New Year's - Collegiates & Z-hills

First off, congratulations are in order to all of the members who competed in this year's Collegiate Nationals! In particular, Doug "Donkey" Extreme, Freshman, Jamie, and Groundhog of team "Mad at Gravity" placed 2nd place of the unfunded teams! Also hoooray for Jamie for WINNING the sport accuracy competition in the masters division and bringing a gold medal back to blacksburg! (beer!) This marks the first time in a very long time that a VT club member has brought back a medal! Congrats!

Also, congrats to Belligijen for finishing AFF (beer!) and starting the coaching program and congrats to Donkey Extreme for breaking the milestone 100 jump mark in competition (cue the theme to jaws....get ready for some pie'in!). Congrats to Gaddy to proving himself "worthy" of the hypothetical "Freshmen F***ed Up Off" competition and becoming the first VT club member to ever officially barf in the packing tent at z-hills. (he was challenging the claim that only Freshman, Belligijen, and And Then There's Ben were worthy of the competition).

Indeed, great times were had by all as we traveled from Lake Wales to Zephryhills to partay and yes, believe it or not, skydive. Sweetpea made his first 9-way (beer!), and the VT men showed Zhills a thing or two about how we do things at ASS via an all-male thong-way. yikes! yup, 9-nearly naked men falling through the air....urghhh, i just threw up a little bit in my mouth.

And for those who didn't go, the weather was awwwwesome...and comfortable 75+ degrees everyday, and even the nights weren't too bad. We had a little wind on a day or two (ask Dumper about that), and on Hangover Day / New Year's day, some clouds rolled in, but we were still able to jump all day...most of us. For some reason Freshman and Ryan Turner had a hard time getting going...

Thanks to everyone who helped organize this year's trip, Christie and Prickels in particular (and while we're recognizing people's work, don't forget Justin who is always shooting video of everyone else's skydives.). They certainly are deserving of a mixed adult beverage or 12 if you ever see either of them downtown! Each member was given $450 to skydive! Just for being part of the club! So if you want to kill the winter doldrums and break free of your monotany, what better time than the new year?! Meetings will not begin again until the semester starts back up, but that's no reason to avoid us! Contact Christie at skydive@vt.edu if you're interested in learning how to skydive, need to learn how to pack a parachute, or just want to come out and experience the best thrill of the new year (that's skydiving, you perverts!)