SkydiveNFlorida 0 #26 April 28, 2004 Well, I have this horrible habit of buying things I want as presents for others. So, I was casually dating a guy, it was going to be his b-day soon, and I thought it'd be fun to skydive. Well, I booked it, soon broke up with him, and went anyhow. And, here I am Then there was that time when I was 12 and jumped from my 2-story window... I think that was just defiance, though (grounding kids... better hope they aren't the daredevil type) Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #27 April 28, 2004 I grew up in Lakewood, NJ during grammar school. Perhaps you can remember the DZ there if you've been around long enough. I used to watch the first ram-airs coming down in the mid 70's. While in the Marines, a room-mate of mine went out for a static line - somewhere on the east coast of N.C.. I also watch some people land under Coke (or Pepsi) canopies during an airshow at Cherry Point, NC. Then someone who I know at work had a pic of himself during a static line exit. I thought it was sooooooo cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeasabird 0 #28 April 28, 2004 QuoteAS far back as I can remember. I learned an umbrella doesn't slow you down when you jump off your roof (6 or 7 years old) Quote Likewise...but I was trying to use bed sheets as canopies at around 7 or 8 years old. I did, however, get a lot of practice with my PLF's back then.----- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Frenchy68 0 #29 April 28, 2004 2 years ago. Shooting a commercial in NZ involving Kiwi and Aussie BASEjumpers. Did my first tandem the day after the shoot... "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kellysalt77 0 #30 April 28, 2004 hi, this is my very 1st post and i figured this was a great place to start! i can't remember when skydiving entered my mind but i remember being 5 years old jumping off furniture with my brother and flapping our arms like crazy hoping to fly. and i remember being 7 years old on the 'peter pan' ride at disney world. i felt like i was a bird flying above the city and i fell in love with that feeling. i'm not sure if that's what you're looking for but i know those things all played a part in me being open to the idea of jumping out of an airplane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sheenster303 0 #31 April 28, 2004 Never thought about it until last year. I always heard of skydiving, but never thought of it as something I could do. Then last summer a couple of my friends went and did tandems. I didn't have the money or really the desire to go at the time. One of my friends got a video and after watching it, I thought it looked really awesome. The next weekend I went with one of my other friends to the dropzone and watched her do her second tandem jump. I was still kinda iffy about doing it, but after watching everybody land and realized that people actually lived after landing I wanted to jump! After that I made reservations to do a tandem the next weekend and I got hooked! My first tandem was back in September and I wasn't able to get back in the air until a couple of weeks ago. I just graduated AFF and I love it!I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sheenster303 0 #32 April 28, 2004 Quotehi, this is my very 1st post BEEEEEERRRRRRR!!!!!!!I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kellysalt77 0 #33 April 28, 2004 me and my big mouth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dylan 0 #34 April 28, 2004 It was deffinately the little plastic army men that did it. I remember asking my grandmother what the thing that held them up was called at a McDonalds in Athens, GA. Being 3 or 4, it took me awhile to explain myself. We got it sorted out eventually. All I could think about was how pleasant and quiet it would be under canopy. So I grew up and joined the Army eventually. It was awfully quiet and pleasant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tandembrent 0 #35 April 28, 2004 hey jeff, hows your world treating you? this is brent, we met many times at pahokee last november. the earliest i can remember was when i was about 15, standing on a frozen lake with a former friend and we both said "someday, we'll both be skydivers and jump onto the lake. we both made that jump finally. memories seem to last much longer than the friendships! brent green grass and high clouds forever~~~~Green grass and high clouds forever~~~~ no matter where you go, there you are! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DanglesOZQld 0 #36 April 28, 2004 Got my Private Pilots Licence and was flying around the countryside when one weekend the school I was with decided to have a fly away piss-up type deal to Corowa just over the NSW border in Australia. Shortly after landing I looked up and saw a lot of chutes in the air and though to myself I would love to give that a go someday. It was the state champs or something from memory, or just a big boogie not really sure. Got some friends together and did a weekend course a few months later. My parents knew they couldnt stop me from doing it and my flight instructor thought I was crazy!! PS- I have lost two friends to skydiving and around 10 to flying. Gotta love that "perfectly good aircraft" crap! BSBD! -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 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. 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Frenchy68 0 #29 April 28, 2004 2 years ago. Shooting a commercial in NZ involving Kiwi and Aussie BASEjumpers. Did my first tandem the day after the shoot... "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kellysalt77 0 #30 April 28, 2004 hi, this is my very 1st post and i figured this was a great place to start! i can't remember when skydiving entered my mind but i remember being 5 years old jumping off furniture with my brother and flapping our arms like crazy hoping to fly. and i remember being 7 years old on the 'peter pan' ride at disney world. i felt like i was a bird flying above the city and i fell in love with that feeling. i'm not sure if that's what you're looking for but i know those things all played a part in me being open to the idea of jumping out of an airplane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #31 April 28, 2004 Never thought about it until last year. I always heard of skydiving, but never thought of it as something I could do. Then last summer a couple of my friends went and did tandems. I didn't have the money or really the desire to go at the time. One of my friends got a video and after watching it, I thought it looked really awesome. The next weekend I went with one of my other friends to the dropzone and watched her do her second tandem jump. I was still kinda iffy about doing it, but after watching everybody land and realized that people actually lived after landing I wanted to jump! After that I made reservations to do a tandem the next weekend and I got hooked! My first tandem was back in September and I wasn't able to get back in the air until a couple of weeks ago. I just graduated AFF and I love it!I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #32 April 28, 2004 Quotehi, this is my very 1st post BEEEEEERRRRRRR!!!!!!!I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kellysalt77 0 #33 April 28, 2004 me and my big mouth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dylan 0 #34 April 28, 2004 It was deffinately the little plastic army men that did it. I remember asking my grandmother what the thing that held them up was called at a McDonalds in Athens, GA. Being 3 or 4, it took me awhile to explain myself. We got it sorted out eventually. All I could think about was how pleasant and quiet it would be under canopy. So I grew up and joined the Army eventually. It was awfully quiet and pleasant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tandembrent 0 #35 April 28, 2004 hey jeff, hows your world treating you? this is brent, we met many times at pahokee last november. the earliest i can remember was when i was about 15, standing on a frozen lake with a former friend and we both said "someday, we'll both be skydivers and jump onto the lake. we both made that jump finally. memories seem to last much longer than the friendships! brent green grass and high clouds forever~~~~Green grass and high clouds forever~~~~ no matter where you go, there you are! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #36 April 28, 2004 Got my Private Pilots Licence and was flying around the countryside when one weekend the school I was with decided to have a fly away piss-up type deal to Corowa just over the NSW border in Australia. Shortly after landing I looked up and saw a lot of chutes in the air and though to myself I would love to give that a go someday. It was the state champs or something from memory, or just a big boogie not really sure. Got some friends together and did a weekend course a few months later. My parents knew they couldnt stop me from doing it and my flight instructor thought I was crazy!! PS- I have lost two friends to skydiving and around 10 to flying. Gotta love that "perfectly good aircraft" crap! BSBD! -Mark. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
