sd-slider 0 #1 May 11, 2006 Just wondering.... I'm @ 98(tandem included) and need a jump or two NOW! and don't want to blow the op for 100 w/ my peeps. -Anvil Brother #69 Sidelined with a 5mm C5-C6 herniated disk... Back2Back slammers and 40yr old fat guys don't mix! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #2 May 11, 2006 Yes. Be safe Edwww.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #3 May 11, 2006 ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sd-slider 0 #4 May 11, 2006 I guess the real question is.... Does it HAVE to? -Anvil Brother #69 Sidelined with a 5mm C5-C6 herniated disk... Back2Back slammers and 40yr old fat guys don't mix! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #5 May 11, 2006 QuoteI guess the real question is.... Does it HAVE to? - I guess if it's not on video, it didn't happen, right? Be safe Edwww.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sd-slider 0 #6 May 11, 2006 QuoteI guess if it's not on video, it didn't happen, right? It IS on video, so it did happen! SHEEEEEOT! -Anvil Brother #69 Sidelined with a 5mm C5-C6 herniated disk... Back2Back slammers and 40yr old fat guys don't mix! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #7 May 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteI guess if it's not on video, it didn't happen, right? It IS on video, so it did happen! SHEEEEEOT! - *** Yeah well....I've seen some of your freefall videos too... Trust me...they DIDN'T HAPPEN! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tso-d_chris 0 #8 May 11, 2006 QuoteJust wondering.... I'm @ 98(tandem included) and need a jump or two NOW! and don't want to blow the op for 100 w/ my peeps. - I think a true skydiver would not count it until getting ready to exit on your 100th solo, and then begin doing so. That way you can count your jumps: . . .96,97,98,99,101,102,103, . . . Notice there is no double zero jump number requiring beer purchases. It works much the same way as a "pre-second" instead of a first. Remember, with the money you save on beer, you can make an extra skydive! For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DontPanic 0 #9 May 11, 2006 I had a similar issue. I went through static line. The old-timers told me that the static line jumps shouldn't count. I found out later that I could have counted my static line jumps, but I went ahead and started my logbook with my first non-static-line freefall/delay as jump #1. I just went ahead and decided that the jump number in my log book is the number I'll use for my milestones, and not worry about the static line jumps. I think it is pretty much up to you. Just pick a system and go with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #10 May 11, 2006 Quote I think it is pretty much up to you. Just pick a system and go with it. And change systems when convenient for this purpose. For the USPA reasons, they count. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpingjimmy 0 #11 May 11, 2006 who cares about numbers anyway, it's all voodoo bullshit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #12 May 12, 2006 Quote I think a true skydiver would not count it until getting ready to exit on your 100th solo, and then begin doing so. Huh, I've got nearly 900 jumps that don't count then.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skykittykat 0 #13 May 12, 2006 QuoteI think a true skydiver would not count it until getting ready to exit on your 100th solo, If you do an AFF system that requires you to do a tandem as a level or pre-level, then of course it counts. I counted my 30 tandems as jumps. I was a guinea pig for 6 peeps getting their tandem ratings. I was B licence then and rather naive.... The whole experience was a lot of fun though! Liz Traa di liooar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danger29 0 #14 May 12, 2006 The way I think is that if you jumped out of a plane then it counts. Whether strapped to someone else or not. I have never done a tandem tho. I did do 5 static line 'round' jumps before moving on to a couple of Hop 'n' pops then deciding AFF was the way to go. They are all in my logbook signed off by the appropriate instructors. Is the Tandem in your logbook? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #15 May 12, 2006 Technically they count...realistically, you can count whatever you like. I do not count my jumps from the early days...simply because it's a completely different world out there now. I had my fun with rounds, capewells and PLFs. Now I'm having fun with squares, 3-rings and standups.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
packerboy 3 #16 May 12, 2006 You had the balls (or appropriate girl parts) to leave a plan in flight. Count' em. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atsaubrey 0 #17 May 12, 2006 Anvil 100 this weekend!!!!!"GOT LEAD?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inthebuff 0 #18 May 13, 2006 I did 2 Static Line jumps on Big Old Rounds in 1987. I wore a mechanics boiler suit,an old motor cycle helmet and a big pair of boots. I landed like a bag of b******s and it hurt like hell. 19 years later i did my AFF My new log book starts on 3,I've still got my old log book with my 2 S/Lines in it. I'm now on 51 jumps,that's 49 sky dives plus the other two. For me though 102 will be my real hundred. Thank God for Ram Airs *********************************** Fly Like Zie Eagle, Not Like Zie Chicken ! Good advice from an instructor I know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sd-slider 0 #19 May 17, 2006 QuoteAnvil 100 this weekend!!!!! THIS weekend fer sure! - - Anvil Brother #69 Sidelined with a 5mm C5-C6 herniated disk... Back2Back slammers and 40yr old fat guys don't mix! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #20 May 17, 2006 Jeesh your slow.... figured you had it alreadySudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sd-slider 0 #21 May 18, 2006 QuoteJeesh your slow.... Easy there "Shooter"..... In good time, in good time. - -Anvil Brother #69 Sidelined with a 5mm C5-C6 herniated disk... Back2Back slammers and 40yr old fat guys don't mix! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #22 May 18, 2006 Quote"Shooter".....Tongue I dont know what you are talking about nothing to see here....Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #23 May 18, 2006 I have never counted my tandem nor the 5 static-line jumps I made in the beginning. My point being, if I didn't deploy the parachute myself, I don't count it. Of course, whatever USPA says, goes. But as far as I'm concerned, I have 1222 jumps. Though I've left an aircraft 1228 times. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #24 May 18, 2006 QuoteQuoteJeesh your slow.... Easy there "Shooter"..... In good time, in good time. - - Hey Slider! I have a demo in Colorado this weekend... BUT! If ya happen NOT to go this weekend...I'll come out next week and make it with YA! MY spousal unit will be here at home all week, and My 'Faithful Indian Friend' is a temporary bachelor until the end of the month...so I have a place to crash... You & I have that OTHER stuff to do too! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #25 May 18, 2006 Stay away from the jello Twardo.... their saving up for my next visit or you can just bring it back to texas with ya Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
