www.skydiveireland.ie in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary?

iceage

Guys somebody is gonna buy me a skydive here www.skydiveireland.ie in Nenagh, north Tipperary. Anybody jumped there? any advise? I'm fancying the Static line jump as this qualifies you to continue to jump at a reduced rate. I've never done this before and am slightly apprehensive, only to be expected I suppose also has there been any serious injuries sustained there i.e broken legs or ankles?

Funny I haven't noticed skydiving here before...surely it qualifies as an extreme sport and some of you lot most have done it before:D

Regards all and thanks in advance. PM me if you choose to do so.

Iceage.

wreckless

best thing ever.

would love to have the time and money to do a full courde and get the license etc.

its an unbelievable experience, if u can jump when its good weather, its all the better

iceage

Hey man, did you jump at the Nenagh DZ? was curious specifically about that school of skydiving.

PeakOutput

i started jumping there last september as my college (ul) has a skydive club closely associated with that dropzone. all i can say is do it and do it fast

their first jump course is excellent static line is a good progression system especially for ireland as you only have to wait for the clouds to go above 3,500 feet and not 10/13,500ft like you do for aff(advanced freefall)

the staff are ace they come out on the town with the college club alot so we get to know them well and they are 110% dedicated to progressing you through the sport.

i got a bit pissed off at the irish weather and how expensive it is so im in america working for a dropzone here at the moment but when i get back in september i plan on being in nenagh as much as possible

hope to see you there

blue skies

ps; heres some vids of my first jump there and also my college clubs year end video from last year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnJthW4odeo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7K40XS6SLM

iceage

well, I think that seals it then, cheers Peakoutput for the vote of confidence, just what I needed, I emailed them a few days ago and Darren said to give them a call, which I will do tomorrow morning, visa card in hand!! I'm amazed there hasn't been more mentions of it in here so thanks again mate:) I'll let you know if I chicken out.

By the way was that you on your own doing the S/L at the end of the second vid? have to say you did look a bit pale! it took some balls if that was you, you were on your todd there mate! great jump by the way, really clean. I hope I can try and do the same!!

PeakOutput

ye thats me i look like a scared little boy alright but 25 jumps later and im flying

iceage

Lots of respect to ya. Gonna give this a lash, something I've been promising myself for a while, and I've decided that the only way to do this is S/L first. Then I'll know for sure if I want to keep this up. Also if Ul are jumping there sure thats a great reference, sure your qualified now after 25, you going higher? sure if your working/jumping in the states it must be mad over there and I'm sure a whole lot cheaper!!

I'll let you know how it pans out, and thanks again for the info man, if I do it I'll be able to wish you blue skys!!:D

PeakOutput

ye i jst got my a licence im packing parachutes here in america so its cheap as chips for me to jump here i could have gotten 100 jumps here by now but well there are distractions on the dropzone to put it mildly

gonna be home in 6 weeks but i plan on coming back next summer already cant fault it

static line is good but you wont know how good it is until you have done freefall no way to describe it you you just gotta do it

just so i can show off some more heres a video of me in america doing a coach jump after i get cleared to jump solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQrYPJ5eaOQ

editing is dodgy i know

iceage

Yaaahhh man, outstanding stuff! you obviously love this sport keep it up mate, and be safe. I'll keep in touch.;)

iceage

Well Peakoutput you were dead on! they are some really cool characters, and topnotch instructors. Did the Solo as planned, we were blessed with the weather, trained and jumped the same day! about 7.30-8pm ish I think. Speechless! still can't get my head around it that I jumped...Buzzing!!!!!:D

Thanks again for the advise, you were right, just do it!

Iceage.

Corega

Lol Iceage, it's Andy here, I was on the same course. I'm still getting over the adrenaline rush The lads down in Skydive Ireland were excellent, our's was the last jump of the day so afterwards we got to see the instructors doing a cool freefall with some sick landings. Even a low flyover from the plane!

I've signed up for another 4 jumps and tbh I reckon over the next week in work I'll be thinking of nothing else than my next jump. An absolutely awe inspiring experience.

A while ago I posted up on this forum about which of the two skydiving centres to go for. Peakoutput recommended Skydive Ireland to me and I have to say buddy your judgement was spot on, thanks again.

iceage

Hi Dude! trying to put a face to the name? Are you the dark Dark haired lad that drove down from Dublind with Colm?(guy with glasses?) your were no 2. facing the front of the plane with Dave the instructor.

