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Started by Adamm0621, July 01, 2011, 07:31:55 AM

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Adamm0621

July 01, 2011, 07:31:55 AM
So I've spent most of the day researching an old hobby of mine (skydiving), and have decided that when I get back to the states I'm going to pick up where I left off 5 years ago.  I've got nine jumps under my belt and was working towards my "A" license when life got in the way. 

Now that I'm going to be single again, I figured I'd spend some of my hard earned deployment pay on getting back into the only other hobby I've tried that can hold a flame to riding (it might even surpass it).

Anyone else here share my passion?
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IZ

#1
July 01, 2011, 08:07:00 AM
Wife surprised me for my BDay back in Feb with my first skydive but I haven't had a chance to redeem it yet. Hoping to get down to Eloy soon though!  Thinking I might just yet it once though to say I did it. Glad to see you're making plans though to have some fun!
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He Man

#2
July 01, 2011, 04:58:58 PM
i actually want to do that this summer. However, its an expensive hobby. chute and all is liking buying a new used bike...
2006 Ducati S2R1100 Yea.... stunttin like my daddy CHROMED OUT 1100!!!!


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Adamm0621

#3
July 02, 2011, 02:27:47 AM
Quote from: He Man on July 01, 2011, 04:58:58 PM
However, its an expensive hobby. chute and all is liking buying a new used bike...

Yea, it is a little expensive to get started... but there are ways around that (buying used gear, etc...).  I figure that the worst case scenario is that I spend 10K on skydiving gear instead of 10K on a new 30K truck... between the two, I think the skydiving is a smarter investment.

I love my monster, so I don't really need another bike right now.  There are a few mods I'd like to do, but nothing I really need. I could buy a few more guns, but at the end of the day, they spend most of their time in the safe. 

If I get decent skydiving gear, it will last me for years.  I think that starting to skydive again will be a good way for me to get out, meet new people, and work on starting to enjoy life again.  Between riding and jumping, hopefully I won't be spending all of my time at home drinking by myself.
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kopfjäger

#4
July 02, 2011, 02:31:50 AM
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kopfjäger

#5
July 02, 2011, 02:42:13 AM
Here's some good HD Base Jump footage.


Skydive )( free fall (HD) TEST
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kopfjäger

#6
July 02, 2011, 02:43:05 AM
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kopfjäger

#7
July 02, 2011, 05:29:13 AM
Angel Falls. Bucket list jump.  [evil]



Jumping Angel Falls
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Bick

#8
July 02, 2011, 06:42:20 AM
Hey, Adam, you do know your employer will pay you to jump out of airplanes, don't you?  [evil] ;D

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kopfjäger

#9
July 02, 2011, 06:59:12 AM
Quote from: Bick on July 02, 2011, 06:42:20 AM
Hey, Adam, you do know your employer will pay you to jump out of airplanes, don't you?  [evil] ;D

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Pfffffff :-*
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Adamm0621

#10
July 02, 2011, 06:30:39 PM
Quote from: Bick on July 02, 2011, 06:42:20 AM
Hey, Adam, you do know your employer will pay you to jump out of airplanes, don't you?  [evil] ;D
US Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, GA

I'd jump at the chance to go (no pun intended), but hitting the ground at 12 mph has a tendency to make the beast with two backs up your knees and back.  I happen to like the way mine currently function.  Besides, static line pales in comparison to freefall.  I had the chance while I was in California to jump from 18,000 feet.  That's 90 seconds of backflips, barrel rolls, forward tracking, and more fun than you can possibly imagine.  Doing a low altitude "Hop and Pop" with a full combat load is much less appealing.
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Bick

#11
July 02, 2011, 07:12:08 PM
Quote from: Adamm0621 on July 02, 2011, 06:30:39 PM
I'd jump at the chance to go (no pun intended), but hitting the ground at 12 mph has a tendency to make the beast with two backs up your knees and back.  I happen to like the way mine currently function.  Besides, static line pales in comparison to freefall.  I had the chance while I was in California to jump from 18,000 feet.  That's 90 seconds of backflips, barrel rolls, forward tracking, and more fun than you can possibly imagine.  Doing a low altitude "Hop and Pop" with a full combat load is much less appealing.

Maybe that's why I just don't get it.  (after 7, I had enough)

And, only two things fall from the sky...  ;D

Now there is this:
Extreme Wingsuit flying make birds look gray
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

kopfjäger

#12
July 03, 2011, 12:18:33 AM
Quote from: Bick on July 02, 2011, 07:12:08 PM
Maybe that's why I just don't get it.  (after 7, I had enough)

7 jump chump ey!!  ;D

I have 4 screws in my left ankle from a full combat equipment night jump some years back.

I have also seen massive injuries while skydiving. Even watched a guy burn in one day.
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corey

#13
July 03, 2011, 08:09:48 AM
you know.. up until this past february, i had never been on an airplane in my life.
i thought, man.. i should go skydiving.

then i could say that i've taken off in an airplane, but never LANDED in one ;D
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Adamm0621

#14
July 03, 2011, 06:07:44 PM
Quote from: corey on July 03, 2011, 08:09:48 AM
you know.. up until this past february, i had never been on an airplane in my life.
i thought, man.. i should go skydiving.

then i could say that i've taken off in an airplane, but never LANDED in one ;D

Nice!  [laugh]
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