Do you tip tandem skydivers?

Officially, it's like this: Tipping is always appreciated, but it's never expected. To be specific: If you loved your skydive, a 20% cash tip for your hardworking tandem instructor and hawk-eyed videographer would send them doing gleeful cartwheels across the packing area and probably earn you a friend for life.

Are you supposed to tip your tandem skydiver?

Tandem skydiving sits firmly in the “service industry” category. Instructors at reputable dropzones (like ours!) are paid fairly for their professional services. So tipping in skydiving isn't like tipping at a restaurant. It's always appreciated, but it's never expected.

What is a good tip for skydiving?

If you have an absolutely, mind blowing, ahhhmazing experience with your tandem instructor and talented one-man video production expert, a cash tip of up to 20% for each is a great way to show your appreciation. Though we want it to be known, a skydiving tip can be more than a cash transaction.

Is tandem skydiving awkward?

You might imagine being strapped to another human being for your first tandem skydive will be a bit awkward. If you're exceptionally small, or particularly tall, you might worry that the whole thing will look downright comical. Thankfully, you're wrong!

Do tandem skydivers fall faster?

Because tandems are heavier than solo skydivers, they do go faster in the downwards direction. They go so fast, in fact, that there's a special system (called a “drogue”) to slow the pair down enough that they'll experience a safe, comfortable opening.

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Why do skydivers wear weights?

In short: when you skydive, your surface area slows you down, and your mass speeds you up. That's why small skydivers sometimes wear weights. Of course, Galileo still had the basic mechanics correct: when air resistance is neglected, mass doesn't matter.

How long does a 15000 ft skydive take?

The parachute is deployed at 5000ft so the 'freefall' or skydive lasts for the time it takes to fall from the jump height minus the parachute deployment height. So jumping from 15,000ft minus 5000ft when the parchute is deployed gives you a freefall distance of 10,000ft which on average takes about 60 seconds to cover.

Can I skydive with my husband?

Can couples actually skydive together? Actually, yes! Licensed solo skydivers skydive together as a couple all the time!

Who shouldn't skydive?

What happens to your brain when you skydive?

The good chemicals we create such as adrenaline, serotonin, and dopamine are driven to action by skydiving which can have both immediate and lasting effects. The various internal chemistry stimulated by freefall can help with things like sleep and digestion, but also aid depression and improve general mental health.

What should you not do while skydiving?

What happens at your first tandem skydive?

The day of your first skydive will probably feel a bit like a whirlwind. You'll experience new emotions and energy, which may make some things harder to remember. The skydive happens fast - a few minutes in the plane, freefall, parachute ride, and before you know it, you are back on the ground.

How do you prepare for a tandem skydive?

What do I need to know before my first skydive?

How do you land a tandem skydive?

What is the cause of most skydiving accidents?

The reality is that the vast majority of skydiving accidents are a result of simple human error. Many of the accidents occur because the jumper—oftentimes an experienced skydiver who is pushing the limits— makes an error in judgement while landing a perfectly functioning parachute.

How often do parachutes fail?

Even seemingly properly packed parachutes can fail, with one in every 1,000 parachutes not always operating at 100% efficiency. With these stats in mind, skydiving professionals know better to never trust just one chute with their life. That's why tandem skydivers typically descend with three parachutes.

How common are skydiving accidents?

At a rate of 0.006 skydives fatalities per 1,000, that's 1 fatality in every 167,000 jumps. This means it's more likely you'll die from a lightning strike, dog bite, wasp sting, bike accident, choking or a motor vehicle crash.

Is skydiving hard on your shoulders?

Anterior shoulder dislocations also occur in association with the sport of skydiving and are often attributed to the airstream force on the arm.

What do you write on your hands when skydiving?

Can you break your leg skydiving?

Skydiving isn't free of risk and you can die participating in the activity, but an individual is far more likely to twist or break an ankle or leg due to poor landing technique as opposed to death.

What's the scariest part of skydiving?

The door opens, your skin tingles from the brisk feel of the air at 13,000ft, and if it wasn't before, it's real now! This part of the skydive lasts roughly three seconds. The hardest part is stepping up. This is the final push.

Can you take your phone skydiving?

You can take as many pictures as you want on the ground before and after your jump. However, you may not bring a camera, phone, GoPro, Selfie Stick, etc. for your skydive. There is too much risk associated with you bringing your own; it's best left to the pros.

Is skydiving worth the money?

It's an investment in life-long memories.

Knowing you're capable of anything and the confidence that comes with it, in our mind, definitely makes skydiving worth the money; similarly, a single experience changing your entire outlook on life for the better is one incredible return on investment.