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Coach Course Trip

Posted 25th Oct 2022
Author Oisin Fitzgibbon (Coach)

USPA Coach Course

On August 26th, 3 of our club members travelled to Seville to gain coach ratings under the United States Parachute Association. Giving all the horror stories of airports, flights, missing baggage we were expecting a difficult travelling experience, surprisingly it went without a hitch, nobody left their passport on the plane this time. We jumped in our rental car and a short time later we were in Seville.

The following morning, we were out of bed long before sunrise, the feeling before visiting a new drop zone is indescribable. We arrived at Skydive Spain and were checked in in no time at all, the noise of rolling hanger doors usually means one thing, jumping is about to begin. We got our names on the manifest and into the sky we went. Over the next two days we got well acquainted with skydiving at Skydive Spain, the aircraft, the landing area and met with some amazing people. We met with Marcus the course director on the fourth day, with his teachings and experience he taught us to be competent coaches over 3 days, from classroom theory to physical training aids and finally two in air evaluations. It was a difficult undertaking, but the sense of accomplishment upon completion was overwhelming.

Completing the course signalled our final day at Skydive Spain, we got back in out car and made for the open road to the next stage of our trip, as it was late afternoon we didn’t need to rush so we took the scenic roads through the Spanish country side, two hours later on an unassuming road we crossed the border into Portugal, not long later thingsd to look just a bit familiar, we were on the road to E?vora home of Skydive Portugal, while the exhilaration of a new drop zone is indescribable, returning to one where you know of good people, good planes, good food and good vibes is euphoric. The sense of achievement on gaining our new rating did not truly hit until we filled in the check in documents, next to question “ratings” we were able to write “coach”. We were given a quick refresh on the drop zone, but we were already in a place where we belonged. Load number one of the day, we were in the sky and the rest is history.

New Tandem Dropzone

Posted 23rd Jan 2020
Author Skydive Committee

We were informed of the unfortunate news that Tandem Skydive Ireland at Abbeyshrule Aerodrome where Skydive UL has carried out tandem jumps for several years had ceased to function in December 2019. After a meeting with the Board of Directors of the Irish Parachute Club and the Committee of Skydive UL we are delighted to announce that SDUL will now carry out tandem jumps at the Irish Parachute Club.

Tandem Jumps Postponed

Posted 17th Sep 2019
Author Oisín Fitzgibbon

Hey Guys,

Winds this weekend are looking very bad for skydiving, have a look at the link below . For safety reasons tandem jumps have been postponed to the following weekend. Sorry for the disappointment.

https://www.windy.com/?52.666,-8.627,5


Blue Skies

Skydive 2019-2020

Posted 8th Sep 2019
Author Oisín Fitzgibbon

It is official Skydive UL is back for another high flying year.

We will be kicking off the year in Week 1 at the Clubs & Society’s Recruitment drive which will take place on Wednesday 11th of September in the Arena starting at 4pm, come over have a chat with us and sign up to the club.

The first of our weekly events, the club information night will take place in Week 2 on Monday the 16th of September in The Kemmy Business School Building in Room KBG 13 at 7pm. We will be covering topics such as jump types, foreign trips, nights out and much more, there will be Pizza on the night followed by a free drink in the Scholars (please enjoy alcohol responsibly). Any questions you may have will be answered.

Blue Skies

France Trip 2017 Sign-up

Posted 23rd Feb 2017
Author Skydive UL

Hey guys!

 
So this year's France trip is planned now for the 16th - 30th May (right after exams finish!).  It's basically a two week long skydiving party that will get you up to your licence standard faster than anywhere else!
 
This is the fastest, cheapest, and awesomest (is that a word?) way to get into skydiving so sign up with the link below and call down to our packing classes or a drop-in session to get your deposit in!
 
Sign-up: https://goo.gl/forms/2s69MSAN3YhtNkKh1
 
Blue Skies,
SDUL

Upcoming Indoor Skydiving Trip

Posted 15th Feb 2017
Author Skydive UL

Hey Guys!  We've organised an indoor skydiving event for all those interested in experiencing flight BEFORE leaping out of a perfectly good airplane!

We're bringing our new and our experienced memberes to an indoor skydiving centre in Poland and have organised for an instructor to teach you the fundamentals of bodyflight and progress our experienced members into new levels.

The sign-up list for our Indoor skydiving trip is open and taking names!  Follow the link below to sign up and for more information on prices:

http://bit.ly/2lOnqIG

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