skamunista

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    How silly... bargain basement shopping for skydiving. Cool thing to know, if you want to do AFF, beloit isn't gonna help you out, they don't teach skydiving there, they just take tandems for a ride.

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    None the less, go have fun make your skydive then find a "real" dropzone that cares about the sport to learn how to jump!



    Just for the record, I took livingsocial to be legit and not bargain basement. I was also clear in my post that I always intended to do AFF in the future at one of the well-reputed DZs in my hometown. I signed up for this essentially expecting a tandem ride.

  3. Hi all- did my first jump in June and although I'm hoping to go AFF next year I took the chance to do another tandem when a livingsocial coupon for a new DZ in Beloit, Wisconsin came up a few weeks back... Great lakes skydiving. I see there have already been some posts about it here.

    http://www.yelp.com/biz/great-lakes-skydiving-beloit

    Needless to say I wasn't familiar with this skyride fiasco but they are apparently part of it (I had to call georgia to book). To be precise I'm booked for labor day weekend. It is 2 hours away, I'm going with friends and we are supposed to be there at 10am. I'm afraid to even tell them about this because honestly I can't explain exactly what the real problem is with these places.

    So, some basic questions:
    Does this place even exist?
    Anything in particular I should expect? Should we be sure to arrive early and get an early load? Call ahead?
    Is safety an issue at these places?

    I feel really guilty about this, actually. I'd gladly have done another jump at CSC or Skydive Chicago.

  6. worth it and safe, i should say...

    Did my first tandem last week--it was on my bucket list for years, my sister did one a few weeks before and my band got a gig at a boogie, so it was our payment. And I want more...

    Meanwhile I am an unemployed teacher and I live in an urban area close to 2 hours from the nearest dropzone. I also have no car. these things seem like obstacles... but maybe in the future? I don't want to sound lazy, but how frequently and much do you need to jump to keep yourself in shape? Is this a feasible past time for me?

    As a side note, it WAS great and everyone at the DZ was amazingly cool... but I have already some good friends who I don't want to trade out for them... and yet when they call me crazy I already feel like I can't relate to them anymore :(:(:(:(