cloudsilk

In Oz the legal minimum age for a tandem student is 14 years old. While it is not overly common for kids to jump, they do and they are, as you'd imagine pretty petite. Sigma is the most commony used rig here, and I've not heard of anyone having any troubles with these harnesses. Skydive Siapan take mostly small Japaneese students also.. If you are unsure of your harness adjustments having not taken many petite people, might pay to just test it out. Hang them up in a harness have them wriggle around, see if they can get out of it easily, pull on the harness see if it slips, what ever you can think of to simulate the pressures of opening etc .. Might give a better idea of what your in for and if the gear your using is suitable for the job.. FYI : It is pretty cool to see kids this age go jumping. They are always so stoked! Usually the wildest thing they've ever done and they've been hanging out to turn 14 so they can do it. Amazes me how fearless kids can be at times..

Different DZ do different things. At our DZ it's mandatory to do several coach jumps and they are kind of an extension of their AFF. Done prior to A Licence. More belly skills, freefly skills, canopy skills etc. Specific objectives toward their A licence. I think you'll find the $70 is $40 x2 slots $10 x1 rig hire $15 x 1 instructor $5 x1 pack If I am allocated to do a coach jump, I get paid and teach them the required moves. A coach jump is seperate from a fun jump to me. Coach jumps I'm teaching specific skills, so I treat it like doing AFF. If I fun jump with a lower jump no. skydiver, we have fun no pressure, no cahrge.