kram88

Well I usually rely a lot on my coaches / instructors to spot for me and tell me which way to track. Tell me when to put on my goggles ect. Check my pins. Gear check me on the plane. I go over EP's the way up to altitude and practice cut away / reserve. Everything else. I guess the goggle part Im so used to someone telling me when to put it on it just slipped my mind. I know I shouldnt rely on people and Im trying to break that habbit. As for the low turn it wasnt like drastically low. I was turning onto final to face into the wind and did a 90 and did a cross wind landing but my pattern was off.. I was maybe 100-150 ft up. I didnt think it was super low and I didnt pull the toggle way down. but a lil more than a flat turn which I was trying to get at. They noticed it was low and mentioned it to me. As far as the hop n pop ive never been that stable on the hill and need to work on my exits. I know where I went wrong.. Just venting because these past few slip ups have kinda been eating at me and making me very discouraged and upset. Being careless/reckless/stupid...

Hey guys, I just now recently got onto my solos.. Past few jumps have been a little rough. Like I hit a slump or a little rough patch. Just not all the way there in my game.. First mock hop and pop went okay. Kinda did a low turn and hit a wind blade which isnt normal since Ive been standing up most my landings.. After that on my first hop and pop it was all sorts of fucked up and could of seriously hurt/killed myself. That's been bugging me since then. And today when I came back I jumped and was so set on my gear and thinking through the jump I forgot to put on my goggles prior to exit and couldnt believe I did such a dumb thing... I did a solo after that by myself and it went well and was happy about it. But like fuck a low turn a sketchy ass hop & pop and then didnt put on my goggles. wtf is wrong with me :\ Im asking for trouble.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlgu-1gHrA

Yes was crazy how fast 10 minutes went by... but then again skydives go by relatively fast too... damn sport is robbing me of all my moneys >:[ I do my level 4 tomorrow or the next day so we will see how that one goes...

Hey guys, I did a lil tunnel time yesterday. I was getting pretty frustrated though and I wasn't picking up on it like I thought I would. My butt is sticking out and I'm not properly arching and also felt like I spent most of the time getting grabbed or on the net.. didn't feel like I accomplished much. Also I guess I'm not doing my turns properly either? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFiwqTuuDsg

I think ill just see how my lvl 2 goes sat. thanks though! I do want to hit up the wind tunnel here soon

Okay. I'll post the videos to my 2 AFF lvl 1 jumps later so you guys can critique them as well, still waiting for them to be sent over. Thanks for all the help!

I heard that you can learn bad technique at the tunnels though? So I was skeptical about going unless I absolutely have to.. What do yall think?

Yeah I was either going to check out the tunnel or try my AFF lvl 2 next week and see if anything resolves from there. I guess I just want to fix this quick as to being stable is a pretty important factor in your skydive..

Hey guys, I just did my AFF Lvl 1. I failed the first time and did it again that day and passed the 2nd. But looking back on the video my arching is very sloppy. If you will call it arching. My first jump I had my hands below my chest like I was fighting the wind, my legs were also very spread out. I can arch fine on the ground but when it comes to the jump it looks like shit and if it wasn't for the instructors holding on to me I would be all over the place.. I think part of it is because I cant relax and am very tense. Still quite a bit of anxiety. If you guys have any suggestions on how to remain arched in free fall or how to improve my stability please let me know. Thanks!

Got ya. Maybe im trying to move too fast then... Just wanted to be prepared. Thanks for the reply!

Im sorry I just took offense to her snarky reply, she could have came across a little more friendlier than that..

lol dude she didnt take much offense to it. No need for you to. She came off as rude. I get what she was saying but she could have said it in a nicer manner. I came here to learn more about the sport and lingo/terminology. Ill just stick to reading then if you guys have a problem with me trying to learn and ask questions. I get i will learn all this stuff when i start taking my classes but i dont know when that will be and i want to be prepared for when the time comes and also so i dont get myself killed out there. Whatever.

Just wanted to be prepared and have some knowledge before i start the school so i know what im getting myself into... I know im not going to learn to skydive on the internet. I need hands on exp but i can at least learn different things from this site. Thanks for being an ass...

But they do teach AFF.. and they have student rigs b/c they teach students.. they just arent looking for any helpers atm b/c they have too many. Also what is the 'hill' you speak of?

Hahaha that was pretty entertaining. Is it tough to get stable or what?