UDSkyJunkie 0 #26 May 30, 2007 The challenge. I'm a 4-way guy, and there's a nearly infinite amount to learn, just about that tiny aspect of the sport. Every 4-way jump I learn something, and the more I learn and the better I get, the more I want to learn even more and get even better. When I'm not busy being an "RW cyborg" I also do some organizing, am working on a coach rating, and am slowly teaching myself to swoop. I have found each of these things to have the same nearly infinite potential as 4-way... there's always a ton more to learn. Also, I like that the sport is small enough that the best in the world are friendly. In 2005, I went to rantoul, and jumped with Airspeed on a bunch of casual organized dives... many went well. I was just another jumper, but I went to Eloy for the christmas boogie that year, and every one of them remembered my face, and some remembered my name. Could you say the same in any "mainstream" sport? It means a lot."Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
floridadiver81 0 #27 May 30, 2007 1. beer 2. friends 3. fun 4. beer"Age has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge, learning, respect, attitude, or personality." -yardhippie "Fight the air, and the air will kick your ass!!! "-Specialkaye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raymond_jones 0 #28 May 30, 2007 the hung over mornings, smell of jet fuel, the thrill of possibly dying but not, watching ppl eat shit when they talk smack all day long, the beer, reading the incident reports, the beer, learnoing about how ppl really are, and waking up in a tent because its so fucking hot next to you!!!!!"your the shit till you eat it !!!!!!!! damn that wall hurts..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandomLemming 0 #29 May 30, 2007 Thank gods it's not just me ! I have no answer for when people ask why I jump. But my wife insists that I do if I go three weeks without a lift because I become impossible to live with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RB_Hammer 0 #30 May 30, 2007 Ever since I started skydiving, I look at a lot of things differently, and notice things I did not before. Any aircraft I see I now evaluate with the 'I'd jump that' phrase. Flags, trees, blowing dust are all now wind indicators. Watched "Independence Day" last night. Seeing the landing that Will Smith made after punching out of his plane, I say, "Terrible PLF". Seems everything now has a connection to skydiving now. What makes me keep skydiving? Flying my body. Flying my canopy. Getting that sweet landing. Seeing the passion that others at the DZ have about this thing we do. Having made my first jump at 51, I know that old dogs can indeed learn new tricks. Begin a very stubborn person, I WILL NOT let that new ZP canopy win the 'get in the bag' game. Having that smile that will not leave my face and thinking, "DAMN, I LOVE THIS!!!" Let's jump!"I'm not lost. I don't know where I'm going, but there's no sense in being late." Mathew Quigley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jheadley 0 #31 May 30, 2007 'Cause I've got nowhere else to go! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazzthieve 0 #32 June 1, 2007 Cause people say I have a boring personality,....I'm out to proove otherwise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #33 June 1, 2007 When I was a kid I used to dream I could fly. I found a way to make my dreams come true. And getting to share it with my wife takes right off the scale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lastchance 0 #34 June 2, 2007 It's usually to windy for the other extreme sport that I love. Stacking BB's. Seriously it's because when I'm skydiving I'm not thinking of anything else. It clears my head of all the day to day bullshit. And I love it. I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vskydiver 0 #35 June 5, 2007 Quote When I was a kid I used to dream I could fly. I found a way to make my dreams come true. And getting to share it with my wife takes right off the scale. Awe! I keep skydiving because I enjoy doing it with you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #36 June 5, 2007 Batting .0100. After a number of jumps where not everyone gets in or you don't finish the routine, one or two come together beautifully. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GaryRay 0 #37 June 6, 2007 b/c last weekend i wasnt able to go jumping, and i kept having dreams about jumping out of the plane, and now im fiening (sp?) this weeekend will be fun! :).JewBag. www.jewbag.wordpress.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #38 June 6, 2007 Good therapy. Plus, the DZO forces me to do it.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #39 June 6, 2007 Quote Good therapy. Plus, the DZO forces me to do it. Hans is such a task master... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #40 June 6, 2007 Lotsa reasons, but therapy is a good one. And because if I don't, then I gradually turn into more and more of an irritable subhuman bastard until my flatmate/workmates/friends physically force me to go to the DZ so I become livable-with again. "Go! Just get out!" *points* "Look! Blue skies! Now fuck off!"-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
