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Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) * 3
    #23952062 - 12/23/16 04:12 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

It was my final required jump for my license, all I need now is a packing class and the license is mine :awesomenod:

Still can't believe how happy this shit makes me, it was the last load of the day at sunset so it isn't too bright in the video and I didn't have a choice about what I'm wearing in it so dont judge me :lol: all students have to wear the same set up.




I also suck with anything computer related so I couldn't put music over it to get rid of the loud wind sound.


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23952065 - 12/23/16 04:13 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

video is private :aweshit:


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: moonrockmushy]
    #23952068 - 12/23/16 04:15 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

is it? lol gimme a second. edit: says it's public :shrug:


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23952070 - 12/23/16 04:17 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Props to you man you have bigger balls than I.


Love your av I did a good job w it
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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: ModestMouse]
    #23952071 - 12/23/16 04:18 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I love it too man, thanks again! Were you able to watch it or is it still private?


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23952077 - 12/23/16 04:19 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Fucking sick video
Put some aphex twin over it lol


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: ModestMouse]
    #23952080 - 12/23/16 04:20 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I wish I could, I tried putting music over it and gave up after like 5 minutes of not having the slightest clue how :lol:


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott] * 1
    #23952130 - 12/23/16 04:40 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I was thinking r kelly I believe I can fly

it's pretty easy to add music you youtube vids honestly, but I can just play my own music over it



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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: moonrockmushy]
    #23952144 - 12/23/16 04:44 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

That was pretty cool man. Sum raw footage right there. I also like how u flew away like superman at the end.


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: zZZz] * 1
    #23952276 - 12/23/16 05:21 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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I was thinking r kelly I believe I can fly

it's pretty easy to add music you youtube vids honestly, but I can just play my own music over it





Usually you can ask them to put music over it but they were somewhat busy so my coach didn't have time, everytime someone asks for a song on it they always say "if you say tom petty free falling don't bother coming back" lol
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That was pretty cool man. Sum raw footage right there. I also like how u flew away like superman at the end.




Idk why but they call that tracking, it's IMO one of the most fun aspects of it and one of the most vital, it's mainly so you can put distance between people before pulling out your canopy or if someone opens up below you and you're coming down at them you can move away and not fall directly into them. That's my favorite part of every jump so far because that actually feels like you're flying.


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23952382 - 12/23/16 05:51 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Really cool!

Is there any reason you keep hitting the person with you, or are you just excited, looks like you keep pushing off the cameraman, is that something you guys are supposed to learn?


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: Lucis] * 1
    #23952406 - 12/23/16 05:59 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Yeah it's part of the student course to make sure you can safely "dock" with another jumper without slamming into them and knocking them out lol everything else in there is for the most part basic maneuvers but most people end up jumping with groups because solo jumps are only really fun for so long so they focus on docking to make sure you're not a risk when you get a license and can jump with anybody. He basically told me after the flips and barrel roll to do a dock inbetween every other move and try to get as many in as possible.


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott] * 1
    #23952490 - 12/23/16 06:29 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Legit dude, that is fucking cool as fuck. I say that in the most broish way possible, if I knew you and I saw that I'd be like "You better be taking me out sometime.":awesome:


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23952741 - 12/23/16 08:01 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Cool vid.  How fast are you moving?  at about 1:00 you slap hands with the guy and then bolt out of view.


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: badchad]
    #23953000 - 12/23/16 10:58 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

We're falling at roughly 120 mph give or take 10 mph. How fast I'm flying away from him i have no idea but its possible to go much faster if you de-arch more and have a straighter body position than I had but since I'm still new im just focused on making sure I'm travelling a straight line lol That was probably the fasted Ive achieved so far


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23954632 - 12/24/16 04:31 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

When you hit terminal velocity its visually so much like jet-propelled swimming or something, you really get a sense of a very dense fluid all around. And that zoom-away you did already looked terrifyingly fast, but I bet it probably doesn't actually FEEL like you're zooming away, did it? Cause the ground wouldn't really move at all in relation to your perception because you're so high up?

Its something I really want to do someday


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: bloodsheen]
    #23954740 - 12/24/16 05:27 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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Its something I really want to do someday




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I know people did that in their military service, is one of the hardest kind of force there is, I mean hard voor the mind to withstand, how you're threated there, just stories I' ve heard, so I can't make a statement on my experience,




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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: bloodsheen]
    #23954783 - 12/24/16 05:49 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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When you hit terminal velocity its visually so much like jet-propelled swimming or something, you really get a sense of a very dense fluid all around. And that zoom-away you did already looked terrifyingly fast, but I bet it probably doesn't actually FEEL like you're zooming away, did it? Cause the ground wouldn't really move at all in relation to your perception because you're so high up?

Its something I really want to do someday




Yeah the ground barely moves or doesn't appear to move much because of the height you're at. You can kind of feel like you're moving away, the way the wind feels like it's hitting you and the way the wind sounds changes when you zoom away like that (almost like a sharper sounding wind if that makes sense) but I would of never thought I went that far if I didn't get the video from it.

