r/SkyDiving

There’s bookings from like morning 8am to 5pm, but that’s just arrival time I have to like learn the basics and sign contracts when I get there. What time is best to book for good views

Hey guys! I got my A license last year and currently have around 70 jumps.
Looking to go on a skydiving roadtrip through the west and found a site under the url of (https://www.sgras.com/) by the name of skydiving gear rental. The rates are $750 for 30 days which seems like a sweet deal as I cannot purchase my own right now.
Anyone ever work with them or recommend against it? Thanks for the insight! 🪂

My main concern here is if I land off the dz and I’m lost and can’t find my way back or I injure myself and need to call for help. I don’t even care if bringing my iPhone is a no, I wouldn’t mind buying a flip phone or something, I just want to be able to call the dz and 911 if needed. When can I do that? And how would I do that safely?

Edit: Student status

They were great. I highly recommend them. I liked the small town vibe.

I completed the first two jumps this sunday. The weather was beautiful with some cumulus clouds. What I'm a bit sad about is that I only remember the two instructors being in my peripheral, the movements and tasks I did but almost nothing about the view. I have a faint memory of entering a cloud near the end of the first free fall but that's already one of my happiest memories. Will be back for more this weekend.

Good Afternoon,

I recently survived a sky diving accident that left me with a variety of fractures. I live in california and have voluntary accident insurance through Mutual of Omaha. Does anyone have experience in filing a claim for accident insurance? I am hearing horror stories of insurance like this not paying out.

Luckily health insurance is paying out; however, I am worried that california SDI won't pay out as the surgery I need will have a very long recovery time. Really banking on this VAI to pay out! Any insight is greatly appreciated!

Screenshot of the what the front page of the policy looks like.

I am 250 6’2. I see many people saying that going over the weight limit is impossible (I see many places saying 220 is the limit), however I am by no means out of shape and am definitely capable of doing the physical aspect of diving. Is the weight limit there for that reason or solely because of aerodynamics. I don’t have plans to go for another 2 months so I can probably lose a lot of that 30lbs necessary in that time if I need to.

Anybody have experience jumping gatorz magnum glasses with an open face helmet?

Hei!

I started static-line sky diving recently and, after 11 jumps, I finally passed the line progression, and, in about a week, I will have my first freefall jump (5sec ff from ~4000ft)

The transition itself, from line to myself, doesn't (yet) concern me that much, because I have already done Marking and Dummy 9 times, in total, so I kinda believe in myself that I will get the pilot out.

What scares me, is the door part.

After 11 jumps, I still walk to the door terrified, both when boarding the plane, as when having to exit it. Even the motorcycle ride to the DZ scares me; I look at the sky and I pray that I won't be allowed to jump on that weather, which is funny because the motorcycle ride has a much higher fatality rate than the jumps.

The exit itself, is not a problem; I jump when I am told to jump, and as usual, fear disappears from that point on-wards, but the door part, still overwhelming.

My dream is to get to wing-suit and I know that I will force myself through all 200+ jumps needed for it, if needed, because the only thing I could fear more, is running away from fears, but I want to enjoy the ride.

I assume that, in time, I might get used to it, but is there a way to accelerate it? Any kind of exercise I can do home, other than simulating the jump? I am trying to control my breathing while in the plane, I am not the kind that overreacts. I know that there are multiple systems in place to ensure my safety, even if I fail, but I am still missing something.

Might sound stupid, but I feel that the piece missing is the ADD experience. I feel that, if I were to feel it in action, I would get a boost of confidence in... everything... knowing that, yes, he is there with me, to save my ass, but I can't just let it deploy...

New to diving and I did my AFF Cat A and Cat B today. My instructor was excellent and definitely made the experience great for me, but I was wondering if she was being nice when she said that landing standing on a downwind was hard? I kind of got a little nervous on my Cat B. Our winds kept changing direction by the time we were up today so we had to do different landing patterns on the fly but I'm also a small person on a student canopy so I have crazy long airtime before I hit 1000 ft to get to holding. Then I caught the downwind at 300ft and it pushed me pretty far down the field..I was honestly trying to avoid an obstacle (big pile of rocks) and only stood up because I was afraid if I fell back I would hit the rocks.. my instructor just started cheering for me and I thought she was trying to make me feel better for the jump. Am I right or is it actually a thing thats impressive?

Got here an hour ago now. Maybe it’s just cause it’s a slow day, none of my friends made it out except the ones that are working. I’m just not feeling it. Imma do a jump cause I came out here but yesterday I was saying I was gonna do 5 today 😂

First time in my 5 years of jumping that I’ve felt like this. I just feel bleh and not excited like I usually am.

Edit: I’m going to chill here another hour but maybe it’s my bodies way of telling me not to jump today. Next weekend will be better 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Just curious how everyone manages it when it focuses on skydiving. I have independently pretty much rid of all my OCD over the years, but of course it will never fully go away. I am scared once I start the AFF this month it will cause me to freak out during my non-tandem jumps (thinking about passing out, landing horribly, etc).

I know I will be fine, but I was wondering if anyone else has to deal with these kind of mental issues in a more niche sport.

I am aware this is a skydiving sub but I am going bungee jumping today and I am absolutely terrified. I went skydiving around 6 weeks ago and I was definitely not this scared (even though I went all alone, told nobody I was going, and someone had died at the same location a week before my jump).

Had anybody done both skydiving and bungee jumping before? Which one is worse? I personally loved skydiving.

Hey everyone so where I live the only local DZ we have is about 40 minutes away with the next closest ones about 3:30-4 hrs away now the local dz offers the IAD and AFF programs but states the IAD is their standard training program for a licence and what they have most students do. They said it can be an option to do AFF but they do that a lot less then the IAD but I see AFF being the most common and most recommended way to learn. I have been to this dz before and did and tandem there and they have the small play where you do the side exit in the wing strut but they also have a larger plane where we had 12 or 13 of us packed into it. So idk if I should do the IAD that they recommend or strongly push for the AFF but also just want my license as quick as possible

Brian Germain came up in a different thread, and it got me thinking. He used to (maybe still does?) manufacture canopies with a weird air lock thing. Was wondering if anyone jumped them before? Always wondered what they flew like.