You did very well. There was no such thing as AFF or even tandem jumping when I was jumping in the early 70s. I love watching vids of the AFF course. Congratulations.

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Yeah would’ve been so different then!

@MrPepper312

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Militery surplus gear with belly reserve with T-10 main. I had a high speed streemer on fourth static line jump and had the old capwell cutaway. Fortyone years ago and still at it.

God bless you for the footage bro , you did very well ! That was absolutely epic 🤙🏻

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Glad you liked it :))

Brilliant!!! That looks epic, done a few tandoms, definitely doing my solo now!!! 👏👏👏🤟🤟🤟

I'm just starting my AFF and your video was so cool and inspiring. I smiled the whole time. Thanks for making it.

@thebiggsy

6 ай бұрын

That is awesome mate. So glad you liked it as I did enjoy watching other people’s during my course. Good luck with your flying

Wow, well done, nice progression! Blue skies and square canopies!!

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you was so fun

Nicely done man! Cant wait for my AFF in 2022 to start. BTW the first track was an awesome match for this footage :)

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! That’s exciting, have a great time. I can’t wait to do it again soon..

So awesome dude! I’ve done my T-2 but didn’t have time to do T-3. Can’t wait to do solo. Cool vid bro. Blue skies!

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Moto Shark cheers mate! That will be so sick when you do that

You're pretty talented. Nice video and thanks for sharing.

@thebiggsy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate look forward to sharing more soon when I get better

@NS-pp5hf

5 жыл бұрын

@@thebiggsy looking forward to it :)

You did really well. Hope you kept going. It’s a beautiful sport.

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Unfortunately stopped after 16 jumps but I will do it again one day and continue

Que buen testimonio ... uno de mis objetivos a cumplir este 2024 ... al final la vida es una aventura y debemos disfrutarla con lo que nos gusta !

nice to see how the AFF jumps work! did 2 tandems and now i want to this aswell, going solo first time there must've been insane

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Arno H. That is awesome!! Glad you love it too... yes it was so scary... the course keeps you on your toes trying to remember all the new drills each jump but it feel so good every time you land... the scariest of all for me was when you have been jumping out with an instructor 8 times then all of a sudden It was my first solo alone and I was the last person to exit the plane... everything was in my own hands and I couldn’t believe it... so so fun though

@ddon1797

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebiggsy you should look into static line courses, (what I done) your first jump (I didnt do a tandem) it was at 3,500ft on my own ... no freefall ... but you never have an instructor holding onto you ... most you have when you go into tracking an instructor follows you to make sure you actually do it haha

Great job man!

Love that trance tune!!! Ill start skydiving school soon as well :D

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

The first time I jumped tandem I heard some trance music in my mind so thought it was fitting :))) enjoy your course!!

Thanks for this video! I'm doing my aff in about 2 weeks at the same drop zone :) I'm really nervous but super excited

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Tyla L yess that is awesome! You will love it. I haven’t jumped for a while now and I can’t wait to do the course again one day to get back into it

@tylaleisemann3104

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebiggsy Maybe I'll see you up there at some stage haha just wondering, did you do any tunnel time prior to your aff?

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylaleisemann3104 how did you go on your course? Sorry I didn’t see this at the time. I have not done any tunnel flying before but I rekon it would’ve helped a bit!

@tylaleisemann3104

3 жыл бұрын

@@thebiggsy Course went awesome, thank you! I'm out there every week and have around 140 jumps now. Living the dream 😊

@Loz417

2 жыл бұрын

@@tylaleisemann3104 do you do the course all in one day ?

Very nice Job 👏👏👏

Excellent video. I don’t even know what made me search this, apart from watching Freddy chase

@thebiggsy

Жыл бұрын

Haha cheers glad you liked it

Bravooo !!! Awesome video.

@thebiggsy

Жыл бұрын

Cheers legend

Those 2 backflips got me, nice job my man

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

Good job. I'am training in tunnel for now and just started learning back flying.... next year (2020) probably i will take my AFF course too... it seems i will need 2-3 or 4 max jumps to pass it :) The tunnel helped alot...

