Liemberg 0 #1 May 31, 2004 At my kid Steven who had his 16th birthday last saturday and has made 5 jumps since! ( first 3 at his birthday...) My bet is that he is the youngest skydiver with a dutch static-line licence right now! (you get that after five static-line jumps) Hasn't been unstable once. Has pulled his first dummy ripcord. Jump nr 2: stand up landing within 15 meters of target, without any assistance (like radio, bats, etc.) He jumps as if he has been doing this all his life! OK, so he's the DZO's son, made 8 tandemjumps since he was eight but nevertheless: I'm proud! "Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci A thousand words... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #2 May 31, 2004 congrats beer for his jump and beer for me that is the first time I have ever seen hair like that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liemberg 0 #3 May 31, 2004 Quotethat is the first time I have ever seen hair like that! It is called dreadlocks, I believe. I think it is an improvement. Two years ago he looked like a cherokee warrior. "Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci A thousand words... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #4 May 31, 2004 Hi Liemberg You've got a very good reason to be proud. It's nice to see the second and third generation jumpers starting and advancing up the ladder (as long as it's their choice) Hair??? Remember when the Beetle's first hit the state's and the guy's in the US wanted to look the beetles ( "like girls".) Major parental strife. Now if a kid wants to get a crew cut the beetle generation kids who are now parents are having a fit. I'm so confused Folks with hair are shaving theirs off. Whats with that? R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #5 May 31, 2004 Do I detect a future WR holder? Tell Steven he rocks. A lot of kids his age are out doing things much less healthy than jumping. hmmm... I want you as a dad! Too late I guess. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jannu 0 #6 June 1, 2004 Hoi! Hoe gaat? That's great, looks like he'll get his license soon.. I wish my parents would've been DZOs... (ermmm.. do I?) I really wish I would've started jumping when 15 years old.. Keep rocking! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flr169 0 #7 June 1, 2004 hmmmm turning 40 in 10 days, 8 static line jumps last summer and on the July long weekend, I plan on starting my AFF training....... some times i wish i could go back and do things all over again........... best of luck to your son Steven ----------------------------Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liemberg 0 #8 June 1, 2004 QuoteI wish my parents would've been DZOs... (ermmm.. do I?) No you don't. But if they were, no reason to let the fringe benefits go to waste, don't you think? Quote really wish I would've started jumping when 15 years old.. In the Netherlands you have to be 16 to go solo. You can start your tuition earlier (like ruining almost finished packjobs while in your nappies...Stevens "formal ground school training" was a bit short since none of the instructors wanted someone in the course that "knew all the answers". He joined a regular course a week earlier when they were doing the drills, did a test in the suspended harness on his birthday (passed with flying colours) and up he went. "Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci A thousand words... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
