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Life on the ground

Posted: 26th September 2010 by Ashley in Ashley's Skydive Blog
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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…

Boogies and more

Posted: 13th September 2010 by Ashley in Ashley's Skydive Blog
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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…

For the love of ZOO dives

Posted: 23rd August 2010 by Ashley in Ashley's Skydive Blog
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If there’s one thing I love about being somewhere between a beginner and intermediate freeflyer is this: ZOO dives! I know many people who get annoyed by zoo dives. We had a plan, it went to shit, and there’s disappointment and failure in that. So, I kinda get that. But as I see it, even if the plan doesn’t go, well, as planned, it’s still a skydive, and it’s still fun! Besides, when you’re in that experience range of 200-500 skydives, you’re at a place where you can think on the fly (pun intended) and turn the jump into something… » Read more…

Skydiving in Social Media

Posted: 11th August 2010 by Ashley in Ashley's Skydive Blog
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Let’s get real here for a moment…like really, real. I love skydiving – for obvious reasons. I love social media – mostly because I work in this space all day and see the benefits, like keeping up on the latest information, staying in touch with friends, getting updates on products and services you enjoy. I also hate social media. (Don’t worry, I’m not about to say I hate skydiving…not in the slightest. ) Social media has done things to our society that I fear can’t be undone. Sure, we’re more connected than ever before, but I also believe we’re more… » Read more…

Jump for Diabetes is upon us!

Posted: 5th August 2010 by Ashley in Ashley's Skydive Blog
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For those who have heard about Jump for Diabetes, you’re likely well aware that this event is happening in just over a week. I know, right…holy crap! For those who aren’t aware, here’s a little background on what we’re doing! Jump for Diabetes is an annual skydiving event to raise funds for diabetes research in hopes of finding a cure. It’s that simple! Well, not really, there’s actually a lot more to it than that, but I won’t bore you with the back-end details. What you should know is this: we’re hosting the event on August 14-15 at Skydive Pennsylvania…. » Read more…

DZ Differences

Posted: 22nd July 2010 by Ashley in Ashley's Skydive Blog
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Over the course of the last year, I’ve been truly blessed to have the opportunity to travel to some amazing dropzones. What I’ve come to find is that each has it’s own unique set of qualities and it’s own unique group of jumpers. This definitely keeps things interesting. When it comes to issues like safety, I’ve come to find that each dropzone has their “danger zone” – that one element of the sport where there is constant discussion regarding jumper safety. Seems that every dropzone has their area(s) where they proceed with much caution. This really came to my attention… » Read more…

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