Skydive Fremont

Tandem skydiving refers to a type of skydiving where a non-skydiver is connected via a harness to an experienced skydiving tandem instructor. With the Tandem Skydive, both the student and the instructor are attached to the same parachute system. Tandem Training generally takes less than 30 minutes, and depending on a number of variables, a student may spend only half a day for the training and the jump. Surveys indicate that most people jumping for the first time choose the tandem method. Bay Area Skydiving's experienced jumpers have made Bay Area Skydiving a way of life with thousands of freefall skydives. Those adventurous spirits daring enough to make their first skydive at Bay Area Skydiving are rewarded with the finest instructors available. During World War I, parachutes were introduced as rescue devices for observation balloon pilots, but airplane pilots were instructed to land with their aircraft. Accelerated Freefall Skydives usaly include instructors maintain a grip on the student's harness to provide in-air instruction as well as assisting with stability if necessary. The student then opens the parachute by around 4,000 feet and pilots it to the landing area. Despite the perception of danger, fatalities are rare in skydiving, each year a small number of people are hurt or killed parachuting world-wide. Though this web site is oriented towards first time skydivers, we welcome both new and experienced jumpers to our little drop zone.