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 ‘hello world’
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
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 Little Intro
Posted: 21st July 2010 by Lance in Lance's Skydive BlogTags: Addiction, Adrenaline, Altitude, Altitude Sickness, awesome, belly-fly, blue skies, community, Durban, excitement, first jump, first time, freefall, fun, fun jump, hello world, Lance's Blog, my blog, parachuting, Sickness, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, South Africa, tandem
Hi everyone, I thought it best to introduce myself… Hi, my name is Lance, and I’m a skydiving addict! It’s been exactly 2 days and 19 hours since my last fix and I’m getting serious withdrawal’s – I like to call this “Altitude Sickness” I live and jump in Durban, South Africa and needless to say, skydiving here is not quite what it is in the US and the rest of the world. Yes – It IS as awesome and as addictive as it is everywhere else in the world, but it is not as “Big” here as it is… » Read more…
Welcome to Skydive Addiction!
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Mike in Adam’s Skydive Blog, Mike's Skydive BlogTags: community, freefall, hello world, parachuting, skydive, skydiveaddiction, welcome
Welcome to our blog! Here you’ll find the stories of Adam, Mike and the rest of the contributing skydive community. Bare with us while we get all our stories from our stored memory and onto here. In the upcomming weeks we’ll feature pictures, videos and stories that will make you weep, giggle and roll all over your kitchen floor. We really hope to entertain our audience while having a place to keep track of all our crazy adventures. Stay tuned!
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