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  1. this question goes out to anyone who has suffered an injury from skydiving severe enough to land ya in a hospital. first off, did you have insurance at the time? secondly did you lie about how u got hurt? and finally if u told them the truth, did insurance cover the medical costs? if the latter, what insurance did u have, and was it through work or private? -moto
  2. just got back from the farm. on ifone so cant type much. long story short, awesome ratings are well deserved. signed up for aff. cant wait till next time. -moto
  3. motoxbudd

    Skydive The Farm

    Just got back from my first jump at the farm. Did my homework when choosing dz for my aff/a training. Was a bit suspicious of all the 5 star ratings, but long story short, this place is awesome. everything and everyone was great. Can't wait to start living there every weekend. -moto
  4. this is really neat. im a sw geek too. if someone will post the raw gps log file, ill make a little script that auto crops the data to just your jump, as well as color code the 3d path according to speed. ill then post the script here and send to the op so he can mod the app if he wants. -moto
  5. wow. very nice. ill be out there on the 9th. booked a tandem for me and a friend on your discount weekend. buddy is just coming for a one time tbing tho. the more i think about it, the more it makes sense to do training at local dz. from everything i read on net, your place sounds great. i dont knock you guys for working hard to keep a clean slate on net. one grumpy apple can really do damage to rep. neway, i look forward to meeting u and the rest of the farmers. im a nutt, but easy to get along with. my buddy on the other hand... one thing im not good at is keeping secrets. how big of a deal is it to tell people my desire to do the whole squirrel suit cliff thing someday? i know hang glider peep make fun of sky divers and vice versa, but its all jokingly. didnt know there was a beef with cliff divers. is that really something to keep to myself, or is it just a goofy thing peep will raz me about in good fun? thanks for great responce to conserns! -moto oh. almost forgot... BLUE SKYS!
  6. thanks for info! ive already heard some negative things bout skydive atlanta. ill check out the other one u mentioned tho. chances r ill prob end up at the farm, but dont wanna miss out on a diamond in the rough. whichever one i choose for local dz ill stick with. i dont fancy being hasseled by punks from local competors when they find i spend most o my time n money elsewhere. i know thqt aint cool. i just figured peep wud understand reasons for considering remote zone for initial plunge into the sport. if i confirm your opinion with a few other vets, ill put the idea outta mind. -moto
  7. the first thing in skydiving you will learn is.. - wait for it - dary *fixed ;)
  8. great advice! i was thinking about that too. i just booked a tandem jump for me and a buddy at the farm a wk from friday. ill spend the day checkin the place out and talkin to folks. there is one other nearby place called skydive georgia that im gonna ckeck out and possibly do a tandem jump at. one of these two places will be my home for as long as i hold my current job. tho u make v good point bout meeting the local crew and doing initial training with them, there r other things to consider. most importantly i want to get through first 25 jumps without injury and strong desire to continue with sport. i feel both these will be best served by selecting dz for a cert based on the things i posted above moreso than location. but since u brought up the very thing i was thinking lots about, and put it pretty strongly, i will strongly consider local zone to start training. the last thing id want is to be sorta shunned by locals for not supporting local zone for ffa/a training. thanks again for nice post. -moto
  9. looks very nice. double the. cost of "the farm" tho. if i dont go there for A cert training, it would still be a great place to go for indoor flying and to rack up jump count next spring. thanks for the suggestion. -moto
  10. thanks for your feedback. from the sounds of it, the farm will soon become my second home, primarily due to proximity. however, i am not at all conserned with location of dz i go to get A cert from. i plan on living on/near site for up to 15 days. plane tickets are cheap compared to lessons. if booked ahead, i can fly nearly anywhere in country for well under $500 rt. about double for international. thats still less than half cost of lessons food and camping. so location does not matter. just want my first plung into the sport to be the absolute best experience possible. -moto
  11. do u work there? i saw ratings and reviews for this dz. funny such a highly rated place is so close. only prob is, im an experienced business man. i know how a well planned, organized and operated marketing op when i see it. dont get mw wrong. im not suggesting its not a great place. just sayin id put lots more cred in the honest real-time feedback from an active net community over a bunch of stats and logged testimonials. considering the fact this company openly brags about their ratings on their webpage, id bet money that students there are asked/pressured to rate them good. they probably say things like "would you give your experience a five star rating? if not, what could we do to improve your experience to earn five stars". im sure they are nice people. it would seem most flying peep are nice. and if my new friend made it clear that rating his company good on net was important to him, i would not hesitate to do it. theres nothing srong with this. its good biz practice. but im not looking for the dz with the best marketing op. im looking for the m best experience for me. heres a list of things id consider important (mind ya im noob so some missing) safety (covers many things) equipment (quality, age, upkeep, etc) staff (experience, knowledge, attitude) program (organized, efficient, effective) personal (one on one time with instructor) flexable (choice of primary instructor) enjoyment (many factors) scenic (dropping on a flat sandy desert is lame) personal (feel like a friend more than customer) value (im not rich, but dont give a shit bout cost long as its sorta in line with avg. just dont wanna deal with vultures who obviously care more bout makin a buck than teaching people to skydive and making sure they have a great time) passion (most imporant. dont want to come accross a single employee who dont honestly love the sport and their job) if i can get some first hand feedband from real people on these topics, id be very greatful. thanks!!!!! -moto
  12. i know choices are limited in winter. this venture might be pushed out till november to save up. it would suck to have to wait to nextspring/summer.
  13. new to skydiving. fell a couple times just for fun in hawaii and norcal a few yrs back. it was great, but my true passion is flying, not falling. i took up the sport of hang gliding awhile back. got my h1 cert and bought a kite. still love the sport and will continue. but i have made the decision to pursue my real dream of eventually leaping off the cliffs on kauai with a wingsuit. ive extensively researched and contemplated the sport of skydiving/base jumping/wingsuit flying. i know it will involve up to 10yrs of training and over $10k to accomplish my dream. great thing about it is im quite sure ill love every minute of the "hard work". ive had my share of injuries from xtreem sportz. used to race motocross. i fear injury and death asmuch as the next guy, but it never has or will prevent me from enjoying life to the fullest. this seems to be a great and flourishing international online community. im a fun and fairly crazy guy. im sure ill have a great time here. would be nice to make net buddies all over, as i like to travel and meet new peep to do fun stuff with. what i would like to get out of this discussion is pros/cons of all the greatest places to learn the sport of skydiving and get my beginner rating. i plan to do the same i did for hang gliding. i wanna take a week or two off work to camp out at the best school and dropzone available. continantal usa would be preferable but if there is a really spectacular school/lz geared to noobs somewhere else, i welcome the suggestions. thanks for the help. i cant wait! :) -moto
  14. finally decided to pursue my dream of wingsuit base jumping. looking forward to skydiving my butt off for next few years. moved my question to general forum. -moto