GoRdOn8619 0 #1 August 6, 2005 Well the time has come. I am finially getting to experience my life long dream to skydive. Today i am doing my first tandem jump in gladewater, tx which is about 10 min from my house, im guessing this is a good thing considering some people drive along ways to do it. I know i am going to enjoy it. and hopefully its somthing i will do many more times to come. i have been researching on this forum for the last few days. but.. any advice from anyone? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sundevil777 102 #2 August 6, 2005 Get video, and hang out for a while with the experienced jumpers. 10 minutes away...you'll be able to spend your money faster.People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bodypilot1 0 #3 August 6, 2005 Quoteany advice from anyone? Keep your eyes OPEN, you dont want to miss a thing. Be safe. Edwww.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GoRdOn8619 0 #4 August 6, 2005 I thought about getting video but i'm thinking just getting pictures.. so i can frame one or somthing. i duno. haha yeah it will be very easy to spend money now.. your right Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #5 August 6, 2005 Definitely get video... and hang around a while afterward, talk to some of the other jumpers...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GoRdOn8619 0 #6 August 6, 2005 okay i guess i can get video and pictures.. i want to be able to send some photos to people too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #7 August 6, 2005 Believe me... you'll want to show the video to EVERYONE.... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites calledisrael 0 #8 August 6, 2005 yep, this was the most memorable advice i ever got. my first tandem i was at the front of the bench, totally wigged out, and the woman jumping ahead of me put both her hands on my shoulders and said "whatever you do, don't close your eyes.." and she grinned and leaped out (and i think my heart stopped.) and if i could do anything differently, i wish i had gotten video. you only have a first time once. life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. (helen keller) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BigSky 2 #9 August 6, 2005 Yep definitely get video. I wish I would have. And if you are anything like me you should move further away from the DZ. If I live 10min from mine I would be absolutely broke all of the time!“Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, th Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites simulacra 0 #10 August 6, 2005 Yea, I did my first tandem with a cpl of friends today too. I didn't get video because of the price and the fact that I thought that I might focus too much on the camera and not enjoy the actual dive. One could say that I got bitten by the bug, but there's one thing I worry about, it kinda felt like I blocked a whole lot of emotions that ought to be there, I was never nervous, never unsure of what I was doing, no door fear, nothing. And now I kinda worry about all those emotions getting to me when I start my S/L training which will scare me to death when I got my own back so to speak. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GoRdOn8619 0 #11 August 7, 2005 well.. i just did my first tandem today.. it was AWESOMEEE. best thing iv done in my life.. and i DO NOT regret anything... it was worth everything. I will deff. be doing the aff classes and doing this over and over again.. im getting a really good job so money wont be too big of an issue. I have been missing out before this.. wow.. and i did get pictures.. video wouldbe good but.. ill get it next time. it was still amazing video or not. i will remember it myself forever. cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TheBachelor 5 #12 August 8, 2005 Quotewell.. i just did my first tandem today.. it was AWESOMEEE. best thing iv done in my life.. and i DO NOT regret anything... it was worth everything. I will deff. be doing the aff classes and doing this over and over again.. im getting a really good job so money wont be too big of an issue. I have been missing out before this.. wow.. and i did get pictures.. video wouldbe good but.. ill get it next time. it was still amazing video or not. i will remember it myself forever. cheers Hehehe... He's one of us now...There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 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
sundevil777 102 #2 August 6, 2005 Get video, and hang out for a while with the experienced jumpers. 10 minutes away...you'll be able to spend your money faster.People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #3 August 6, 2005 Quoteany advice from anyone? Keep your eyes OPEN, you dont want to miss a thing. Be safe. Edwww.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoRdOn8619 0 #4 August 6, 2005 I thought about getting video but i'm thinking just getting pictures.. so i can frame one or somthing. i duno. haha yeah it will be very easy to spend money now.. your right Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 August 6, 2005 Definitely get video... and hang around a while afterward, talk to some of the other jumpers...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoRdOn8619 0 #6 August 6, 2005 okay i guess i can get video and pictures.. i want to be able to send some photos to people too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #7 August 6, 2005 Believe me... you'll want to show the video to EVERYONE.... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
calledisrael 0 #8 August 6, 2005 yep, this was the most memorable advice i ever got. my first tandem i was at the front of the bench, totally wigged out, and the woman jumping ahead of me put both her hands on my shoulders and said "whatever you do, don't close your eyes.." and she grinned and leaped out (and i think my heart stopped.) and if i could do anything differently, i wish i had gotten video. you only have a first time once. life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. (helen keller) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigSky 2 #9 August 6, 2005 Yep definitely get video. I wish I would have. And if you are anything like me you should move further away from the DZ. If I live 10min from mine I would be absolutely broke all of the time!“Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, th Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simulacra 0 #10 August 6, 2005 Yea, I did my first tandem with a cpl of friends today too. I didn't get video because of the price and the fact that I thought that I might focus too much on the camera and not enjoy the actual dive. One could say that I got bitten by the bug, but there's one thing I worry about, it kinda felt like I blocked a whole lot of emotions that ought to be there, I was never nervous, never unsure of what I was doing, no door fear, nothing. And now I kinda worry about all those emotions getting to me when I start my S/L training which will scare me to death when I got my own back so to speak. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoRdOn8619 0 #11 August 7, 2005 well.. i just did my first tandem today.. it was AWESOMEEE. best thing iv done in my life.. and i DO NOT regret anything... it was worth everything. I will deff. be doing the aff classes and doing this over and over again.. im getting a really good job so money wont be too big of an issue. I have been missing out before this.. wow.. and i did get pictures.. video wouldbe good but.. ill get it next time. it was still amazing video or not. i will remember it myself forever. cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBachelor 5 #12 August 8, 2005 Quotewell.. i just did my first tandem today.. it was AWESOMEEE. best thing iv done in my life.. and i DO NOT regret anything... it was worth everything. I will deff. be doing the aff classes and doing this over and over again.. im getting a really good job so money wont be too big of an issue. I have been missing out before this.. wow.. and i did get pictures.. video wouldbe good but.. ill get it next time. it was still amazing video or not. i will remember it myself forever. cheers Hehehe... He's one of us now...There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
