smayo76

In reference to Atlanta Skydiving Center (ascskydiving.com), are they owned by Skyride? Their DZ looks really nice from their site and when I called them, they were really helpful and answered a lot of questions for me as well as giving me directions to their operation in Rome. Their people, equipment and rigs for students looks exceptional. Of course, I've never actually been there or known anyone who's gone there, so I don't know. However, I plan on taking my AFF training there when I move to Georgia and then spending a lot of time at the Farm.

The happiest I've ever been in my life was when I was skydiving. I was on static line progression about 6 years ago. I was on jump 14 or so and was doing 15-20 second freefalls. It never mattered what I had going on in my life, when I was in the air or under canopy, nothing else mattered. Soon thereafter I got married (to a non jumper who thought it was silly) and got busy at work (I worked at Highway Patrol) and stopped jumping. There was never a single day that I didn't stare at the sky remembering it all. Fastforward to present day. I'm 31 years old. I currently for the next two weeks live in Mississippi. My wife informed me that we are seperating/divorcing and I've decided to move back to North Georgia where I'm from originally to pursue career opportunities there where I have a lot of family. One of the first things I decided I would do is get back in shape (I'm at about 280+ lbs now) and then get back in the air. I was shocked to see how many drop zones are around Georgia/Tennessee all within an hour of where I'm living. I have my eye on a big one in Rome Ga. that looks incredible by their web site. 4 months from now I'll be moved, slimmed down a bit and floating above beautiful Georgia somewhere. I know I'll have to start over with AFF (I don't mind) and look forward to it actually. I also look forward to making new friends and getting to know a lot of fellow jumpers as I re-earn my wings. If there are any of you out there from Georgia, I plan on frequenting all the drop zones around. Just look for the big new guy with a shaved head and a big smile. That'll be me.