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Thinking about it now, it seems that this was my problem!! Like others here already said, it's important to breathe out! With that air pushing against my face I had the feeling that there was so much air and I think I was only trying to breathe in. In this context it makes also sense that screaming helped (one of you also mentioned that). Next time I will focus on breathing out!

Hi there! Had my first tandem jump last week. Couldn't enjoy the freefall because I had real trouble breathing. I know there are some older posts about that. I tried to do everything right: Closed my mouth, turned my head to one side, tried to breathe through my nose. It wasn't that I couldn't breathe at all. More like a really thick liquid pressing against my face making it really hard to get air into my lungs. Definitely it was not excitement, being nervous, adrenaline or anything like this. I tried it a couple of days later by sticking my head out of a car (friend of mine drove) at only 150 km/h on the 'Autobahn' (it think that's 90 mp/h :) .. I am in Germany here). It was exactly the same feeling and I was 100% relaxed. Couldn't really breathe and it felt like some thick liquid being in front of my face. What helped a little during that 'car-test' was screaming. But only for 3-4 seconds and then that strange feeling returned. I want to try another tandem jump soon before I start to think about AFF training. Any ideas what else I could do? Screaming the whole minute is not the best thing I guess Thanks! [oh, another quick question: Because of that breathing problems I forgot to move out my arms during free fall. Could that have caused serious problems for my tandem master? Because he didn't even complain and said I was doing ok ;)]