How to Become a Skydiver: The AFF Course from the 1st Jump to Fully Licenced 🪂🪂🪂

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Жыл бұрын

Are you ready for a life-changing experience? In this video, I'm going to take you on an adventure of a lifetime - from my first skydiving jump How to become a licensed skydiver. Follow me as I take off for the skies and learn how to become an expert in this extreme sport. Discover the thrill and excitement of freefalling along with me and see why skydiving is one of the best ways to experience life!
Besides having an extraordinary experience, I also got to spend quality time with some amazing people I've meet in Evora.
Special thanks to Junior - The Skydiving Therapist
If you are interested into getting a Skydiving Licence, send an email to Junior stating that you're coming from Octavian and your adventure will begin: josepedojunior@gmail.com
Make sure you like, share and subscribe because more videos are coming up. In the meantime enjoy it and share your thoughts in the comments.
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@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

What would it take for you to jump from a perpectly good airplane?

@TheSkydivingTherapist Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for choosing me to guide you through the skydiving journey and for taking the time to build that fantastic video. I appreciate the time you spent showing how things work from a student's point of view. I have no words to thank you for the beautiful tribute at the end of the video. People like you are the reason I keep skydiving and teaching people how to skydive. Blue skies my friend.

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

I had a really good working on it and I'm glad you liked it. Also, looking forward to seeing you soon 😃

@lindzw7765 Жыл бұрын

This is the best video so far on how it really happens and how people that have never done it don't understand it. Because they really don't unless they experience it for themselves. .

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment - I am glad you enjoyed it :D

@lindzw7765 Жыл бұрын

@LiveToTheFullest question.... I'm doing my AFF now I failed my 1st jump and I need to redo but yes just like you said arch amd relax I had everything correct until go time out the door I slightly froze.. but my Question is what was your 1st jump like to you was it really fast to you or did it feel different?

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

@@lindzw7765 Everyone has a different journey through AFF so you shouldn’t be discouraged. I personally failed level 2 twice, but the best thing I ever did is to never give up. Once you have that locked into your mind, you will make it through … let me know how the process goes

@lindzw7765 Жыл бұрын

@LiveToTheFullest I will do!! Thank for your for your input on your experience 👍🏽 🙏🏼 🙂 definitely going back to the tunnel before I jump again. And thank you for being very helpful!!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, best of luck. Blue skies 🪂

@SafetyCarrot 10 ай бұрын

Sometimes you just need to arch and relax. THIS is why we skydive.

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Totally. Yesterday I celebrated one year since I got my licence and it's has been an incredible jurney. Do you jump often nowadays?

@badass9897 Жыл бұрын

Very good example of pushing through a difficult challenge. Everything you want but don't have is on the other side of your fears.

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

And to think that it was just the beginng of an extraordinary jurney.

@davidbathkedb 6 ай бұрын

The scariest part of skydiving is anticipation, and that’s it. Once your out of the plane all that anxiety goes away 😜

@LiveToTheFullest 6 ай бұрын

Exactly - it's so interesting that there is a concept called "fear of the door" and it took me like 30 jumps to get over it. How many jumps do you have?

@Krusty.shackleford Жыл бұрын

I’ve been going through AFF a lot longer than I should due to money. This next season I will be licensed, and have saved enough to complete my license, and have more than enough for the next steps!!! Can’t wait to jump again! Thank you for sharing! Blue skies and safe landings homie!!!!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

What worked for me after the AFF was to get the FS1 (that's for the British licence), so you can jump with other people and develop your skills withouth having to pay for an instuctor every time. - Thank you for watching the video 🪂

@MasterStor12 5 ай бұрын

Sometimes you just need to arch and relax 👌

@LiveToTheFullest 4 ай бұрын

Hehe, I needed at least 50 jumps to realise what life is all about 🪂

@tlourenzo_ Жыл бұрын

Well done bro! Junior took good care of you 🎉

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. If you wanna learn how to skydive, he is the guy to do it with 🪂

@benjearummentalhealth6587 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video thanks for sharing. I'm off to do my AFF in two weeks and can't wait! Been dreaming about it for the last year and finally it's happening! Blue skies to you my friend

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Oh man, you are going to have an unforgettable experience. Enjoy every single moment of it and let me know how it goes.

