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Really? I thought the place was tandem-only, but crap if you can jump there with 500 jumps that gives me something to shoot for. You can sport jump at skydive key west if you have over 500 jumps. Expect to either join a load with a tandem, or fill the whole plane with your group though. The landing area is not for the faint of heart. The landing area is not near the runway. It is in the small clearing to right side (as viewed in the photo) of the north-south road that heads to the runway off of US-1. Miss it and you are in the mangrove or the water (in the coral). Chuck

Raeford Parachute Center, NC has always trained 16 year olds and now happilly does 16 year old tandems. The DZ has been in business over 30 years. 99 percent of our students go the AFF route, but we will still train you SL or IAD if you insist. (910) 875-3261 is the manifest number (910) 904-0000 is the school number Chuck

I've never met a 130 pound tandem instructor. _Am I'm a 130 pound tandem instructor.

I totally agree, Mary. I can promise you that the guys that volunteer to work on Holidays don't mind racking up the tunnel time. I can promise you that there isn't anyone working at any windtunnel in an operator or tunnel rat capacity that is doing so for the salary. Chuck

All of Nancy's tunnel suits are not ZP. Mine is "technically" a tunnel suit due to the flap and it doesn't have any ZP on it at all.

Positively skydiving

You be Z-flockin now, foo!

I did Eloy two years in a row (the first two DZ.com Holiday boogies). While I did have a great time, I was never happy with my accomodations. The first year there, Katie and I slept in a tent. We froze our asses off and our gear got soaked. The second year there we slept in a teamroom, could not configure the bunks in such a manner that we could satisfactorilly sleep together, and had no privacy from the people on the other side of the trailer due to the paper-thin walls. I would never do that boogie again without sleeping in a Hotel or a proper RV on the dropzone. It's a great place, the beer is almost endless, the restaurant is great, the skydiving organizers are first-rate, and the jumps are cheap. Still, I had a better time overall last year at Z-hills. Much-warmer weather, good inexpensive food, tons of fantastic skydivers, a much better swoop pond, less hassle on wingsuit jumps, and I can drive my own camper there. My only gripe AT ALL about last year what that fruitcake stealing my dog!!! Unbelievable. There will be many more vendors at Z-hills this year than there were last year as well.

I have a lot of tattoos. There are quite a few pics of them posted on here somewhere.

Negative. Go to Z-HILLS for Christmas/New Years! That's where all the cool kids will be. We had a fucking blast there last year, so that's where we are going again this year. Chuck

That's some funny shit.

What? You don't have a 5.5 KW Onan Marquis in yours for when there just isn't sufficiant local power??? Peasant! Yup, I remember back in the day when I thought I had it good with my old 23 footer. When I bought my 29 footer it was the biggest on the DZ for a bit, but then all these kids started sporting fifth wheels! This thing we have now is simply massive. I cannot jump up and touch the ceiling in the main area! It's really fun driving the golf cart up into the back. It's more fun to ride on in the back seats when I am backing it out; like a rollercoaster. We had tons and tons of people in it this weekend and managed to not burn the place down. I call that success. Chuck

Agreed.

Beat it, you sweaty fucker!

Rebecca, the "garage" (which is entirely separate from the living area) floor is Rhino Lined diamond plate aluminum. If you were to spill gas, oil, or have a buddy barf on the floor you simply hose it out. Very handy when some of my friends are around.

HERE is the full description of our campy. We got the "cactus" interior, the 5.5 Onan generator, the fueling station, and every other option they had.

Dude, there's massive amounts of room in this thing. We even have a screen for the "garage" portion to turn it into a bug-proof, barf-proof fiesta room. Jay, your shit is perfect for what it is: a one-man (or one couple) boogiemobile.

Uh....NO.

Katie and I just traded in our 30 foot no-slide travel trailer for this massive 2006 triple-slide fifth wheel toy hauler. It's a 37 footer with ten feet of toy hauler garage. It won't even fit in the driveway of our house! It's a Raptor by Keystone. Chuck

Not at all accurate, Matt. James simply followed the rabbit (Asaf Fischelson) in the wrong direction for too long before turning for the DZ. He was not the only one that landed off on that jump. James's death was solely a result of making a low turn under canopy in order to avoid a traffic light pole that he did not see until he got too close to it. Tragic, but in no way, shape or form related to the fact that he had a wingsuit on. Chuck

one badly-bent wheel which I pounded back into place with a hammer so that it would hold air for the trip home. No biggie; a $60 wheel.

Actually, I really like a lot of reality TV, but I watched about a half of the first episode of this one and yawned. Still, I am pretty damn sure the "ballroom dancing" one is far worse.

Oh, don't worry. He was squarely in the mix at Palatka.

Thats cus youve not tried the better ones Ron What better ones? Your big sixteen footer may compare, but none of the small ones do in my opinion.

You know, Bill, I have said the same thing for years, but nobody seems to listen to me.