mountainman 0 #1 August 17, 2001 Hey all.....i was reading the message boards from the WFFC website and came across this which was in a story. It was so true and powerful. I like it:...those who don't skydive will find it difficult to understand the mindset of people who participate in the sport. Many of them consider it a way of life, a religion. If you miss a par putt, you go to the next hole and try again. If you double fault, you either lose the point or you hit another serve. If you mess up in skydiving, you die.-Rodney HartAnyone else have good quotes like this you want to share??--------------Drop on in...leave a message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloud9 0 #2 August 17, 2001 Well it seems really heavy to me. I've messed up lots of skydives and I'm still alive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mountainman 0 #3 August 17, 2001 QuoteWell it seems really heavy to me. I've messed up lots of skydives and I'm still alive.I dont think he's talking about going low on a 4-way.--------------Drop on in...leave a message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveMonkey 0 #4 August 17, 2001 One of the best quotes I've heard is in my DZ.com signature Don't pull low, unless you are Alex@SkydiveUPSC.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mountainman 0 #5 August 17, 2001 sounds more like good advice than anything--------------Drop on in...leave a message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Watcher 0 #6 August 18, 2001 Funnels, if its a way of life, you need to freefly.Jonathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #7 August 18, 2001 "Don't pull low, unless you are"Hey....I have resembled that remark. I dont have a Cypress so I dont have to worry about some stupid machine screwing up my skydive. I pull when I get good and damn ready! "I've got pieces of corn in my crap bigger than him" -Fat BastardClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveMonkey 0 #8 August 18, 2001 I don't have one either (or rather the kit I'm gonna buy soon won't). Don't want to pay £800 cos I can't afford it !! Don't pull low, unless you are Alex@SkydiveUPSC.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #9 August 18, 2001 "Funnels, if its a way of life, you need to freefly"If you make belly exits funnel you shore as hell arent going to be able to Free Fly. Learn to crawl before you drive a Ferrari."I've got pieces of corn in my crap bigger than him" -Fat BastardClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites phastasphuk 0 #10 August 19, 2001 "there are only two rules to skydiving....1. you're not allowed to be bored and2. don't close your eyes...."best goddamn quote I ever heard.....chris"but hunny, I'll be away from my chute 5 weeks too..." -chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyhi 24 #11 August 20, 2001 How about:Skydiving is like sex; it's either good or it's great.You can't take the FUN out of funnel.The sooner you funnel the more time you have to rebuild. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Tee 0 #12 August 20, 2001 This one was written more about flying in general, but it does have meaning to skydiving as well.He who has experienced the miracle of flight,will walk the earth with is eyes turned skywards,cause there he was and there he will ever be.By Galileo GalileiTee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #13 August 20, 2001 I hate to correct you but...... actually Divinci is credited with that quote.....Do I HAVE to do another raft dive??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowflake 0 #14 August 20, 2001 It's long but it's my FavoriteI watched him strap on his harness and helmet, climb into the cockpit and, minutes later, a black dot falls off the wing two thousand feet above our field. At almost the same instant, a while streak behind him flowered out into the delicate wavering muslin of a parachute -- a few gossamer yards grasping onto air and suspending below them, with invisible threads, a human life, and man who by stitches, cloth, and cord, had made himself a god of the sky for those immortal moments. Charles lindburghJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowflake 0 #15 August 20, 2001 heres the second half of that quoteA day or two later, when I decided that I too must pass through the experience of a parachute jump, life rose to a higher level, to a sort of exhilarated calmness. The thought of crawling out onto the struts and wires hundreds of feet above the earth, and then giving up even that tenuous hold of safety and of substance, left me a feeling of anticipation mixed with dread, of confidence restrained by caution, of courage salted through with fear. How tightly should one hold onto life? How loosely give it rein? What gain was there for such a risk? I would have to pay in money for hurling my body into space. There would be no crowd to watch and applaud my landing. Nor was there any scientific objective to be gained. No, there was deeper reason for wanting to jump, a desire I could not explain. It was that quality that led me into