A friend of mine who happens to be a Francophone skydiver from Quebec only took up the sport a few years ago. She’s someone who impresses me. She has her motorcycle license, she has her skydiving license and she’s just an overall “bad ass” woman. She gave me permission to post an article that she wrote up for Canpara (Canadian version of Parachutist) This is the article: Skydiving in your early 50s? Written by Normande Cournoyer Translaled by Gaëlle Vercollier Yes, it is possible. ln 2004, around the end of the summer, I was looking for a special project to… » Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘dream’
You’re never too old to skydive!
Posted: 2nd February 2012 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: A license, Addiction, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, blue skies, community, dream, excitement, fear, first jump, first time, freefall, freefly, fun, fun jump, group tandem, hello world, injury, instructor, my blog, parachuting, PFF, plane, scared, sick, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, skyventure montreal, stoked, story, tandem, twin otter, welcome
Where am I?
Posted: 8th September 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, awesome, B license, belly-fly, blue skies, community, confession, dream, excitement, Factory Diver, freefall, freefly, fun, fun jump, instructor, my blog, parachuting, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, story
As a follow-up to my post My original plan for this year… My actual results I’m now at 62 jumps, I’ve spent about 5000$ on the sport (not counting the 1750$ for the solo course, the 350$ for the jump suit, the 280$ for my protrack, 260$ for my full face, my 100$ for my Altimaster II or the 1200$ spent going to Florida to take that solo course) I’ve just passed my B license, (Yes, Got my B 15 jumps after passing my A). I’ve not only passed the B license exam… I got 96.25% on it… According to… » Read more…
Skydiving in South Africa
Posted: 22nd July 2010 by Lance in Lance's Skydive BlogTags: A license, Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, belly-fly, blue skies, community, dream, excitement, first jump, first time, freefall, freefly, fun, fun jump, hello world, my blog, parachuting, PFF, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, stoked, story
Right – I guess I should start off with describing how EXPENSIVE skydiving is here in relation to the general income (I’ll try make this as easy to understand as possible). Skydiving in South Africa has unfortunately reached a point where it is reserved for professionals. I am sure not why this is, but it a major factor behind skydiving here not being as accessible as it is in the rest of the world. To put it in context – A jump ticket cost me R200 (roughly $26.50), gear hire and packing – $9.90 each jump. Considering I normally take… » Read more…
A quick welcome to…
Posted: 15th July 2010 by Adam in AJ's Skydive BlogTags: A license, Addiction, Adrenaline, AFF, Aj's blog, awesome, belly-fly, community, dream, excitement, first jump, first time, freefall, fun, fun jump, instructor, parachuting, PFF, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, stoked, story, tandem, welcome
The newest addition to the family! When I spoke to AJ, he seemed very very very enthusiastic about his future addiction…. He’s starting his skydive lessons tomorrow. So this is both a good luck, and a welcome to the family! Blue Skies! -Adam
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
“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…
A little confession…
Posted: 29th April 2010 by Mike in Mike's Skydive BlogTags: confession, dream, group tandem, mike's story, skydive, tandem
I’ve never actually jumped out of a plane. I have only had the pleasure of dreaming about it… It all started a little while back when I was a wee little lad (17; for those who want to know, I’m now 20) I came across a thread on a forum about a bunch of locals (I live in Montreal) gathering to do a group tandem. Being the adventure thrill seeking child I’ll always be, it got me thinking “wow, that looks like an AWESOME time” but being 17, my parents would never sign the consent form. A few seasons went… » Read more…
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