First time skydiver. Same with my daughter Zoie. We are quite the adventuresome duo. She was turning 19 and we thought, what a unique and awesome way to jump into your final year as a teen by braving tandem skydiving. And so it was. I did my due diligence homework and researched a reputable skydiving company with patron comments of a confident safety record, expertise, and professionalism. Go Jump OCEANSIDE was the hands down choice.
Waiting in their staging area was a definite confidence booster. There you saw the relaxed faces of returning customers. But, more importantly, you witnessed the disciplined and meticulous preparation of the chutes by the instructors. Each jump instructor in the team, I am told, had to have over 1500 recorded jumps to be employed by the company. Today will be my 1of 1500 jumps with Jump OCEANSIDE.
Zoie and I opted for the additional video package (which I recomnend) for each of us. Tommy was my tandem jump instructor. From the initial introduction and much observation of his peers, these were indeed very reassuring, friendly, and customer-centric professionals. I felt like I was parachuting amongst a fearless Navy Seal Team.
The jump from the plane, free falling, and glide down was amazingly surreal !!! The adrenalin rush at first drop, then the peace of the glide upon the chute's deployment were sheer seconds of time that I wished were infinite.
Zoie and I had a blast, and it was a best birthday gift worthy of her checked Bucket List accomplishments.
Thanks to our Go Jump Oceanside experience, we are now on a quest to jump in their Go Jump Hawaii and Go Jump New York operations, and more.
Like I said earlier, this was my 1st of 1500+ to jump.
Life is too short not to "jump" into this experience. Just NIKE it !