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 ‘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
Skydive Varadero
Posted: 11th November 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, belly-fly, blue skies, excitement, first time, freefall, fun, fun jump, Helicopter, injury, instructor, my blog, parachuting, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, tandem
So I just got back from Varadero Cuba… Absolutely had to pop into the local DZ to check it out and hopefully to do a few jumps with the locals… Turned out it’s a tandem factory, but they’re fairly welcoming to other skydivers. Weather didn’t permit us to jump on the day of my visit, so we played dominoes together… (I snapped some photos, but haven’t developed them yet) The DZ is actually owned by the government there, they fly a 20 seat soviet chopper (didn’t get to snap any photos of it though) Depending on wind conditions, you either… » Read more…
Review of my new Factory Diver full face helmet
Posted: 14th August 2010 by Adam in ReviewsTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, blue skies, excitement, Factory Diver, first time, freefall, freefly, fun, parachuting, plane, Review, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, stoked, tandem
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…
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…
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…
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
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