aviation in the first place -- it was a love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of man -- where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant.Boy Charlie was goodJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #16 August 20, 2001 Quotecause there he was and there he will ever be.Man1 says to Man2, "There you are!"Man2 replies, "Do I know you?"Man 1 answers, "No, but that's where you are. You're there."By Austin Powers, International Man of MysteryMuch love and blue skies,Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jumperpaula 0 #17 August 21, 2001 Proverbs of a skydiver: He who jumps after Jack Burke big way gets the long spot.Keep yours hands and mouth from your riggers wife. To avoid being the wind dummy, stay off the first load of the day. He who keeps negative comments to himself has many friends at the drop zone. Those who freefly are destine to take the back of the craft. Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PalmettoTiger 1 #18 August 21, 2001 QuoteTo avoid being the wind dummy, stay off the first load of the day. My favorite spotting proverb: "Most of the time you get the elevator, but sometimes you get the shaft. When the door opens, BE SURE TO LOOK."Blues, squares,PTiger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jessica 0 #19 August 21, 2001 Oh god...heard the funniest one this weekend from Dennis at Skydive San Marcos."If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #20 August 21, 2001 Quote"If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it."I LOVE IT!! That is so true!! Blue Skies!http://www.geocities.com/scollins77057/index.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowflake 0 #21 August 22, 2001 QuoteOh god...heard the funniest one this weekend from Dennis at Skydive San Marcos."If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it."Jess sorry we didn't get to jump I came down from my SCS attempt( another game of skytag ) and you were gone. I should be in Dallas next month and then we'll definitly get some jumps inJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jessica 0 #22 August 22, 2001 QuoteI should be in Dallas next month and then we'll definitly get some jumps inCool, no problem. I got disgusted with the weather and my head was KILLING me (what a surprise!!) so I took off for San Antonio. I'll see you soon, I'm sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skystorm 0 #23 August 23, 2001 HANG ONTO HEAVEN, WHEN HELL'S ON YOUR BACK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RemiAndKaren 0 #24 August 23, 2001 Clay,QuoteLearn to crawl before you drive a Ferrari.I'm hurt! Remi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #25 August 23, 2001 QuoteMan1 says to Man2, "There you are!"Man2 replies, "Do I know you?"Man 1 answers, "No, but that's where you are. You're there."How wonderfully Zen. ------------Blue Skies!Zennie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 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 Go To Topic Listing
mountainman 0 #3 August 17, 2001 QuoteWell it seems really heavy to me. I've messed up lots of skydives and I'm still alive.I dont think he's talking about going low on a 4-way.--------------Drop on in...leave a message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #4 August 17, 2001 One of the best quotes I've heard is in my DZ.com signature Don't pull low, unless you are Alex@SkydiveUPSC.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #5 August 17, 2001 sounds more like good advice than anything--------------Drop on in...leave a message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Watcher 0 #6 August 18, 2001 Funnels, if its a way of life, you need to freefly.Jonathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #7 August 18, 2001 "Don't pull low, unless you are"Hey....I have resembled that remark. I dont have a Cypress so I dont have to worry about some stupid machine screwing up my skydive. I pull when I get good and damn ready! "I've got pieces of corn in my crap bigger than him" -Fat BastardClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #8 August 18, 2001 I don't have one either (or rather the kit I'm gonna buy soon won't). Don't want to pay £800 cos I can't afford it !! Don't pull low, unless you are Alex@SkydiveUPSC.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #9 August 18, 2001 "Funnels, if its a way of life, you need to freefly"If you make belly exits funnel you shore as hell arent going to be able to Free Fly. Learn to crawl before you drive a Ferrari."I've got pieces of corn in my crap bigger than him" -Fat BastardClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phastasphuk 0 #10 August 19, 2001 "there are only two rules to skydiving....1. you're not allowed to be bored and2. don't close your eyes...."best goddamn quote I ever heard.....chris"but hunny, I'll be away from my chute 5 weeks too..." -chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #11 August 20, 2001 How about:Skydiving is like sex; it's either good or it's great.You can't take the FUN out of funnel.The sooner you funnel the more time you have to rebuild. