgery did not go as planned and she passed in 2011. I did a passenger jump for her on the first anniversary of her loss, and enjoyed every moment. Weird with no altimeter or handles, but a great experience! I know she would have loved it too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #18 July 1, 2013 QuoteI passed up an offer for a free one because I didn't think I would like it. I've been mostly grounded for the past year (neck issues scaring me). Was offered a tandem ride by a friend, just to get up in the air. I refused. Not that I don't trust him - it's a control thing. I gotta have it or I'm not comfortable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hangdiver 1 #19 July 1, 2013 Yep...only one...years ago at my tandem certification course with a fellow who was also getting certified. I was his very first passenger...I could reach all the handles as well. Also the winds were sketchy and I told him I'll be taking over for the landing. He protested and I told him he could learn to land with someone else. Oh ya...we stood it up. hangdiver "Mans got to know his limitations" Harry Callahan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #20 July 1, 2013 Yes both and as the instructor :)~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #21 July 1, 2013 Did it for my first ever jump (West Tenn Skydiving, Fast Eddie) Did it for my tandem cert. Did it once for someone else's cert. I don't do them anymore as a PAX. Personal choice."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DcloudZ 0 #22 July 2, 2013 Did 2 prior to AFF Did 1 for a TI's cert and Boobies "Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." -Alan Watts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bertt 0 #23 July 3, 2013 Same here. I've been passenger six or seven times for people getting ratings. Really a spooky feeling.You don't have to outrun the bear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #24 July 3, 2013 Once for a friend getting his rating. Even though I helped steer at some point, the DZO charged me full price for the tandem ride! Just kidding, but it was a very uncomfortable feeling on the ride up with no rig."Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites