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…
Archive for October, 2010
Been MIA
Posted: 25th October 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, parachuting, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving
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…
Before I begin this, my apologies to Adam and all of you for being a slacker on the blog. I have been a little busy since my last post, but not so much as to justify my lack of blogging for so long. So yeah……I’ll take the “slacker” stamp on my forehead like a champ. Also, although I now have 44 jumps, I thought it best to leave the title of this series of writings at 34…..for continuity if nothing else. The holidays came and went, and 2010 got off to a good start for me. With plans to start… » Read more…
Helicopter jump
Posted: 2nd October 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, belly-fly, blue skies, Bungee, community, excitement, first jump, first time, freefall, fun, fun jump, Helicopter, parachuting, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving
So it’s nearly the end of the season in Quebec and in most places actually… Although there’s still a couple of weeks left to the season, it’s over for me at this point. I ended it with a bang though, got my first helicopter jump done (4000 feet). And yes, I bought beer… And rum actually haha. To give some of you a quick description of what it’s like to do a heli jump as opposed to a normal skydive from a plane, when you jump from the chopper, you’re getting off out of a vehicle that’s barely moving, so… » Read more…
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