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The simplest thing we can do to start our skydiving experience is to start looking for Drop Zones to attend. If you find a good Drop Zone for you, you can view promotional materials, most cases skydiving videos, in order to make a clear idea of what is all about, you can also meet the staff over at the Drop Zone.

Good ways to find some good drop zones are to look in the Yellow Pages in the Skydiving Section, you can get their telephone numbers and call the stuff. You will be provided with all the information you need in order to arrange your participation in the First Jump Course.

If you have a friend that loves skydiving and jumped before, a good thing to do is ask him what a good start would be for you too, what to pay more attention at, simply put, what to do. Also, for good drop zones in your area you can make a phone call at the United States Parachute Association, you can call them at (703)-836-3495 and you will be provided with a name of an drop zone near you.

Drop zones frequently offer First Jump Courses each weekend. You will have to contact them to find out their scheduling. The majority of First Jump Courses will last for 4-6 hours. In general, a skydiving promotional video can be bought for $15. You will be able to see exactly what it’s all about and what to expect.

Also, you can find some great free skydiving information on the internet, some great skydiving sites are already live waiting to educate you from 0.

Many people have some reservation for their first jump, all you can do is educate yourself about skydiving and make a good decision for yourself. Just visit a drop zone, watch some good promotional videos, meet their stuff and I could tell you your decision right now, but I will let you try this skydiving thing on your own.

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No sport would be complete without a competition for the best of that sport to show off their skills, and swooping is no exception. Just like any other sport, there are swooping competitions year-round in several different countries around the world. If you have been swooping for a while, and you want to see how well you compare, then you should look for a swooping competition in your area.

Swooping competitions are relatively new, and there are two different types. The first is just a swooping competition in which all of the sky divers are accomplished swoopers. The second type of competition takes place as part of a larger sky diving competition.

Even though swooping is a new sport in a lot of areas, and there are not always competitions in place wherever you go, the number of competitions worldwide is increasing. In fact, these competitions are doing a lot to add to the popularity of the sport – both among other sky divers and other people who are just looking for an extreme sport to watch.

Most swooping competitions are only for very expert swoopers. Since a lot of the different maneuvers that are required in the competition are difficult, none of these competitions are open to everybody. If you would like to compete in a swooping competition, then you’re going to have to qualify. You can qualify by showing through a few jumps that you have control over your canopy, and that you are able to accurately hit inside of a target area.

Swooping competitions also generally consist of several different rounds. This way, more than one skill is being tested through the competition. Also, in this way, the best overall swooper wins – and a single bad jump may average out in the end.

Before competing in swooping competitions, you may want to try competing in regular sky diving competitions for practice. Some of the skills that you will use in order to do well in these competitions should help you as a sky diver – and you will be able to get used to the stress of sky diving competitions before you find yourself getting ready to swoop competitively.

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Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.swooping.net. Visit his website for the latest on this new and extreme way to skydive.

Written By: Jakob Jelling