billyz222

Hey everyone, I'm from Montreal and was thinking of going to Zhill skydive city christmas boogie and was wondering if there anyone going down as well and willing to share a Trailer or any kind of rooms from Dec 25/26 to Jan 03. Like that we can save some money on the staying there and have more money jumping. Im open to any suggestions if you have any better one!!! Looking forward being there and sharing the sky with a bunch of new friends!!! Blue Skies

Hey a lot of good recommendation and ideas so heres my point of view on what you can do to help make smoother landing. To give you a nackround, I worked all summer as a Certified GCI (ground control instructor) basically Im the person talking to the new AFF students over the radio under canopy from the time of opening until landed. Did over 100 student and about 9-12 jumps each. That being said, I had all kind of student. The ones that had amazing landing, and the ones who had less amazing and those are the ones i liked to work with because once I was able to make them land safely and smoothly it was my reward knowing I succeeded in teaching them. Most commun was that they were scared or had the same problem as you, misjudged their heigh from the ground. what can help first is "SCANNING" the ground, what i mean by that is once you're in final, you look far far away and work your way back closer to you, to get a bette idea on the speed and how fast you're losing that altitude. Also remember you should start the flare roughly at 12 feets from the ground. (get on a roof or something with about the same hight to have a better idea ) once you start the flare, you have to be gentle and have a constant flaring motion (you can always stop the flare if you judge you are a little high but its VERY IMPORTANT to remember once you initiate the flare movement, your hands can NEVER go up, the reason is if you do, the canopy wants to gain more speed and it plunges forward and thats when accidents happen) once you thing you're at the right hight and the flare is started keep the smooth motion going al the way down and you want to have you hand fully extended downwards in front of you at about 1-2 feets above the ground, and then you'll have the standing up kinda of landing with that feeling that you have one step to touch the ground. also keep in mind to keep your hands down until the canopy have touched the ground, its commun that if you let go a little early, on a windy day, it can drag you back. Hope its clear and helpful, if you have any question please feel free. Blue Skies

hey everyone, so on sunday i started my AFF and did 6 jumps, then finished my other jumps yesterday. I'm so glad that I've made the step of doing the course, when i was jumping, the first jump a kinda had a little panic attack, one my third jump i had a line twist ( not because of an unstable pull) i took a deep breath knowing its not a big of a deal and landed safely. on my 4th jump i jumped out of a sky van, its so cool but i wasn't expecting the wind to be a slap in the face, so i had a bad exit, once again didn't worry, took a deep breath, relaxed my body, arched and everything went perfect after that. there's a lot to be learned and any advise to a newbie will be very much appreciated. next weekend I'm starting my Formation Skydiving Program, and hoping to be able to do some what around 50-75 jumps before the end of summer. I'm in montreal canada and our summers/jump periods are very short... thx for the advice in advance... Blue Sky!!!!

thank you guys for the welcoming and i think im going to do my A license certificate since i find it a better package deal to start off. i will be there between feb 21 and march 4, somewhere around that time so if anyones gonna be there at the same time, let me know, would be nice to meet a couple of you and start diving with cool people. have a good one!!!!

Hello everyone, my name is Billy, i want to wish everyone a happy new year. today im writing here since I've been planning to become a skydiver and would like to become a professional in this sport. My goals are to do base jumping from buildings or any other object around the world and also becoming a wing suit pro( i know its a long way to go, but im very motivated and focused on achieving my goals ). Because i live in montreal, canada, the season starts in may, so i looked up couple of drop zones and i found one (2 hours away from home)who's planning a trip to tampa, FL end of february and is offering to do the solo license for around 1900$CAD. Then looked up the drop zone where its planned, and its skydive city Zhill FL. i saw a package deal for Solo' license for $1475USD and the A License Package for $2490USD (Includes Category A through H, all 25 jumps(some include coaching and some solo skydives + materials), now my questions are: 1:whats the difference between solo certificate: canadian and American?? 2: is license A known world wide? 3:what would be best to do? canadian solo license(1900$) with the canadian drop zone, american solo license (1490$) or A license directly with skydive city(2450$USD)??? im sure you guys had a lot of people ask you this before and i did read a lot about the licenses but i would like to have your opinion from people who have been throw these situations and have experience in the field. thank you everyone in advance and can't wait to meet fun people to skydive with!!!!