{"id":20355,"date":"2018-07-22T14:10:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T14:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skydiveperris.flywheelsites.com\/?p=20355"},"modified":"2025-07-15T09:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:48:13","slug":"top-skydiving-faqs-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/blog\/top-skydiving-faqs-answered\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Skydiving FAQs Answered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-1120x746.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pom-skydive-perris-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every new skydiver has questions! And, here at Perris, we love to answer \u2018em. Here are our best, most complete responses to the five biggest questions that tend to come up from hungry new jumpers tying on a napkin for their first nibble of freefall. Bon appetite!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question #1: Is Skydiving Scary?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh heck yeah, <a href=\"\/blog\/is-skydiving-scary-skydiving-los-angeles\/\">skydiving is scary<\/a>. Skydiving is one of the scariest things you\u2019ll ever do. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is terrified the first time they hang their feet out the side of a flying airplane. But y\u2019know what? Skydiving is the best kind of scary.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s the truth: Skydiving\u2019s scariness is exactly why you should do it. Jumping out into the sky, high above your normal everyday life, puts every first-time tandem skydiver way outside the ol\u2019 comfort zone. Really, that\u2019s the point of jumping out of a plane. Tandem skydiving offers you the safest possible space to enjoy having done something extraordinarily brave and extraordinarily powerful &#8212; and that\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> true because it\u2019s scary.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot.jpg\" data-lightbox><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot.jpg\" alt=\"tandem skydiving exit from plane\" class=\"wp-image-20367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-exit-shot-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question #2. Is Skydiving Safe?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coolest thing about that fear we were talking about is that it\u2019s vastly disproportionate to the actual danger of skydiving. In fact, the statistics state that making a skydive is significantly safer than driving from home to the dropzone. (Unconvinced? Here\u2019s a look at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspa.org\/discover\/faqs\/safety\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the skydiving safety statistics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we\u2019re working from.)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Safety Council has an even more fun stack of numbers. The NSC figures point out that you\u2019re much more likely to die getting&nbsp;struck by lightning or stung by a bee than you are to die skydiving. Summary: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lightning? Bees?! So much nope. Skydiving? HECK YES PLEASE.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris.jpg\" data-lightbox><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris.jpg\" alt=\"tandem skydiving student and instructor land from skydive\" class=\"wp-image-20370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris.jpg 600w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiving-landing-perris-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by: Dennis Sattler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question #3: Is It Easy To Skydive?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It sure is! When you arrive at Skydive Perris to make your tandem skydive with us, we&#8217;ll take great care of you. We\u2019ve put together this website, first of all, as a repository for clear, useful information about skydiving. Then, when you ring us up to make your reservation, we&#8217;ll thoroughly explain the details regarding the simple things you can do to optimize your <a href=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/skydiving\/tandem\/\">first time skydiving experience<\/a> (what to eat for your skydive; what to wear; etc). On the day of your skydive, we&#8217;ll thoroughly brief you about the equipment and the procedures during a fun, highly digestible &#8220;ground school&#8221; that will leave you feeling ready and stoked for your jump. We\u2019ll be here for you every step of the way, from the first time a tandem skydive occurs to you to the moment you land on our world-famous dropzone!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor.jpg\" data-lightbox><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor.jpg\" alt=\"tandem skydiver talks with instructor before the jump\" class=\"wp-image-20372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor.jpg 600w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tandem-skydiver-with-instructor-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by: Dennis Sattler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question #4: Is Skydiving Worth The Expense?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like crazy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There\u2019s a reason that tandem skydiving is the most popular adventure activity in the world. Tandem skydiving is everything it\u2019s cracked up to be and much, much more. Pretty much everyone who skydives for the first time reports that skydiving changed them in profound, unexpected, positive ways. In fact, lots of people literally drop everything after that first jump and make skydiving the center of their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you consider that a tandem skydive costs about as much as a big night out, you might ask yourself when the last Saturday night you spent on the town changed your entire perspective on life for the better. Right? Right.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing.jpg\" data-lightbox><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing.jpg\" alt=\"3 girls smile and embrace after landing from first tandem skydive\" class=\"wp-image-20371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing.jpg 600w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/first-time-tandem-skydivers-post-landing-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by: Dennis Sattler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question #5: Y\u2019all Ready For This?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were BORN ready. For skydiving near Los Angeles, there&#8217;s no better choice than the legendary Skydive Perris. <a href=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/outdoor\/\">Book your tandem skydive<\/a> online today or contact our team. We&#8217;ll be happy to answer any further tandem skydiving questions you might have!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/outdoor\/\">Book Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every new skydiver has questions! And, here at Perris, we love to answer \u2018em. 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