Good place to go skydiving for the first time?

Zach · 21st February 2007, 04:20 PM

Anyone got any suggestions on where to go skydiving for the first time?

I've always wanted to try it but once you get out of Chicago there is nothing but corn fields so it doesn't seem like a very cool place to sky dive for the first time.

Kuzaki · 21st February 2007, 04:24 PM

A corn field is probably the best place to go skydiving for the first time.
Nice, soft landing and nothing to smack into on the way down.

shinningstar · 21st February 2007, 11:55 PM

If it's your first time and you want to learn sky diving, Cyprus is one of the best places to go parachuting and Skydiving because of the very well known great Cyprus weather. Have you been in Cyprus?

aima123 · 22nd February 2007, 03:35 AM

Can you give us a particular site about Cyprus parachuting? We want to know all the details and its payment of course.

Kuzaki · 22nd February 2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by aima123

Can you give us a particular site about Cyprus parachuting? We want to know all the details and its payment of course.

Skydiving Cyprus

I've been to Cyprus before and the weather is lovely. It never occurred to me that it'd be a good place for skydiving.

sn0xb0arder · 6th April 2007, 03:33 PM

wow, same here. but sounds like a good place to try! I would think Italy too. Much of the mediterranean is lined with Cliffs.. so sounds like a good area.

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Nienke2go · 20th March 2008, 11:12 AM

@Zach:

It doesn't matter where you start your skydiving career. As long it's a place where you feel comfortable and at home. The sky in the one place is not different compared to the other places. Only the temperature and pollution in city areas will be different. It's nice when it's not to hot when you start.
Do not think you will care about landscape and views the first jumps you make. There is a hack of a lot to deal with when you learn skydiving; altitude, stability, pull, opening parachute, flying the right pattern, landing on the right spot etc.
When you finished your course and are more experienced, you can always visit other dropzones with nice sceneries.
Take in mind that skydiving is highly addictive, a dropzone close to your home is an advantage when you go jumping every weekend.

Visit a local dropzone and taste the atmosfere, find out if it's a good place for you to learn.

Good luck and blue skies!!!

supersoad1 · 1st July 2008, 02:28 PM

cyprus, that's a good call