Newbie 0 #1 September 19, 2003 if you do, how? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #2 September 19, 2003 before you reply... you should know your a bastard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #3 September 19, 2003 sometimes, but my DZO wouldn't like me to tell it in public... he is married and has children... it could endanger his couple.. yes, sometimes, I'm a bastard... doing some video... even getting paid for it---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrickyDicky 0 #4 September 19, 2003 Would DZ owners count as jumping for free? UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie 0 #5 September 19, 2003 QuoteWould DZ owners count as jumping for free? yeah anyone. I just want to know who jumps for free and how. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #6 September 19, 2003 I'm not sure about free jumps but if you think about it, most people who work as camera fliers, aff instructors and tandem masters have their jumps paid for. Of course they're still working and damn hard too. Being on back to back loads, etc all day can't be easy. blues Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie 0 #7 September 19, 2003 QuoteI'm not sure about free jumps but if you think about it, most people who work as camera fliers, aff instructors and tandem masters have their jumps paid for. Of course they're still working and damn hard too. Being on back to back loads, etc all day can't be easy. blues i know some camera flyers on tandems that have to pay their own slot. Is this not the norm? "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #8 September 19, 2003 yeah but there they're charging over a hundred for the vid. from what Ive seen of video pools at competitions, camera flyers simply get their slot paid for Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NightJumper 0 #9 September 19, 2003 No, not for free, but I get paid to jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phonics1981 0 #10 September 19, 2003 QuoteBeing on back to back loads, etc all day can't be easy. blues My heart bleeds! I dream about being able to afford to be on back to back loads all day! ------------------------------------------------------ "Ive given up on sigs cos I make a mess of them!" ------------------------------------------------------ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilivan 0 #11 September 19, 2003 Most of my jumps in the last year (300+?) have been free as a team cameraman. Bastard? Maybe. But a HAPPY bastard "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #12 September 19, 2003 QuoteBeing on back to back loads, etc all day can't be easy. blues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My heart bleeds! I dream about being able to afford to be on back to back loads all day! Doing 18 tandems in a day isn't even close to doing 18 4-way jumps or 18 free-fly jumps in a day..... Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakydiver 0 #13 September 19, 2003 I wish. -- (N.DG) "If all else fails – at least try and look under control." -- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #14 September 19, 2003 For that matter even 5 or 6 tandems in a day really can kill the desire to make 5 fun jumps too. Tandems are fun... but they are work too. Doing video is'nt much better, running around like your heads cut off seems to be a requirement of video flyers. Think about it... you've got to be there to film all the critical parts of the ground stuff for the tandem, then you have to film the other ground stuff for the video, then the take off, etc. Film the jump, your landing, their landing, the after jump comments. Run edit the video (thats 10-15 minutes alone), pack your rig and meet the next person. If they are trying to rush the tandems you've got to pay a packer to pack while you edit. Lots of confusion...Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #15 September 19, 2003 For the time being, I am heeding (spelling?) your advice about NOT working for a DZ and instead just fun jumping. When you think about it, very few people who work at the DZ actually do fun jumps. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakydiver 0 #16 September 19, 2003 Amen to that!! -- (N.DG) "If all else fails – at least try and look under control." -- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shunkka 0 #17 September 19, 2003 yes i jump 4 free Our govern pay our jumps but i jump when they want, how they want, where they want so it`s a shittie situation i cant jump (ON MY MONEY!!!!) when i want so i`ll prefer 2 pay 4 my jumps ------------------------- "jump, have fun, pull" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #18 September 19, 2003 I won 100 jumps in the DZ raffle last winter, so I been jumpin' free this summer. Postal Rodriguez-- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #19 September 19, 2003 QuoteI won 100 jumps in the DZ raffle last winter, so I been jumpin' free this summer. Postal Rodriguez You lucky bastard ... that's a $2000 savings (give or take a few $$$). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #20 September 19, 2003 Most of the time I get paid to jump with students. While my contract allows me to do fun jumps whenever there is an empty seat in the airplane, most of the time I am too busy with rigging to bother. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,426 #21 September 19, 2003 I often make working jumps. I get my slot covered at Rantoul for organizing low timers, and I get paid for doing AFF. I get my jumps covered at Otay because I installed their solar electric system. There's a lot of barter that goes on at drop zones; I wouldn't call those jumps free but I don't pay money for them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albatross 0 #22 September 19, 2003 WHen I LO I get to jump for free. The 3 ways i can think to jump for free are: Get a great team deal, Teach or video, and LO.Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #23 September 19, 2003 There is one other way... As a "Professional Demonstration Parachute Performer" ...I get paid to jump at demos... AND! Jumps...Gear...Travel... TAX DEDUCTIONS! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdog 0 #24 September 19, 2003 I jumped your mom for free, she loved it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakydiver 0 #25 September 19, 2003 Awwwwwwwwwwww shit - it must be Friday!!!! LMFAO - that wasn't his the mom, it was the pet pig jdog! -- (N.DG) "If all else fails – at least try and look under control." -- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
