How to get into Freefly - Skydiving 101 Ep.3

[@thattablebloke]

Met Olav at a DZ the other week.. just started chatting with him, asked him where he's from, what he does for work etc. general conversation, he was just like.. "I just travel and skydive, make some money with coaching here and there.." There's me, 50 jump wonder with no clue, all like "Ah that's cool!" - later on someone being coached by him told me dude was the 'father of freefly' and to Google him lol. Crazy modest, just a friendly guy chatting to whoever, no airs and graces whatsoever.

[@jasonvesmam7044]

I have a racer made in 95 but can make it fff . Alot of people look down on racers but I have always liked them for comfort and simplicity. I've done alot of ff and freestyle jumps over the years and have had but a few problems. Always maintain and know your gear

[@minecraftminecraft3580]

your humor is so awesome

[@jackfrost3573]

Been getting my knees in the breeze since 1978!!! The best free flyers I have seen are the students. I enjoy teasing tandem students (sick, I know)...Like asking the jumpmaster if he had taken his seizure meds today? On the climb out. They play along...Never have I seen such wide eyes....I tell them about the joke. before the jump.

[@samabad95]

They look amazing just standing on air!!! This is so cool!

[@genentropy]

Friday freakout today was indeed a slammer during a vertical jump. Check your handles, check your pins/loops, jump reputable equipment.

[@Frickflyers]

What a fun coincidence! Check yourself before you wreck yourself!

[@mason0674]

What other question is it mandatory to fly head down

[@einradfahrerleipzig6183]

Beautiful, thank you very, very much for this inspiration… When im grown up, I want to fly with all of you 🤙🏼❣️🍀 Greeting’s Felix

[@marinaquartim5743]

“You don’t wanna end up in Friday Freakout” 😂😂😂

[@loganwc99]

My biggest thought considering doing something lol

[@erikborgersen]

Great vid !

[@linuse.9420]

And again an awesome video 🤟

[@Frickflyers]

cheers amigo!

[@alisbai4376]

1:54 Heisenburg flying

[@ericharper7383]

Very Cool Video !

[@juanrestrepo7127]

Great vid. Great info. Thank you

[@thewewguy8t88]

Honestly what you are saying makes complete sense( honestly if I met someone who said they wanted to learn to free fly before completing aff I would be concerned and question if that person should be skydiving lol)

[@michaelsage74]

Other than a free fly velcro deployment pillow could someone please tell me what's different about a free fly rig versus a regular rig?

[@mason0674]

Please correct me if I'm wrong so I being from North America white boy I have to have the same nationality as me to put a team together.. since I'm German and Irish do I need to find other German and Irish people to skydive with I know I'm being stupid I just kind of confused on that

[@Frickflyers]

Hey, I'm sorry I didn't really specify but its not to do with your nationality, it's to do with what nation your NAC is, you might be German but if your National Airsports Commission is USPA then you compete for that nation

[@mason0674]

@@Frickflyers ok I was like damn that racist as hell...thankx for clarifying that for me

[@moustikfaya]

You can be a proficient freeflyer even a skygod without doing any competition...

[@schuelersv]

why would anyone try to teach ff without tunnel These days. Except for trying to sell a LOOT of coached jumps :D

[@Frickflyers]

yeahhhhh i kinda left wind tunnel out :p

[@thewewguy8t88]

Good point on the wind tunnel I have heard it really helps people out. And even with people who have a dozens of hours of tunnel time still have a lot of work to learn to free fly.

[@WashingtonRamosCastro]

Sensacional.

[@richardmaddox4755]

So which drop zones can you start out without AFF? Likely little to none. And you can free fly with any license, it works just fine. Finally, Give credit to the wind tunnel, most athletes are doing that now, probably you too.

[@Frickflyers]

Hey! You can start free fall skydiving via a few distinct methods, namely SL, IAD, TD, AFF. Most drop zones will allow you to progress via the method of your choice, harness hold is just the best b today's standards. I mention that I'm not anyones dad, of course you can freefly with an A license, I just feel like it's not appropriate. Surprisingly there was a time before wind tunnels, believe it or not and people learned to freefly outside of the tube. I myself learned 99,9% on the sky as I have 10hr, most of them fooling around with friends on my belly and when I learned to sit on the tunnel I could already comfortably enter HD formations. They are 2 distinct sports that complement each other in some situations, depends on a lot of factors.

[@FGuilt]

There's allot more to ff than I thought...

[@ST0RMTROOP3R]

First!

[@Frickflyers]

First time someone ever does this on one of my vids! Cheers mate

[@ST0RMTROOP3R]

@@Frickflyers welcome to the big time 🤙🏻

[@Bruiser38]

Sky god

[@thubasaibu6106]

One king fazza my heart love forever Dubai UAE.

[@iankestle]

Also you don’t need any coaching to learn. Just go out and try

[@TheCrusherDJ]

Ofc thats an option. In my experience a proper coaching will save you money in the long run. When you start off doing wrong and dont realise it, it will be more difficult to train off those mistakes later.

[@iankestle]

You definitely don’t need an audible or b license in America lol

[@TheCrusherDJ]

He is not talking about the US in general. He talks about the rules at his DZ (02:36 min) Please pay attention before going all "Red Ian" ;-)

[@thewewguy8t88]

That may be the case but honestly I feel like that should be a requirement overall. It just feels like common sense to me.

[@craigcrissman4651]

6-2 Freeflying "Personal accessories for freeflying should include: audible altimeter (two are recommended) visual altimeter hard helmet clothing or jumpsuit that will remain in place during inverted and stand-up freefall and will not obscure or obstruct deployment or emergency handles or altimeters"