@amandacolombo1916 10 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more with every word!! Congrats on your journey 🎉 I did 2 tandem in the same day and that's when I was sure that I couldn't live without it from that moment on. I'm saving up to start my AFF this year here in Brazil and your story only makes me more excited to do it!! We all have fear but as soon as we jump there is only unfathomable joy ❤

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. I personally never meet anyone who did 2 tandems in one day - that is impressing. Super happy that you want to continue your jurney and start your AFF. My instructor - Junior - is actually from Brazil and when you are ready, I can ask him to recommed a good instructor for you When are you planning to start?

@amandacolombo1916 10 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest what a coincidence 😁 can I reach out to you on instagram?

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely, look for tavi.ung

@canatolakhoemini6728 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations Octavian. From America, I hope to someday come across ya, and buy you a jump! May you enjoy a life full of beautiful jumps and blue skies! Thanks for the great video. Makes me remember the same feelings 25 years ago! You're in for one hell of a life with your new extended family!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your message. Absolutely, the skydiving community is just extraordinary and I had so much fun spending time and jumping with amazing people. Blue skies 🪂

@zarkzhou6987 10 ай бұрын

Totally agree with the comment: “This is the best video so far on how it really happens and how people that have never done it don't understand it. Because they really don't unless they experience it for themselves. .” I flipped three times once in my student jumps and couldn't find out the reason cuz I did well last time and arched perfectly this time. almost two weeks later I realized this is because I looked down and haven't looked at the plane after I exited!

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment and I'm really happy you enjoyed it. Have you managed to finalise your AFF?

@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat 9 ай бұрын

Exactly what I want！

@LiveToTheFullest 9 ай бұрын

Awesome - are you planning your AFF soon?

@tattooslm Жыл бұрын

Congratulations 🪂🪂Awesome video about your journey 😁🪂

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate - thank you for watching

@brianmills8163 Жыл бұрын

Nice video. I really like how you organised the narrative and made the story super engaging

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton!

@BurninatorTheTrogdor Жыл бұрын

I love how no matter what DZ the canopy training pics are the same PD ones.

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

I was thinking exact same thing, but that also means not many people have experienced malfunctions, or lived to tell 😅

@alexnovicov Жыл бұрын

Well done man. I’m so happy for you. Welcome to the skydiving family 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 stay safe and blue skies my friend 🙏🏻✈️

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Really appreciate it 🪂

@GN22YC Жыл бұрын

I like this one, thanks for addressing the overthinking part and how it feels before. Since it is like a hurdle to get over. Once you do, you'll know how good it feels to have done so. You may want to jump one more time 💫 Speaking as a one time tandem skydive jumper! 🪂

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. If you felt the same, you might want to consider a licence cuz this jurney will change your life

@GN22YC Жыл бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest Already taking it to consideration 🪂 Thank you for responding! 💬

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

@@GN22YC Absolutely - let me know if you need any contacts

@LaurenCotter Жыл бұрын

Love the edit!! Also fair play, that's not easy at all! Super brave and loved the footage and storytelling 🙌🙌❤❤

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Really appreciate the encouraging words. :D

@RsKD34 Жыл бұрын

Congrats! Blue skies and safe jumps!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, you too :D

@akashsamji634 Жыл бұрын

Awesooooome bro! Blue skies my broda!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Looking forward to going back to Evora :D

@SimplyLourett Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thats awesome. I enjoyed watching your video. Congratulations!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Really appreciate it 🤗

@remypaternoster6627 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video. Very well organized and explains rather nicely the experiences and feelings around skydiving.

