grantunderland

+1 I was one of Derek's students right before DIPC last year when they were doing a lot of practice. He was doing back-to-back-to-back's to jump with me and practice with them. I had a lot of respect just for how much time he spent with me and still with them debriefing/dirt diving. I'm sure this happens a lot with all the DZ teams that also work coaching, but it is really awesome to see what your instructor/coach can do when they're not with us that can just barely keep a heading or fallrate.

I did my AFF 1 and 2 at Skydive MN before heading overseas. The instruction was great, I must have had good coaches because I had two stand-up landings! The atmosphere was great, I didn't even mind being grounded due to clouds because I was having almost as much fun on the ground with Nick, Kelly, and everyone else hanging out. Great atmosphere, great people, I will DEFINITELY be back here once I return!!

Hello Everybody! I did my first jump (tandem) on Sunday (june 5th), and have been hooked since about 4 seconds out of the plane! The folks at Skydive San Marcos were awesome and I couldn't think of a way to have a better first jump! Since that fateful day, I've been scouring the interwebs reading up on skydiving, and scheduled my AFF1 class for next Friday at Skydive Minnesota. I'm shipping out, so I won't be able to do more than one or two jumps, but I can't wait to get home, get licensed and keep jumping! This is one addiction I have that I don't ever want to lose!