How And When Did Skydiving Start
For wingless creatures, we humans sure are fascinated with the idea of flight. And we’re also quite preoccupied with pushing the limits and enjoying ourselves while doing it! Enter skydiving – a no-experience necessary, super-awesome-epic way to fly through th
How Fast Do You Fall When Skydiving Tandem?
Everyone knows that when you skydive, you are jumping out of a plane and falling through the sky toward the ground. But exactly how fast do you fall when skydiving? When you make a tandem skydive, you fall at about 120 mph on average, but the skydiving speed d
Does Skydiving Feel Like Falling?
We get asked a lot, “what does skydiving feel like?” When people imagine going skydiving, they are often picturing themselves falling through the sky with that roller-coaster feeling in their belly. Despite literally plummeting through the sky toward Earth, th
Can You Go Skydiving and Scuba on the Same Day?
If you’re trying to have the most adventurous 24 hours ever, you might be interested in scuba diving and flying (and jumping out of that perfectly good plane!) all in the same day. It’s a cool idea – and also a potentially very dangerous one. There are lots of
Can Skydiving Be Therapeutic?
Have you been feeling a bit tense lately, and want to do something mega to take the edge off of those everyday stressors? Or maybe you’ve been feeling kind of low and need a boost of empowerment? We suggest giving skydiving therapy a shot. Skydiving therapy? Y
How old do you have to be to skydive in New York?
No matter where you skydive, there is a skydiving age limit … and, for the most part, in the US you’ll find that the skydiving age is the same across the board. Here in New York at Skydive Long Island, we have the same legal age to skydive as most dropzones ar
What Are The Skydiving Requirements & Rules?
Though it might appear like skydivers are a bunch of adrenaline-seekers looking for a thrill, there are strict skydiving rules and regulations that we are required to follow. Skydiving requirements range from weather regulations to age and weight requirements.
2022 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE, PRECAUTIONS & PROTOCOL
Like many businesses, Skydive Long Island has strategies and procedures in place to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus. Skydive Long Island will strive to follow federal, state, and local guidance on how to conduct our business with respect to limiting the spr
Benefits of Adrenaline from Skydiving
The human body is nothing short of amazing. When called upon, our bodies are capable of operating at a much higher level than when we are at rest. This is called our fight or flight response – a reactive state that we developed over time to preserve our safety
Skydiving Weddings & Proposals: What You Need To Know
Asking someone to spend the rest of their life with you is a big deal. Setting the stage for a meaningful and memorable proposal is key, and creating an event that is spectacular and original that will make for a great story for years to come will score big-ti
Skydiving: What You Don’t Know
How much do you really know about skydiving? If you’ve never done it before, chances are you’re coming up short on your skydiving facts. You probably think it’s cool, and you’re definitely right about that. You might think jumping out of a plane is something e
Skydiving vs. Indoor Skydiving in New York
We’d better start with an admission: The “vs.” up there isn’t a thing we really feel. In fact, all of us at Skydive Long Island would very happily replace it with an all-caps AND. Skydiving and indoor skydiving are close cousins, sure, but they are very differ