Tandem San Francisco
AFF training and the first jump can often be accomplished the same day. Many schools offer in-air video of the freefall and landing. One type of parachuting is skydiving, which is recreational parachuting, also called sport parachuting. There are several different disciplines to embrace within parachuting. Each of these is enjoyed by both the recreational and the competitive skydivers. Bay Area Skydiving is the Bay Area's premier Skydiving provider An important thing to be mentioned is that the parachute canopy is a rectangular, inflatable wing, open in the front to scoop, or ram, air. The parachute is forced to stay filled by the fact that it is sewn closed in the back. Several airfoil-shaped sections, sewn together side by side make up a ram-air canopy. The sections build a wing similar to an air mattress. There are three types of first-time jump courses from which a novice can choose from: tandem, static-line and harness-hold. People use to call harness-hold jumps accelerated free fall (AFF) jumps in the United States. Though this web site is oriented towards first time skydivers, we welcome both new and experienced jumpers to our little drop zone.