Corega

No. 2 buddy, you were no. 7? I've forgotten your name so I'll just call you Ted

iceage

ANDY! got ya!! No.2. yeah, you jumped like a pro! out the door like a madman, We got a 2 photos of the team stood outside the classroom with you in it, and also 2 long shots of your jump and landing, send me your E mail by PM and I'll send them on, it might take a day or two as I've got a 40th to celebrate. You booked 4 more, you mad bastard! Might have to check my diary.....see how I'm fixed, say nothin, the missus knows nothing!;)

I couldn't hang around for the last jump, how did your mate(Colm I think) do? did he pull it off? I really hope so, we had all waited long enough to go, it would have been really cool if we had all jumped as a team. Anywhy still Buzzing here buddy!!! Iceage cracks open another Cider!!!!:P

PeakOutput

hahaha good job lads you wont regret doing it and you defo wont regret it if you keep it up

the weather sucks in boston at the moment so no jumping this weekend but im just in the hangar watching the hooters swimsuit competition with the other jumpers cracking open a cider aswell which is quite the coincidence haha

congrats again

iceage

Jeez, theres a major withdrawal from all that adrenaline going on over the last 24-36 hours!! You didn't warn me about that PeakOutput... might have to do this again...(iceage talking himself into it, whilst disconnecting his self preservation chip!!):D:D

Got to sort out my landings as well! that last one was a bit naff! ( reasons to go again no.6):D:D

iceage

Anybody get out this weekend? out as in out-out, (of an Aircraft);)

Odysseus

I haven't jumped in a couple of years I have also done a small amount of paragliding. This thread is bringing up a desire to jump again damn you iceage;) Its the amount of time in terms of the committment standing around the airstrip all day and you may not get to jump, the day you don't go the weather is ideal, Ireland is a bummer for all things connected to the air. I done a beginners course in gliding as well excellent but as usual the committment and weather makes it difficult.

iceage

sorry about that mate, funny, the weather has just cleared here for a bit, some patches of blue skys...is it normal to find yourself gazing up wistfully daydreaming?....Jesus this is a difficult thing to shake off. How long have you been out? and where roughly are you based?

PeakOutput

iceage wrote: »

.is it normal to find yourself gazing up wistfully daydreaming?

normal for average people? no


for a skydiver yep

for a parachute packer? ehhhhh not so much today and tomorrow im going to be looking at the sky thinking all this blue just means work and sore hands but come monday ill be able to jump again woohoo

iceage

Hey peakOutput, got my DVD from the lads today, I look seriously more terffified than you did!!:eek:

PeakOutput

get it up on youtube dude lets us compare

iceage

Sorry it took so long man, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoEGA28HRto

PeakOutput

haha nice one dude you done another one since?

did number 35 today was about to get on the last load of the day to go 36 but got shouted at that i was needed packing grrrr

gonna miss new england but i cant wait to get back to college and take a trip to nenagh gonna be fun fun fu n regardless of the weather

iceage

35!! jeez man, i'm trying to psych myself up for for some more!!! will have to see man.

solace

Well lads. Congrats! It's the best feeling in the world. I got my AFF last year and made a total of ONE solo jump... I ran outta money Due to unforeseen circumstances, I haven't been able to get back up in the air so a quick question; how long is the AFF licence valid for? I presume I'd just have to do a jump with one of the instructors to show 'em I'm still able to handle myself up there. DYING to get a jump in now but the weather's been appalling for the last few weeks. Working again though so... well... a jump every weekend would be fab

PeakOutput

you will have to do a retrain and how long that is will depend on how much you remember i suppose

you will need to do at least one jump with an instructor and maybe even 2 aff levels but the best thing to do is just ring nenagh and ask them

iceage

+1. Asks the pros, no disrespect to ya PeakOutput, 35 and still counting, thats some goin!! they'll soon put you straight and I think the weather is settling for a bit. Check out they're website for contact details www.skydiveireland.ie

Gun Shy

You guys couldnt be in better hands I was there when Dave did his first jump at 16 years of age, and he was packing my rig well before that, Darren Liam Mick and all the lads are top notch they wont see ya wrong. Dave has been on to me for some time to get my ratings in order I havent instructed in a few years but reading your comments brings me back to well over 20 years ago when I jumped my first Round Parachute bet ye guys have never seen one in the air.
Anyway I'm a good bit off instructing at the moment but give me some time I'll be back in the air sometime and I hope ye wont mind an old fella tagging along on one of the loads.

