The beginning

So the whole idea for skydiving started this past holiday season (2007) when my wife was asking me what I would like for Christmas. Being a fairly blessed family with few needs or wants I was unable think of any material items that were of interest to me. I’ve always been into alternative type sports, some would say extreme (not me though), like surfing, snowboarding, wake boarding, motorcycles as well as an on and off hobby of flying, so I decided to try and think of something in these areas that were of interest to me.

First I’d set my eyes on taking an acrobatic flight or taking part in simulated air combat in old Air Force training jets. Unfortunately these items were a bit on the expensive side. Next I thought about bungee jumping and skydiving. I quickly chose skydiving over bungee jumping as it interested me the most and I felt it was the safer of the two. This may sound strange to some, but as you read my future posts I will explain why this is true (in my humble opinion).

Now that I had this set, and my wife had agreed (my wife is incredibly supportive of the crazy things I like to do and seldom worries for my safety) it was time to find someone who would want to do this with me. Right off the bat I went to my good friend Seri. Without hesitation he agreed to accompany me on the journey. From the beginning Seri and I were in complete agreement that we didn’t want to do the tandem jump. We starting researching and decided to do at least stage one of the Accelerated Freefall (AFF) program. Time permitting we would also try and attempt a second jump, hopefully of stage two in the AFF curriculum.

Next we began our search for a good school and dropzone. A good place to start a search in your area would be http://www.uspa.org/. If you are in the Southern California area I highly recommend the Jim Wallace skydiving school (http://www.jimwallace-skydiving.com/). I must admit that our jumps might not have happened had Seri not taken the reins to workout all the details.

Jumps are all scheduled for January 12th, 2008