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actually i think baxter is going to be at asc this weekend from what tyler told me... and if he has a suit then.... then i will jump it this weekendd... i hope i dont like it too much i have no money!

im in there... so i heard... hanging from a hybrid at the chicks rock boogie... i dont know what page because i dont have the mag yet....

for your av... 65x75

i will do... but we got no xperiance with the birdman... and i would love to learn... besides i got to party with cucky sometime before the wffc next year.....

\\ hmmm .. and what kinda silly shit is that dan?... nevermind

what were you doing with a ten foot pole? HA! I'll give ya a hint- it involves sunglasses, a midget, and come chick I met on the internet. lmao!

anyone?.... cmon... i want to argue about this with somone! ok... im going to go eat and come back... maybee there will be a long winded argument for me when i get back...

if somone will loan me a suit i will do my first birdman jump........ you guys let me know if and when this is going to happen....

we will see.... my bet goes to me smakin that ass with a bullwhip at asc to make you pack faster...! as soon as they have the 12.50 boogie next year.... im going to use 2 rigs and make at least 50 jumps.... hope you can pack fast enough.!!!

yaaaa... this is great!.......... i love it....

i like my flow bindings.. i just step in them as im comming off the lift then flip up the rear and im off.... never even stop.... and they are easy to get out of also...

Yes, but we are not talking about a DZ selecting a name of a city that is farther away than a closer city. We are talking about a DZ that doesn't exist. There is not a "Skydive Charleston" dropzone in South Carolina. The web page claims there is. That is how I see it as false advertising. You asked............ Is there a Skydive Charleston in South Carolina? Derek like i said... i do not know if there is or not... your saying there isnt and i have no reason whatsover to not believe you........ but i just looked at that web page and i cannot see where it gives you directions anywhere... it looks like a marketing website for 1800 skyrides to me........ ok time for me to go to bed... im sure ben and cary appreciatle the free ads.... later.. mark

I have a t-shirt and a bumper sticker that I got at ASC.. they both say Adventure Skydiving Center. oh my god.. did they sell me a false t-shirt??!!!! eh.. who cares, my ex bought it for me. hehee. no sweetie.... they changed the name i think......it is adventure skydiving center now....

I don't kow, but I do know there is no "Skydive Charleston" in South Caolina, like the web page claims, hence my statement of false advertising. If the DZ doesn't exist, how can they claim "At Skydive Charleston, you will be accompanied on your skydive by the most experienced skydive professionals in South Carolina!"? The web page is advertising a DZ that doesn't exist. I think you are saying that one (or more) of the DZ's in the area get sent any business the web page generates (Blue Sky Adventures and Skydive Walterboro) and Skydive Charleston doesn't exist. That is misleading at best and false advertising at worst. Derek well there are alot of drop zones out there that market under a city name not too far away.. usually like an hour or two.... im sure the name on the internet is to attract peeps from that city market area... asc is as close to birmingham as it is to atlanta but it is called atlanta skydiving center.... ........ im not going to get into this... hahaha wll i guess i already am into it huh.... well anyways... asc is a bad place with bad peaple you should never go there...!!!! ohh my god!!!! ive been healed! is skydive chicago in chicago?..... is skydive san diego in san diego? is skydive atlanta in atlanta?

The web page says: "At Skydive Charleston, you will be accompanied on your skydive by the most experienced skydive professionals in South Carolina! Use the information provided below to choose which first jump you wish to make in South Carolina at Skydive Charleston." Is there a Skydive Charleston in South Carolina? Derek uhhh.... isnt that a market area for one of the drop zones that use them? im not sure but i think it is.... Damn, you dodge the questions almost as good as Snuffy over on the rec. The question was simple. Here's your chance to answer it, once more: if i knew that answer i would answere it.. YOUR HONER!!! im not on trial here so loose the aditude!.... i dont know if there is a drop zone there.... isnt there a drop zone that uses 1800 skyrides in that area?

You should know better than to ask.... but you did! Well.. if you were someone looking for "the experience of a lifetime".. wanting to make a tandem, or surprise someone you love with a tandem as a birthday gift, and you were told that the drop zone is 20 minutes out of Nashville.. and you plan your day accordingly... then you realize as you're crossing the Georgia border that you've been lied to... I'd call that getting burned. LOTS of people have called Tennessee drop zones and questioned if they are really in Tennessee. This is a direct result of ASC lying to them. If ASC wants to say that they're 20 minutes out of Nashville, then they need to put up shop in Smyrna. Otherwise, SAY they are in Georgia!! Some people will probably still drive that far. I made that road trip plenty of times when I was doing AFF. I still make fun jumps there when I happen to be in Atlanta. It really is a shame, because ASC is a kick ass dropzone with lots of talented jumpers and instructors. Its a shame that their own business practices have turned so many others off and created their own bad reputation. I can see both sides of the coin, and I dont care nearly as much as it appears. It just pisses me off that ASC is so eager to lie to people who are just looking to have fun. ok i see what your saying... i think i missunderstood you... but yes in the 7 1/2 years that ive jumped there i have not been burned... so you are correct....

The web page says: "At Skydive Charleston, you will be accompanied on your skydive by the most experienced skydive professionals in South Carolina! Use the information provided below to choose which first jump you wish to make in South Carolina at Skydive Charleston." Is there a Skydive Charleston in South Carolina? Derek uhhh.... isnt that a market area for one of the drop zones that use them? im not sure but i think it is....

i use both... i use harness as much as i can then i use front riser to "tune it" if im high or low....doing a 270.... but i have had times where i didnt have to tune it with the front riser and it was an all harness turn.... it just feels smoother to me like that......