Blue Skies

solace

One of my mates did the round parachute course and there were a couple of guys from the Danish military doing it when I was doing my AFF. Haha, one of them KEPT landing on the motocross track (which was closed at the time... obviously!). I don't think I'd be a fan to be honest, I like being in control and knowing where I'm gonna land!

iceage

Gun Shy wrote: »

You guys couldnt be in better hands I was there when Dave did his first jump at 16 years of age, and he was packing my rig well before that, Darren Liam Mick and all the lads are top notch they wont see ya wrong. Dave has been on to me for some time to get my ratings in order I havent instructed in a few years but reading your comments brings me back to well over 20 years ago when I jumped my first Round Parachute bet ye guys have never seen one in the air.
Anyway I'm a good bit off instructing at the moment but give me some time I'll be back in the air sometime and I hope ye wont mind an old fella tagging along on one of the loads.

Blue Skies

Hi Gunshy, I'm sure it would be no bother to you at all to get back in there mate. I'm amazed at how many skydivers there are that are in and out of the sport both here and overseas, Dropzone.com forums are full of em.

Jeez Round Chutes! I'd say are a complete world away from the ram-airs used today, which are thankfully so forgiving for the likes of us virgins:D And as you said Dave has been at this a long time which is really impressive, without a doubt a guy that loves this madness! I have to say all the lads I met at Nenagh were some of the soundest blokes, really into it, the buzz was massive!! considering they were able to train ME to jump, that just proves how competant this lot really are. Not to sure if and when I'll go again, but if I do, without hesitation it'll be with these guys at skydiveireland.ie

Blue Skies.

iceage

Hey guys you did yourselfs proud again, A guy Rang Gerry Ryan telling of his jump with Darren..I missed the guys name but it turns out he is completely blind and was explaining how Darren worked really hard with him to make it work for him. He sounded completely stoked and had nothing but praise for you lot. I believe hes hoping to go again for charity, what an inspiration this fella was. Good job, well done.:D

Edit: The guys name is Mark Fitzsimons and is planning to raise money with a Skydive for his girlfriend who suffers with cerebral palsy. Best of luck Mark.

wimmy

Did my first jump saturday... What a blast!!!
It was a present for my 30th bday and even though I had to postpone
throughout the whole Irish summer I'm delighted i finally got to do it!!
Weather was finally perfect and I jumped at sunset, wich made it even
crazier. I should get the video this week will post it on youtube.
I'd say I look absolutely terrified (Cause i was!!)Can't wait to see it!
The lads at skydive Ireland are just incredible, so dedicated and so
encouraging and positive.Top notch.
Will do another jump very soon. And another one. And another one.
And...

iceage

Nice job Wimmy, spiritual isn't it!:D stick up the vid when you get it.

Blue Skies.

Corega

We were planning on continuing our static line course about a week ago but got a call off Darrren to say that the place would be closed due to flood warnings. Skip ahead 7 days and this weekend past was one of the nicest I've seen all summer. Hopefully it'll stay like this for our jump.

Mike, we should be heading down for 11 o'c on Sunday if you're at all tempted with getting a few more jumps under your belt.

Fingers crossed for those blue skies

PeakOutput

i was there on saturday working probably saw you congrats on the jump

edit; mark is actually trying to break a world record for most skydives in one day by a blind person he is trying to do 15 but its early days yet

iceage

Corega wrote: »

We were planning on continuing our static line course about a week ago but got a call off Darrren to say that the place would be closed due to flood warnings. Skip ahead 7 days and this weekend past was one of the nicest I've seen all summer. Hopefully it'll stay like this for our jump.

Mike, we should be heading down for 11 o'c on Sunday if you're at all tempted with getting a few more jumps under your belt.

Fingers crossed for those blue skies

Andy! hey man how you doing? man I've been a bad boy and piling on the pounds!:( afraid to go near a weighing scales at the minute. I'm defo pushing towards the 15 st. limit. As for Sunday I believe the weathers going to be good, you booked up? hey also, a general question guys, I jumped first time 2nd Aug, same day as Andy, is there a limit to the amount of time before I must go again to continue? or at what point do I have to start all over again? Oh last question, Does SDI do AFF level 1? as a first option? Peak you might be able to answer that for me.

Corega

Story buddy, I'm not doing too bad. Apparently, if we haven't done a jump for 6 weeks we have to do a refresher course of 2 hours. I imagine it goes over the basics; emergency procedure, min altitude for opening reserve etc. But once we have that holy grail that is the A licence we can go 6 months between jumps without having to do any courses.

