cameraman getting jumps for tandom

[base_nz 0]

Hey guys,

a quick post fro you all... im getting back into jumping after a year and a hlf off ... wanting to do camera to get my jump sup but have foud that a lot of DZs are using wristys for there camera jumps now. ( in australia anyway. ) is this the same all oer the world??
And if so will this hinder people wanting to get there jumps up for becoming a tandom masters...as not all of us have the cash to pay fro that amount of jumps up front. And will this lead in turn to a shortage of tandom masters further down the track?

It would be good to hear wat you think..
Thanks



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[AggieDave 6]

My best advice to you is to become a packer, pack as much as you can each day and save as much as you can while you still increase your jump numbers and skill set.

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[Squeak 17]

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My best advice to you is to become a packer, pack as much as you can each day and save as much as you can while you still increase your jump numbers and skill set.

Dave here in OZ almost everyone pack for them selves except on training camps and boogies
He'd starve to death trying to eran jumping and livbing money packing

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[packerboy 3]

Will they let you jump camera for tandems after taking a year off and having 350 jumps?

My guess is that you will have the requirements for getting your tandem rating before you really get rolling as a video guy.

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[base_nz 0]

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Will they let you jump camera for tandems after taking a year off and having 350 jumps?

My guess is that you will have the requirements for getting your tandem rating before you really get rolling as a video guy.

I was jumping camera after 200.... but those 200 where done in just over a year... so those 750 jumps are looking a lot further away ...
And yes i would have to get another 50 or so jumps in over a short period before i would even think to ask and then it would probably be at the dropzone i would have been junping in.

.....And you thought Kiwis couldn't fly!!!!

[packerboy 3]

I'm under the impression that Taupo requires 1,000 jumps for tandems, but not the other DZ's in NZ.. am I wrong?

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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson

[Reginald 0]

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Dave here in OZ almost everyone pack for them selves

You guys hvae always been a rugged and crazy bunch...

"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

[base_nz 0]

yea its 1000. in nz ....ithink you can get away with 750 if you complete certain courses though ....

.....And you thought Kiwis couldn't fly!!!!

[bigway 4]

is this booth?

whats up if it is.

Get your BIC and then you can start on 750.
NZ will let you jump camera for tandem. if you find the right dz.

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[slug 1]

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My best advice to you is to become a packer, pack as much as you can each day and save as much as you can while you still increase your jump numbers and skill set.

Dave here in OZ almost everyone pack for them selves except on training camps and boogies
He'd starve to death trying to eran jumping and livbing money packing

If everyone is busy and tired from packing their gear. How about becoming a boy toy for the neglected wives and girlfriends that are bored sitting around the DZ all day.

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