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tee 0 #12 August 20, 2001 This one was written more about flying in general, but it does have meaning to skydiving as well.He who has experienced the miracle of flight,will walk the earth with is eyes turned skywards,cause there he was and there he will ever be.By Galileo GalileiTee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #13 August 20, 2001 I hate to correct you but...... actually Divinci is credited with that quote.....Do I HAVE to do another raft dive??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowflake 0 #14 August 20, 2001 It's long but it's my FavoriteI watched him strap on his harness and helmet, climb into the cockpit and, minutes later, a black dot falls off the wing two thousand feet above our field. At almost the same instant, a while streak behind him flowered out into the delicate wavering muslin of a parachute -- a few gossamer yards grasping onto air and suspending below them, with invisible threads, a human life, and man who by stitches, cloth, and cord, had made himself a god of the sky for those immortal moments. Charles lindburghJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowflake 0 #15 August 20, 2001 heres the second half of that quoteA day or two later, when I decided that I too must pass through the experience of a parachute jump, life rose to a higher level, to a sort of exhilarated calmness. The thought of crawling out onto the struts and wires hundreds of feet above the earth, and then giving up even that tenuous hold of safety and of substance, left me a feeling of anticipation mixed with dread, of confidence restrained by caution, of courage salted through with fear. How tightly should one hold onto life? How loosely give it rein? What gain was there for such a risk? I would have to pay in money for hurling my body into space. There would be no crowd to watch and applaud my landing. Nor was there any scientific objective to be gained. No, there was deeper reason for wanting to jump, a desire I could not explain. It was that quality that led me into aviation in the first place -- it was a love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of man -- where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant.Boy Charlie was goodJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #16 August 20, 2001 Quotecause there he was and there he will ever be.Man1 says to Man2, "There you are!"Man2 replies, "Do I know you?"Man 1 answers, "No, but that's where you are. You're there."By Austin Powers, International Man of MysteryMuch love and blue skies,Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jumperpaula 0 #17 August 21, 2001 Proverbs of a skydiver: He who jumps after Jack Burke big way gets the long spot.Keep yours hands and mouth from your riggers wife. To avoid being the wind dummy, stay off the first load of the day. He who keeps negative comments to himself has many friends at the drop zone. Those who freefly are destine to take the back of the craft. Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PalmettoTiger 1 #18 August 21, 2001 QuoteTo avoid being the wind dummy, stay off the first load of the day. My favorite spotting proverb: "Most of the time you get the elevator, but sometimes you get the shaft. When the door opens, BE SURE TO LOOK."Blues, squares,PTiger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jessica 0 #19 August 21, 2001 Oh god...heard the funniest one this weekend from Dennis at Skydive San Marcos."If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #20 August 21, 2001 Quote"If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it."I LOVE IT!! That is so true!! Blue Skies!http://www.geocities.com/scollins77057/index.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowflake 0 #21 August 22, 2001 QuoteOh god...heard the funniest one this weekend from Dennis at Skydive San Marcos."If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it."Jess sorry we didn't get to jump I came down from my SCS attempt( another game of skytag ) and you were gone. I should be in Dallas next month and then we'll definitly get some jumps inJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jessica 0 #22 August 22, 2001 QuoteI should be in Dallas next month and then we'll definitly get some jumps inCool, no problem. I got disgusted with the weather and my head was KILLING me (what a surprise!!) so I took off for San Antonio. I'll see you soon, I'm sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skystorm 0 #23 August 23, 2001 HANG ONTO HEAVEN, WHEN HELL'S ON YOUR BACK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RemiAndKaren 0 #24 August 23, 2001 Clay,QuoteLearn to crawl before you drive a Ferrari.I'm hurt! Remi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #25 August 23, 2001 QuoteMan1 says to Man2, "There you are!"Man2 replies, "Do I know you?"Man 1 answers, "No, but that's where you are. You're there."How wonderfully Zen. ------------Blue Skies!Zennie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 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 Go To Topic Listing
