flyboy8501

Yes, I do, I asked for submissions on my tumblr account and this guy sent me some of his belly flying photos.
The others are stock photos, but I'll be changing them shortly, I just wanted to see what It would look like.

Please go and check out a new website I'm developing! It's www.kickassairsports.com Completely uncensored and I'm about to release the blogging side of it where people will be able to interact!

That's sort of the perspective I was getting to, but this is also why I asked for help cause I know I can't do it alone, I think wounded warrior would be the best origination to do it for, not only am I in the military but there are many other jumpers that are serving or have served. It has a real purpose then. Thanks!

Exactly, I donate a percentage of my income to various charities. It has never affected my jumping or any other expensive hobby. I always have more than enough money left over. It's the little things over time that really count anyways.

And my proposal is to do it nationwide for nationwide attention I.E. The media spotlight.

You bring up a good point sir, it would not fall on the Dz to use any money. Raffles are a great way to raise money, collect the money you spent on the product, and donate the rest. I'm aware it may cut into the profit margin a little, but what's 5 dollars here and there, it'll attract tandems and possibly get more people interested in the sport. On top of that, if the community knows you do give back, they will tend to be more easy going if you land off in somebodies yard. My home dz does a wounded warrior boogie every year, the business impact is zip and the turnout is huge cause of the amount of support it has. I am simply encouraging some sort of cause, say one a year. It's no different then when a big corporation donates some change to the community school..

I just created a Facebook page "skydivers for a cause" where I plan on promoting skydiving while helping others. I personally do no accept the money, the plan is to organize nationwide events where dropzone raise money individually. This can be done through raffles, potlucks, competitions and many other ways. I will be contacting the Uspa with my idea and work with them on getting support. Any ideas are welcome and DZOs remember this is good for business and you're helping others at the same time!!!

Skydivers, this is my shopping list so far for what I need and might need, help me out if I missed something

-Free Fly Suit- Two piece
-Optima audible
-Go Pro 2 or 3
-Go pro helmet arm
-Wing suit?
-Emergency-inflatable-Life-saving-BLOW-up-doll
-Possible second USED rig?
-Skydiver swag
-Stickers
-Life time supply of Miller Lite
-Altimaster chest mount
-thermal wear
-drag mat
-body bag
-hooker?

I tried... And I give up lol these geeks ruined it.

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My scariest jump started out to be a normal one, practicing freeflying and we broke off at 4500, I was right over a cummulious cloud and decided it would be cool to track right next to it... Oh it really was cool having it whip past me, I misjudged how low the base was and ended up pulling at about 1100 ft. , the ground rush was so fucking scary, and by the time my chute stoped sniveling, I was at about 550 ft. needless to say, our S&TA threatened to ground me if I ever did it again and I beat the lowest pull record at our dz for that year! The scariest part was when I almost got grounded

I'm not saying get rated just from online. I'm saying have online study courses that are interactive and then have an S&TA at your dropzone cover the rest of the course, I.E Q&A, extra 1 on 1 studying. And Testing and evaluations. This was just a thought.

For now, just my coach rating, when I get back from afghanistan, I'm going to work on getting an instructor rating. That should take me about a year with all the money I have saved up.

This is exactly what I meant! I don't think taking the test online is smart, cheating can be involved, I was thinking more on the lines of study material, practice quizes and general knowledge all in an interactive module. Then you could take the test under the direct supervision of an S&TA once he gets confirmation that you have done the online training. And I'm sure he would answer any questions we would have.

I see your points, I'm going to make the exra effort to get my ratings, I was thinking about the guys that can't travel and all. Thanks for your opinions!

I had a sabre 150 open so hard on me once, I basically folded in half and my helmet came off, it was a Z1, it fell 3000 ft and survived... minus some cosmetic damage.... People on the ground that saw it, said it was fully open in about a second... I felt like I had been in a car accident the next day... I never jumped it again! AERODYNE PILOT all the way!

I was just wondering, do you guys think that the uspa will ever make online rating courses available to us and have our dropzone coordinate the proctored tests and all. It's possible and I think it would make getting that extra rating easier for those of us that can't travel cause of work and stuff. Opinions?

The way you just said all this made me laugh my ass off, I to want to jump naked at least once, but this is what somebody warned me of.

The problem with jumping naked is if you land off and kids see you, you can be registered as a sex offender in america, depending on the state you live in.

I've done anything from construction, to operating security cameras in a retail environment to pulling security on the streets of Afghanistan. I hope there is something for me lol. Spaceland is a 5 or 7 day operation?

What about closer to Spaceland, I need to secure a job as well that possibly has off weekends, any suggestions on the area?

You look at the gun related deaths, but have you even considered looking up the amount of lives saved by guns? I can say the same for cars and baseball bats, shit skydiving killed about 50 people last year maybe we should ban that? But what about the millions of jumps made? Who cares, people died.... See my point? Look at both sides before you make such statements.

Brother, that's the sad reality of America, Not to many people love it as we do.

Ofcourse it was written 225 years ago, it has been ammended with our changing society and the 2nd addentment still stands. So there you go.

I agree with your point here, I miss my target as well sometimes, But keep your eye on the target and when the opportunity arrises that has the least chance of collateral damage, take the shot. And I know, say a bank is getting robbed by several people, don't intervene cause you will get yourself killed. I'm aware that just cause you have a gun, you are not superman.