Hey Hey here come the flockers. A huge week for Ramblers as we had ‘The Big Mother Flocker’ canopy event by Nexus Flight. 25 fun jumpers showed up and boy they put on a show! Thursday and Friday they took to the skies in both aircraft giving us on the ground great visuals. Huge shout out to Zack from Nexus for organising the event. Keep you eyes out for the photos and videos.
On Saturday we had Load Organising with Dawn & Chris running the Belly Bash event. Thanks to outside camera flyer Steve Fitch, check out his brilliant images in the photo gallery.
Sundays Star Crest day with Travis McCartin was a massive success with 9 crestees and 10 people helping. We did 5 loads throughout the day, and out of 23 attempts, 13 were successful! Thank you to Gougal M., Fred Olive, Scott F., Carmen B., Sean L., Matthew McK., Jeffrey J., David K., Steven R and Reginald B. for assisting with the loads and experience. Well done to Conrad T., Clemence L. and Andres H. for completing their Star Crest. As always, we had a terrific outside camera work by Steve Fitch. The next Star Crest day is the 1st of December, so please come along!
Big shout out to Samuel, Carlos, Dane and Patrick who all started their AFF courses this week. Well done to all! B-Rel jumps were done by Margot (x2), Jake, David (x2), David (x2), Aaron(x2), Nigel, Clint (x2), and Lina.
Our Tandems for the week were: Matthieu, Theo, Lydia, Mike, Eloy, Koby, Steven, Anest, Stewart, Melissa, Angelo and Chris. Big congrats to all who took the leap.
Aaron B-Rel 1 – photo by Toddy – Sun 27th Oct
Aaron B-Rel 2 exit – photo by Toddy – Sun 27th Oct
Aaron B-Rel 3 – photo by Toddy – Sun 27th Oct
Anest Tandem – photo by Hoff – friday 25th of oct
Angelo Tandem – photo by Ty – friday 25th of oct
Carlos AFF 1 Tandem – photo by Andy – 26th Oct
Charleen B-Rel 4 – photo by Hoff – Sun 27th oct
Clint B-Rel 2 – photo By Hoff – Sun 27th oct
Clint Refresher – Photo by Hoff – Sat 26th Oct
Dan and Jasper Cannonballs 2 – photo by Charmaine – 25 Oct
Dane AFF 1 Tandem – photo by Andy – 26th Oct
Keren working on her skills – by Martin K – Sat 26 Oct
Keren working on her skills (2) – by Martin K – Sat 26 Oct
Lydia Tandem – by Robin – Sun 27 Oct
Mulder and Adam canopy Flocking – Photo by Harmey – 26th Oct
Nigel Refresher – photo by Hoff – sat 26th oct
Patrick AFF 1 Tandem – photo by Robin – Thurs 24 Oct
Patrick AFF 2 with Toddy – photo by Weaver – Sat 26th Oct
Patrick AFF 2 with Weaver – photo by Toddy – Sat 26th Oct
Patrick AFF 3 – photo by Toddy – Sun 27th Oct
Patrick AFF 3 with Weaver – photo by Toddy – Sun 27th Oct
Belly Bash (Saturday, 26th October 2024)
What an awesome turnout we had for BellyBash on Saturday! We had 32 people all arrive at 8am ready to jump – which must be a BellyBash record!! It certainly kept us on our toes, managing 3x consecutive loads of jumpers during a busy Saturday at Ramblers! Thank you all for your patience!
We were rewarded with some pretty epic static and dynamic 6 to 10-ways! These were challenging jumps but you guys nailed it! Was awesome to see the progression!
Next BellyBash is on the 30th Nov. Hopefully see you all there!
Attendees: Chris Dodds, Dawn Adams, Michael Young, Steve Fitchett, David Brown, Martin Klapper, Paul Osborne, Steve B, Dan C., Scott F., Sean L., Trav McC., Farrell McK., Doug M., Guy G., Fred O., Clemence L., Sid L., Lison M., Ken P., Conrad T., Andres H., Sherry B., Reginald Blain, Kerwin D., Jeff J., Beau K., Emily McG., Denzil S., Matt McK., Rab McC., and Holly A.
And if you have finished your training and you are looking for someone to jump with, let manifest know and they will put you in contact with our Load Energiser, who will match you up with a jump buddy. No charge. All you pay for is your own jump slot.
⭐️ Steve Freeman: “For your first tandem skydive, I recommend Ramblers skydive drop zone, very professional in all aspects of your first Tandem, experienced jump masters, aircraft are of high standard, either Homer the yellow Cessna caravan or Marge the white Cessna caravan. I completed 7 Tandem jumps, one per year.Could I suggest feedback for fellow tandem first time jumpers – to book two jumps for yourself on that day, cause after your first jump any anxiety will disappear. You will more than enjoy your 2nd jump.Just do it, and see you around the drop zone sometime.”
That was the most exciting adrenalin rush I have ever had. It was made so easy by the staff and those who jumped at the same time as I did. Not only did I feel included, but the genuine friendly nature of the people in that plane dissolved any nerves I had. What was so invigorating to see, was the eagerness of all to get out of the plane with no hesitation. Now: to the guy who took me as a Tandem, Tye, I know this man personally and wanted to jump with him. That never distracted from the professionalism shown and practiced by this Tandem Master. You made it easy and fun and beyond that safe. You are one top notch flier and I will jump again with you should I ever decide to do it again. Thank you so much everyone.
Barry Smith.
“…the people in that plane dissolved any nerves I had” – by Barry Smith
