“It’s the closest you’ll ever get to God.” I guess my story begins with this quote from the movie Point Break, a film my friend and I watched incessantly and memorized line for line when we weren’t slingin’ drinks behind the bar together back in the early 90’s. In our early 20’s at the time, with an abundance of adrenaline and a deficit of good sense, we’d reaffirm our commitment to jump together one day each time we’d watch the exciting but (as I now realize) unrealistic skydiving scene from the movie. At the time, it seemed as sure to… » Read more…
Archive for June, 2010
34 and counting: Part I – The Tandem
Posted: 29th June 2010 by Allan in Allan's Skydive BlogTags: Addiction, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, belly-fly, community, dream, excitement, fear, first jump, first time, freefall, fun, fun jump, group tandem, my blog, parachuting, PFF, plane, scared, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, story, tandem
Adrenaline Addiction
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Addiction, Adrenaline, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving
“Adrenaline addiction is very common. Type-A personalities become addicted to their excessive activity by the stimulation and arousal of adrenaline. People who are constantly angry, fearful, guilty, or worrisome arouse their adrenaline hormone even though they may sit around doing nothing else. People who are excessive in their participation in jogging, exercise, bodybuilding, aerobics, sports, skiing, mountain climbing, car racing or flying…airplanes become addicted because of the adrenaline rush from their activity. They describe the ‘rush’ they get from their activity and feel depressed when they can’t participate for some unexpected reason.” – Bible Life Ministries: Absolute Scientific Proof Carbohydrates… » Read more…
The agonizing truth about skydiving…
Posted: 25th June 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, birthday, confession, parachuting, Rant, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving
The title sounds painful doesn’t it? It is! The most painful thing about skydiving is… … Wait for it … … … Keep waiting … … It’s coming soon, I promise … … For those of you who already are skydivers, you probably already knew what I was getting at… … … … For those of you who aren’t… … … … Getting annoyed yet? … … … Fine, I’ll tell you. The most painful and agonizing part of the sport is the fact that 95% of your time is spent waiting for something. Waiting on the weather to improve… » Read more…
What NOT To Do
Posted: 25th June 2010 by Mar in Mary's Skydive BlogTags: camera, door of plane, Jagermeister, Mary's story
Let’s say you’re a newbie and you are trying to learn all the things you need to know to survive your first few months of drop zone life. Skydiving is all about understanding what is expected of you and doing exactly that. Here are a few VERY CRITICAL rules that you will not find in the SIM that will make your newbie status go more smoothly. I hope. (Please send pictures.) 1) Do not leave your log book unattended. Why? Because an unattended/unsecured logbook is an OPEN INVITATION for f**kery. You might as well leave it with a glowing post-it note on… » Read more…
The One Where Mar “Lands Off”
Posted: 23rd June 2010 by Mar in Mary's Skydive BlogTags: landing off, Mary's story, packing, Tracking, wind
A few weeks ago I took a day off work just to go skydiving. (Yes, I know that means that my addiction is completely in “full-on” mode. Especially if you had seen what a mess my house was and how much laundry and other stuff I needed to be doing instead. But I digress. Again.) After a lengthy conversation with the pilot about how he calculates the “spot” (the place where he turns on the green light to indicate it is the right time and place to exit the plane) and how the jumper should confirm the spot, I went… » Read more…
Just a quick note to…
Posted: 21st June 2010 by Adam in Allan's Skydive BlogTags: Allan's story, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, welcome
Welcome another addict to our midst =D I always love hearing about how people got into this. It’s interesting to see where people originally came from and how they came to try this for the first time. Some just did it because their friends dragged them, others because they’ve always wanted to, and some just did it to simply say “I did it”. I’m not really sure where Allan comes from, but I’m quite looking forward to hearing his story, and I just wanted to welcome him to Skydive Addiction. Can’t wait to read about your story Allan. -Adam
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