Hollywood5581

check out Skydive Taft in Southern California. Lelo the DZO usually puts something together a couple times a summer.

Rode motorcycles for 10 yrs. Wanted to get into something safer.

Welcome to the forums! Good luck on your aff and keep us posted.

Love Skydive San Diego! I got to jump there for my first time on Labor Day weekend. Hit Tsunami in Ocean Side as well. I'm envious, you have quite a few play grounds out there. Welcome to the sport and don't fret the HnP. It's easy and you'll start to like them after the first one.

Welcome to the forums. Lodi is my home DZ pm me if you have any questions about the place if you don't end up getting a hold of the other fella. Blue Skies

Is this something that will be going on next year? Short on funds for this year and don't have a passport yet.

Some pretty good advice on here. The only thing I can say is that being new to the sport can be rough. But like anywhere in life, new school, new job. Your new and don't know much. But as time goes on you'll eventually make new friends and get to know people. Just be yourself, don't try to be someone your not. Keep showing up and jump. And when all else fails, bring a cooler full of beer at the end of the day. Beer goes a long way in this sport.

Welcome, good luck with your training and your jumps.

As in any sport you get out of it what you put into it. Solo's suck, but you only get a minute at a time to learn unlike other sport's. Nobody I know has done 20 jumps and then becomes part of the red bull air force. Find another DZ and maybe hit some tunnel if you can to fine tune those "advanced" maneuvers. GOOD LUCK!!

if your there on labor day weekend. They usually have the surf's up boogie, helicopter jumps etc.

Welcome, good luck on your training.

Quick question about the kiss helmet. I was wondering if anyone had a way to mount the their go pro on the Kiss helmet so that you may still lift the face shield up. Any ideas, pictures, or links to any other alternatives would be appreciated. Thanks for your time everyone.

Welcome back to the sport, and good luck on your a.f.f.

Welcome, to the forums and the sport. Don't forget to buy beer!

Southern California you have Perris and Elsinore which is an hour away from Los Angeles, Then Skydive San Diego and Tsunami Skydivers in Oceanside in the San Diego area. If your looking to head to Nor Cal You have Lodi, Byron, and Davis. I would definitely say Lodi and Davis. You can stay in the Sacramento area where both drop zone's are within 30 to 45 min access. You then have options for San Francisco which is an hour and a half drive from Sacramento and you also have Lake Tahoe (Nevada so Casinos and all night drinking are right at your finger tips let alone gambling a few nice clubs. Hell even skiing for a day if your looking to fit in quite extreme options for a trip) Lodi is my home DZ I jump once a week. The weather there has been nice lately some fog in the mornings so the loads aren't going up as early as they would in the summer. Lodi has 3 twin otters and a Black Hawk Caravan. Bill uses the Caravan on the weekdays to keep loads turning faster. But then again you can't beat a 15.00 jump ticket to altitude and a 5.00 hop and pop ticket at 3200 ft. Lately 2 planes have been going up on Saturday's and Sundays. And Lodi has been busy with average 70 degree days. If you end up going to the area in box me I know the bay area, sac and tahoe as well I can tell you quite a few places to go to party so you don't end up some place lame. Hope this helps a little. Have fun and fly safe.

Welcome to the forums! Perris is a legit DZ, one of my favorites that I've been to. Great place to train and be sure to take advantage of the load organizers they have there. Tons of knowledge and great instructors there. You're in good hands.

AFF 1000. JUMPS 8 THRU 25 630.00 Total 1,630.00

The show is b.s. I caught an episode of him doing a repo on an otter in Ca. Wouldn't you know it, It's my home DZ in Lodi. I thought to myself wtf? No Way! I asked a couple people that had been around during that time. They said Discovery was there and everyone had to sign papers for release. It's more of re enactment type stuff. I just thought it was funny because the guy doing a repo hid after a sunset load and Security cars and jumpers were looking for him. I just laughed because the Airport does not have any security cars. Still the "Scenarios" are entertaining enough when nothing else is on.

It's more of a check off list for me. I definitely want to jump from a Helo and a Hot Air Balloon. I think it'd be great. Sky Van's are definitely bad ass. It's nice to jump out of some different air craft instead of the ole Twin Otter's every time.

I was just curious if there is any place that has a C-130 to jump out of? Short of joining the military lol. Thanks all, Blue Skies!

You have to jump once every thirty days to stay current as a Student. When you get your A license it's one every 60 days. Sometimes this a problem depending on where you live due to weather. So pick a nice day and do your jump that day. If not you will have to do a type of re introductory jump with an instructor to check you off to make sure you haven't "lost" your touch. I'm not a coach or an instructor I'm just telling you what I have been told. Talk to your DZ and see what they recommend for you.

Welcome to the forums and sport. Some good advice on this thread. Keep your education first man, I work full time and jump on my days off but yet everyday I get out of bed I want to call in and go jumping. I gotta tell myself no job no jumps so I go to work and keep the play on my days off. So keep your priorities straight. Don't buy gear right off the bat. Remember tho you can't just jump every now and then like summer breaks. You need stay CURRENT. As a student you have to make at least one jump a month. I jump with a few college students who have a few hundred jumps in and jump on a shoe string budget, they always find a way to stay current. Talk to coaches and instructors at your home DZ and before you buy any gear or consider any ask them AND your rigger about it first and see what they think how the canopy, container, and reserve will be for you. Other than that have fun, and welcome.

If you ever find yourself in Lodi, Ca. I jump there a couple Saturday's out of the month, and Tuesday's as well. I'm A licensed with 84 free falls.

Monterey Ca 18k. Weather is up and down due to coastal cloud and fog coverage.

I can walk to the plane comfortably. I played with it just last Saturday, I wore it as I normally did, tight, cause I'm a new jumper. I loosened it a little to see if it was more comfortable. As I was trying to sit in my harness the straps were still digging into my thighs. So whether tight or not it's still really uncomfortable as hell. Apologies for not being able to answer back to everyone's questions sooner. And I thank everyone for their answers so far.