Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #523 (8-14 August 2022)

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Hohepa (Hoops) Wan – Completed AFF

Watene (Wah) Wae… – Completed AFF

Yifang Eva L – Completed AFF

Bree S –  B-Certificate
Liam O –  D-Certificate


Monday 8th August – We had Tandems to start off another week. Samuel C, Connor H, Emile J, Matthew L-W and Jason N all took to the skies.

Our newest students Christian L and Mario V did AFF Stages 2, 3 & 4 and Hohepa (Hoops) did Stage 7. Conan V and Steven Z both did two  B-Rel Coach jumps. Five loads were done and there were 25 jumpers here.

Connor loving his tandem – Photo Sara
Emile tandem – photo Agwa
Christian, Jackson, Conan, Weaver – ready to jump – photo Sara
Christian AFF Stage 2 exit
Christian AFF Stage 3 with Sara – photos by Skydive Ramblers
Christian AFF Stage 3 – photo Sara
Christian AFF Stage 4 – photo Sara
Mario AFF Stage 4
Hoops backflip AFF Stage 7
Conan B-Rel 1- photos by Weaver
Conan B-Rel 1 – photo Sara
Wteven B-Rel 2-3 – photo by Bibi

On Tuesday we did 3 loads. Students Mario V did AFF Stage 5, Kennedy N did Stages 7 & 8 and Eva L did Stage 8.  2 B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Yifang (Eva) L and Jason C.

Mario AFF Stage 5 – photo Robin
Eva AFF Stage 8 – looking good

On Wednesday  things picked up. We did 7 loads with lots of jumpers here. George N was back and did AFF Stages 6, 7, 8, and Hohepa (Hoops) and Watene (Wah) both did Stages 8 & 9. Yifang (Eva) L completed Stage 9 as well. Congratulations boys and girls!

More B-Rel jumps were also completed. Jason C did two and Adrian and Breeanna S also did one. Liam O and Maximilian A made up the 4-way numbers. Good fun!

George AFF Stage 6 – photos by Sara
George AFF Stage 7 exit
George smashing AFF Stage 8 – photos by Chris
Hoops AFF Stage 9 – photo Sara
Wah AFF Stage 8 – photo Robin
Wah AFF Stage 9 – photo Sara
Eva AFF Stage 9 exit – photo Chris
Jason B-Rel 4 – photo by Sara

Things slowed down a bit on Thursday. The weather turned a bit. We still did 3 loads and just about all 13 jumpers here were on them! Eva L, Dylan MacC and Nikki T all did some B-Rel Coach jumps. And Nikki T did AFF Stages 6 & 7 of her Course!

Eva B-Rel 2 – photo by Sara
Dylan B-Rel 1
Dylan B-Rel 2

Friday was cloudy. We managed 1 load with 13 skydivers here including Scott G. who did a Tandem.

Eva L and Dylan MacC  both did a B-Rel coach jump.

And on Saturday it rained us out.

Dylan tracking off on B-Rel 4 – photos by Weaver

On Sunday the weather was perfect! 65 jumpers were still here and we managed 15 loads. Our Tandems today were George B, and Scott, Taneecia and Tyler H.

New students Mario L did TAFF Stages 1 & 2 and James H did AFF Stage 1. Zachary S, Janarri P, Eva L and Jesse C-C all did B-Rel Coach jumps.

George, Scott, Taneecia, and Tyler all smiles
Taneecia tandem – photos by Sara
Zack first jump back after 14 years – photo Weaver
Janarri refreshser
Eva B-Rel 4 – photos by Fisch
Tarina loving throwing Pete around during ZigZag Marquis Block
Jurien Bay Legends Pete L & Tarina, with Doug Pryor over from NZ and Susie – turning 4-way points – photos by Susie

THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD FACES AROUND SO BRING ON AUGUST LEARNING CURVE CAMP!

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


Reviews & Visitor Book Comments

 Chris A: “First tandem with Oli. Top notch experience.  Will definitely be back.  Oli and Karen were awesome from start to finish 😊.”

 Scott G: “What a great experience doing tandem with Oli.  Looking forward to coming back.”

 B. Malcolm AKA DAFALLEN1“Hi Suzie, Macca, Charlie and the crew.  Shame about the weather.  Looking forward to a jump. Lol.”

  George B:  “Awesome.  Thanks to Ty and team.” 

 Scott H: “Thanks for the amazing experience for the 2nd time.  See ya’s next time.”

 Taneecia H: “Absolutely AMAZING.  So much fun to jump with Sara.”

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