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[chooc]

Talon too, on 24 February 2012 - 05:08 PM, said:

Chooc  mate , its a vertical wind tunnel......do a search for info ........ welcome to our playground  but think you may be over thinking the whole thing at the moment ...........breathe

aah yep yep, i know what it is now ....cheers....... and yeah, can ya tell im excited at all  
  heheheh

[InterestingPies]

Question 3 - Return of the jedi Noob.

How enthusiastic and/or reserved should I be with my soon to be AFF course instructor and other people that will be working with me?

I assume if there are several people doing the AFF we will do a meet and greet in the first ten minutes and maybe explain our motivations or whatever - or even if we are just talking to the CI.

Is being overly excited seen as newbie naivety/arroagance? Because I am really keen for this. In my Whuffo mind I would like to basically smash out AFF and A license ASAP - like two weekends of solid jumping - obviously how I grasp the learning curve and people's patience and their availability to teach/coach/jump with me is a factor - but does being keen make me come off sounding like a wanker?

I guess if you asked me what my one year goal is it would be to have a C license in 9 - 12 months so that I can just grab my rig and jump when I travel - travel being something else I like to do. Is this unrealistic?

[Luke Oliver]

InterestingPies, on 26 February 2012 - 02:02 AM, said:

In my Whuffo mind I would like to basically smash out AFF and A license ASAP - like two weekends of solid jumping - obviously how I grasp the learning curve and people's patience and their availability to teach/coach/jump with me is a factor - but does being keen make me come off sounding like a wanker?

Instructors have seen and heard it all before
Best thing to do is a Good Stage One.

Goals are quite realistic in this day and age, but you have to do it one jump at a time.

[Don Stevenson]

When I did my AFF course I just shut my mouth and listened to the instructor.  There wasn't much in the way of intros and stuff but by the end of the day i'd talked to everyone on the course and we'd all compared notes about why we were doing the course.

Since then on each jump i've had different instructors but all of them have been very cool and have answered all my questions.  Yesterday I got to jump with an instructor at Picton who was doing his 1000th jump with me so that was a bit of an honour.

[dodgy]

They don't mind you being super keen and excited as long as you'll shut up and listen, and really listen and take it in, when you need to. They have all been in your position and have definately learnt alot since then. They are there for you and really want to help you do a good job, but it's up to you to in the end. Listen, learn, and enjoy.

[Luke Oliver]

Here is Australia's only active Wind Tunnel:

http://www.extremevelocity.com.au/

[chooc]

InterestingPies, on 26 February 2012 - 02:02 AM, said:

- but does being keen make me come off sounding like a wanker?

lol
i hope not coz i'd be the king of wankers


27 btw  

[Phevor]

I started my skydiving static line course very keen and enthusiastically, which helped prepare me mentally for my jumps. I started the course and focused on demonstrating each jump skill and showing consistent progression. My instructors and other more experienced skydivers saw this and I gradually made more skydiver friends as I gained confidence. I have been in many situations I've wanted to talk more and over analyse each jump but regardless of what I think I knew, I put those discussions aside and simply followed the advise my instructors gave me as much as possible. Any mistake or point of interest I was debriefed on and was something new I could learn from for my next jump. I knew about the up front costs before starting and have accepted that over time things may become more affordable. But like with any recreational activity, if you love it enough you find a way to compensate for the costs involved as the experience is more valuable. Now I don't think about what I want to do with skydiving, rather I think about what do I need to learn and practice before moving onto the next level jump or prerequisite. The journey so far has been incredible, the quest in front of me has only just begun.

[chooc]

Phevor, on 28 February 2012 - 12:40 PM, said:

I started my skydiving static line course very keen and enthusiastically, which helped prepare me mentally for my jumps. I started the course and focused on demonstrating each jump skill and showing consistent progression. My instructors and other more experienced skydivers saw this and I gradually made more skydiver friends as I gained confidence. I have been in many situations I've wanted to talk more and over analyse each jump but regardless of what I think I knew, I put those discussions aside and simply followed the advise my instructors gave me as much as possible. Any mistake or point of interest I was debriefed on and was something new I could learn from for my next jump. I knew about the up front costs before starting and have accepted that over time things may become more affordable. But like with any recreational activity, if you love it enough you find a way to compensate for the costs involved as the experience is more valuable. Now I don't think about what I want to do with skydiving, rather I think about what do I need to learn and practice before moving onto the next level jump or prerequisite. The journey so far has been incredible, the quest in front of me has only just begun.

great post