How did you start

[freeflir29 0]

"what does it mean"
Parody on the "Bud Light" commercial. When the guy says.."I love you man" and gets the response of "No.....You can't have my Bud Light" I'm just not particularly fond of Bud light ever since I tried Rolling Rock....
"and I'm not easily impressed...Ooohh look...a blue car!" -Homer Simpson

[airann 1]

Skymama- You rock!!
Same here and with sooo many women. Thats why AirAnn.com is where it is today. Skydiving has a way of boosting ones self esteem to much higher levels. True for women as well as men.
August 12th, 2001.... 11:45am.... Sonic Tom-tandem
My friend had bought a skydive for her to-be husband for his wedding present.
My then bf, a Harvard educated Attorney and partner for his firm had dumped my boney ass. I was watering my front yard with the phone stuck in the hedge waiting for the lard ass to call. Then I woke up, WTF am I doing, ... I grabbed the phone and asked my friend, what the number to that skydive dealio?
I called and asked what they were doing out there and I said.. wait a minute, I will be right out. Bam... changed my life. I was doing something for me and me only. Next day, tandem #2.. and so forth.
Like so many of us - the next weekend I had 3 credit cards and I started with the first one and bought the whole 9 yards of the program they had. During the course, I noticed -no women. I then announced that I didnt date skydivers and everyone kicked back a peg and I was able to concentrate on my skydiving. I have to say that I was nothing special, its just that new girls on the dz do catch attention.
Since that day, and many persons seeing me in my office with my *Bonehead helmet on- I have seen many a girl & guy graduate as I have lent my assistance. I am glad I can say that I have made a difference. I wish I would have saved all the letters on a disk, just for me personally to read every once in a while- but, . ... I have lost them to web bugs.
*The staff told everyone I was "challenged" and I had to wear the helmet to keep me from hurting myself.
Now some 325 jumps or more later - I still believe if you can jump out of an airplane - you can do anything.
AirAnn of http://www.AirAnn.com
Multimedia Page: secret link- upper left hand corner

[nickwhiteley 0]

That's exatcly what I say to myself.
If I can jump out of and plane at however many ft and trust either the equipment (when I was on SL) or in myself, I can do anything I put my mind to
Nick

[TALONSKY 0]

Well I, back in 1990 I saw the movie “ Point Break”. I thought that the skydiving looked incredible . I had set up with my friends to do it back then, and damn if a girl didn’t come in and take all my extra money. Well 6 years later and a lot of money later I left her (NEVER DATE A STRIPPER THEY ARE JUST BAD NEWS) and a couple of years to get dept free enough to think about skydiving. I started out doing a tandem with video. When we got under canopy I was screaming to my instructor how much fun it was. He just smiled and said,” I know and I get paid to do it”. Well that has been my goal ever since that day, to be a tandem instructor along with just skydiving every chance I can
Blue skies
Kirk

[bill2 0]

I had been thinking about it for years, never had the time and money to do it. My wife got me a tandem in Sept 2000, and I started AFF in May of this year. I was pretty dam scared the first jump, but each one has gotten better (14 now).

[freeflir29 0]

"NEVER DATE A STRIPPER THEY ARE JUST BAD NEWS"
Ahh....but what memories........."and I'm not easily impressed...Ooohh look...a blue car!" -Homer Simpson

[skybytch 273]

It was all my boyfriend's fault. We saw a demo at the Reno Air Races in '87 and agreed it looked like fun. Then in early '90 he found a dz 40 minutes from home. He did a static line without me; I did one the next weekend; that's all it took.
pull and flare,
lisa

[wildblue 7]

Typical story, always wanted to try it, got hooked.
http://www.wildbluesky.com/first_jump_stories.htm for a bunch of "First jump stories" - Rita's and Ty's are great, follow the link to Ty's site to read about the rest of her's. Very well written stuff.
http://www.wildbluesky.com/jump1.htm for my stuff, not as well written.
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag

[OATSF14 0]

Drivin' with my buddy in his MGB, gettin' high, drinkin' beer. (miss those college days) Saw some parachutes and decided to try it. Static Line with T-10s.

[freeflir29 0]

"Static Line with T-10s."
Being high is a requirement to jump these....."and I'm not easily impressed...Ooohh look...a blue car!" -Homer Simpson

[jfields 0]

Nah. T-10s are good. I'd jump them again just for fun.
Justin
My Homepage

[Jabeln79 0]

A couple people from work said hey lets all go skydiving.. so I called the first DZ i found in the phone book.. they couldnt take us on a thursday so i called the next one.. they said sure come on out. so 5 of us took the first jump course Did two static lines my first day back in june 2001 . came back with one of the other five.. 3 days later and did 4 more and have been back ever since. 75 jumps later here i am replying to a post on an awsome site i never would have found if not for the first time i let go of the strut..

[FallinWoman 1]

How did I start?
I lost 25 pounds and was looiing fora way to reward myself. I had alwas wanted to skydive, so I boked a tandem. Loved it, but someone asked me afterward whether I would do it again, and I said, "No Way!!!"
Three weeks later I started my static line progression and 18 months later I am a broke, but happy skydiver!!!
Anne
"by stitches, cloth, and cord,...a god of the sky for those immortal moments."-Lindbergh