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I've just been in Vegas and after reading all the reviews Mesquite vas an easy choice. I got my licence there during my vacation. I loved it there. It's about an hour drive from Vegas though. 23 bucks for a 13500 ft jump. Often goes couple hundred feet higher. Don't you hate when they do that. Guys are great and you'll have people to jump with. They jump every weekend and often one or two work days. Call Brad, number on their web site. Blue Skies facebook.com/trig78

Hvala drugar. Translation: Thanks buddy. facebook.com/trig78

jimmytavino - I get what you are saying. Doing so many jumps every day can be exhausting, both mentaly and phisicaly. Especialy in the begining when adrenaline alone will fry you. It will probably be hard to stay focused all day let alone for 6 months of such pace. Maybe i'll get sick of it after a month. Packing for others is out of the question since packing for yourself is a pain in the butt enough. I'd love to do it slower but in my case biggest issue is that i can't stay anywhere more than 6 months at a time because of visa. Sure i could probably come back but that would require more money I'm sure it is possible to do but as you point out, how much actually stays in your head at that pace? I guess I'll find out ;) facebook.com/trig78

Yeah, in my case jumps are priority. I have to make the most of those 6 months since i can't stay forever. facebook.com/trig78

Now you are talking my language :) That was the plan, go and skydive as much as possible. Learn as much possible, try everything, get ratings and then see what next. No rush. Thanks, Igor facebook.com/trig78

Southern man - Thanks for finding that, 500 in six months is an easy task :) PhreeZone - I would not stay and work illegally no matter what. It would just feel wrong and America has enough illegals anyway. lol jsreznor - i'll be awesome :) CygnusX-1 - Unfortunately what you said sounds painfully realistic but understandable. There's probably plenty of awesome jumpers willing to jump for living. Not going to be easy.......but only thing in life that's easy is to sit where u are and think what if u did this or that. It feels miserable though. facebook.com/trig78

:) I guess i can do Coach quick. To be good enough for camera work i would guess i need at least 200 jumps. That would come quick too. Some extra cash would come handy. I'll have decent amount of cash but probably not enough to jump and live for a year. If it's required to have a year between Coach and AFF i'll have to modify the plan but it will still be doable and I will still go for it. I have more than enough time to adapt since i'm sure there will be more obstacles. Thanks ;) facebook.com/trig78

That would kinda kill the plan! facebook.com/trig78

Hahahaha, like i said, any input is welcome. Sarcasm is pointless though. If u think it is not posible to do please explain facebook.com/trig78

Thanks for the tips. Yeah, i'm pretty aware of immigration laws. Reason i would like to do this in the States is that most big year round DZ's are in the south States. It's cheaper than Europe too. After i get what i need i would maybe stay if i can get work visa and if not i don't mind working seasons or full time anywhere else, NZ, Australia, Europe.... facebook.com/trig78

Yeah, that's how I see it too! facebook.com/trig78

Thanks. Seems you have a good team there and a good DZ. I'll probably call somebody there soon to make sure i got everything straight. Wouldn't want to plan whole year and then show up to hear something like: Look son, it doesn't really work that way! facebook.com/trig78

Yeah, I didn't plan to jump in BL either. Vrsar, Mali Losinj, ZG, BG...wherever :) Thanks, Igor facebook.com/trig78

thats cool sounds like your all set man maybe something to consider is to not spend all the time in the one dz facilities wise during the summer skydive chicago is second to none, you can always go to cali or arizona or florida when they close and the more places you go the more contacts you will make and the greater the chance of finding a job after Yeah, never thought about it that way but it does sound good. I was thinking that staying in one place, if i liked it there and if i liked the people and if they liked me, woul create more of a bond and maybe, just maybe give me more of chance that someone would put some effort into helping me with a work visa. facebook.com/trig78

I forgot this, i checked theratingscentre.com and it seems that only Vector/Sigma tandem instructor reqires time in sport, 3 years in this case. All other just require certain number of jumps and/or free fall time. 100 and B licence for coach, 6 hours free fall time and Clicense. Except for tandem, everything else is acheivable in six months...if there's no hidden requirements of any kind. I'm happy with coach and AFF. Can't have it all at once :) facebook.com/trig78

Thanks for replies i got so far. Money should not be an issue. I should have enough to dedicate all my time to jumping and not to worry about work. Since I'm a contractor for amerian military in Iraq visa is normally not an issue. I looked at all major DZ's in the states, Perris, Eloy, Esinore, Spaceland, Dland.... With fleets they have it's hard to imagine they don't have enough loads when ever weather alows. I might be mistaking though but all the planes, facilities and staff cost tons of money. I have yet to call some drop zone and hear how they work first hand. I'm kinda attracted to Spaceland. They have some cool things and living in Texas is much more affordable that living in Cali or Florida. I'm curently working in Iraq so i'm more than willyng to travel :) and I was always attracted to New Zealand. Never been there but i have some friends from there and i did a lot of reaserch. I'm planing to go there for vacation next January, Quinnstown probably and maybe some other places. So NZ sounds awesome, i just have to check the options. Europe just seems too expensive and except from Empuria I havent ran into any major DZ's anywhere else in EU. Any links anybody? Alp27 - thanks bro. Mircan - i got u among friends on FB and we will deffinitelly meet in August when i go home since we are from the same town i believe ;) Hopefully we will jump together too. Dark - I know it hard mate. I'm from Bosnia and we need visa to get anywhere and it sucks. Rhys - I'd love to hear more about NZ option. I'll wait to go there and see for myself but it pretty much seems like a country of my dreams :) facebook.com/trig78

OK, here's my plan: Quit my job in april nex year. Go to the States for 6 months and skydive every day, get all the ratings i can and hopefully start doing it for living. It will take me a year to set up everything since it's a big plan that will require small pile of money. Obviously I need to find a 7 day a week operating DZ ( got some in mind allready) I checked everything you can find online, from DZ's to rating requirements. It seems doable. If I did 5-10 jumps a day with a day or two off here and there i can have anywhere between 600 and 800 jumps in 6 months. A thousand if i get really insane, LoL. A bit of a biography, Wanted to jump since I was a kid. 32 years old, coming from a small country with lower standard where skydiving is almost nonexistant. Did 19 jumps in Czech Republic in 2002, went back home and havent jumped untill this april when i visited the States for a vacation and got my A license. I've been flying paragliders since 2001. I'd like to hear what skydivers think about this, especially ones that are doing it for living. Is this doable? Can one live from skydiving alone? Any input is appreciated. And YES, I'm serious about this ;) facebook.com/trig78

I went to Vegas on a vacation and as all normal people that go there I checked where to jump ;) After seeing all the reviews on dz.com and elsewhere the choice where to go was easy. I'm student jumper and I wanted to complete the jumps for the license. Brad and Joe are great instructors, Fonz other jumpers are helpful and friendly. It gets very busy on jump days, lots of tandems, lots of local jumpers and few tourist jumpers such as myself. I loved it there and I hope I'll jump there again.