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it

@jamie.miller.inspiring Жыл бұрын

Its so true unless you have jumped out of a plane it simply cannot be described, I have only jumped once tandem but cant wait to do it more in the future, I can only imagine jumping solo for the first time would be much like that first tandem jump. Jumping out of the plane was one of the best things I have ever done in my life as it was my biggest fear of all, now if someone offered me a free jump tomorrow my reply would be where and when lol her explanation of how her jump went was absolutely brilliant much like your entire video, thank you for the time you took to share it with us!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your beautiful reply. Once you get a licence, jumping will be more accessible, you won't have to book anything in advance, just show up at the DropZone and pay like £40 per jump. Also, I can recommend really good instructors if you are interested. Blue skies 🪂

@jamie.miller.inspiring Жыл бұрын

@Live To The Fullest thank you so very much for the reply, im over in Australia. Truth be told i actually love tandem for the fact i can simply enjoy the ride without having to distract myself from the experience by focusing on the height etc. Like everything theres pros and cons, for now theres more pros for tandem as that kind of letting go of control is like therapy, one day if i find i need more out of it then i will probably get my jump licence, blue skies (one time it would be interesting to dive thru clouds) 💖🙏

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

@@jamie.miller.inspiring Absolutely You should do as many tandems as you can. It took me about 8-9 jumps to start enjoying being on my own, but there is something magical about solo jumps as you have a lot of flexibility of movement in the air. When you do a tandem, you have something called a drag chute which keeps your falling speed stable, but you can't do any tricks in the air. I also did a few cloud jumps and the first one is super weird. It feels like you are about to hit something 😅 It is soper fun so I would definetly recommend it

@jamie.miller.inspiring Жыл бұрын

@Live To The Fullest you are incredibly inspiring, i can feel the enthusiasm in your replies, thank you so much. I look forward to more videos!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying that. That's why we do what we do - to inspire and challange people to get out of their confort zone and live an extraordinary life. There is another video in production which will be coming soon, so stay tuned 😀

@chadwickd3777 Жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Thanks man ☺

@TheFireGoose Жыл бұрын

Very nice man! This is one of my favourite AFF videos :) I just finished my level 7 and did 1 console a few weeks ago, and it was such an incredible feeling. I’m trying to go again as soon as I can but *weather* lol. Great work though! You did Ace :)

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Super happy for you. It is an absolutely amazing experience, and I am glad you liked the video. I tried to express as accurately as I possibly could how it feels to go through. Blue skies

@TheFireGoose Жыл бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest It is a truly amazing experience. And you did an absolutely fantastic job at describing how it is, I could relate to sooo many points you made in the video. Especially the “this is my final jump then I’m quitting”. Im so glad I didn’t though. Blue skies :)

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

@@TheFireGoose Appreciate your comment :D

@rtdietrich 10 ай бұрын

Sweet Girl at the end...

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Definetly, Kelly is the best 😍

@centrywt912 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video, nice cuts and overall story line! I started aff this year and if the weather plays correctly i should have my license in my hands in arround 2 -3 months 🤙🏼 Edit: omg the part of "deep down you hope something happens with plane or thr wind is too hard" bro its exactly the same at some parts for me. I never said it out loud but damn some days i drove to the DZ thinking like "bruh no one holds a gun to your head, do u really like this" and after the plane exit everything is gone and you feel fucking alive 🥹😍

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you - really glad you liked it and found it useful 🙌 We all know that feeling when you try to look ok, but you hope something happens and it's not your fault for not jumping 😅 How many jumps do you have left?

@zakkoslo6456 Жыл бұрын

Very cool man. Keep going, it only gets better! How many jumps are you up to?

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate. I am around 50 now. How about you?

@rdvsk 10 ай бұрын

Счастливые люди, получают удовольствие от жизни в спокойной стране. Не то что где я живу. 😩

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Мне жаль это слышать. Я надеюсь, что скоро все улучшится

@robertneven7563 10 ай бұрын

much respect sir

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. Have you ever tried skydiving before?

@robertoneven2803 10 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest hello i dit my first jump in the army static line, now i am 69 years young and I still jumping skydive ,my last jump was last weekkend in Europe grts

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

Oh wow it is awesome that you are still an active skydiver. I was in Portugal a few weeks ago visiting the DZ. Where do you usually jump?

@robertoneven2803 10 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest Hello I jump in Schaffen P C V Belguim , we use the D .Z off the Belguim army,

@LiveToTheFullest 10 ай бұрын

I've actually been in contact with the DZ and they told me Schaffen is operating only during weekends, but the week after next (31/07 - 04/08), they will be open all week and I'm thinking about going. Are you going to join as well?

