Artist 0 #1 April 28, 2005 Is there anyone who can help me out, I'm doing a design for a new skydiving tshirt and well it's to go with the companies "extreme" department. I wanted to get some facts i.e. how much revenue, how many people do this, etc... I google the info but can't seem to find any actual useful sites with info on this... Please help me out. Thanks, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 37 #2 April 28, 2005 Barry is that you again?"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samhussey 0 #3 April 28, 2005 Make it up. 87.13% of statistics are just made up on the spot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1shlips 2 #4 April 28, 2005 My study found that 99.9% were made up on the spot. Did you know that 100% of skydivers will die?-- drop zone (drop'zone) n. An incestuous sesspool of broken people. -- Attributed to a whuffo girlfriend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #5 April 28, 2005 20% of the skydivers make 80% of all the jumps. Play with that one for a while. JBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #6 April 28, 2005 QuoteMy study found that 99.9% were made up on the spot. Did you know that 100% of skydivers will die? I'm skurred! cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #7 April 28, 2005 QuoteIs there anyone who can help me out, I'm doing a design for a new skydiving tshirt and well it's to go with the companies "extreme" department. I wanted to get some facts i.e. how much revenue, how many people do this, etc... I google the info but can't seem to find any actual useful sites with info on this... Please help me out. Thanks, 3 profiles have been created to ask the same question. That's 300% as many as necessary! At least 85% more tact is required to fool us. Tshirts? 98.7% of skydivers aren't as stupid as you think.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #8 April 28, 2005 Quote98.7% of skydivers aren't as stupid as you think I am.Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #9 April 28, 2005 One of the "1.3er's", eh?www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artist 0 #10 April 28, 2005 QuoteQuoteIs there anyone who can help me out, I'm doing a design for a new skydiving tshirt and well it's to go with the companies "extreme" department. I wanted to get some facts i.e. how much revenue, how many people do this, etc... I google the info but can't seem to find any actual useful sites with info on this... Please help me out. Thanks, 3 profiles have been created to ask the same question. That's 300% as many as necessary! At least 85% more tact is required to fool us. Tshirts? 98.7% of skydivers aren't as stupid as you think. ok you can think what you'd like, and you can all be pricks or joke about the subject. I'm a college student trying to find out statistics and since "Drop Zone" is the #1 site according to their information... I thought I'd poke around here for some information. Guess I struck fools gold again... /two thumbs down. And as for your t-shirt comment, let me rephrase this... it's a design it can be placed on a t-shirt, a sweater, a jumpsuit....anything that this company bones clothing co. if they decide they'd like to use my graphics could put them on. But hey, I guess 100% of divers checked their wit before diving. Nice community you have here, and maybe if instead of bashing on peoples posts, and helping put together some kind of statistics or FAQ's other than the casual information such as parachute information, dropzones, etc... 3 people wouldn't have posted asking apparently a similar question. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #11 April 28, 2005 Making jokes is being a comedian. Being a prick is different. If your story is true, then I apologize, but you do happen to be unfortunate enough to be the second person in 24 hours who has registered a new profile, and then immediately asked an uncommon question in the general skydiving discussions forum. Here's a statistic for you... that's a highly improbably coincidence! Heart of Gold material. Sorry, I just finished reading Hitchhiker's Guide for the first time (had to read it before seeing the movie) and had to reference it. So, what company are you designing the t-shirt for? What sort of design is going on the t-shirt? How will you portray skydiving? How do I get a job working for an "extreme" department (sounds fun!). I don't know "how many people do this", but the USPA has well over 30k members, I think. I could be way off though. One last serious reply... let's see some of your designs!www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 37 #12 April 28, 2005 If you're serious contact the national organization for skydiving in your country. Since you decided not to fill in your profile I cannot recommend what organization to direct you to as I do not know what country you are in. Perhaps before you start asking questions you need to be more forthcoming about your self. Where are you from? What is your real name? What is your real email? You want something but are willing to give nothing, therefore you have little credibility. We know that journalists whose stories are often unsympathetic to skydiving wander these forums looking for information. And the theory is that you are looking for statistics to print on tee shirts? I still don't buy it. I think that this angry tone is just a ploy to guilt trip people into answering your questions."Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artist 0 #13 April 28, 2005 No, I'm not looking for statistics to print on any t-shirt, any suit, anything. I'm lookning for statistics around primarily for the united states, what I am; is a graphic design student... And for an assignment, my final is to design a silk screen print of for an extreme sport in which this co. would like to break into. So my job is not only to design this but to sale the fact that they should market towards other sports a few i.e. skydiving, mixed martial arts, etc. And to help sale the idea, clients like statistics... skydiving has been one that is hard to find anything other than how to stuff your parachute or where to find a dropzone at. I did find the est. fatality thing on this site, which was interesting.. but not what I'm going to use to sale a design. I'm interested in how big of a market, how many jumps on avg a year do people in this region partake on, how much revenue is there in a market and sport such as skydiving. I don't know anything about these journalists who prowl around trying make a bad name for skydiving...I'm simply trying to find a source, reliable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #14 April 28, 2005 Try www.uspa.org. Good luck with your project. JudyBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artist 0 #15 April 28, 2005 QuoteMaking jokes is being a comedian. Being a prick is different. If your story is true, then I apologize, but you do happen to be unfortunate enough to be the second person in 24 hours who has registered a new profile, and then immediately asked an uncommon question in the general skydiving discussions forum. Here's a statistic for you... that's a highly improbably coincidence! Heart of Gold material. Sorry, I just finished reading Hitchhiker's Guide for the first time (had to read it before seeing the movie) and had to reference it. So, what company are you designing the t-shirt for? What sort of design is going on the t-shirt? How will you portray skydiving? How do I get a job working for an "extreme" department (sounds fun!). I don't know "how many people do this", but the USPA has well over 30k members, I think. I could be way off though. One last serious reply... let's see some of your designs! The co. is called Bones Clothing Co. they currently are marketing towards the soccer industry with doing small customized designs for other sports per request. However they've grown and are now wanting to branch off into Extreme Sports, giving us designers free reign to choose a sport or two come up with a design or two and possibly buy them from us. I can't at the moment publicly display the design for copyright reasons in the chance that this co. would purchase the design. If they don't then I'll be more than glad to post an image of the front and back design for the sky diving design I did as I would more than enjoy any comments from actual divers. Whether harsh or not. And thanks for the link. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 37 #16 April 28, 2005 Since you're from the USA, you will get the best information by contacting United States Parachute Association. Complete contact information can be found at: http://www.uspa.org/contact/index.htm"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tombuch 0 #17 April 28, 2005 Try this at USPA.com http://www.uspa.org/about/images/memsurvey02.pdf. Here are some other quick numbers: 300,000 Americans jump from airplanes each year (JUMP!, page 3) There are about 32,000 members of the United States Parachute Association Together we make more than 2 million jumps each year (USPA estimate) There are roughly 300 active drop zones in the United States .Tom Buchanan Instructor Emeritus Comm Pilot MSEL,G Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travman 6 #18 April 28, 2005 40% of people know that statistics are just made up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGraham 0 #19 April 29, 2005 The BPA recently sent out a document with more statistics than you'll ever need, with a name like "incident and malfunction statistics" for 2004. Of course, it only applies to britain, but you could use the percentages as opposed to the actual numbers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #20 April 29, 2005 QuoteBarry is that you again? ROTFLMAO....priceless. If "artist" is for real..he/she needs to know it's been a tough week for us all..just bad timing for "artist". _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
