How many jumps do you average a month?

[Ray.Castaneda 0]

Hey Everybody!

I am about to head out to Perris, CA today for my 5th jump of the year. Am I crazy or do you guys jump more often then I do? Do I need to up my game? How many jumps do you get in a month?

[JohnMitchell 14]

Doing a little math shows you make 12.5 jumps a year.

You should jump more often if you ever want to improve.

Me? ~200+ a year. Some factors are kids, a job and rainy Seattle weekends. Hope to up that number next year.

[wasatchrider 0]

maybe he means a month

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[missbrz 0]

You're poll is a little off for this website... you're probably going to get a LOT of 15+

I make about 100 jumps a year though I've slowed down a bit and probably made only 70-80/year the last two years.

[JohnMitchell 14]

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maybe he means a month

Naw, 'cause then he'd have 120 jumps.

[Ray.Castaneda 0]

WOWZA! I do need to step up my game! Let's go with month! How many do you get in a month?!

How do you find the time?

[excaza 1]

It doesn't take that much time if you're doing 4-5 a day
I'm on track for about 75 this year, but I only got my license in July.

[dthames 0]

I think really it depend if you want to be a casual jumper or a progressive skydiver. Even a casual jumper should still strive to stay current, for many reasons.

I am still new and trying to gain experience. I try to jump as much as I can. Two weeks between jumps is a long time for me. 2 per Saturday (when I jump) is about the least I try to do. Driving 90 miles to the DZ costs gas money and it hate to pay as much for gas as jump costs. I am bleeding my savings right now. So, I might have to taper off at some point.

I am aiming for 100 by the end of my first year in the sport. I had a rather slow start.

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[billvon 2,400]

From zero to around 90 depending on the month. (two 4-day camps = 45 jumps per camp.)

[jverley 0]

I have averaged 225 a year for 20 years. My best year was over 470. My worst was just under a hundred.

I aim to do 365 a year. That's just one a day and keeps me happy (and poor).

John
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[airtwardo 6]

I make at least 100 a year...EVERY year...for 37 YEARS now!

You don't 'find' time ~ You MAKE time!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[normiss 622]

Over the last nine years, I have averaged 53.7037037037037 per month.

[airtwardo 6]

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Over the last nine years, I have averaged 53.7037037037037 per month.

SO what you're sayin' is ~ you're a Tourist!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[normiss 622]

I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up yet!
sheesh....gimme some time!

[ChrisL 2]

per year???

You dont have enough poll options. I average about 8 per month
and thats on the low end compared to a lot of folks on this site.
I jump about 8 months of the year (not fond of cold weather jumping)
for a total around 65 - 75 per year

I wish I could jump more but I'm financially tied.

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[airtwardo 6]

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I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up yet!
sheesh....gimme some time!

Me either, startin' to realize it easier just not to grow up!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Bluhdow 31]

I thought the poll was per month so I chose 10-15.

Per year?

This is my first year in the sport and I'll hit 100 pretty easily.

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[InfiniteSky 0]

This year I'm averaging about 50 jumps a month. Hoping to make 500 this year. Mix of work and team training jumps with some fun jumps thrown in.

[piisfish 135]

being an european weekend warrior, I average 15 jumps a month, for 10 years. But these 2 years are slower.

How do I do it ? 10-12 jumps per weekend when possible, jumping holidays etc ...

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[Ray.Castaneda 0]

90 jumps in a month!?!?! Where is your favorite place to jump?

[Ray.Castaneda 0]

Wowza 3900 jumps! Man you really do make time! How?

Where is your favorite place you have jumped?

Where do you jump the most?

[Ray.Castaneda 0]

I feel your pain man. A stronger cash flow would equal more jumps. Someone here mentioned "camps".

I'll have to look into that.

[billvon 2,400]

>90 jumps in a month!?

Like I said, that's a big month. That would be two four-day camps with me doing video for a team doing 10-14 jumps a day.

>Where is your favorite place to jump?

Favorite? Belize was pretty sweet, as was Lost Prairie. Usually I jump at Perris where they have the lift capacity to support those kinds of teams.

[Ray.Castaneda 0]

Me and my fellow newbies want to know where you purchase these "camps". Do you have a favorite?

[billvon 2,400]

>Me and my fellow newbies want to know where you purchase these "camps".

Well, I don't - I do video for them nowadays. I did an 8 way team one year via the Fury 8 Project, which was a program started by Perris Fury to offer high level training to 8 way teams. Fury's 8 way teams have varied from novice teams competing in intermediate to Moxie, which is a high level 8 way open class team that's scoring in the top 5 at Nationals.

But most larger DZ's have coaches willing to put together and coach a 4 way or 8 way team. Ask them about player/coach, which is a coach who is also one of the members of the team.