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I jumped all over and home DZ is Clewiston. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

Due to mechanical issues with another plane Sebastion will be keeping the Twin Otter. That's where I'll be Saturday and maybe Clewiston on Sunday. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

Hey hey, Twin Otter will be at Clewiston again on the 5th and 6th. Come out and jump and enjoy the last scheduled TO weekend. We will again have organized RW jumps. A few experienced free flyers are always around to help out novices. We party at one of the local bars Judy's or the Big O at night. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

Next event is scheduled for 3/5 and 3/6. A 10-way team will bring an otter for some training. To All: I hope to see a few old faces this weekend for our Clewless Boogie. Landing area is dry. The Twin Otter will be doing back to back loads and the Caravan will pick up any extras and Tandems. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

I always cook thaw food if I can't eat before freezing again. Recent Hurricanes in Florida left me with no power for a week. Is that necessary? I'd imagine the bacteria would get a second chance to build up during the second thawing process. Thanks all, you gave this single guy some peace of mind. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

That's the only thing I could think of too. Nukeing the food though should reduce any bacteria. I should add their logic was I should only refrigerate and not freeze. That seems worse and seemed even less logical. Of course I freeze so food last more then a few days and stays tastey. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

Here's one for you all. All the woman in my family say you can't freeze food after it's cooked. I'm single and get free cooked food all the time so do it anyways. Is it bad or is this an old wives tale? Will it cause cancer or something? "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

I don't know if we need to just show the competition side. Most of my video show the weird off the wall stuff. Ever see the Richmond video with the Prercher. That was entertaining and it cracked up all my non-skydiver friends. I think a format that mixes all aspects would be cool. Defiantly having some hard core competitive stuff but mix it with the hippy type skydiver talking trash would be awesome. With all the video people out there I think it would be dirt cheap. I'm know Meduse could come up with wacky stuff to no end. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

Finally back to the subject. I think your points are very good. I think it would be great if skydivers had there own TV channel. There is defiantly a lot of video out there. Does anyone know if this has been tried? If darts can get on TV then skydiving can. Does anyone know there phone number? "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

There use to be a 25+ DZs in Florida. Ask any old time skydiver (in sport 20+ years) where there home DZ was and you would be surprised at most of there answers. As far as air port access issues. Those are easy to deal with when you have more skydivers making money for the town. Pahokee went out of business due to management issues and then 3 owners ago the owner had some legal issues (putting lightly). You guys seem very negative about new jumpers. I love jumping with someone once they get an A license!!! We need fresh skydivers to keep this sport fun. I can see almost all of you nit-picky the first free flyers. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

I'm sorry but I don't agree with that view. It's not like we have limited planes or airports. If there were more jumpers then there would be more instructors and coaches. Just ask any person who use to be a full time RW or Freefly coach at skydiving's peek. The more skydivers the more money and demand for those three. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

No, I wasn't proven wrong you just don't like the source of the documented numbers. Maybe I didn't state my opinion clear enough: Right now roughly only 0.01% (most likely a lot less) of population jump. I believe with better marketing it would be around 1%. Almost everyone I know who skydives was a climber, dirt bike rider, pilot, bull rider or scuba diver before they found out how much fun and less dangerous skydiving was. Most sold there other sport gear to get into skydiving. I myself would have gotten into auto racing if didn't do research about skydiving first. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

Census says population around 300 million. USPA says around 30 thousand skydivers. I rounded those figures to make math easy. 30k of 300m equals 1 in 10,000 or 0.01%. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

When I first started all 3 DZs had at least 2 planes going at all times on weekends. The smallest had 3 going (caravan/porter/206 with a 182 just in case). So if they got that busy either the business would spread out and/or the DZs would get more planes. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News

I think it's all poor marketing. Most people I talk to are surprised how accessible skydiving is. It's not the money. I was dirt poor when I started. There has got to be more then 1 in 10,000 people in this county that want to skydive on a active bases. I'm willing to bet 1 in 100 would jump if they saw the safe pure fun side of skydiving regularly. There was a big increase in jumpers when skydive movies came out and when there was the skysurf fad. We as a community need to bring in as many people as possible. And not just for a tandem so we can get one free ride. Some think skydiving for the masses is dangerous but what about driving? I know that is way more dangerous then skydiving. More skydivers means: cheaper R&D for manufactures more full planes: lower rates bigger voice for govement: less intrusion more dropzones: less travel I think more non-tandem tv commercials could help. "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -J. K. Rowling willtofly.com Videos, Pictures & News