At what age did you start skydiving

[BikerBabe 0]

I was 18, my first jump was a 10 second freefall, alone.

I did AFF after 5 of those.

Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

[Faber 0]

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my first jump was a 10 second freefall, alone.

Never heared about dooing it that way before,what do you call that education?

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

[jceman 1]

We started at age 46.

No, that is not the Imperial "We", Lynn and I did our FJC and Level Is at Skydive Temple in Salado, TX back in 1995 a couple months before our birthdays. (That answers the thread about our ages as well.)

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

[n2skdvn 0]

24/sl in 1996

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[Viking 0]

you went to the AF Academy?

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[wmw999 2,545]

I was 20 when I started on s/l.
Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Michele 1]

May 3, 2001, I turned 36. May 6, 2001, FJC and AFF 1...

Happy birthday to me!!!!!!!!!

Ciels-
Michele

~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~

[jumpergirl 0]

16 in 1994!!! 25 now and still going!!!

[skygod7777 0]

well you don't even have mine. i started doing tandems when i was 7 years old, and i made my first static line at 12, or was it 11, i can't remember,

later

[blondeflyer7 0]

I started the week before my 30th birthday

[r2hubert 0]

I stated my first jump ever when I was 25 and I'm 26 now I cannot stop jumping since my first jump....

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Renaud SMA #9
"Mind is like parachute. It only functions when it's open."

[Rookeskydiver 0]

Daaaaaaaaannnng! (Joe Dirt Voice) Sweet man!

PCSS # 1 Rookeskydiver
"Its a Wonka Bar"....."Go ahead Charlie open it, lets see that golden ticket"

[SpeedRacer 1]

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Who made up these categories

someone w/ parents who gave 'em money, I bet. I was too damn poor too skydive in my 20's (of course, the idea never even occurred to me until I was in my 30s). My First jump was @ 35.

Speed Racer
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[Ricx 0]

Manage to get 3 Static line jumps Then I waited for the weather to improve until I was...and I hate to say it....20!!, where I did another two!

Started to think it was taking too long again and then another two years later manged to get dosh for my AFF
That will be two years ago this summer that I did my AFF and I've only just got the dosh to buy my first RIG, canny wait...

Ahh! those holidays I'II be going on, the new DZ's I can travel too without fear of sharing rentals

[skygod7777 0]

ya, its nice when your dad owned a dz

later

[keskeie 0]

So, what did you do during your mid-life crisis?

We were never feeling bored because we were never being boring.
-Zelda Fitzgerald

[Gawain 0]

31...*sigh* one of my only regrets in life is not starting many years earlier!

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!

[Guest]

S/L at 34.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[MattM 0]

Started 3 months ago when I was 18, turned 19 end of November and I have 100 jumps.

Matt

[Faber 0]

Way to go

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

[wingnut 0]

s/l at 17.....4 years ago and some change..........

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[smcc13 0]

AFF @ 27 2 yrs ago. I wish I knew then what I know now

[wmw999 2,545]

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I was too damn poor too skydive in my 20's (of course, the idea never even occurred to me until I was in my 30s)

Well, it helped that a first jump course was only $40 when I took it
If I'd had the money a year earlier, the FJC would have been $10 less, but oddly enough my mom wouldn't loan me money for skydiving lessons . I remember wanting to jump when I was 12.

Of course, it was military surplus gear out of a 172.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[jimmytavino 16]

I had just turned 19 years of age...I did 5 static lines and First Free Fall, within 2 weeks.
T 10 main,, 24 foot,, chest mount reserve.
Total cost for all 6 jumps, including gear, instruction,
jumpmaster fees and lift tickets.....
.............96 dollars !!! (Ok 102 dollars if you count the Case of Beer! ) ( of course that was back when reserve repacks,,, were FIVE bucks.!! ) hahaha...

skydive softly, skydive often, skydive with friends

[airann 1]

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I took my ground AFF classes on my 40th, but we got rained out. Made jump #1, 4 days later.

Yo, Quade - I think I had just turned 39 four months earlier. I knocked out AFF in 2 or 3 months. Ugh - I must be the oldest freeflyer alive by now. But I can keep up with the Punks, thank you.

Luckily I am not POPS qualified as I am still 39, LOL.

~AirAnn~