{"id":20419,"date":"2018-09-14T20:24:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T20:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skydiveperris.flywheelsites.com\/?p=20419"},"modified":"2023-10-29T18:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:56:30","slug":"is-indoor-skydiving-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skydiveperris.com\/blog\/is-indoor-skydiving-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Indoor Skydiving Fun?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you stand at the glass of an \u201cindoor skydiving\u201d vertical wind tunnel and take one look at the ecstatic faces zipping by, there will be no question in your mind that indoor skydiving is more than a little bit of fun. If you haven\u2019t visited us yet to see the fun-omenon in person (Don\u2019t be a stranger! Spectators welcome!), you may be knitting your eyebrows as you attempt to place it on the fun-o-meter. Here are our top three reasons why we think indoor skydiving is so fun!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Level 1: Get Out Of The Nest!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Make no mistake: \u201cfun level one\u201d is the most fun you\u2019ve had in a long time. You\u2019re going to be amazed that it–somehow, some way–gets even better.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun level 1 starts when you walk into the tunnel building for the very first time. While you\u2019re getting registered and oriented, you\u2019ll see the other fliers having the time of their lives. The variety of ages and skill levels will probably knock you back a little bit. Grandparents will sit on the benches next to their preschool-aged grandkids, each dressed in her very own suit and helmet. There will be stone-cold pros burnishing seriously complicated moves. There will be teams putting their skydiving routines through rigorous paces. How are all of these folks in the same place, at the same time?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tunnel magic, baby.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve learned the \u201crules of the road\u201d in the classroom briefing, it\u2019ll be your turn to join the party. Once you step in there, the airflow will press \u201cpause\u201d on the physical rules that usually dictate how you have to move your body. You\u2019ll feel as light as a feather as your instructor helps you to show off the skills you learned in the briefing, and you\u2019ll probably start to bubble over a little bit with those superhero feels. When you step out of the tunnel, you\u2019ll want one thing and one thing only: To get the heck back in there.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Level 2: Spread Those Wings!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After those first flights, you won\u2019t be a baby bird anymore. You\u2019ll know what to expect. Time to refine your skills.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll start by flying in a belly-to-earth configuration, learning how to go up and down and right and left using the surface area of your arms and legs. You\u2019ll quickly learn how even the slightest inputs have a major effect on your moves. From there, you\u2019ll learn to fly on your back; then, in a sitting position; then, upside-down…and everything in-between.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somewhere in Fun Level 2, you\u2019ll start to notice the most important thing you\u2019re going to learn at the wind tunnel: that the best flyers have the best attitudes. You\u2019ll work to cultivate your own. And it\u2019ll have ramifications far outside the tunnel walls.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Level 3: Soar, Baby! Soar!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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If you thought Fun Level 2 was a hoot, get ready for the dial to spin right off the board with pure yeehaw. In Fun Level 3, you\u2019re going to hit your stride. You\u2019ll start dialing in those flying skills and, with your newfound mastery of 3D proprioception, you\u2019ll be able to get truly creative with your human flight. Over time, you\u2019ll learn the lingo. You\u2019ll make lasting friendships with the other tunnel-loving folks you fly, learn and laugh with.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like a bird, one day you\u2019ll suddenly realize that you\u2019ve stopped <\/span>thinking<\/span><\/i> and instead just started <\/span>flying<\/span><\/i>. It\u2019s a moving meditation; a flow state; a free-flowing fountain of fun.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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