Posts Tagged ‘Factory Diver’

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…

So I finally got the chance to jump the full face helmet I had to wait nearly 2 months to get… It was worth the wait. I’ve gotten 57 jumps done with an open face helmet wearing goggles… After having done 2 jumps with a full face, I don’t know how I managed… I see the ground so much more clearly, it’s not silent, but it’s so much quieter on the way down, I barely hear the annoying flapping of the slider in the wind… And all the stuff I heard about peoples’ full faces fogging up has now been… » Read more…

So both Saturday and Sunday poured rain, while I sat at the DZ waiting… Well that’s not true, I took my packing lessons (Props to Nicolas at Parachute Montreal for sitting with me for 7 hours while it rained outside on a Saturday) Sunday was a skydiver breakfast at Nouvel air… Nothing like free food to attract skydivers right? So I finally found myself a helmet that fit my head… And then Greg bought the only one… BASTARD! Looks like I’m gonna have to wait for a new shipment… I’ll be getting the Factory Diver in Black. Great helmet, reasonably… » Read more…