HellaMannn

ive held an open water for about 5 years.
my fav place to dive....british virgin islands. awesome diving there

I just gave Hans the new chili peppers stadium arcadium today. so there are new tunes there folks, don't fret!

Happy B-Day pyke! Sorry we couldn't hook up for GSl video, you didn't miss much! i'll see you in the next week or so. school's out for summer!
Enjoy it, you're only old....onc....oh nevermind.

thanks for all the pm's and advice from everyone. the team and myself appreciate everyone sharing their experiences and info. hopefully someone will be hearing from us at collegiates next year!!!

thanks for your input. all of us have had basic body flight training in the past 5 months or so in the tunnel, and have even done some 4-way in there! even so, I like your point about not needing someone high profile to do the coaching. we can't really afford to travel to perris, orlando is pretty much our sole option.

For those I don't know on the forums, my name is Alex Heller and I'm a member of the University of GA skydiving club and 4-way team. We had a team go down to collegiates this year and did ok, had about a 4 pt average. Our team members all have less than 200 jumps and have an average of an hour of tunnel time. We absolutely love doing 4-way though, even with such low numbers.

Anyway, I was wanting to get some advice on some good 4-way coaches down near Orlando. We are trying to get back down to the tunnel in the next month of two and wanted to know who is available or we should talk to. Obviously, we can't pay a ton extra for coaching, but realize the huge effect it has on the training and how much more we get out of it. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I already have learned much from our previous coaches and the wealth of data in this forum. Thanks!

Alex Heller
4 Dawg Night 4-way team (UGA)

I didn't do great, but got 13 jumps in.... would've done more but my atm wouldn't give me any more $.

alex

i'm leaving from destin tommorrow morning! the beach has been nice, but its dublin time... the dawgs will be in tm night!

woo-hoo!!!!!!!alex

I just turned 20 three days ago, and have got about 150 jumps and 2 hrs in the tunnel in the last 10 months.
Had a scholarship check that I used to get through AFF and some initial jumps. I've got a small loan I pay every month on my gear. And luckily, attending UGA I get the HOPE scholarship, which pays for my tuition and part of books. My parents help with with living expenses. Everything I make working part-time is for jumping and a few other small things.
There are so many people at college who spend tons of money on booze, fraternity memberships, going out to eat. I pretty much eat cheap, have cut down on the amount of drinking (or found where the specials are), and reduced my spending.

But if I was completely on my own with no HOPE scholarship or parental involvment, don't think I could be in the sport in my current state.
I don't and will never be someone who goes into CC debt to get more jumps or live on a DZ. I love this sport so much, but it's still a hobby. I've got a lot of other things in addition to this that I want to do with myself in the next 5-10 years.
Just my 2 cents.

Alex

Well, my list is probably very recent considering my years, but:

Top Gun for sure
Friday
Die Hard
Point Break
Old School
Matrix
Total Recall
Rudy
Blade
Rush Hour

I think it's funny that a lot of the movies on this list are ones that TBS has the tv rights too, you guys know the same flicks show up every 3 months or so.

andy, this sounds like this is a regular enough occurance to be claimed as a fetish...

i've always got an 18 pack of keystone light for you lee....
once you've have about half, you forget it tastes bad. or in my case, four or so.
seriously, i can only drink this stuff so ive got enough cash for the boogie

Vanilla Caramel Fudge...i haven't been able to find it lately but its delicious!

Amanduh
bdbrown
Becca
BellyFlyer1985
BigM
BillyVance (maybe)
blueskyserenity
Bolas?
Bomb Squad
Boomer & Chris
ccowden
Chaoskitty
CieloDiosa
CrazyRick
crutch & Tammie
CSpenceFly and Mrs. RoamingDZ (aka, Julie)
Darkwing
Dave Waters
David King
dbattman and a shovel
FlyDoc
Fmmobley
freefalle
freelyflyn71
Gemini
Gia
Goofyjumper
hisgoofyness
HellaMannn
Hushpuppy
Icon134
Jeffskydiver & Connie
jelloJ
Jerry Fields?
Jessie07
JGarcia
jumpingbean001
Jumpchikk
jumpergirl
katiebear21
Keith
Kramer
Larry Thomas
Lauraliscious
Lisamarie
Lister55
LoudDan
marks
McDuck & BoomBoom
mcneill79
Micduran
midnightrider
Missg8tordivr
MOUTH
Namgrunt
Nanner
Nate_1979
oozzee
Pendejo & 1snowangel
philly51
Pincheck
Popsjumper
Psycho Bob & Patty
Pyke
RastaRicanAir
Red Rocket
ReLLik
revillusion
Rick
Rookie120
Sabre2190
Scotty Carbone
selbbub78
skinnyshrek
Skychick312
Skymama?
skymonkeyONE
Stl135
Superman32
Tami Carbone
teamjenn1
The_Don & Jeannier
UpNDown
whodamiss
Wildcard451
Wingnut
wonderhog
vdschoor
XenaSwampJumper
Yardhippie & Hottieliscious
ncfitzge
woodpecker (if he doesn't punk out again)


i'll be there!!!! sounds like a good follow-up to the beach for spring break
-Alex

i thought i was going to die after being in the hot tub for +- 2hours one night with my shower cap on. almost got killed for dancing with some gangsters muchachas at the legends lounge downstairs. and nate nearly slapped me for waking him up at 7 a.m. for sport acc.
alex

We have got some members of our club who have done a tandem and would be interested on coming if they could do an AFF down there. Will there be any instructors there?

spence is gonna make us look good....too bad we won't be helping him too much!!

Alex
UGA Skydiving

i called hans earlier to try and reserve a room.
last year in april it was this cold, and i was a lonely aff-1 student sleeping in the hangar!!!!
not this year
i'll beat all the people with real jobs to the dz and mark my territory!

well skinny i got paid this week so i will for sure be there!!
Andy, the packing coach king will be organizing???? Yes, i'm so in. lookin forward to funneling some formations, the meeker has been too good to me recently...

Clint...
Not sure about past dive flows for the 2-way event, but if you haven't already, check out the SCM here:
http://uspa.org/publications/manuals.pdf/May_2005_SCM_6-13a.pdf
Go to page 44 and that has the blocks and randoms you could possibly pull from.

If you want to check out some good drill dives, check out these:
http://www.headcornparachuteclub.co.uk/downloads/2ways.pdf

Lookin forward to meeting the Uconn crew at collegiates!!!
Alex
UGA Skydiving

the uga team and myself will be there, we need to get a bunch of jumps in that weekend, only a few weeks till collegiates!
alex

I heard rumors from around campus that some people are doing a demo into the game here in Athens today (11/12/05). Anybody know who's doing it?
Alex
UGA Skydiving

Sounds like it will be a fun boogie after collegiates are over!! The UGA (University of Georgia) Skydawgs are planning on showing up. Look forward to meeting a bunch of other college jumpers as hard as it is to meet them anywhere else!!!
Alex
UGA Skydiving
4 Dawg Night (4way team)

Bunch of good ones listed...raven's wood, for under $10 you can get rex goliath cab, really good for the price.

i must say that i enjoy a good bass ale if i've got the cash, and moosehead from canada is pretty good in my opinion.

of course...its either good beer or jump tickets for me...so i'll just take keystone!