Hi everyone,
Greetings from Ontario Canada I’ve lurked here on and off but have decided to finally make an account. My friends are mostly whuffos and whenever I bring up my interest in freefall they all say the same thing “I’d never do that.” Skydiving is something that has been on my mind since I was 6 years old and last year I decided to finally do it. I’m still fairly new to the sport however I was hooked the moment I first jumped out of the plane.
I took a first jump class at a nearby drop zone, in late August 2021 and immediately fell in love with skydiving. I called back the following week and said “I forgot my head in the clouds and would like to book another jump to get back up there to retrieve it.” I went back again in mid-October just before the end of the season and completed jump 2 which was even better than the first. I told my parents about my interest and my dad told me stories about his late father who was a WWII spitfire pilot, and my mother gave me two jump gift certificates for Christmas that year. Now this place is a fairly small drop zone with just one plane so getting a spot can be a bit tricky depending on both the weather conditions, how big of a backlog they have for first timers, and recently the availability of pilots but I really like the knowledgable instructors here, the jumps are done AFF style and not tandem which I absolutely love as I get to pilot the chute, and whenever I call to try to book they ask me how I’ve been. I tried to get back to it in April but they were in the midst of training some new pilots and was told to call back in May. I unfortunately lost my job in May forcing me to put everything on hold while job searching so in the meantime I kept practicing my body position in hopes of getting back up there again someday. In August I saw someone’s gopro jump footage on my instagram feed and my appetite for freefall came back with a vengeance. I called on and off until one day they called me back and asked if I was available that afternoon to which I instantly said yes, made the drive, and completed jump number 3 with one of the gift certificates. I’m hoping to make jump 4 before the season ends and just keep on doing this. I’m a patient girl and the wait is feels worth it just getting to fly and continue to improve.
