Blog Entries for kip

The greatest feeling as an Instructor Examiner

airrage@mac.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100

One of the greatest things that can happen to an Instructor is to put a student through a training program (AFF, S/L, IAD) make every jump with him or her and then conduct there A license check dive, well as a Examiner it goes one step further, in the first part of Sept 09 I had the privilege to conduct an AFF Instructor Certification course for a friend of mine, John Harth (A.K.A. Rudder.) When Rudder showed up at Skydive Sebastian I had a flash back of doing his A license check dive a [...]

The summer of fun and travel

airrage@mac.com — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

What a great summer, with the flexibility of travel and not being locked down to one dz, I have met some really great people this summer. My trips have taken me as far north and west as Vancouver B.C. in which I met some really great people, the dzo and his wife were great the atmosphere of the dz and the jumpers was great. From there I spent a lot of my time on the east cost, working on dz'z as big Sky's the Limits and Skydive Pennridge and as small as Endless Mountain Skydive [...]

Trip to WI.

airrage@mac.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Well, back on the road, in WI working on some business deals, hoping for good luck, then off to PA for a Coach and AFF course, can't wait to back fly again. This trip home has been a good one. First time in a long time. YEA, bought a new hand gun, yea Sig 226, and it has a cool Black Water Logo on it, so what. That does don't impress me at all.

Trip to Abbortsford B.C. Rating courses

airrage@mac.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Almost done with 2 and 1/2 weeks of training in Abbortsford B.C., what a great place to see and jump at. The owners are great and the atmosphere is great.