NoShitThereIWas 0 #1 March 20, 2003 I was just curious if any of you would like to share your most embarrassing moments in skydiving. I am sort of new to DZ.com and this IS my first Post (Yes, I know ... case of beer). I have a few really embarrasing moments that I will gladly share but I want to hear from at least a few of you first. I have a feeling based on the characters I have already come into contact with on this website the responses to this question will be interesting if not very entertaining. Blue skies!Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
payback462 0 #2 March 20, 2003 my most embarrasing moment would have to be when i crossed the beer line and landed about 1 and half feet from the pavement on my aff level 4 in front of about 200 some people and 3 or 4 video guys. i got a standing ovation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #3 March 20, 2003 I dunno. Maybe the time we tried to launch a meeker from the Casa, and I found myself standing alone on the ramp watching the rest of the group fall away. Or when Lew Sanborn invited me on an 8 way (maybe 9?) and I took it out. Or blowing my landing and eating it on video. How about when I looked at the GPS on jumprun and thought "120 knots groundspeed, 1.2 miles past, what the hell, I'm going." Ok, that last one was stupid, not embarrassing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #4 March 20, 2003 Ok so far those are pretty good. One of my most embarrassing moments was when 2 girlfriends of mine and myself were doing a lingere jump (to be on TV for a show called Evening Magazine). The jump itself was fine but I happened to be wearing one of those tight fitting lingere body suits with the little snappys in the crotch. Much to my surprise upon opening they burst open and whew hoo there I was. Needless to say on that jump I decided to land as far away as possible from any camera in sight.Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #5 March 20, 2003 Oops, I think I was supposed to post this in a different forum, not the non-skydiving related one. Okay so I am a rookie, sorry guys and gals! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #6 March 20, 2003 Aff Lvl1 Exit the otter about five seconds later i feel somthing beating the shit out of my left ankle! I figure its just extra jumpsuit flapping around or somthing. Turns out that the zipper on the jumpsuit split open in freefall, it split up to my crotch while in freefall, and when i opened you can see the zipper split the rest of the way up my chest. I look down under canopy and see the white shorts i had been wearing that day and said outloud "Well thats not supposed to be there!" So on final with half my jumpsuit trailing behind me i can hear all my friends and fellow jumpers hooting and whistling and shit. "Hey your supposed to wait till your 100th to take it off!!" or "Damn your a natural skydiver! you can take off your jumpsuit in freefall!!!"Through the rest of my aff and untill i got my own suit i split open four more jumpsuits b/c i tend to bend more than normal people do in freefall....... Had a suit blow open right down the middle of my chest during a track and it went over my handles and made me very unstable! ya that one scared me. 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
Lolie 0 #7 March 20, 2003 Quote Oops, I think I was supposed to post this in a different forum, not the non-skydiving related one. Okay so I am a rookie, sorry guys and gals! No worries! We talk about skydiving plenty in here, too... There are no hard and fast rules in Talk Back except: 1) No personal attacks. None. 2) No jokes or references to pedophilia. None. 3) No advertising Oh, and, "This ain't no damn democracy!" (Which means whatever HH says, goes... he runs this place with a hot fork and an iron fist. ) LMAO @ your story, btw!!! That was priceless! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #8 March 20, 2003 Quote 1) No personal attacks. None. well... actually it's 1) No personal attacks. None... except maybe Dodo Head Don't believe me Do a search edit: to include the search - -My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #9 March 20, 2003 well i wold have to say it was when i was a student t skydive texas. i was completing my s/l coure and was doing my 45 sec delay... had this very atractive gal (wish i coul find ut what happened to her) take some pictures of me landing....well i landed... got drug... she got pictures of that... and when i came back to get my camera i had some frrefall snot all across my face that i didn't know was there.............. but then there is the time at cross keys for my 100, nakedness, the dzo and a radio, and me lat out before they turned the plane around for another pass........ but that's a long one...... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybeergodd 0 #10 March 20, 2003 My most embarrassing moment was right after I passed the AFF course. I bought my case of beer and realized I hadn't gotten any of the hard lemonade...Blew the one chance I had at seeing the only hot female in the class drunkjust kidding with you JenBlue Skies Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #11 March 20, 2003 For awhile, if I landed in the style and manner where no one was laughing at me, then it was a good thing. So many of my landings were embarassing! I never took out a cow though, like one of our other dz.commers did. Quote I am sort of new to DZ.com and this IS my first Post (Yes, I know ... case of beer). Uh...I guess you haven't found all the cool features on the site yet. There's one area that can tell you different statistics about posters. 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
