HillerMyLife

Hey everyone thanks for the solid advice, and I will consider all of it. I will also make my way down to Elsinore one of these weekends, I've heard its quite a chill place. I'm actually visiting a friend on the East coast this weekend so I didn't get my fix in this weekend...maybe I'll just leave work during lunch to go skydive...bet no one has ever done THAT!! Someday Never Comes

*** In motorcycle racing, we used to say "Get smooth before you get fast." First off great thread, you make a lot of sound points. This particular one above is the one that stuck out to me because we had a similar expression in the military. "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" The beautiful thing about skydiving is that there is no limit to the things a person can learn about themselves and the air. Thats what has kept me coming back for more. The only reason we keep having incidents is because jumpers don't have the patience to take it one step at a time, and instead want to do everything right now. Its great to be enthusiastic about the sport but it must be tempered with patience and understanding so that we can all continue to enjoy it. Someday Never Comes

I guess its just my dz...Its a great place with a lot of jumpers and a shit ton of outstanding non instructor jumpers...its also a really competitive place. Hint: It starts with a P and ends with an erris ;) Someday Never Comes

Okay I'm a new skydiver, been jumping for 6 months and I almost have my B. My buddy is 1 jump and a checkout from his A(should be done this weekend weather permitting). Anyway, my point... What is the deal with belly flyers and free flyers trying to pull us over to their "side". I've been told many times that this sport is so difficult(which is what makes it so awesome) and that eventually I will pick a discipline and stick with it for the remainder of my skydiving "career". That just seems so anti-skydiving to me. What if right now I want to focus on belly only to eventually want to learn FF(or vice versa), maybe to evolve onto something else?? Maybe its just my dropzone but I doubt it...The way I see it, as long as I'm being safe and responsible why can't I choose what direction I want to go in?? Or just go in all of them??

Nice...sarcasm??? Someday Never Comes