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Ashley 25, Female Lakewood, OH United States: Share

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Ashley and Scott are now friends

November 19

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November 19

Ashley joined Jay's group

Adrenaline Junkies

For those who REFUSE to ride down in a airplane, and for some reason, ALWAYS seems to fall off of a tall object.

October 28

Tim Telford and Ashley are now friends

October 13

Ashley joined Omar Alhegelan's group

Freeflyers

From solo's to 69-ways... Freflying is here to stay! Share the latest in technology & safety... but please; do not forget to share the fun stuff :)

September 8

Ashley and Matt Dechant are now friends

September 2

Ashley and AeroFreak are now friends

July 30

Ashley and kayla edwards are now friends

July 27

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Ashley and Luke are now friends

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Ashley and Bradford are now friends

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Ashley joined KFC's group

SkydiverGirls

SkydiverGirls creates videos for our friends and family who are a bit confused about why we jump from perfectly good airplanes. We aim to educate, entertain, and empower people to go out and have fun through a better inside view of what we do.

June 10

Ashley joined Jim McNamara's group

newbies

This is for those who've recently begun this adventure, or for those who forgot what it was like to begin.

June 8

Ashley and Lloyd are now friends

June 1

Ashley is now friends with Brian Tuffin and Mama Kat

May 28

Profile Information

Home Town

East Lansing, Michigan

Home DZ

Canton Airsports

Favorite discipline in Skydiving?

Freefly, RW

Date of birth:

May 21, 1984

Number of skydives:

Number of BASE Jumps:

Tunnel time:

About Me:

I'm pretty new to the sport, having just started in April, but I've never been quite as passionate about anything else. So far this year I've jumped at 7 different dropzones out of 9 different aircraft, including a helicopter and a balloon and have my B license.

I've found a great home at CAS and can't wait to keep jumping. Blogging about my journey and other skydive community related activities over at SkydiveChick.com.

Website: http://skydivechick.com
Twitter: theskydivechick
Gmail: theskydivechick@gmail.com
Facebook: Ashley Mead

Relationship Status:

In a Relationship

Favorite TV Shows & Movies:

The Office, anything on the Food Network

Whatever you would like to say:

I'm so excited to be joining the skydiving community. What a great sport!

Your favorite one liner:

Blue Skies

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At 12:48am on September 3, 2009, Matt Dechant said…: Hey Ashley, I read your blog. Good stuff!

Are you going to the boogie in Lebanon this weekend? I'll be there, always looking for new friends to jump with.

At 7:15am on August 28, 2009, Gregory Alvarado said…: Hi Ashley, See you at the boogie

At 8:44am on July 30, 2009, AeroFreak said…: Just stopped by to say hey and meet some new people! Blue skies friend!

At 7:45pm on July 9, 2009, Christa said…: Hey Ashley! Too funny you found me here and I found you on FB!! I signed up here last year, but don't really check it that often. See you this weekend!!

At 3:08pm on June 16, 2009, HOLT said…: Hi! :)

At 9:42pm on June 8, 2009, Jim McNamara said…: 'lo Ashley. What's cookin @ CPS this summer? I jump @ Aerohio, south of Rittman. I met a few CPS folks this past summer; Tkoa, Dave and one or two more who's names I don't recall. Tkoa may be coaching out there now.

At 3:04pm on May 28, 2009, Brian Tuffin said…: welcome

At 5:06am on May 28, 2009, Mama Kat said…: Hi Ashley! May all your skies be blue! =^^=

At 7:38pm on May 27, 2009, Lonnie said…: Hey Ashly! Are you on facebook
too?

At 7:19pm on May 27, 2009, HOLT said…: Hi, Ashley!
So you found Skydiving, Or more appropriately I should say Skydiving found You!
There's a lot to learn, so learn from everyone, but it's just like everything in life, everyone has an opinion so do your due diligence on matters of instruction, and cross reference new data whenever possible. You can learn a lot from your instructors, and at the end of your AFF your final Instructor will probably say something like "Well you've passed Survival Training" And now the learning really starts to kick in. Three suggestions;
1. Tunnel Time, Get some, it will help you master AFF Levels.
2. Get any and all training videos you can afford, specifically the "learning To..(SitFly, BackFly, ect)...series from Skydive University. And some Fun Videos my all time personal favorite "CROSSWIND" I've burned up three copies so far.
3. Read and Analyze All the Incident reports in Skydiver Magazine and in DropZone.com Put yourself in there position as you read and test yourself as you go through the "Event". Ask yourself what would I/should I, be doing right now, as a matter of "Self Rescue" Be honest and you will see if you would have had a better/or worse outcome, and you will be all the wiser for it. I use the term "self rescue" here from Solo Diving (SCUBA) which I practice a lot, It's really just being a where of, and practicing all of your Safety & Emergency Procedures, All Of The Time. And of coarse relying only upon yourself.
So no scare here, I'm just trying to pass on what little I can from the knowledge I have gained from my limited time in the sport.
Blue Sky's to you. :)
13,500 Gotta GO00ooo! :)
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