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

xhector that’s really cool mate! Yeah the tunnel would be a great way to save time learning in real jumps... I guess 50% or more of the AFF jumps is just figuring out getting stable... so if that was one less thing to worry about that would be great

@ddon1797

4 жыл бұрын

No, no you wouldn't it's the same skills for stability and turns and what not. It's a tool. Saying itll take you 3 or 4 jumps to get it shows you've done zero research, their is a minimum of what 8 jumps, then 10 consolidation jumps. Also you have the whole existing the plane thing ... hugely important, you have the added weight of a container (parachute) again hugely important, you have altitude to think about then you have canopy flight. Dont under estimate this sport please. All for fresh blood. I've known skydivers with 8-900 jumps that are shit in the tunnels.

@ddon1797

4 жыл бұрын

Exiting*

@xhector

3 жыл бұрын

@@ddon1797 Bro, i already passed my AFF with 4 jumps... and they was 4 because on my first jump i got ground rush when landing and flared bit too soon and too quick and fell from like 1 meter.. all other 3 landings was instructor assisted via radio but manage to land standing. :) i got 2 videos from my 2 jumps in my profile if you want check them...

DOPE cannot wait to do a course. Out of curiosity: wasnt your head in the last jump quite close to the back wing?

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you will love it! It seems like it a bit! I think it would’ve been hard to actually jump up enough to hit that. Felt like I get sucked down really fast

Damn perfect!! And with such a smile haha :D Hv a Q pls.. Am after one tandem, plan maybe one more and then the AFF. My biggest concern is actually not the jumping / flying, but driving of the parachute incl. landing.. Could you pls follow-up on your experience as a beginner while, taking the AFF? Thx a lot, best! Tereza

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

rarasekterezka that’s awesome! So exciting! Ah yes I was nervous for that too. But they will give you lots of training and depending where you go, I think most drop zones now your first AFF jump will be a tandem, but you will be in complete control of your canopy. That is what I had. So you fly the canopy but the instructor is right in your ear. Then after that you will have visual ground guidance with a big arrow as well as a radio in your ear where your instructor will guide you to the ground :)

@ohthatbt

4 жыл бұрын

Haha sounds cool then, am calmer 😸 Thx much much

Am I the only one happy and laughing as he does bt himself at 4:27 minute? happy for him

I need this in my life

HI, I just did my AFF level 1 last week. You did awesome... I wish my journey would be as sweet as yours! Did you fail any level and had to retake it, if so which one?

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great news. Thank you too I luckily did not have to re-take any levels but I do think my jump 4 or 5 might have been close when I lost control spinning They just gave me the chance to fix it in the next jump

You have some balls my dude

Nothing like the feeling of acomplishment knowing you now know how to fly.

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

So good right

Awesome, going to do my AFF course very soon....how was those first few landings?

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Hope you get some videos together too!

About to start my AFF course but I don’t need one of those to say you were incredible! Probably one of their best students so far! Congratulations bro! I hope you kept doing it, you must be a really good flyer by now!

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome man! Have fun :) Thanks for the kind words, unfortunately after doing 16 jumps I wasn’t visiting the drop zone often enough and the manager had a chat to me explaining that if I didn’t drop a lot of other activities in my life and dedicate my weekends and money to skydiving I was not welcome at the DZ. I understand what they meant and made the decision to return at a later date to continue jumping more consistently.. which will be soon!! I really want to BASE jump one day

@lobbyrobby

7 ай бұрын

​@@thebiggsyso the manager said you're not jumping enough so he doesn't want you back? What the hell is that all about?

@thebiggsy

7 ай бұрын

@@lobbyrobby money and safety and money. No hate to them but you could tell it was money when it was a chat about saftey and then when I politely/understandably said “sure I’ll have to give it away for a while then until I can come back more often” they tried everything to get me to change my mind.

awesome vid. i start me jump class may 15 2021 very excited .i will be getting my license...peace out

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Yew that’s so exciting mate! Have fun you will love it. If you get videos of your jumps you should share them on here too! Post the link here if you do

Amazing video, where you nervous for your solo jumps im thinking of trying to go solo.instead of doing tandems all the time , how much did it cost you?

@thebiggsy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you man! I was more nervous to get the drills correct than actually jumping solo. The course is structured well with good guidance. I was feeling distracted from the jump itself by focussing on the drills and watching the altimeter

Awesome job buddy...I'd jump with you anytime !

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Is body control harder than it looks? I’ve wanted to do this class for so long but watching other people on youtube lose control sketches me out. You looked great btw!