sunshine 2 #12 March 20, 2003 I suppose landing on the runway in Rantoul was embarrasing....though others found it quite entertaining. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #13 March 20, 2003 I know a well known container manufacturer, well the guy who owns one anyways... Who exited during a record attempt without fastening his camera helmet, he caught it, flew his down to his base slot and deployed holding on to said helmet. The view from the other side of the base was hilarious, sorry Derro! -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #14 March 20, 2003 My first jump at this unnamed dropzone somewhere in the US I had to rent a rig due to my reserve being repacked and it had a sabre 150 in it and I was used to a F111 9 cell 150. I thought I was going to land right in front of the hanger and have a short walk in to the packing area. I didnt account for the longer glide and stalled the canopy 5 feet off the ground to avoid hitting the hanger. Had a large audience witness that. Not a good idea for your first jump at a new DZ. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #15 March 20, 2003 OMG HI Kelly!!! How are you doing? Well, you know thanks for the compliment about being hot and all but I WAS the ONLY female in your course Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmcd308 0 #16 March 20, 2003 I'll tell one on somebody else - Trent Steele was doing a naked hit and chug against a guy with about 50 jumps. They were actually going all the way to altitude, so we have two people with stopwatches in the peas to time them. The plane turns jump run, and right after the turn, everyone thinks something fell off the plane. About a minute later, the plane flies over the dropzone, and people start getting out. We start counting canopies, and there is one short. So everybody starts looking around, and way over on the downwind side of the dropzone is Trent under canopy. He spotted himself about a mile and a half off - naked. Had to land at a cotton gin nearby, where there were some seriously curious farmers. The best part is that he gets a ride back to the dz, and when he arrives he jumps out of the back of the pickup truck (naked), and runs all the way across the landing area (naked) to chug his beer. Total time 21 minutes. The guy who beat him was already packed. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zilla 0 #17 March 20, 2003 My most embarrassing moment was....back when I only had about 120 jumps I decided I wanted to play with the "big boys" at my old dropzone. They were having a swooping contest that was basically seeing who could swoop into the hangar and in the process leave the longest "toe" marks in the pea gravel out front of the hangar area. I set up my Tomcat 136 for the turn....came in on line with the open hangar doors, and couldn't keep it lined up - I ended up leaving quite a long respectable 'toe mark" in the pea gravel. Unfortunately it ended abruptly at the gas pump off to the side. There was quite an impressive dent in the front of it. There I stood with a shredded jumpsuit and a bloody leg. All I could do was bow to the crowd - untangle my canopy from the pumps - and hobble off around the hangar to hide. ~~Zilla Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #18 March 20, 2003 There was this time i was in a rockin head down in a tank top and my boobies popped out to play . . . . Hold it, that wasn't me. Must have been a dream. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #19 March 20, 2003 most embarrassing? It was somewhere around jump#175 I went to mesquite (nevada)for a boogie. I met a few cool folks who invited me oNn the first jump of the morning. an 8(i think) way star. they pulled a 4 way chunk and 4 of us were chasers. I was first chaser. well I was b.sing with everyone and the dorr opens and they chunk goes and suddenly I stopped! DUMB ASS!!! I forgot to undo my seat belt. sO I told everyone else to go. I went last. I got to my slot..but I went to a sit/stand to catch them! I dont think RW ppl like that stuff b/c it doesnt count? no body was mad but i felt like an ass.... I was like "well nice to meet ya's! Im the dipshit who forgot to unbuckle" it was A REALLY ffun weekend though. those ute's are cool ppl My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #20 March 20, 2003 Quote There was this time i was in a rockin head down in a tank top and my boobies popped out to play . . . . Hold it, that wasn't me. Must have been a dream. Oh Jim.... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #21 March 20, 2003 That's funny, JT. I would have thought that it would have been when you tried to take Lisa out when you came in on top of her when we were jumping in Deland. Hey, where's that video, let's watch it again! 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
jtval 0 #22 March 20, 2003 HAHA!andrea I guess thats up there too....Glad you wont let me forget LOL My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #23 March 20, 2003 Quote Quote There was this time i was in a rockin head down in a tank top and my boobies popped out to play . . . . Hold it, that wasn't me. Must have been a dream. Oh Jim.... hehehe It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #24 March 20, 2003 GREAT sig/link REV My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #25 March 20, 2003 Quote GREAT sig/link REV hehehe yep! I kinda like that picture!It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
