Though it seems contradictory to the majority of posts in this blog, and given that it’s entitled Skydive Addiction, I’m a huge believer in the need to enjoy life outside of the skydiving community…outside of the addiction, if you will. When I first started skydiving, it was an obsession. It’s all I thought about, dreamed about, looked forward to and honestly, all I cared about. Any downtime at the office wasn’t spent making myself a better practitioner, it was spent watching the latest skydiving videos on YouTube. I missed out on important family functions – the type of relative work… » Read more…
Archive for September, 2010
Life on the ground
Posted: 26th September 2010 by Ashley in Ashley's Skydive BlogTags: lessons, life
Need a new container? Our friends down in Chicago are having a raffle for a custom Javelin Odyssey – $100 for your chance to win and proceeds to go a super awesome cause. More details to come on Saturday, but if you’re interested, email Sydney Owen ([email protected]) for more info.
Night Skydive follow up :)
Posted: 18th September 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, belly-fly, blue skies, first time, freefall, freefly, fun, fun jump, Night Skydive, parachute montreal, parachuting, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, story, twin otter
Hey everyone! I had a very eventful day last Saturday, it started off with my celebration jump for my B license. We did a 7 way that went to hell, was someone’s 100th jump and the idea was that we would do a hybrid (some belly fliers, some free fliers). The plan was that we’d have a 4 person base (I was in the base). With 2 people hanging onto us and one stinger (He was on camera filming and would randomly hook on and off in freefly) Our exit was fairly unstable and I ended up separated from everyone,… » Read more…
Sometimes… I pack parachutes in my living room.
Posted: 16th September 2010 by AJ in AJ's Skydive BlogSorry it’s been so long! My life has gone from crazy to insane in the last few weeks, but here’s where I’m at… When we left off, I had just purchased my first rig. Since then, my sabre 150 main has arrived and been patched. I’ve made 3 jumps on it, all hop-n-pops, and I’m still a little nervous about pulling at terminal. I’ve read and heard a lot about people being “spanked” by sabre’s, and I’m not too keen on the idea of being knocked around a lot on opening. I suppose I’ll just man up and do it… » Read more…
Boogies and more
Posted: 13th September 2010 by Ashley in Ashley's Skydive BlogTags: boogies, CASA, freefly, proposal, travel
It’s been a while – my apologies. Life has been busy to say the least. Between planning a move from Cleveland to Chicago (which will be taking place at the first of October…coming up fast!), traveling, and boogies it’s been a busy fall already. For those who may not know, Labor Day is a busy boogie weekend in the U.S. Last year was my first season as a skydiver, and looking back I was so excited for the Work Stinks! Boogie at Start Skydiving outside of Dayton, Ohio. Though for the life of me I couldn’t find a group of… » Read more…
Double post today! Boy are you all lucky So after having passed my B license exam, Hurricane Earl was tearing up the east coast of Canada and we were feeling the effects… 30-40 mph winds. So no jumping this past weekend for me. This coming Saturday I decided that I ABSOLUTELY have to celebrate my B license with something special… What better way then to set it up myself? I decided that I wanted to do a night jump. So I’m now setting it up, we’re gonna be 20 ppl jumping out after dark. I’m extremely excited. More to come… » Read more…
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