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Trent Elliott thanks mate. I think that the body control was a bit hard to figure out. When I was falling thinking about using my arms to stable myself or to turn, I would do the opposite with my legs unknowingly.. it’s just hard because you can’t see yourself, until they show you the video after each jump... with the video walk throughs it’s really easy to see where you’re going wrong. The hard part is remembering those things quickly on the jump.. you can kind of see in mine I was a mess until after 6 we had a big chat about my hips and legs on exit... and 7 was a big improvement... have fun when you do it!!

@trentelliott2806

4 жыл бұрын

BIGGSY Thank you for the feedback! Makes sense.

Awesome man! How many jumps are you at? I’m at 48, I’ve jumped 10 different states.

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

That’s epic mate! I got to 16 jumps at the one drop zone and unfortunately faced a decision given to me by the chief man to either drop everything and commit to skydiving pretty much every weekend or I wasn’t welcome at the drop zone. I understand they wanted everyone immersed in it but I had other things I wanted to do. I’ll be back

@TheFireGoose

Жыл бұрын

@@thebiggsy damm that’s messed up of him to do that. Where I go they’re really chill about when you come, no rush and nothings forced. I hope you find another DZ and get back into it :)

Maybe one day i'll decide to take this course, have a tandem jump and its very nice sh.t)

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Virgiliu Oprea yeesss please do it! So fun

Are you able to skydive solo anywhere now or do you have to complete 25 jumps to get your A licence to then be able to sky dive solo anywhere and everywhere?

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t speak for other countries but in Australia if you do the AFF course it’s 9 jumps and you can have your A license and jump solo :)

did you have any wind tunnel training before this? Did you have to retake any levels?

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hey no I have never been to a wind tunnel and I didnt do any repeats of the 9 stages.. however after jump 8 I did my first solo jump from 15,000ft to practice leaving the plane on my own, then I did my stage 9 jump... :)

Congrats

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Patty Mills Thankyou

Wow epicccccc

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers was sooo fun

I really wanna do the AFF course, what is the minimum age to complete it

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Jonas Hart I’m not sure but I thought it was 16

@jonashart9760

3 жыл бұрын

That's annoying, I'm 13 and I'm so exited to do it later in life, as soon as I get a job, I will start a bank account called "my dream", it is my dream job to become an instructor for AFF. I can just imagine waking up and my friend being so sad that he has to do his office job, when I'm jumping out of planes for a living. Thank you so much for posting this as I've watched it 30 times now, this video inspires me to save so I can try it.

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Jonas Hart that’s epic mate! You will get there for sure! Look forward to seeing your video in s few years time

How many days does it take to complete the course? Tnx ☁️🌥️😇

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hey! I did it 4 full days. Day one was classroom and jump 1 (tandem). Day two was jumps 2,3,4. Day 3 was jumps 5,6,7,8. And day 4 I did one Solo jump before doing my 9th stage and completing. Thanks

@KristianKG

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebiggsy thanks!blue sky😇😁

Amazing

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man

@Activeboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebiggsy best school to learn skydiving?

Does it feel like a roller coaster jumping ?

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Not at all mate. Cant really tell you’re falling. Just loud wind noise. It’s a peaceful feeling in my opinion

Where did you do your AFF?

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

sqreon at skydive ramblers toogoolawah

I want to do solo jumps so much but I guess that I'll never overcome the fear of stepping out of the airplane

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

SaRCasm princess yes you should!! You won’t regret

Bro how much it cost for the full course ?

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

I think about 5k

Got my first AFF jump tomorrow. I’m dumb scared

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome news! Haha it is scary for a while. Scared is good, means you have proper respect for yourself and what you are doing :) you will love it

Is this all in one day?

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Banuelos over a couple of days mate

You can start filming after 200 jumps. Isn't it?

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

Семён Расторопов 100 jumps in Australia to you can film I believe

where was this?

@thebiggsy

Жыл бұрын

Ramblers at toogoolawah

Just have a pocket full of money to do this. No one ever seems to talk about the cost for some reason.

@thebiggsy

2 жыл бұрын

I think it is to be expected that skydiving costs a lot

Am I the only one who noticed man almost knock himself out on the tail of that plane in his last jump?

Wait what Aff 9 and your alone that must have been scary

@thebiggsy

3 жыл бұрын

I actually did my first jump alone from full height after AFF 8! That was scary

CAT socks!

@thebiggsy

5 жыл бұрын

Reppin’

Don't know where you're from, but I'm pretty sure it takes 50 jumps (and a B license) so you can start filming...

@thebiggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it does if you’re the one filming, coaches can film you though

could deep