Because you haven't been burned by it... and what do i have to get burned by?....

Dude...easy...I was just making a joke! That was a LOOOONG time ago. Like 88 or 89. The old guy is still there as far as I know though. I remember bitching him out "In a friendly way" one evening after jumping. was i yelling?... im sorry... wasnt able to hear myself...... .. easy about what?.... i dont quite understand? yes john mann is still there..... he is a good guy and is still running the airport... i dont think he really knows anything about turbins though....

i dont see how you could see this as false advertizing. it clearly states it is a part of the 1800 skyrides network... how could it be false? im guessing they have a dz or two that participate with skyrides in that area so they are now marketing it.... whay is that false advertizing? 1800 skyrides is not all about skydiving... it is all about buissness.... in the area of ballooning hang gliding and skydiving.... you know... this kinda gets fun sometimes....

what were you doing with a ten foot pole?

Actually.....I have some good friends that jump there. No....I won't mention names to protect the guilty. I jumped there for several months when I first moved back to Georgia. Then I found greener pastures. I also know SEVERAL of their staff members that BAILED on them cause they couldn't stand the bullshit anymore. Some still go back on weekdays because they skydive for a living and need to make the money. No problem. Doesn't bother me. I'm just glad that I have the means to avoid them. In fact...last time I was there I even refused to buy soft drinks from the machine in the packing area. Instead...I drove to the store. I could really give a shit less about Ben and Cary. I just hate that they give SO many people a bad eperience with skydiving. Especially when it comes to students. I even hate going to that airport though. Just because there is a picture of a plane in the FOB that my Dad used to own. Well...at 90 some hours the FREAKIN ENGINE flew apart. I had a forced landing in Butler Georgia. Guess who rebuilt that engine.......Unfortunately it wasn't Ben or Cary....but it was a guy there at the airport. Wonder if he does maintenance on their skydiving planes? dont quote me on this.. but im 100% sure that the maintnance is done at caralina sky sports for the king air. the cessna 205 and the otter..

Hello Mark....Yes I know you. The last time I drove to ASC was because Chuck (SM1) asked me to. He was doing a swoop comp there. Ben wasted no time slobbering all over my nuts and trying to get me to jump there. Funny...since everyone used to ignore me when I was a "50 jump chump" there. Then I show up and I know Chuck and Hans....all of a sudden I'm a celebrity. PUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZ. No thanks....... Ya know...the VERY FIRST time I ever went to SD Atlanta...I had maybe 60-75 jumps. I was there maybe 10 minutes when Doug came up and invited me on a skydive. Hmmmm.....wonder why I have never jumped at ASC since? I have always given back to the sport....just like my Monkey Brothers and the crowd at SD Atlanta always taught. Some things ARE more important than money. well ...im acctually really sarry you feel that way about asc.... i cant say i remember meeting you but i remember when chuck came out... wasnt that 3 years ago or so?... or was that some other time.... but any ways.... just because you had a bad experiance and you only had 50 jumps and werent out going enough to say hi to somone.... or maybee it wasnt that you werent out going it was maybee you were just quiet.... i will tell you... i have traveld to alot of d.z's around the southeast this past summer "not as many as i would have liked to have" anyways my point is.... if you show up somwhere that you dont know anybody... you got lets say maybee a 1-5 to 1-10 chance of somone coming up to you and asking you to jump with them.... most of the time it doesnt happen... this is not just ASC this is most dz's that run turbin aircraft.... but anyways... i go to othere dz,s and i manifest.... and on the ride to alt... i stick my nose in everyones buissness. ask who is doing solos. freeflying, or whatever...then i go jump with somone i just met..... then guess what happens after that.... well maybee you had a kick ass skydive or maybee you were boing chased the whole time or you were chasing them the whole time.. either way you met somone at another dz by being proactive... i promise the peaple at asc are very good peaple.. and they will not leave there home dz... exept for every now and then for other boogies.... but im telling ya.. it is like pulling teeth trying to get some of the peaple that im freinds with to leave. for just one weekend to meet new peaple.... and it makes me think..... why in the hell would they want to stick themselves to one dz all the time..... i cant do that.. i want to go to all the dz's around me.. and hell some that are not.... but anyways.. my point is.... it really is a nice ass dz.... hell you dont have to pay any attention to the owners... tyler will take you mind off that by running across the room and tackleing a chair! (freak!) and kenny.. well kenny will just piss you off... he is like 18 and swoops almost as good as me!...(ok im kidding) he isnt anywhere near good as me....lol............and DAN... i was kinda scared of dan when i first met him..... considering he got arested at the dz for..... well i will leave that to your imagination... but he is innocent and a good guy....and nate... well he has got alot of positive things to say about any person he meets...and katie...."what a cutie" nate is a lucky guy.....and lisa.... what you dont know is lisa is ben and cary's boss...she is preatty much runnin the show.... and it aint burger king....but if you wanna jump im sure she can find you a slot.....and hans.. well i dont know what to say about hans... i dont think he is going to last much longer..."he is gettin old you know".. and his girly is preagnant.... jeese is that thing due yet..?? its been a little whils since ive been out there...... but hans can still swoop his ass off.... should i go on?.... ...ok no im going to stop because i cant spell and im tired of typing... but yoou get the point right? if not then here it is..... when you talk trash about asc you talk trash about all the peaple that jump there.... i dont care if you dont like the owners... and neither does any of them.... you should stop back by sometime.... mark ok so i left alot of peaple out.... sorry... but you guys rock and well i will be back up there when i get some money to jump.... or untill they give me a couple working jumps to pay for the fun jumps....