Skydiving Basics:
Skydiving is extreme fun – ask anyone who’s tried it. There are various ways to skydive and this article will list a few ways.
Skydiving holds as many possibilities as you can imagine. There are just as many ways to get involved in it.
There’s ‘static-line’ –meaning attaching yourself to an airplane and upon exit, having the parachute open moments after exiting the plane. There’s ‘accelerated free-fall\' (aff), which means going out with a couple of instructors who hold on to you to make sure you are stabilized while in free-fall and then assisting you when time comes to open your parachute.
There’s also the ‘tandem method’ which is the easiest and simplest way to start. It takes just a few minutes of training and you’re on your way. In this method, you are harnessed to an experienced ‘jumpmaster’ who’ll guide you through your first experience in the air and continue to help you learn on the ground too.
Once you’ve learned to skydive and you’ve had a few experiences on your own, you can try flying on your belly with your friends making spinning formations, or all sorts of random patterns. You can fly 200 mph on your head. You can do ‘sit fly’ positions, building formations with all your friends.
You can learn to sky-surf and you can even learn to use wing-suits and do what you see in the movies. You can do ‘crew’ which is flying your parachutes in stacks with your friends or you can just fly on your own in the quiet sunset skies or early morning skies. It’s a great ‘wake-me-up’.
Once you become used to the constant rush of wind coming up at you and learn to feel comfortable with that, then learning to move around to control your descent and speed will be your next step. When you are comfortable and can move and anticipate what your movements will do to your descent and body position, you will be on your way to all sorts of creative jumping and you too will say skydiving rocks.