On a side note, I've recently returned to student life and a student way of eating...so that 15 stone mark will be fast approaching :P

PeakOutput

ye its six weeks while your a student

sdi will do aff with you if you really want to but i dont think any aff student has done the whole course in ireland due to the weather

edit; when i say in ireland i mean at skydive ireland i dont know about the ipc

iceage

I think its gonna be a once off thing guys, as I said on the day, to one of the lads, "sure I'll do the training, we'll see about the jump" I might have been happy with that. When it came the time and the weather turned for the better I thought if I don't do it I'll regret it, and only have to come back and do it again!! On the ride up a certain calmness settled on me, weird, at that point I knew what was going to happen and when six of you went out ahead of me, sure that was it.....it had to happen:D Its like what Dave said to me before we went up, we were there Doin it! No regrets now, its done.

I can only commend you lot for continuing, best of luck with the A. and stay safe guys, I've no doubt your in good hands with Darren and the rest of them at SDI. If I find myself at a loose end I might call up to the DZ to say hello to all of ya.

Still find myself looking up at clouds....and everytime I hear a small Aircraft...:D

Blue Skies.

Mike.

robinph

Did a tandem a few weeks back on my travels round New Zealand. Was fantastic, if a little cold and windy up there. Had another guy jumping with us as well with a couple of cameras on his helmet and now I'm back I finally got to see the DVD they did for us properly, all pretty good and was well worth the money as I doubt I'll be doing it again.

Not certain if the day of jumping off bridges that I did a couple of days after with bungy attached to my ankels was better or not, but I certainly did a lot of jumping off things in NZ.

robinph

The video of my jump* from a plane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FulQqOy7Ks

*More of a push really

iceage

will have a look later, robinph, at work.:) push,trip, fall, its all the same mate. out the door!!

Corega

Excellent video dude, there's no chance the bungee jumping could top that. Your comment about it being a push rather than a jump reminds me of one of the lads on our course. After our jump we were shown video footage of us exiting the plane and this guy kinda hesitated but our instructor Dave gave him a gentle "you're on your way" push. Much to his surprise and you could see his hands and arms flailing all over the place. It was the funneh.

I think I inadvertently smacked the same guy in the face while trying to get in position by the door, so there was me appologising profusely to this chap moments before jumping out. If you're reading this I'm still really sorry.

robinph

That is the video edited as they had ready for me to take away within a few minutes of me hitting the ground, very slick operation they were running there. They have you all fully under control and the moment before I fall out of the plane I'm already not touching it at all and it just the tandem guy sat in the doorway, they make sure you keep your hands out of the way and then hold you head back looking at the sky so that you are not even aware of the moment he starts to lean out as they don't want anyone trying to grab hold of stuff.

Then it's just a lot of cold air rushing towards you and you watching the cameraman floating around infront of you.

The skydive was totally fantastic but I got more of a sense of falling from the three different bungys that I did in one day. And of actually making the descision to jump myself which was a big thing which you miss out on the tandem skydives, but you guys clearly get when jumping solo from the plane.

PeakOutput

robinph wrote: »

The skydive was totally fantastic but I got more of a sense of falling from the three different bungys that I did in one day.

yep and thats were helicopter jumps / ballon jumps and base jumping come into play

the relative wind of the plane stops you getting that mad rush of acceleration that most people describe as a 'tummier' but on a ballon / helicopter/ building you are not moving so you get that rush

now that iv been around skydiving for a while i would argue that skydiving is more about the sport than the rush or 'carnival ride' aspect of it but i understand that its that exact rush that people try it in the first place

edit; cool video by the way, its so worth it paying the extra to get video

robinph

It was totally the rush that I was after and doing anything even slightly "crazy" that I came across on my travels. I was totally buzzing for the day after the skydive, but I've a feeling that I may have been slightly disapointed in the lack of feeling of falling if I had done the bungy first before the skydive. But the two things are different and seeing the ground rushing towards you until your only a couple of meters above it, or even touching it if they get the river one right, and falling for a minute from a couple of miles up are totally diferent sensations.

Would do them all again though if the chance comes up.

iceage

Col Vid robinph, could tell by the grin on your face it was fun.:D

iceage

Whats with this f&ckin weather?

wimmy

Here it is...
First jump!

iceage

WHAAA!! good man Wimmy, was that Darren giving you the final instructions? crazy feeling going out that door hey, welldone.