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Quote" Don't hit the concrete boat!!! " LOL, ok enough laughing. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

LOL, ok enough laughing. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Ann, I have to agree with you about men in uniform. Nothing compares to a hottie in uniform. Hear that guys? Feel free to post your "in uniform" pics. Go on, don't be shy. I also agree with Ann about those Special Forces soldiers and Green Berets, too! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Okay I am liking this DZ.com thing more and more. Thanks to all those hotties out there for sharing your pics. This website rocks. Where else can I sit back and look at naked skydivers, nicely shaped triceps and biceps, sexy tatoos and hardbodies? Keep 'em coming guys. More pictures, more pictures, more pictures!!! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

OMG HI Kelly!!! How are you doing? Well, you know thanks for the compliment about being hot and all but I WAS the ONLY female in your course Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Oops, I think I was supposed to post this in a different forum, not the non-skydiving related one. Okay so I am a rookie, sorry guys and gals! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Ok so far those are pretty good. One of my most embarrassing moments was when 2 girlfriends of mine and myself were doing a lingere jump (to be on TV for a show called Evening Magazine). The jump itself was fine but I happened to be wearing one of those tight fitting lingere body suits with the little snappys in the crotch. Much to my surprise upon opening they burst open and whew hoo there I was. Needless to say on that jump I decided to land as far away as possible from any camera in sight. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

No silly, the picture meaning you holding the light saber. It is hard to take anything you say seriously everytime I look at that picture. I guess I should have clarified that in .com terms. Sorry! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

To ALL of Skyjuniors DZ buddies ... Dairy products are now in order! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

That is an excellent idea. I am going to try that next time. Thanks! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Nope, not necessary. My first tandem was jump #12. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Thank you for sharing that with us Payback but that was TMI. It sounds like your name would suit you well sitting next to the person in the airplane who pisses you off the most. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

I was just curious if any of you would like to share your most embarrassing moments in skydiving. I am sort of new to DZ.com and this IS my first Post (Yes, I know ... case of beer). I have a few really embarrasing moments that I will gladly share but I want to hear from at least a few of you first. I have a feeling based on the characters I have already come into contact with on this website the responses to this question will be interesting if not very entertaining. Blue skies! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Hey that is pretty cool! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

OMG Crazy Ivan this is like the third post I've read of yours that has had me cracking up. Thanks for all the good laughs. BTW, is that you in the picture? Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!! That was a good one but EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWW! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Wow that letter gave me chicken skin. Thanks for sharing that. It really puts things in perspective. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Roy that looked like an amazing trip. I have spent a bit of time down in the Sea of Cortez myself but could not imagine being able to skydive there! I am so jealous! And you guys had to rub it in with the barefoot beach landings? Thanks for sharing all of those great pics. Lucky You. Sigh... Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties. Damn, I hate it when that happens! Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Hi Arvel! Saw your post and thought I'd say Hi. Welcome to DZ.com. How has it been on the island? I miss all you guys. Say Hi to Autumn for me. Blue skies, Jen Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

Well said Troy. I love you Man!!!

And I guess I should also give my AFF partner credit too. I wasn't totally correct when I said I had the least amount of experience there. (Sorry Troy) My AFF partner during the course was Troy Church. We became totally bonded like brother and sister by the end of the course (even though we wanted to kill each other through the first half). The coolest thing about it all is that he too finished his last eval jump (the Level 4) on his 400th. We had a great course celebration when it was all over. The candidates and evaluators were a gas. Looking back it was probably the scariest, most exciting, fun things I have ever done. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

I guess I should correct that. I actually passed my last eval. jump on my 400th! But I was close. Thanks for the compliment. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

I did just about all of my practice jumps with a gal named Nanette. She is not an evaluator but she has tons of experience and taught me most of what I needed to know to get through the course. I showed up 1 week early for the course and was like Hi, my name is Jen and I want to be an AFF instructor. I know nothing about teaching AFF so can we start from the beginning? You are right, I paid a lot of $$$ to get trained, I sure as heck didn't get any breaks financially but I maximized my efficiency by choosing someone I knew I would work well with, had an awesome reputation and who was committed to teaching me what I needed to know. (I think Nanette has like 6,000 or more AFF jumps). It worked. If you want to get your rating my advice is to listen to what your evaluators tell you before and during the course. I showed up with 360 jumps under my belt, by far the least experienced person there, scared s___less of my evaluators. They were all excellent and taught us what we needed to know. The rest was up to us. Get as much practice as you can with "qualified" people. They don't necessarily NEED to be evaluators but they should have a ton of experience. Nanette was awesome and brought me up to speed in 10 jumps. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

This is just my opinoin but I would have to say go AFF for sure. Yeah, static line may be a lot cheaper but I think you get what you pay for. In AFF, your first jump course alone will give you 6 hours of training on the ground and build every jump from there until you are safe to jump on your own. I never did static line personally, it looks way too damn scary and you don't get any freefall time hardly. Freefall is what I enjoy the most. Some drop zones offer Tandem progression into AFF which seems like a very comprehensive program. When you graduate you are ready and prepared for your A license. My advice, Go for broke because if you haven't figured it out already, this sport is costly. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."