Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #530 (26 Sept. – 2 Oct. 2022)

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

 Kris – Completed AFF
 Kai – Completed AFF
 Julius– Completed AFF

 Luke – Finished B-Rels
 Ben – 1st High Performance Canopy course
 John – Gold at State Championships


Monday 26th September was a great day of skydiving to kick off the week.
There were 21 fun jumpers here and 5 loads were done with 8 B-Rel Coach jumps – Keren, Kris and Hartley (x2).

AFF students Kai & Reece did Stages 4 & 5, Julia Stage 5, Nathan Stages 5, 6 & 7 and Kris did Stage 9 – completing her AFF Course. 👏 Congratulations!

Kai AFF Stage 4
Kai ready for exit AFF Stage 5
Nathan AFF Stage 4 – doing great – photos by Sara
Nathan flying by himself for the first time – AFF Stage 5 – photo Adrian
Nathan AFF Stage 6
Nathan AFF Stage 7 – photos by Robin

On Tuesday there were only 4 fun jumpers here and 1 load was done.


Wednesday was also quiet. However there were 11 fun jumpers here and 2 loads were done.
Our Tandems today were Paul & Dieter from Trail Towns TV Show.

We also had 3 new AFF students start their skydiving course. Ryan, Kodi and Julius all did Stage 1 TAFF.

Trail Towns TV tandems – Paul & Dieter with certificates and Tandem Masters Oli (left) and Sara (right) – Photo by Bibi
Ryan TAFF Stage 1 deployment – photo Shelby
Kodi TAFF Stage 1 – ready to drop
Julius TAFF Stage 1

On Thursday things picked up a bit. 4 loads were done. 18 fun jumpers were here and 2 B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Neil and Eric .

And our new AFF students Julius, Kodi & Ryan did Stages 2 & 3,  while Kai did Stages 5, 6, 7 & 8.

Julius ready for AFF Stage 2 – photos by Sara
Julius AFF Stage 2 – deployment – photo Rangry
Julius AFF Stage 3 – doing great – photo Sara
Kodi AFF Stage 3 – photo Rangry
Ryan ready for AFF Stage 2
Ryan AFF Stage 3 – photos by Sara
Eric – revaluation – photo Rangry

Friday was even busier. 7 loads were done with 37 fun jumpers here. Tandems today were Luke, Michael & Brayden.

Neil, Terry, John-Rima and Samuel did B-Rel Coach jumps. And our AFF students were active. Julius did Stages 5 & 6, Keren 7 & 8, and Kai Stage 9 – completing his AFF Course. 👏 Congratulations!

Julius AFF Stage 4 – photo Sara
Julius AFF Stage 5 – photo Rangry
Keren AFF Stage 7 – backflips
Keren AFF Stage 8 – tracking for days

On Saturday 1st October we had 44 fun jumpers here. The weather definitely was not perfect for beginners. Lots of people were attending the High Performance Canopy Course with Mossy and Gabriel. 🪂

We completed 11 loads, lots of them low Hop ‘n’ Pop loads. B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Michael, Luke and Mark.

Our Tandems today were Matt, MichelleDon and Katie.

AFF student Julius did Stages 7, 8 & 9 – completing his AFF Course. 👏 Congratulations!

Katie enjoying canopy ride
Julius AFF Stage 7 – backflips
Wicked track by Julius – AFF Stage – photos by Sara

On Sunday 2nd October it rained.

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


Reviews & Visitor Book Comments

 Trail Towns TV”Mind blowing experience!!!  The freefall felt forever… So much adrenalin still in the body.  I can’t think straight.”

 Michael: ”Perfect weather, Robin did a perfect job & jump good instruction, safety priority.  Felt comfortable & enjoyable experience 10/10.  WELL DONE RAMBLERS.”

 Brayden“First time in a plane, scared of heights, and first skydive.  Loved every minute.  Cheers guys!”

 Don: ”Epic 1st jump. Cheers Oli.  Legendary bloke.  Still shaking with adrenaline.  Initial rush was freaking amazing.  Loved it. DON 😊.”

  Katie“1st jump.  Sara was great.  Amazing crew.  Thank you 😊.”

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One of my all time favorite dropzones in all the world, which is saying something, because I have jumped at hundreds of dropzones. Wonderful people running the place, wonderful people jumping there. Safe operation in every way, and tons of fun!

“all time favorite” – by Brian Germain

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