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twkg
06-10-2006, 07:05 PM
My dad goes regularly. I've been waiting two years. The first year I was too young. Then last year I was finally 18, but never got a chance to go.

All I have to say is DAMN! That was great!
aaronfelipe
06-10-2006, 07:07 PM
How much is it?
twkg
06-10-2006, 07:09 PM
It was $160 and then $60 for a video or $20 for stills.
aaronfelipe
06-10-2006, 07:10 PM
Damn, that's alot. Just one time?
twkg
06-10-2006, 07:12 PM
Yeah, it's because I went tandem. If you get certified it's only $20 a jump. That shit was wild. I think they said the fall rate was 1,000ft/6 seconds. They said the free fall part was 0-140 in about 4 seconds.
aaronfelipe
06-10-2006, 07:15 PM
Damn, I would love to do that before I die.
quickdodgeŽ
06-10-2006, 07:33 PM
Goddamn that shit scares me. Lolol. I'd love to do it, but I know I'd be scared shitless. Later, QD.
Kevykev
06-10-2006, 07:41 PM
shit looks hot man, almost went last year......yeah, almost!
The Ren
06-10-2006, 07:47 PM
I have always wondered how it would be like.. I went bungee jumping before in Orlando.. and man that was sooo fun...
Chuckster
06-10-2006, 09:26 PM
Its a grand to get your own shit to go by yourself. Tandam sucks!
TheSnail
06-10-2006, 09:56 PM
This is why I dont skydive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBZzX8OWrc&search=skydiving%20death
5thgcelica
06-11-2006, 12:05 AM
yeaah uhm, no.
twkg
06-11-2006, 02:26 PM
Its a grand to get your own shit to go by yourself. Tandam sucks!

Yeah, tandem isn't the best thing ever. It's not like everything was really planned out. Otherwise I would have asked to go solo. I was just sittin at home and my dad called and asked if I wanted to come up there and jump since the place is closing down some time next week.
TheSnail
06-11-2006, 02:38 PM
What if the first time you go and once you jumped out you fainted? Is there a shoot that opens automatically at a certain altitude?
incawarrior
06-11-2006, 03:13 PM
This is why I dont skydive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBZzX8OWrc&search=skydiving%20death

:(
twkg
06-11-2006, 03:41 PM
What if the first time you go and once you jumped out you fainted? Is there a shoot that opens automatically at a certain altitude?

Yeah. I forget what it's called, but there's an altimeter that triggers your reserve at a certain altitude.
ShooterMcGavin
06-11-2006, 09:14 PM
This is why I dont skydive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBZzX8OWrc&search=skydiving%20death

dude, more like this is why u don't go skygive in COLOMBIA...shit was prolly drug related anyway :lmfao:
twkg
06-11-2006, 09:27 PM
dude, more like this is why u don't go skygive in COLOMBIA

I was thinking the same thing.
gtikid
06-12-2006, 12:35 AM
dude, more like this is why u don't go skygive in COLOMBIA...shit was prolly drug related anyway :lmfao:

Buahahahahha :lmfao:

I'm Colombian and even i was thinking the same thing :lmfao:

Pretty messed up though :(
SC430=sex
06-12-2006, 10:34 AM
where did you do it at? what's the place called?
twkg
06-12-2006, 11:45 AM
Skydive Monroe
tina
06-12-2006, 11:52 AM
That looks like fun but i love my life tooo much so i say FUCK THAT ;)
You never know what can go wrong
twkg
06-12-2006, 12:39 PM
True...it freaked me out when he loosened the harness a bit when we were in the air. I was like.......SHIIIIIIT HE'S GUNNA DROP ME. Feels good to know I finally went and enjoyed myself though.
Nemesis
06-12-2006, 02:06 PM
I will never be a photographer for that.... LOL
twkg
06-12-2006, 03:08 PM
i was just thinking about that. that guy was really good....at least i think so. i dont know a lot of people that can follow somebody free falling and take still shots that well. looks like something you would see on a school text book or something.
speedminded
06-12-2006, 03:42 PM
Yeah, it's because I went tandem. If you get certified it's only $20 a jump. That shit was wild. I think they said the fall rate was 1,000ft/6 seconds. They said the free fall part was 0-140 in about 4 seconds.Takes you 7 jumps to get certified though.



Its a grand to get your own shit to go by yourself. Tandam sucks!You can go solo your first time, just have to take the extra class (a little bit more money)...called accelerated freefall where you have to jumpmasters go out with you. To buy your own equipment you're looking at several grand.
twkg
06-12-2006, 06:46 PM
^100% correct! lol, plus i'd rather have somebody who knows exactly what they're doing in control my first time out. AFF isn't for me just yet.
Mr_Mischif
06-12-2006, 08:10 PM
Goddamn that shit scares me. Lolol. I'd love to do it, but I know I'd be scared shitless. Later, QD.

werd.
Jaimecbr900
06-12-2006, 10:18 PM
I have a good friend that's an instructor there. He had a nasty accident a few years ago while doing a stunt.

I've done it the exact same way. I too was not really feeling easy when he loosened the rig in mid air. That was unnerving. It was fun, the video music was cheesy, the stills were cool, but it was worth doing at least once.