Sky god term meaning?

[Sangi 0]

Hey,

So I heard this term "sky god" reading around everywhere and I was wondering, what does it mean?

Thank you

"Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

[skydived19006 4]

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Hey,

So I heard this term "sky god" reading around everywhere and I was wondering, what does it mean?

Thank you

Someone with a couple of hundred jumps, and a big head. It varies, but generally has to do with having a big ego, and the matching holier than though attitude that goes along with it.

Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else.

AC DZ

[Sangi 0]

Ah just as I was thinking.

Simply a skydiver who doesn't have good experience and he thinks hes the best there is.

"Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean

[labrys 0]

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Simply a skydiver who doesn't have good experience and he thinks hes the best there is.

I think it's more about ego than jump numbers. I've heard the term used often enough to describe talented skydivers with thousands of jumps also.

Owned by Remi #?

[Halfpastniner 0]

But i keep trying to tell you....i really am a skygod!!!

BASE 1384

[diablopilot 2]

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Hey,

So I heard this term "sky god" reading around everywhere and I was wondering, what does it mean?

Thank you

Someone with a couple of hundred jumps, and a big head. It varies, but generally has to do with having a big ego, and the matching holier than though attitude that goes along with it.

It's also a term some lower time skydivers can used to insult people that have the answers they don't want to hear. Similar to "Canopy Nazi" "Wingsuit Nazi" or "Camera Nazi".

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[3331 137]

The description of a Skygod was first published in the RW Underground by Pat and Jan Works in 1974. It's not meant as a complement.

It's the arrogant punk with a few hundred jumps and the Prima Donna with thousands of jumps and a long list of records who won't give you the time of day.

I've seen them come and go, in fact I'm tolerating a few right now.

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

[diablopilot 2]

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The description of a Skygod was first published in the RW Underground by Pat and Jan Works in 1974. It's not meant as a complement.

It's the arrogant punk with a few hundred jumps and the Prima Donna with thousands of jumps and a long list of records who won't give you the time of day.

I've seen them come and go, in fact I'm tolerating a few right now.

I am so bookmarking this.

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[howardwhite 6]

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On Becoming A Skygod

Once you've mastered all of the basic relative work maneuvers and have applied this mastery to 30 or 40 stars, you generally sprout a 7-foot wing span to match your inflated ego, will give autographs on request, and are very fast and never miss. When you reach this stage you should take on the name "Skygod" or something similar that goes well with your shiny, cast-iron ego.

Then, jump only with your friends, the other Skygods. Never let turkeys or toads on your loads - they may slow down your star or get in the way. If you do honor anyone with a star, pick a good-looking girl or a close personal friend (if you still have one), and let them go base. They'll then have the entire jump to watch YOUR entry and mastery of flying.

If somehow a novice relative worker finds himself on your load, be sure to make him feel at ease with soothing words like: "If you bomb the star, I'll zap your reserve." Or, "See if you can get close but DON'T TOUCH." Or, "If you make a mistake, don't bother to pull."

Obviously words like these don't do much to lessen a novice's anxiety or to teach him anything about what relative work is all about. So, be friendly and helpful to novices, not because you are basically a nice guy, but because you can help build a positive attitude in the sport that will help us grow... and build bigger and better stars. Or diamonds and wedges...

RWu, December 1974
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[BIGUN 1,486]

Depends on the person whose communicating and the tone or inflection. One can be talking about a skygod or a skygod mentality (which while a skygod has a certain mentality, the latter indicates a certain aloofness)

For example, there is one big way load organizer whom I respect and admire, but whose presentation sucks. I see him as a skygod for what he's accomplished and when he climbs up my ass; it ain't pretty. BUT, he always climbs up my ass with a teaching point on what I fucked up and how to correct it. I've even been asked, "How do you take his shit?" Easy, I see it as free coaching from someone with a buttload more jumps and accomplishments that I can only hope to achieve. Which if I listen to his message and not his presentation may actually learn something. His presentation isn't as important to me as the information he's trying to get across. As far as I'm concerned, he can make me do pushups or piss on my leg as long as he's teaching me while he's doing it. The longer the piss, the more I learn.

Someone else could get the exact same treatment and go around all dejected and insulted and call him a "skygod" in a derogatory manner as in having a 'Better than thou" mentality. The skygod mentality applies to those who run around with a few more jumps (even a thousand or so) and tell one they need to do this or not do that without going into the "whys or hows." Kind of a just do this or don't do that cause I say so in an autocratic "I told them; my work here is done" manner.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[airtwardo 7]

and when he climbs up my ass; it ain't pretty

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Somebody that climbs up YOUR ass and lives to talk about it, is either a friend, blind...or suicidal.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Sletzer 3]

I thought a skygod was a person who was so damn good at jumping that they did things like forgetting their altimeter and then their helmet on back to back loads , then trying to hit on every girl tandem student, especially with their boyfriend right there. I saw a camera guy do just that (brilliant move forgetting your camera helmet!!!!)

Actually, from what I've seen in my brief time jumping- skygods are the guys who thin they are badass and they want everyone to know it. The REAL badasses are confident enough in their abilities that they don't have to prove themselves to anyone. They know they're that good, and the're willing to help anyone who needs it.

Just my 2 cents.....

I will be kissing hands and shaking babies all afternoon. Thanks for all your support! *bows*

SCS #8251

[BIGUN 1,486]

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Actually, from what I've seen in my brief time jumping- skygods are the guys who thin they are badass and they want everyone to know it. The REAL badasses are confident enough in their abilities that they don't have to prove themselves to anyone. They know they're that good, and the're willing to help anyone who needs it.

And that pretty much sums it up.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[BIGUN 1,486]

So which list are you on, Brother.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[kkeenan 14]

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So which list are you on, Brother.

I have a feeling it's not the "climb up your ass" list

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Dude, you are so awesome...
Can I be on your ash jump ?

[airtwardo 7]

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So which list are you on, Brother.

I have a feeling it's not the "climb up your ass" list

Nope...I have developed a keen and refined instinct for self preservation!

...AND I kinda like not being the biggest guy in a formation!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~