There are different kinds of adventure sports, such as bungee jumping off a very high bridge. Many sports enthusiasts want to try something more daring than running on the pavement and play on the fields. Skydiving is an alternative form of extreme sports and it is an exciting opportunity that people should enjoy. As long as they have the physical capability and no debilitating heart conditions, people should try skydiving. In fact, it is possible for the whole family to get involved in this activity. Many families may skydiving as a favourite outing activity, Skydiving packages for the whole family are often more affordable.
In skydiving, there shouldn’t be actual age limit, although the usual low age is about 18 years old. Parents could get children involved by allowing them to skydive in tandem. For beginners, skydivers could be tethered to an instructor. There would be training before the jump is made and we need to have all available equipments. Instructors should also be able to give proper instructions during the dive. We should choose skydiving operators that adopt proper safety precautions. As an example, there are always backups for essential devices. So, if one fails, we could use the backup.
When performed in groups, sky diving is an affordable activity. Many groups use skydiving as a weekend activity where friends and the whole family could gather. Even if can’t ask anyone to join the skydiving activity, we could ask to join other groups. There are alternative activities that people may perform during skydiving. We could even get married in the sky and have important birthday celebrations. In order to save money, we should sign up with group packages that allow us to save enough money. When performed in groups, skydiving should be a lot of fun. We could try different activities, such as forming simple formations on the sky or performing various manoeuvres.
However, forming formations and performing manoeuvres will add some elements of risks, so instructors should be able to instruct us on how to form and break formation safely. Many skydivers want to take this sports one step further by performing freestyle skydiving. It means that we are able to perform various acrobatic manoeuvres and our performance will be judged by the complexity and difficulty of the manoeuvres. Freestyle skydiving can be quite similar with freestyle skiing. When we have performed freestyle skydiving, the activity could already be seen as a true form of sports, because we will need to move our body more often.
However, although many beginners want to freestyle as soon as possible, it is important for them to start slow. Until we are ready, we shouldn’t proceed to the next level of skydiving. Overtime, we will be able to better control our body. We could dive for faster speed or do some simple summersaults. Skydiving is a relatively safe activity and the fatality percentage is less than one percent. In one year, there could be two millions jumps around the world with less than 50 fatalities.
