Coach

Skydive Blog on July 19th, 2009

Well, as planned, Ashley from SkydiveChick.com, came down on Saturday for her first jumps at Skydive Tecumseh and my first jumps as a Coach.  Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work out that well.  As surely my own past Coaches would tell you is quite poetic, I had to tell my very first student, that the weather [...]

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Skydive Blog on July 17th, 2009

Well, it’s been a goal of mine since I first started jumping, but I finally took and passed the coach course earning myself the Coach rating.  Of course I’ve always loved teaching and sharing the the things I love with others.. but honestly, this is the first time I had to pass an official course [...]

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Skydive Blog on May 10th, 2008

After much anticipation and waiting for decent weather, I was finally able to get in my first few jumps of the season on Saturday! I think I was a little nervous, wondering how rusty I could have gotton on my first winter layover, but everything worked out fine. I did three jumps; a two-way with [...]

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Skydive Blog on September 1st, 2007

Jump #15 Met up with Mike and got ourselves manifested for the load. We didn’t have a lot to go over on the ground as we would be doing the exact same jump from last night, more swoop & docks until I got them just right (or at least close enough to be safe to [...]

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Skydive Blog on August 31st, 2007

Jump #14 As to the fact that Midwest would be closed on Sunday & Monday for the holiday, I decided to drive up there right after work on Friday. Which in hindsight, driving through Detroit at rush hour is NOT fun… getting there was 10x more dangerous that whatever I could do one I got [...]

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