Hooknswoop 19 #1 January 8, 2004 The Eloy boogie marked the end of my involvement in skydiving. I will still do rigging work, but I suspect that I won’t get much work since I don’t go to the DZ’s anymore. I am also stepping down as a Moderator here on DZ.com. I feel it is better to go out now than wait until I have outlived my usefulness. Thanks to everyone. Take care all, Derek First skydive: 24 June 1995 Last skydive 2 January 2004 3333 skydives 1574 jumps on canopies under 100 sq. ft. 900 tandem skydives (Eclipse, Vector II, and Sigma) D-18847 AFF I/E TDM I/E S/L I/E PRO rating Senior Parachute Rigger, Back and Chest 450-ish reserve re-packs 30-ish saves PPSEL Not a bad skydiving career Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremyneas 0 #3 January 8, 2004 Take care boiyee...thanks for saving my life that one time... edit...oh, and i know what your thinking...all this time with GQ and i didn't jump with him...oh contrair monfrair (sp?) remember your jump on the PC in SC in 98 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #4 January 8, 2004 Congrats Derek on all you've accomplished. I hope one day to be half the skydiver and Rigger that you are. Hope life treats you and Kelli great and hopefully our paths will cross again some day Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarge 0 #5 January 8, 2004 Bye Derek. Thanks for the company, I wished I could have met and jumped with ya... maybe someday. Peacce Bro! You Rock amn good luck!-- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #6 January 8, 2004 thats too bad man. what are you gonna do with yourself on the nice weekends?!?!? MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #7 January 8, 2004 I'm so glad I got to spend the day with you and Kelli rock climbing, I only wish I had been with you in the air too! You certainly left the sport with a bang by catching that cutaway canopy. Everyone needs to order the boogie video just to see that! You're very cool, Derek, I hope you'll still be hanging around some.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
AggieDave 6 #8 January 8, 2004 Thank you for the jumps together and all the advice/mentoring you did for me while you were in Aggieland and here as well. You've had an incredible jumping career, someday I'll be up to those standards (hopefully). Surely you'll still post and lurk here from time to time, though.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 6 #9 January 8, 2004 Fine job Derek. Fine job.Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #10 January 8, 2004 Wow, glad I got to meet you in Arizona while you had a rig on your back! What path are you thinking of following now?So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #11 January 8, 2004 Hate to see you go. If those of us just getting started can achieve even HALF of what you've accomplished in your skydiving life, we'll be off to a good start. Take care.Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #12 January 8, 2004 Congratulations Derek, on all you've accomplished. You're right, it's a pretty impressive career! You've contributed a lot around here, and I'm sure at the DZs, you've left your mark on our sport. - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
b1jercat 0 #13 January 8, 2004 Thanks for the PM's when I was just starting out, they really helped me out. blue skies brother jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #14 January 8, 2004 Good luck wherever your life takes you. Thanks for all your help. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CornishChris 5 #15 January 8, 2004 Blue Skies and i may be a fool to ask but why? Seems like an unusual way to exit something you love? CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougjumper 0 #16 January 8, 2004 You sure spent alot of time and money to see you go. Sometimes life leads each and everyone different places. It leads me to different places quite frequently..Later Bro.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blahr 0 #17 January 8, 2004 May you be just as sucessful and more fulfilled in your next endevour. Cheers, Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #18 January 8, 2004 ya whatever! you will be back! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoadRash 0 #19 January 8, 2004 I learned a lot from reading your posts and wish that I could have met and jumped with you. Seems like the sport will be losing a valuable asset!! Good luck in future endeavors!!!!~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chute 0 #20 January 8, 2004 Thanks and we will miss ya. You info about becoming a rigger is helping me on my way to become a civilian rigger. Wish you would stick around so when I need I can pull on your ear a bit. Oh well. There is many other riggers here on DZ.com. If you don't mind me asking. I don't know you that well. Why you giving it all up?Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies! * Brother_Brian * D.S.W.F.S.B. #2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cajones 0 #21 January 8, 2004 Adios, Amigo... I hope you find something to fill that big empty space. If you change your mind... Cielos Azules, Cajones The laws of physics are strictly enforced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyRamone 0 #22 January 8, 2004 Good for you. Takes a lot to walk away. I did the same this summer.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #23 January 8, 2004 Hello Derek, I'm so very happy that I got to jump with you and Kelli. You are a "skygod" to me. Anyhoo, thank you so much for everything that you've written and explained to us all both in person and on the forums. I have learned so very much just from having e-mailed and PMed Kelli and youself. Your and Kelli's e-mail many months ago when I was still an insecure student made me keep pursuing this beautiful sport that I truly love. You probably don't remember it, but it made a huge impression on me. You really, really helped me when I needed it. I could never thank you enough. I think that I cried when I read your e-mail. Derek, I also have printed out and saved on my desktop posts written by yourself as you are so incredibly knowledgeable. I really want you to know that you have made a HUGE difference to me. I truly hope that one day, you will get the urge to come back to play in the sky. I know that a huge part of you must love to fly, and you are so amazingly good at it. It is just a pleasure to watch someone with such skills. Now that you are not going to be flying anymore, maybe my guy and I will see you and Kelli on a climbing trip. I want to return to climbing and seeing you two may be the incentive that I need. Please take care of yourself and my girl, Kelli. I hope that you will also stop by the forums every now and then to say "hi"! With much respect and huge hugs, ROSA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cloudseeker2001 0 #24 January 8, 2004 Thanks for my first tandem, that was a most remarkable day for me(!) and 1 student jump! Well, since your never going to skydive again, you will never have a chance to "entertain" Mercedes under the blanket while riding to altitude in the Cessna ever again either!.....(oh, wait she doesn't jump anymore either-so maybe!) HAHAHA! Well, time is the ultimate cure all for most everything and this no different and skydiving will one day make you feel young again! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RkyMtnHigh 0 #25 January 8, 2004 QuoteThe Eloy boogie marked the end of my involvement in skydiving. I will still do rigging work, but I suspect that I won’t get much work since I don’t go to the DZ’s anymore. I am also stepping down as a Moderator here on DZ.com. I feel it is better to go out now than wait until I have outlived my usefulness. Thanks to everyone. Take care all, Derek First skydive: 24 June 1995 Last skydive 2 January 2004 3333 skydives 1574 jumps on canopies under 100 sq. ft. 900 tandem skydives (Eclipse, Vector II, and Sigma) D-18847 AFF I/E TDM I/E S/L I/E PRO rating Senior Parachute Rigger, Back and Chest 450-ish reserve re-packs 30-ish saves PPSEL Not a bad skydiving career NO WAY!!! DEREK! You know you love jumping...pleeez don't hang it up...I have so much respect for you, your knowledge, your experience... _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next Page 1 of 5 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
cloudseeker2001 0 #24 January 8, 2004 Thanks for my first tandem, that was a most remarkable day for me(!) and 1 student jump! Well, since your never going to skydive again, you will never have a chance to "entertain" Mercedes under the blanket while riding to altitude in the Cessna ever again either!.....(oh, wait she doesn't jump anymore either-so maybe!) HAHAHA! Well, time is the ultimate cure all for most everything and this no different and skydiving will one day make you feel young again! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #25 January 8, 2004 QuoteThe Eloy boogie marked the end of my involvement in skydiving. I will still do rigging work, but I suspect that I won’t get much work since I don’t go to the DZ’s anymore. I am also stepping down as a Moderator here on DZ.com. I feel it is better to go out now than wait until I have outlived my usefulness. Thanks to everyone. Take care all, Derek First skydive: 24 June 1995 Last skydive 2 January 2004 3333 skydives 1574 jumps on canopies under 100 sq. ft. 900 tandem skydives (Eclipse, Vector II, and Sigma) D-18847 AFF I/E TDM I/E S/L I/E PRO rating Senior Parachute Rigger, Back and Chest 450-ish reserve re-packs 30-ish saves PPSEL Not a bad skydiving career NO WAY!!! DEREK! You know you love jumping...pleeez don't hang it up...I have so much respect for you, your knowledge, your experience... _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
