Here’s a quick highlight reel of our Fall 2011 Tandem Event! University of Minnesota Skydiving Club 2011 Tandem Event from AJ Stuyvenberg on Vimeo.
The University of Minnesota Skydiving Club – Fall 2011 Tandem Event
Posted: 15th November 2011 by AJ in AJ's Skydive BlogWell it sure has been a while, how about a quick update? Rewind back to November – our University of Minnesota Skydiving Club has been vying for a way to get to the USPA 2010 Collegiate Nationals in Eloy, AZ. After writing a massive essay, we received word that we had been given a 2,000 dollar grant for the tournament. Needless to say we were excited about the idea of spending a week in skydiving paradise. Most of our crew had only jumped from Cessna’s and the occasional Pac-750. Skydive AZ has multiple skyvans, a fleet of otters, a DC3,… » Read more…
Skydive Varadero
Posted: 11th November 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, belly-fly, blue skies, excitement, first time, freefall, fun, fun jump, Helicopter, injury, instructor, my blog, parachuting, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, tandem
So I just got back from Varadero Cuba… Absolutely had to pop into the local DZ to check it out and hopefully to do a few jumps with the locals… Turned out it’s a tandem factory, but they’re fairly welcoming to other skydivers. Weather didn’t permit us to jump on the day of my visit, so we played dominoes together… (I snapped some photos, but haven’t developed them yet) The DZ is actually owned by the government there, they fly a 20 seat soviet chopper (didn’t get to snap any photos of it though) Depending on wind conditions, you either… » Read more…
Been MIA
Posted: 25th October 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, parachuting, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving
Hey all, I know it’s been ages since I’ve posted anything… Skydive season’s over, I’ve been dealing with tons of my “real life” stuff, work’s been hectic, planning two vacations, preparing myself for snowboard season, and simply haven’t jumped at all, so had a bit of a lack of material so to speak. I’m actually heading to Cuba November 3rd and I’m hoping to get to jump at the DZ they have in Varadero… They use a WWII Soviet war plane and helicopter, I’m quite excited to jump from them… If they’re still running of course. I’ll hopefully have some… » Read more…
Quick update
Posted: 14th October 2010 by AJ in AJ's Skydive BlogTags: Addiction, Adrenaline, awesome, blue skies, community, excitement, skydive
Hey guys! Quick update while I have time between classes – This weekend is quickly approaching, and I’m extremely excited about it. Basically the University of Minnesota Skydiving Club is headed out to Skydive Twin Cities in Baldwin, Wisconsin for a day like no other. We’ve succesfully signed up over 80 tandem first-jumpers from the U of M! We weren’t expecting this many people at all, but I’m super pumped. This club has also afforded me the opportunity to meet some awesome new people. Kaleb Lommen, our club president, introduced me to a bunch of his friends (and coworkers) from… » Read more…
Balance – What’s That!?
Posted: 12th October 2010 by Lance in Lance's Skydive BlogTags: ambitions, balance, Boogie, CAT 2, Christmas, First Jump Couse, girl, goals, Jump, New Year, skydive, South Africa, vertical wind tunnel
S#1t – Life (skydiving) has been keeping me busy lately, REALLY busy!! My apologies to everyone for being so slack with blogging. As I am now on my skydiving club’s committee, lots of hours at home are spent working on club newsletters and helping redesign the website. When I am not working on committee / club stuff I am researching my new *possible* project (more about that just now). I am glad to say that my jump numbers have been racking up very nicely – after this past weekend, I am up to 70 . I know I am still… » Read more…
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