Snowflake 0 #14 August 20, 2001 It's long but it's my FavoriteI watched him strap on his harness and helmet, climb into the cockpit and, minutes later, a black dot falls off the wing two thousand feet above our field. At almost the same instant, a while streak behind him flowered out into the delicate wavering muslin of a parachute -- a few gossamer yards grasping onto air and suspending below them, with invisible threads, a human life, and man who by stitches, cloth, and cord, had made himself a god of the sky for those immortal moments. Charles lindburghJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowflake 0 #15 August 20, 2001 heres the second half of that quoteA day or two later, when I decided that I too must pass through the experience of a parachute jump, life rose to a higher level, to a sort of exhilarated calmness. The thought of crawling out onto the struts and wires hundreds of feet above the earth, and then giving up even that tenuous hold of safety and of substance, left me a feeling of anticipation mixed with dread, of confidence restrained by caution, of courage salted through with fear. How tightly should one hold onto life? How loosely give it rein? What gain was there for such a risk? I would have to pay in money for hurling my body into space. There would be no crowd to watch and applaud my landing. Nor was there any scientific objective to be gained. No, there was deeper reason for wanting to jump, a desire I could not explain. It was that quality that led me into aviation in the first place -- it was a love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of man -- where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant.Boy Charlie was goodJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #16 August 20, 2001 Quotecause there he was and there he will ever be.Man1 says to Man2, "There you are!"Man2 replies, "Do I know you?"Man 1 answers, "No, but that's where you are. You're there."By Austin Powers, International Man of MysteryMuch love and blue skies,Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #17 August 21, 2001 Proverbs of a skydiver: He who jumps after Jack Burke big way gets the long spot.Keep yours hands and mouth from your riggers wife. To avoid being the wind dummy, stay off the first load of the day. He who keeps negative comments to himself has many friends at the drop zone. Those who freefly are destine to take the back of the craft. Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PalmettoTiger 1 #18 August 21, 2001 QuoteTo avoid being the wind dummy, stay off the first load of the day. My favorite spotting proverb: "Most of the time you get the elevator, but sometimes you get the shaft. When the door opens, BE SURE TO LOOK."Blues, squares,PTiger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #19 August 21, 2001 Oh god...heard the funniest one this weekend from Dennis at Skydive San Marcos."If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #20 August 21, 2001 Quote"If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it."I LOVE IT!! That is so true!! Blue Skies!http://www.geocities.com/scollins77057/index.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowflake 0 #21 August 22, 2001 QuoteOh god...heard the funniest one this weekend from Dennis at Skydive San Marcos."If a skydiver can't eat it, drink it or fuck it, he'll find a way to break it."Jess sorry we didn't get to jump I came down from my SCS attempt( another game of skytag ) and you were gone. I should be in Dallas next month and then we'll definitly get some jumps inJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #22 August 22, 2001 QuoteI should be in Dallas next month and then we'll definitly get some jumps inCool, no problem. I got disgusted with the weather and my head was KILLING me (what a surprise!!) so I took off for San Antonio. I'll see you soon, I'm sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skystorm 0 #23 August 23, 2001 HANG ONTO HEAVEN, WHEN HELL'S ON YOUR BACK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RemiAndKaren 0 #24 August 23, 2001 Clay,QuoteLearn to crawl before you drive a Ferrari.I'm hurt! Remi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #25 August 23, 2001 QuoteMan1 says to Man2, "There you are!"Man2 replies, "Do I know you?"Man 1 answers, "No, but that's where you are. You're there."How wonderfully Zen. ------------Blue Skies!Zennie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 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
Skystorm 0 #23 August 23, 2001 HANG ONTO HEAVEN, WHEN HELL'S ON YOUR BACK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RemiAndKaren 0 #24 August 23, 2001 Clay,QuoteLearn to crawl before you drive a Ferrari.I'm hurt! Remi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #25 August 23, 2001 QuoteMan1 says to Man2, "There you are!"Man2 replies, "Do I know you?"Man 1 answers, "No, but that's where you are. You're there."How wonderfully Zen. ------------Blue Skies!Zennie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
