pinkfairy

When there's something missing or wrong in a relationship, a girl can get really upset about things that shouldn't really matter. I was really upset that my BF wouldn't take my picture, but the real reason was other, bigger issues. And then the smaller issue is easier to talk about. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Haven't had one yet, you forgot that option. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Good luck! And if it doesn't go well, you probably wouldn't have liked to work there anyway. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Well in my experience, the second one was worse. Much worse. Because you know what's coming. Not because what's coming is so scary, more because it's unfamiliar. And don't worry about your friends not supporting you. If you want to do a tandem, then do a tandem. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Well, as your instructor hasn't given up on you or given you the bowling talk, then it doesn't sound like you're a danger to yourself. And that's the most important thing on any skydive: landing safely. One of our best freeflyers had to repeat AFF level3 no less than 5 times, and good belly flyers that I know tell me about how they completely messed up their freefly training jumps. If you're just failing to do freefall moves, then you can still get good. Maybe you're in a bad cyclus righ now, you feel that you're no good because you fail levels, then lose all the self confidence you need to pass, and then fail again. I find that if I visualize a success in freefall, then it's much easier to achieve. I could not see myself sitflying, and sure enough: I ended up spinning on my back. What you're going to do in freefall is actually very easy, but fear and stress can make you fail. Don't get angry with yourself if you have to repeat levels, instead try to see the positive things in every jump. When I failed my freefly jump, at least I tracked away from the jumprun at the separation altitude we'd agreed on, and had a nice canopy ride and landing. If you have good points in your jumps, try to focus on them. "Wow, perfect pull and canopy opening", "Kick ass PLF" etc... Just remember, you don't have to skydive, we do it for fun. It would be completely pointless otherwise. Only you can decide if it's worth the risk, money and time for you. It's really your call, but don't let anyone tell you you should quit skydiving just because you fail levels, or that you will never be any good. It really does sound like a confidence problem, and it doesn't sound like you've given up. Whatever you do I wish you the best of luck.

How do you know that? Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

You may want to be a little careful with the word "first" in the skydiving world. "Firsts" generally mean that you have to buy a case of beer. But you don't have to when you're a student. Sounds like you had a great jump. Fantastic that you learn to PLF properly, it can really save your ass. Congratulations! Edited to add: What canopy are you jumping, BTW? PD Navigator? I loved that one. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

But they show it for more time than than is justifiable if only 50% of the population likes it. Well, no sport it perfect, and yes, participants use in most equestrian sports use proffessional trainers, because they wouldn't have time to train all the horses they would have to train to find a good one themselves. This, of course, makes top level show jumping expensive. I'm not so familiar with the economics of show jumping, I know more about icelandic horses, and there, some of the top riders aren't necessarily rich, even if their horses are very expensive, they get to ride those horses because they're good and the horse's owners want it ridden in competitions. As for training methods: There will always be varying opinions on how to train horses, some are only for clicker training and treats, and accuse people who use more traditional methods for cruelty to animals. There's a similar discussion on this about dog training. I do not have the impression that most top show jumpers today are "scared shitless". I know what a scared horse looks like. I wouldn't participate in show jumping, but I do think it's a good spectator sport. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Well, if half the population doesn't like soccer, then they shouldn't broadcast it for hours. We don't have that many channels in Norway, and they tend to show football matches at excactly the same time. Show jumping is always fun to watch. Beauty, grace and harmony between human and animal. This is combined with danger and speed, and is therefore the perfect sport. And they hardly ever show it on TV, because all the time is taken up by the stupid soccer. It's not just me who like showjumping, it's really popular among women and girls. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Patience, my friend! Very important skill for the skydiver. Learn it today, avoid broken legs tomorrow. The weather will clear up, the wind will calm down, you will get to jump. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

They edit that out in the video. Hey, they could do that with soccer too: just edit away everything but the goals, and the stupid match would be over in 2 minutes.

Oh, that's cool, someone should make some like that for skydivers.

