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Thanks Marcus and Come. This is fantastic news! Freeflyers in Singapore! Will check out your website and hook up with you guys for a beer or two soon. Will also get in touch with "Apoil". Thanks Clay. ** When was the last time you did something for the first time? **

Yeah, will definitely get some coaching as soon as I can save up enough dosh. It's a shame there aren't any freeflyers in this part of the world whom I can learn from, at least, not any that I know of. So in the meantime I'll probably do plenty of solos and learn how to sitfly and generally get used to not flying on my belly, as SanDiegoRW recommended. Thanks for the links to the articles, ChileRelleno, they've been really useful; learnt quite a bit from them. But 78RATS just reminded me of something else - that of gear. My rig is freefly friendly but what to wear? My RW suit certainly isn't suitable and surfing skydiving websites for freefly suits/pants is proving to be a daunting experience, what with the numerous types of materials and multi-plys etc, for various types of flying and flyers. Any advice on that score? From what I understand, I don't need a freefly suit at this stage, just a pair of freefly pants, but what should I be looking for in terms of materials etc? Any recommended makes? Big thanks all. ** When was the last time you did something for the first time? **

Thanks guys, So it sounds like I should go up and give it a go myself then, trial and error style and hopefully pick up a few things the hard way. What about some coaching then? When's a good time (experience wise, as in number of jumps/attempts) to get some proper instruction and what sort of a coaching programme should I be getting on? Big thanks

Hi all, Am new to the world of skydiving with just under a hundred jumps, all flat flying. I am now interested in giving freeflying a go but am not sure how to go about doing it. The main problem is that I am based out here in Singapore where the closest dropzones are in Indonesia and Malaysia and there aren't any freeflyers or competent ones that I know of to show me the ropes. Should I save up and go over to the US to get some quality coaching? I understand that with no prior freeflying experience, full on coaching can be overkill and prove to be rather costly. Someone mentioned a book - The Art of vRW : the Way of Freefly. Should I get that and then try some stuff in the air before getting some coaching? Any advice will be well appreciated. Cheers. ** When was the last time you did something for the first time? **