Fly the Dream.

[Tinks 0]

Hey everyone!

My name is Pauline, I'm 22 and so far I've got 21 jumps, all at DeLand, Florida.

How did it start?

I've always had "the Peter Pan dream", just never saw myself skydiving..
...so I started flying planes instead, but found out that that wasn't gonna make me happy at all.
Lucky for me though, my flying took me all the way from my home country (The Netherlands, Europe) to sunny Florida. And there, by accident, I bounced right into the windtunnel! And the smile of my first "real" flying has never left me.

After some hours in the tunnel, and meeting lots of jumpers from all over the world, I just thought; "Why NOT take this to the sky?!" Even though I'm still a little afraid of the door, it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Most of the people at the DZ are really cool, and didn't mind making silly jumps with a young and inexperienced person like me. I feel like I've truly learned a lot in little time.

My last jump was in november last year, and ever since I've needed all my money for boring stuff, or to pay flights to Florida to be with my boyfriend here. Boohoo...
The rest of this year I'll be in cold rainy Europe again, but I plan on bringing enough money with me to get up in the air again, AND face to of my other fears: learning how to pack and doing a low hopNpop....brrrr

Hope to talk to you all soon!

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I can bent minds with my spoon..

[skymama 37]

Welcome to the forums!

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[Chrisky 2]

Welcome! Low hopnpop isn't so bad (unless you pay the same as for 12k), bcause the first 300m still take long ten seconds, and you only need two or three... Good luck!

The mind is like a parachute - it only works once it's open.
From the edge you just see more.
... Not every Swooper hooks & not every Hooker swoops ...