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I’m just about to do my last consolidation jump, from then on I’m going to attempt to be very disciplined in my approach so that I can gain as much skill in the air as possible.

What do experienced people think are the best things to focus on? What would you do different if you went back to where I am now?

I’m probably going to go it alone for a while, to build up control and some skill, then focus on coaching and possibly tunnel over the winter. My instructor can coach me and get me 35 minutes for £450. This seems like a pretty decent price for how much I could learn.

Any feedback welcome.

Self explanatory, gave mine away since I don't jump regularly but might do a single jump over the weekend and they are £50 at the DZ. Unless I can borrow one would have to buy one.

Hey guys! I’m flying into and out of Perris (both times internationally) and I was wondering which airport had the best public transportation options. I know there’s the shuttle but even that is a bit confusing in terms of its schedules. It’s all roughly similarly priced (flying from LAX, SNA, SAN, ONT), would appreciate any thoughts on this!

I've never been sky diving before. I want to take my son with me for my first time. He's six. He'll be 7 by time it happens. He's a thrill seeker but still only a kid lol wondering if he's too young. What do you guys think?

I am currently a skydiving student working toward my A License. My exit weight is just under 170 pounds and my coaches have had me flying a 220 canopy. I have about 15 jumps so far but was thinking about asking my instructors if I could try one of the 190 rigs. Is switching it up a bad idea this early in the process or is it good to get a feel for a bit higher of a wing loading?

As the title says, I messed up while selecting materials for my first skydiving suit and ended up getting grippers rhat are made from cordura 1000. Is this a major fuckup? Has anyone every had a suit with these grippers?

Help a noobie out, please and thanks!

I recently finished all my AFF jumps and I did my first 3 solos this past weekend. Needless to say I had a fucking blast.

A problem I am having is rocking back and forth. I was doing front flip exits and I can get stable pretty quickly. But after falling for a couple thousand feet, I start to rock back and forth and I can’t figure out why. When I start rocking I make a conscious effort to relax my body and arch. But it doesn’t seem to help. This was also my first time jumping with no jumpsuit. I was in shorts and a t-shirt. Not sure if that could have an impact on the airflow.

When I was doing my AFF jumps the only time I noticed the rocking was when I was attempting to track. But now I’m just falling straight down and rocking.

yeah that's kinda it.

Hello,

I'm a beginner skydiver (135 jumps) with an ambition to become a great wingsuit pilot. I would really appreaciate som guidance as I will begin to work towards that goal next season.

First off, in my country (Sweden) we need 300 jumps to fly a beginner suit. So this post is more about what I should focus on up until that point.

I always thought that I should focus on tracking/angle, since that 's what most closely resembles wingsuit imo. But a wingsuit pilot at my DZ recently told me that I should try to get good at freeflying instead, and that all the best wingsuit pilots are great freeflyers, because freeflying teaches you how to fly in every direction/angle (or something like that).

Is this true?

Also, is it worth getting a track suit before a beginner wingsuit?

Final question: I'm gonna get my first rig before next season. Is there something I need to think about, besides it being freefly friendly and maybe getting a 7-cell canopy later on? I'm pretty heavy for a skydiver so I need a 190sqft main.

Looking forward to your replies.

Is an Optimum 143 slower than a Sabre 3 170? I get that the wing-loading is different, but would the trim and shape, and 7-called nature of the reserve make it fly slower? The same speed? I guess I’m asking in the context of coming in for a standard, straight in landing.

B license here, should have just over 100 jumps when I travel to San Diego next month for work. I'll have a free weekend and trying to decide between the 2. People at my home DZ recommend Elsinore hands down but they're all much more experienced than me, and they weren't traveling solo so I don't know if that changes things.

So, if you were a lone (female) baby bird trying to jump somewhere new, where would you go and why? Thanks in advance ☺️

(I realize this has been asked here before but I couldn't find anything recent so figured I'd ask again.)

Got to do my first tandem jump! So much of it was so different than what I expected. Getting out the door? Not a problem. Everything during the glide phase? Wonderful. Landing, steering? Loved all of it, maybe a bit of a rush on steep turns but I learned to enjoy it and it was exciting, just new. I wish I had 20 minutes up there.

But all that needed a freefall. And looking at the videos it lines right up to what my experience was (in fairness we did a backflip going out) - I had no sense of orientation, my form was nowhere near correct (legs not out far enough, arch not good, I think the only thing that would've been okay was head and even that got messed by being told to look at the cam), and as a result, I actually actively hated the freefall - when I was given the go ahead to spread my arms I was grasping the air desperately for something to grab and more scared with them out than in. Mouth flapping away no matter how much I tried to maintain that smile. Heart pounding, head rush going, ears and nose the way I get after a too-hard workout. The whole experience felt like being thrown in a pool when I was scared of water, but with less control since I can't paddle air against gravity...

So I ask this - how do I get better? I kept hearing "it doesn't feel like falling" but that's all I felt, whether I looked up, down, or at the horizion. I don't want this to be my last jump, not by a mile, but I also don't know how to get myself back out there when I keep imagining how the freefall felt helpless

Hey Guys.

Looking to get a more focussed picture on what to keep an eye out for my first rig. I keep seeing things pop up on the facebook skydiving gear sales pages but i feel like im annoying my rigger sending him the ads asking what he thinks. I know im looking for a 190 main and a container that suits my size and weight. But in terms of brands and life remaining on reserves and aad’s etc what should i be looking for when shopping on the second hand market ? I have 75 jumps and want something that will see me through a few years till im ready to advance safely. I could keep renting for a while but I want consistency with the handling characteristics etc, which you dont get when you end up with renting multiple types of rigs.
Appreciate the help.

Hello,

I’m traveling to New Zealand for a few months to Skydive and am looking for travel insurance with medical coverage that doesn’t exclude skydiving.

Most of the providers I’ve looked at either explicitly exclude sky diving or have unclear wording whether or not sky diving is excluded.

Am a Canadian citizen if that helps.

Incredible!

Wanting to find an old thread from DZ.com. The whole forum content seems to have dissapeared like it never existed. No cache from google, no search results, nada.

The sydiveforum mirror also went down ages ago without a trace

Wayback machine is down but not having much hope it's in there. Archive.is only has the front page.

Anyone found any corners of the internet where the content might still be available somehow?