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  1. sum1mom
    You'll never stop buzzing!!
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    I'm certainly no guru and am a mere student, but, I can honestly say, that if the sky is calling you...ANSWER IT!! Once you are at the door...all your fears should disappear. You are there!! Take a nice deeeeep breath of that nice cool air and then go fly, fly, fly!! Here's a good description of how the exit feels. "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.........yay!!!" Advice: Relax, trust your instructor, relax, breathe, (arch, arch, arch). Since you will have a vid guy floating around you - enjoy and geek your a$$ off!! Live life like you never have. Then go home, watch your video a thousand times, and wonder what you've been waiting for.
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    Man, I was thinking about my upcoming hop & pop and stressed myself out this morning. I'll secretly ride the plane to altitude so that I can "nail it." I have a few more jumps to repeat first Cesna exit - NO WAY!!! BTW...need to correct my post..I lost 4.5K trying to get stable....Gawd could you imagine?? What a ride.
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    QuoteI feel your pain. I, um, didn't arch going out the door yesterday. On video, of course. I flipped and flailed for two seconds before gaining stability. *** Yeh...that's what they are telling me I did ... they laugh and call it my free-fly dive. I always thought freeflying was pretty graceful....uh, but so is flying on your belly. I think I'll just make up my own discipline
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    Brian....I too am arch disabled. Like you say...not too pretty! I also am beginning to think I have A.D.D.!! If I think about my legs my brain is not focusing on keeping my eyes on the plane on exit. I think that's what happened coming off the hill...I adjusted my legs and dearched. I am finding the more I think, the less I relax, the less I arch. Dont get me wrong though, I'm having a total blast. I just freaked myself out today, thinking way too much about what i did wrong yesterday, instead of how much fun I had in the meantime. My only concern is the mental adjustment I must make before my next jump, so that i stay relaxed and not stress too much before my jump. Need a serious relaxation technique. The rest should just be "cake." I've done the hard stuff...and it's only been hard when I made it that way. I WAS just so mental earlier....you guys are helping me come back around.
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    I had just completed my loops front and back on Saturday. It was ugly, but I recovered well both times. My first "back loop" was more like a cart wheel....so there I went whoop whooop whoop through the air. Then went right to my front loop. But, I was EXPECTING to do these things. On my exit yesterday the shiat just went freakin crazy really freakin quick. I over compensated everything, sending myself into more flips. Then, "rested" on my back (completely dearched) and admired my instructor with this surprised look on his face. I smiled, waved, then rolled out of it. I was a geek. Only completed one task in my dive flow. I just don't want this to affect me negatively. Like I said, today my heart has been racing all day....delayed adrenaline????? Who knows....help!! My thanks to everyone. Maybe someday I'll post my blooper reel.
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    I don't need to practice flying on my back. I'm getting pretty good at it.
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    Thanks all!! I knew I blew it and laughed my butt off at the video.....for the second day in a row (I got stuck on my back on another dive flow on Saturday and had to roll out). I swear I'll just need to dub the Looney Tunes theme to my student tapes. Today, I haven't laughed about it....at all. That was a baaaaaad baaaaaad exit!!! I'm not so freaked out about it that I will not continue jumping, but man, my heart is racing like crazy. A very delayed reaction. It's like it just happened...
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    Okay guys…I had the worst solo exit EVER yesterday. Stepped out of the plane, watched the plane, feeling good – then holy crap – I’m a gymnast!! It was a relief to get on my back for a couple of seconds before I rolled out. WOW. I wasted 3.5K worth of freefall just trying to get stable. I totally f*&cked the whole thing up. Needless to say….I’ll be repeating that dive flow. I’m such a dork. My poor, poor instructor….God bless him…he’s a patient man. Any other stories to comfort me with...or am I the only one?
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    I have many to post, but of most recent: Not thinking about what can be interpreted (no matter how innocent) from what I say in front of the TWISTED AND SICK MiNdz Of SkYDIVerz.
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    Welcome!! Can't wait to see ya at Spaceland!!! I'm going today!! Doesn't he owe beer for standing up his first??? I think he should by a case for each one I failed to stick too!!
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    You rock!!! Great job! It took me 6 solos to stand my dingy ass up!! Anyway, I heard a lot of great things about you at the DZ. Congrats and welcome. I'll see you in the program. I'm still stumbling through it!! Peace!!!
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    I know. By looking at my jump numbers you wonder!!! I have a plate on my right fib, six screws in my ankle...yes....from jumping from a perfectly good POGO STICK!!! Just a few years ago. Must have flared too late.
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    Way 2 go MATT!!! Proud of you for graduating and getting the gear... .....if only they'd make something for us boobie archers.
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    sooooo....there is hope for me!!! Congrats!!
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    That is just awesome. I'm still sitting...but, it's my fault.... I've already written in my dive flow for my next log all the details of my jump.....including "stand up landing" and BUY BEEER kudos for you!!
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    yay!!!!! It must be a great feeling to stand up a landing!! ugh...still working on it!!
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    on a date with this guy bragging about his tandem. I told him that (skydiving) was the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of and - proceeded to call him an idiot. I then realized my birthday was coming....getting OlD...so I did it! Now I'm the idiot to my whuffos.
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    We’re happy for you So buy lots of brew Then have one for me While you’re getting your B I’ll still be …..uh…. …….uh…… fumblin’ for my A Congrats!!!!
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    53% here. Was probably closer to 70% until I started skydiving.
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    She just sent me a text message. They just played her video on the school television circuit. Everyone's going' nuts - and thinks she's lost it muah-ha-ha-ha!!
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    OMG!! She's beautiful....she'll look like an angel flying around up there!! Please keep us posted and pics of her first!! I know you must be beaming!! Do the "blue sky" dance and pray for a beautiful day!!! and Vanilla: Thanks!! This is one of those defining moments in her life. She was having some bad times (boyz) and all is well now. She's practicing my dive flow with me now!!! ARCH!
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    Actually Zee, that is a good question. The answer is no and yes!! When I first entered the sport and going through the program - she had no desire whatsoever. Then, she started going to the DZ and relaxing with the folks and got used to the environment. Watched all the tandems come in (seeing their reactions over and over), and of course has to hear about my progress (or lack thereof) after each of my student jumps. The constant exposure just took some of the “shock factor” away, and gave her some assurance that skydivers are not doing this on a death wish. Now, she’s thrilled all the more. She can’t wait to go up again. But, in short, if she didn’t WANT to go, she would have never gone. She is one of the most stubborn people I’ve ever known. Oh, and BTW…..when I first started talking about skydiving as a “sport” – she scoffed and stated that it wasn’t. She has since changed her opinion.
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    sickies at the DZ???? What do you mean?? She'll be fine - I hope... JK everyone at "our" DZ (that sounds weird) has been absolutely wonderful to both of us in our adventure(s). It is an incredible bonding experience. She is so pleased with herself. She'll be a much better flyer than myself...I'm already jealous. Oh, well...it'll motivate her to get a job. In a separate posting, it was recommended that she get a job at the DZ packing rigs - as a matter of fact we are looking into that!! I just wanna be sure she stays away from my gear if she's packing and we're fighting for some reason or another!! Girlz.