@andycopland3179 Жыл бұрын

I used to fly a 79 skydiving and a 240 BASE jumping. I'd do a day of work, landing like a boss. Then go BASE jumping and land like an AFF student.

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

It still happens to me as well to have a bad landing, even after many more jumps. Do you BASE often? I want to get into it as well

@andycopland3179 Жыл бұрын

@Live To The Fullest Well I started BASE jumping in 2007, so it's safe to say I'm not anywhere near as active as I used to be. I still like to get out there though when the itch comes.

@brianmills8163 Жыл бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest Dude, I did a tandem once, but I will never base jump for a million dollars

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

@@brianmills8163 That's why BASE isn't for everyone 😀

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

@@andycopland3179 Does the itch every go away?

@bostonfrombrady 9 ай бұрын

how much did you spend bud...class license and chute? great video!

@LiveToTheFullest 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, really glad you liked it. I've spent around 2000€ for AFF all levels and 10 consol jumps. Are you thinking about starting as well? I can recommend a few instructors

@bostonfrombrady 9 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest 5 jumps in! trying to squeeze every cent! I'd like to end up in that pilot seat! Going up! ty for the quick reply brother Keep pushing

@LiveToTheFullest 9 ай бұрын

That's great, let me know how your progressing. Where are you jumping?

@marcinkiewicz2020 Жыл бұрын

You don't need to show me this 😁, but it's expensive and I jump 8AFF and 6 solo, to reach A license I need to work something about one year in Poland as a car mechanic. Be safe 🖖

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

Everyone needs a hobby. If you genually enjoy skydiving, it is totally worth it🪂

@marcinkiewicz2020 Жыл бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest it's not only one hobby... Cars, bikes, scuba diving, bouldering and normal climbing. I like to try everything and if I like it it's stay in my life. Everything is worth it, until something change. Life is unpredictable. And remember FUCK YOU (main canopy), RESCUE (me reserve)! 👍

@LiveToTheFullest Жыл бұрын

@@marcinkiewicz2020 I can totally relate with that :D

@shadabakhtar9398 3 ай бұрын

Hey Buddy 7:22 that's Akash Malhotra Skydiver from India.

@LiveToTheFullest 3 ай бұрын

You know my buddy Akash? The skydiving community is really well connected. It seems like everyone knows everyone :D

@shadabakhtar9398 3 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest😁😁 Yes it connects everyone around the world no matter where you're from. well i dont know Akash bhaiya personally. But i have seen him a lot on youtube. may be bcz of that reason i able to recognise him only by seeing his flying suits🤣🤣.Well I am very keen to join this fleet soon.

@LiveToTheFullest 3 ай бұрын

@@shadabakhtar9398 That is awesome man - are you going to start your AFF as well?

@shadabakhtar9398 3 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest Actually i am doing something else right now. So once i manage my career in my own choice of feild after that i gonna persue that. But Definately will do this.

@shadabakhtar9398 3 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest How many days does it take to complete a AFF or License A Course?? like from Dropzone Thiland , Dropzone Evora etc.

@tarajoyce3598 9 ай бұрын

Blue Skies

@LiveToTheFullest 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. Are you actively skydiving?

@tarajoyce3598 9 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest Not currently. Health and money issues. Old as F* but we'll see in the future.

@LiveToTheFullest 9 ай бұрын

@@tarajoyce3598 I am sorry to hear that. What DZ do you have in your proximity? I might have a contact that could help

@tarajoyce3598 9 ай бұрын

@@LiveToTheFullest That is amazing of you! My physical health won't allow it right now. I do have a home drop zone with an amazing owner if it was only financial. I'm sure I could pack for lifts. The skydiving community is one of the best. I have found it filled with smart, caring, fun humans who do live life to the fullest. I hope one day you experience falling into rainbows that cover the top of the clouds for a far as you can see. Magical

@LiveToTheFullest 9 ай бұрын

Can I kindly ask for your contact details? I would like to check up on you and help werever possible. My name is Octavian btw