DFWAJG 4 #1 March 17, 2007 What made you first start skydiving? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #2 March 17, 2007 Finding my dads old vintage Round chute in the closet when i was 17.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 March 17, 2007 The voices told me to. and I'm rather glad that they did. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #4 March 17, 2007 My friend had 37 jumps, came home from DZ saying: "NoshitthereIwas... I'd just thrown out my pilot, and nothing happened. The ground was coming up fast, so I figured it was time to use the reserve, I landed it in a hole in the dense forest, then I got back to the DZ and bought a case of beer!" Me: "Cool!" No, really, I've always had a bad case of bird envy. I've always wanted to do some aerial sports, and thought about learning to fly an airplane, but I knew in my heart that I wanted to get closer to the element I'm in than that. I don't want to sit in a box. Then I had a friend who skydived, I had a tandem, and loved it, so I did AFF directly afterwards. When I do good freefall maneuvres I feel like I'm flying. I just stretch out my arms and steer, just like in my dreams. I know I'm approaching earth at roughly 120 mph, and I only get a minute or so, but it still feels like flyingBut even thinking about it started with my friend being crazy enough to do it. If it hadn't been for him, I'd probably flown the glider or something.Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilDevil 2 #5 March 17, 2007 QuoteWhat made you first start skydiving? A guy I met, not spoken to him in over a year lol``````````````````````````````````` " Cant keep a good woman down " Angels have wings, but devils can fly ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvtofly 0 #6 March 17, 2007 When I was 11 or 12 my brother started to jump. I saw him make a couple and thought that it looked like fun. Soon after I started jumping off my back porch (parents weren't all too pleased with my brother after that). At 18 I made a tandem and 3 AFF jumps. Went to college for 4 years during wich I had absolutly no money to jump. After graduation last May I went back to the DZ and did my AFF and remembered just how much I loved it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wes. 0 #7 March 17, 2007 i was brought up on the dropzone for my whole life so i guess its probly that all my family were skydivers aswell, my uncles an my mum and dad the first place i went when i left the hospital when i was born was the dz and was up there nearly everydsy since so i dont think it was anything in particuker that made me start its just always been known that i would Falling from the top floor your lungs fill like parachutes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #8 March 17, 2007 I made a comment at a party to a friend of mine that I had always wanted to do it... She said something like "You should then" And a week and a half later I did.Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
