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 ‘group tandem’
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
What a birthday!
Posted: 4th August 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: A license, Adam's Story, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, belly-fly, birthday, blue skies, excitement, fear, first jump, freefall, fun, fun jump, group tandem, Head Down, instructor, my blog, parachute montreal, parachuting, PFF, plane, scared, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, stoked, story, tandem, twin otter
It’s been 4 days since then, and I’m still feeling the after effects of Saturday. I started everything off by partying with some friends Friday night and got to bed around 4:30AM… Woke up the next morning at 8:00AM to pick up some friends at the Metro (Subway) and then head to the DZ. My mom, being a pastry chef decided that she wanted to make me some cookies and brownies to bring with me, so I had about 3 boxes of junk food with me along with my skydive gear, a small ziplock back full of cherries, my box… » Read more…
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…
So it’s official:
Posted: 23rd May 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, awesome, belly-fly, community, excitement, fear, first time, freefall, fun, fun jump, group tandem, my blog, parachuting, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, tandem, twin otter
After 22 jumps, I’ve spent at the very least 18:32 minutes of my life falling… (Not including falling on the ground, falling out of trees, bungee jumping, or any other kinds of falls ) Today was an AMAZING day for skydiving, got 5 of my VR jumps in for my A license. The day was mainly aimed at people coming to do free-flying, so I got to see a SICK formation being done with a 15 person big way. I was the last off the plane with my instructor Valerie, who was quick to point out to me that we… » Read more…
Mike’s Facebook status…
Posted: 22nd May 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive Blog, Mike's Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, AFF, awesome, community, excitement, Falling, fear, first time, Free-Fall, freefall, freefly, fun, fun jump, group tandem, injury, mike's story, parachute montreal, parachuting, PFF, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, skyventure montreal, tandem, twin otter
Earlier, I read mike’s status to say: “so it’s official, I enjoy falling.” All I have to say to this is: I don’t enjoy falling… I’m addicted to it… In my dreams, I’m falling, in my nightmares, I’m falling, in my DAY dreams I’m falling… I look outside and I simply want to fall… Soon enough I’m gonna make a living off falling, then I know for sure that I have a problem
First jump…
Posted: 21st May 2010 by Mike in Mike's Skydive BlogTags: Addiction, Adrenaline, awesome, excitement, first jump, first time, flip, fun, group tandem, headcold, parachute montreal, ridiculous, sick, skydive, story, tandem, twin otter
Holy ****. That’s sum’s up for the most part my entire jump, but I wont be lazy and write the details for you. If you didn’t already read Adam’s posts (or don’t want to lol) -> the weather was amazing, 30 degrees Celsius and a clear sky. In total we were 19 tandem jumpers + Adam and another solo jumper. As soon as we got to the drop zone I wanted everything to happen right away, luckily for me I was on the first load. My tandem instructor was absolutely awesome (Jon) I don’t think I could have gotten a… » Read more…
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