zachflem 0 #1 March 17, 2010 Hi folks! After years of dreaming about sky diving, i've finally booked my first tandam jump (a week and a half from now!) My brother in law and I are seriously looking at doing the AFF course simply because it's something we'd like to say we've at least done... One of the things I'd never considered was skydiving as a career. Is Australia really big enough to need my services, should I take my diving up as a serious venture? Or am I better of looking at it as something that I'll be doing as a casual sport? The more I think about it, the more I realise that the area I live in has the ideal jump weather, plenty of open areas that could be DZ's and several smaller air fields (not that our commercial airfield is all that big!) that could be used as a base. I've got so many questions running through my head, I just don't know where to begin! So I guess I want to hear more about how people got started in professional skydiving and how might be the best way for me to do so in 2010! Cheers in advance for your help! Zach Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gregpso 1 #2 March 17, 2010 go to skysurfer.com.au plenty of Aussie tandem masters there to tell you if there is a living to be made out of it.I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zachflem 0 #3 March 17, 2010 i have literally just found this website only minutes ago =) thanks for the pointer! Cheers Zach Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #4 March 17, 2010 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zachflem 0 #5 March 17, 2010 at this stage i'd like to just get my first jump out of the way and then save the $3k for the 'A' licence camp =) I'll let you all know how I go once March 27 rolls around! Cheers Again Zach Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #6 March 17, 2010 Quoteshould I take my diving up as a serious venture? its skydiving, its serious wheather or not your doing it professionally or just for fun."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim_32766 0 #7 March 17, 2010 I love this part " . . . doing the AFF course simply because it's something we'd like to say we've at least done...". That's when it all starts. I remember saying, "Let's go try out the wind tunnel, it looks like fun." Then it was, "Wow, the wind tunnel was great. I really should do a tandem just to see what skydiving is like." That was followed by, "Dang, that was cool. I wonder what it would be like to jump with my own parachute. I should do AFF just for the learning." Then, "AFF was a blast. I wonder how hard it would be to get an A license, and maybe I should buy some of my own gear." It's a slippery slope. I have a feeling this sequence never ends. I hope you have fun on the journey! The meaning of life . . . is to make life have meaning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zachflem 0 #8 March 17, 2010 After reading this and the skysurfer.com forums for a few days now, I think it's going to be a slippery slope im going to enjoy riding =) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbiceps 0 #9 March 17, 2010 what part of australia are u from zach? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gregpso 1 #10 March 23, 2010 At around $40 per tandem or AFF you will not become rich but what a job getting paid to jump. Costs a bloody fortune to get your ratings first. I asked my favorite TM how much it had cost him to wear around the staff Polo shirt.. "I stopped counting after $25 thousand.!!! I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