But the "veggie" bacon contains egg whites? Then it's not strictly veggie, it's veggie and egg... I could live without bacon. There are thousands of other good foods I could eat instead. If I were to avoid bacon, I wouldn't eat substitute bacon. Hey! look at the ingredients list! Ordinary bacon is "pig, salt, natrium nitrite" Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

There are places at a DZ where you're not supposed to land, mostly for safety reasons. This can be proximity to aircraft or turbulence etc. The limit between the landing area where you can land, and the place where it's not OK to land is called the beer line. If you cross that, you have to buy a case of beer for the other skydivers to share when the day's jumping is over. This is not primarily a punishment for breaking the rules, it's a social ritual that has many functions, such as allowing you to share your experience with others. There are some official beer rules, I'd do a search on "beer rules" to find them. Beer is bought for many other reasons than the beer line. When your TM and you landed on the asphalt, then you probably crossed the beerline and owed beer. Tandem over the beerline is of course two cases, but of course you don't have to buy any, as you're a student. And this is volontary, you don't need to participate, but most skydivers think it's a nice tradition. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Nono, that's the finnish. And when norwegian season ends, there's english football on TV. They show it all the time, cross country skiing, which is also incredibly boring, is only broadcasted during winter. I really can't see the attraction. Boring! Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Can there be a more boring sport to watch? I mean, the game takes ages, and hardly anything happens, just people running around, and goal scorings can be as few as zero. And the most popular TV channels here broadcast it for hours at a time, often several channels showing it at the same time sp there's nothing else to watch. No, give me more show jumping and 4-way skydiving on TV. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Bread with POTATO? You english are sick... Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Ahem: The DZ's nice, big turbine russian transport plane had been down for most of the week, leaving us only a lousy c-182. (well,it's not lousy, it's really a very nice little plane, great view on the ride to altitude, and the way it's bouncing around when it's climbing makes you really feel as if you're flying, rather than riding the bus). AFF and Tandems had priority, because they are what makes the money for the DZ. With one tandem w/video, there was only room for one normal jumper, and they wanted to chuck out that jumper at 3k to save fuel. Not being familiar with the aircraft and never having learned spotting, this was not very tempting. Then, when we'd been there nearly a week, we got a Cessna Grand Caravan, with a particularly slippery floor, and I also got on the "priority-list", as I was participating in a canopy control course, so got jumps from 4-5k from the 182 and one jump from the grand caravan, and then finally the AN-28 that had broken down earlier in the week had it's engine replaced, and finally we could get in the air with our favourite airplane. I should probably also mention that the military choppers that were supposed to come and lift us to collect money for children with cancer, failed to materialize. I only got a couple of jumps from the AN-28. The first one was a hop'npop from 7k, where I sang out with joy over all the altitude I got, and celebrated by doing sharp hook turns so I could see the front of my parachute. And the day after, we weren't sure we would get in the air at all. Low clouds and the wind was coming from the east, forcing us to come in over the landing area from the west. This is not good over the long, narrow north-to-south landing area that we've got. It puts our final over areas with turbulence, and it gives us little margin for error, putting us in places where we don't want to be if we overshoot or undershoot. But I really, really wanted to jump, so I went up on that load, and everything went fine, till I overshot the landing area, and landed in very rough terrain, and broke my ankle. Moral of the story? Even if you're desperate to get into the air, if experience and gut feeling tells you you to stay on the ground, then it's probably a good idea to stay on the ground. I'm also glad I had practiced getting my feet under me to run or roll in the landing rather than ass sliding. Feet can be fixed. Tail bones and backs aren't that easy. Edited for spelling. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

This is the BONFIRE, where we talk about other things than skydiving. Yes. You need another corona. Why not buy your instructor a corona too and have a talk? And you need a life insurance policy that covers skydiving if you're planning to continue. Edited to add: Damn, you're making me want to go to Skydive Arizona too. Bad, bad. It would eat all my money! Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Early in the morning is nice, the evening is nice, the middle of the day is nice. I just love it when there's not too much wind, and I love the sunset load then all the clouds look like pink cotton candy, and I love lazy mornings when everyone is tired and there's no rush getting on the plane.

No we're not. Men are. And that's a fact. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Ooooh, he's SO cute! Well, he's smart, that's how he manages to make so much mess. Be glad you don't have a bigger parrot that can break into the fridge and eat everything they like and throw away the rest. Some aras do that. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

Well, they're nothing like Nigella's, of course, I haven't made cake for at least a year, I could have gone for the cake mix, but I wanted to make them myself. And even though they became a little... eh... compact, they were delicious. Especially the dough. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

It varies. Last time I was in a gay bar, I was the only real woman in the room. And I received compliments for my good looks and dress sense. Maybe they thought I was a particularly skilled and good looking transvestite? Well, and appropriate response if you don't want to dance with someone, is just backing away and leaving the dance floor. It happens. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?

I come from a country with deep forests and high mountains. Of course I've peed other places than a toilet, such as behind a tree or a rock. Duh... Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you?