You should do it! Even if you only do it once just to say you did it because the experience itself is worth it, as well as incredibly fun lol It seems like a very unsafe thing to do because of the nature of what you're doing but it's a lot safer than a lot of people think it is, even more so if you're just doing a tandem jump.


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23954866 - 12/24/16 06:47 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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When you hit terminal velocity its visually so much like jet-propelled swimming or something, you really get a sense of a very dense fluid all around. And that zoom-away you did already looked terrifyingly fast, but I bet it probably doesn't actually FEEL like you're zooming away, did it? Cause the ground wouldn't really move at all in relation to your perception because you're so high up?

Its something I really want to do someday




Yeah the ground barely moves or doesn't appear to move much because of the height you're at. You can kind of feel like you're moving away, the way the wind feels like it's hitting you and the way the wind sounds changes when you zoom away like that (almost like a sharper sounding wind if that makes sense) but I would of never thought I went that far if I didn't get the video from it.

You should do it! Even if you only do it once just to say you did it because the experience itself is worth it, as well as incredibly fun lol It seems like a very unsafe thing to do because of the nature of what you're doing but it's a lot safer than a lot of people think it is, even more so if you're just doing a tandem jump.



Yea I'm not enough of an adrenaline junkie to get certified, I just want to do a tandem jump sometime. I may actually do it this upcoming spring, my brother-in-law loves it and has told me he'd go with me if I ever came home again. Its going to happen in my lifetime for sure, I've wanted to do it since the first time I was on a roller coaster


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: bloodsheen]
    #23955056 - 12/24/16 08:25 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

If you remember this conversation after you go let me know how you liked it!

You never know though, I said the same thing before I actually did it and everyone I talked to there says that's how they felt before doing it, (mostly) everyone who gets into it usually started out just wanting to do it once because it seemed awesome. Only reason I did it initially was because I always wanted to to try it but it always got pushed off every year and then I saw a friend post a video on fb of him doing it so I said fuck it and signed it up for that weekend. Next thing you know I fell in love with it and can't imagine myself stopping as of now. But then again almost 99% of people who do it say they're coming back right as they land and go on about how awesome it is but never come back lol

For me personally it's not so much about the adrenaline rush, the first 10 or so jumps I did it was kind of extreme and even hard to remember the jumps afterwords to some extent (will probably be the case for your first jump), they call it sensory overload because it's a lot to take in all at once in a short amount of time. Now it's surprisingly relaxing and almost meditative in some way and just makes me happy and gives me something to look forward to and makes life easier to tolerate, I guess most people with a hobby they love could say the same exact thing though :lol:


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23955072 - 12/24/16 08:34 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I am envious.
How much does it cost you per jump?
How many jumps have you made?


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: WhyDidiDoThis]
    #23955118 - 12/24/16 08:59 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Well up until this point it was a lot more expensive, the first 12 (maybe 13) it's 195$ a jump, the first three are tandem but you still have to demonstrate some maneuvers like spins and altitude awareness, the next 9 (or 10, on your first release dive when the instructor lets go of you if all goes well you get to skip the second release dive and move right on) are where you wear your own gear and an instructor jumps out just holding on to your leg and arm and you have to demonstrate more complex maneuvers. You can fail if you do really poorly though and repeat jumps so you might have to pay more depending on that.

After that you have to do your first high solo jump (by far the best jump I've ever done) and low solo (jumping out at 5000 feet rather than 13500 feet) which is 70 and 40, after them you gain self supervision status and can do solo fun jumps as much as you want but can't jump with people yet, those are only 25$ a jump, 32$ more per jump if you have to rent their equipment or 64$ to rent their equipment for the whole day, so basically even if you only pay to rent per jump if you do more then two jumps it counts as renting it for the whole day so even if you're renting after 2 jumps the rest of the jumps you do that day will only cost 25$ with no equipment fee.

Then you need to do 5 required coach jumps towards your license which is the training to get you ready to jump with other people, the video I posted was the fifth one or the A-license check dive as they call it, they cost about 120$ each. At the moment I only have 24 jumps, Even if you passed all the requirements with flying colors you need a minimum of 25 jumps for your license but might take you longer if you didn't meet all your requirements like 5 accuracy landings, packing class, hanging harness training...etc. All in all I probably spent around 3000 so far towards my license, I still have to rent but I'm hoping to get my own equipment soon so it'll permanently cost just 25 per jump. Already bought the container/harness and reserve canopy but I still need to buy a main canopy and an automatic activating device before I can jump with it. Can technically jump without the automatic activating device but I'd rather have the comfort of mind to know that it's there lol.


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #23955126 - 12/24/16 09:02 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

That's awesome I'm so happy you found a calling like that and pursued it. Congrats


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Re: Did my A-license check dive for skydiving today. (video included) [Re: Seriously_trippin]
    #23955467 - 12/24/16 11:47 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Thanks man! Me too, I didn't realize how much of a depression/slump I was in until I found this hobby and even though everyone who knows me IRL wishes I wouldn't do it there's nothing that can stop me lol


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