surfbug1

I have already been at the plane, and have gotten a bad feeling.....turned to my jump partner, and said.....no, don't wanna jump....too rushed and I am not ready.... we were running to catch a load.....we WERE to rushed.... we didn't jump ...and that is ok....he is experienced over 20000 jumps,,,,,,and he said if you aint reay, you aint reay.... ready..... you are a pilot, the pilot, of your body..... if you don't want to fly your body for whatever reason, stay on the ground......... GOOD GOOD decision....... you can jump another day...the way you want.... big al

the best thing I overheard when my fiance jumped was this.... tandem instructor: how many jumps you got? my fiance: zero ti: well, is that harness strapped on you real good? mf: yes ti: ok, see this conector? there are four of them....you will be strapped to me, and you cant fallout/getaway/wiggle free...right? mf: oh...ok..... ti: how many jumps you got? mf: zero, I just told you that.... ti: well, I have have over 6000 tandem jumps...(tandem instructor at the Ranch..) so, when I connect YOU to ME....now YOU HAVE 6000 JUMPS.....any questions....? mf: uh....no!.....lets go! yup, and she loved it.... it is natural to feel nervous....another jumper told me he still fells nervous before every jump.....he has over 3000 skydives.... if you are not nervous, you are crazy...you are jumping outta a plane, for chrisssakes! what I did, is I pretended I was going out the door, all wek! after that, you cant come back, right? that way , when I went to the door, I would not stop....I didn't, and jimped 80 times after that! you are going to love it.....enjoy! big al

Hello, I am a noob here, but not to skydiving. I sell cameras now for a living with one of the internet companies. I got a call from a military person, who needs to buy cameras for the freefall training in the service. Budget about 1000 for the camera, a still camera. what do you use? You as in any one on the forum here? I would like to make a good reccomendation for this guy....since he is a jumper!!!!!...just like us... just trying to get an idea of what is popular and what works well.... THANKS! big al