Greg
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spydiver wuffo friend of your old lady that tags along with you to the dz and then reports back how many jumps you made.
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Skydriving The act of driving ones car home from the dz on the freeway with ones head and free arm out the window
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poor way any formation exit that is the last of the day because you ran out of money.
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Altitude Awardness The feeling like you just won a grammy or something each time you look at your altimeter.
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didder term used to tell ones jumping buddies that he "got lucky" with a fellow female jumper! pro didder term used as above with the exception that you did "it" like a rock star!!
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Plumpsuit The "off the shelf" bit too small RW jumpsuit that made me look like a 200 pounder I had to wear for AFF.
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excident A mishap that occurs during your exit.
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instinktive Any reactionary movement (i.e. cutaway) accompanied by the accitental release of a fart.
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Smelevation Altitude at which the air smells bad (@12,000' at my DZ)
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Ill give it a try......... Altimother- An intruding mother who can always tell how high you are. Close?
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Necrophillia- That uncontrollable urge to crack open a "cold one".
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Congrats!!! I would have to say, from my experience, you are entering an "ellite" group within the skydive community. I think its great that you would want to give back to the sport by providing interested people the basic tools to catch thier dreams!!! Bravo!! Blue ones!!!
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Hello Chris, I am relativly new to this place too. I hope you have as much fun and learn as much as I did!! I would go crazy here at work if I did not have dropzone.com to break up the day!! I am Greg, I am 30 or 31 (I actually stopped counting at 21), I work as an electrical engineer and control systems estimator for a material handling company in Phoenix, AZ. My home DZ (where I did AFF) is Skydive Arizona at Eloy, but I like to jump at Coolidge (Mike Mullins King Air ROCKS!!) and Buckeye (you gotta jump a Cesna at some point!) too. All are just about an hour from my house which is great. I also have Marana nearby also, I love it here, the best jumping weather anywhere, at least at this time of year and more than enough great DZ's close by!!. As for the BEER, I love it, I think I have had enough to float a battleship by now. I started a bit early, but you are 19 and drinking already?? hee hee hee, good for you!!! Blue ones!!!
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Evil Wicked Mean and Nasty.... Don't step on the grass man!!!
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Woooooah, that was deep!! Maybe you need some "magic shoes" that will gently lift you to altitude, that way you can still keep your soul. Maybe the next new rig will come with a disposable "rocket booster" that will blast you to altitude and then separate and disentigrate into dust. I saw on TLC or something that they have actually developed and are currently testing a 12" (or close to it) metalic disc that is propelled upward by intermittant bursts from a laser. If they made it biggerm we could ride it up and then jump off. Hmmmmmmm!
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If love hurts........your doing it wrong
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Im so happy............... Someone should either bend over of feed me!!!
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I was thinking...... As soon as someone develops a working teleporter, could you imagine bieng teleported to altitude!!! It would be great!!! You could set up your formation on the teleporter on the ground or get into a hand stand or something, and then the next thing you know you are at 13,000'!!! Seems like it would be like a baloon jump or a base jump starting from 0 airspeed and then going to terminal. You could probably get ready for the first jump of the day in your living room at home, gear up, call up the DZ, count down, and they beam you to 13,000' right over the DZ!! I cant wait!!! Blue ones!!
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I jumped with Skydive U for my required RW formation coach dives and it was awesome. I would highly recommend, if you can, take the oppurtunity to jump with skydive U. I only jumped with my sky u instructor for the three required jumps to get my A license, but I learned more in those three jumps than I would have in 50 solos. They teach you practical skills such as exit position (front float, rear float), docking techniques, and basic RW skills such as using your legs instead of your arms to achive forward and backward movement, and controlled breathing to controll fall rate. But I think, most importantly, they taught me some excellent relaxation and breathing techniques. They really boost you confidence to boot. The cost financially was pretty high, but it was well worth it for the experience and most importantly for confidence I now have jumping with other skydivers. Sky U ROCKS!!!! Blue ones!!
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.....nothing says lovin like something from the oven......
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Boiled football leather.................Dog breath.............were not walking anymore............were RIDING!!!
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All right, an excuse to talk about my rig!! I lukily happened into my dream first rig. I had to do lots of homework and endless searching in the classifieds at dz.com and at my dz, but I finally found my dream rig (gently used). Javelin J4 Navy Blue with Royal Blue Piping (75 jumps when I got it) Cypres (never fired) RSL (never used) Silhouette 190 main (75 jumps when I got it) Tempo 170 Reserve (never used) I also got an altimeter, goggles, helmet, gear bag, good cold weather gloves, and a gear bag to keep it all together. Heres the best part.....only cost me $3,000.00 IMHO, the Silhouette is a great first canopy, it has great turns zippy when you want it, lots of flair, and with the combination on F-111 and ZP its a good canopy to learn packing. I am probably "underloading" the thing (.94:1) but it works real good for my skill level (31 jumps). WooooooooooHooooooooooooooooo!!!! Blue ones!!!
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I like to smell my cats breath
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>Who here did AFF? did they enjoy it or find it a pressuring not nesecarily (sp?) fun time? > > Ed Hey Ed, I went through AFF and looking back I thought it was great. I had alot of fun!! I would have to admitt, there was some preasure jumping with a jumpmaster who could very well fail you and make you repeat a jump, and you are also trying something new on every jump. Its hard to find a "comfortable routine" early on because of all of the different tasks you must complete on each dive. I can remember on my very first tandem, I dont think I would have been able to spell my own name after the exit. I was like ready....set........duhhhhh. (hee hee) On the next tandem, they had me simulate the dive flow for my first solo dive and I remember thinking "you want me to touch what, the rip cord? After we exit? How many times? We have to exit backwards?" I found after the first few dives it helped a bunch to read the SIM during the week and be well prepared for my next dive on the weekend.
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Damn!!!!! Mark!!!! Land O Goshen!!! >Butchering the english language is a beautiful thing. Yessss.......my master, Hee hee hee