Tandem Skydiving? What To Expect
Tandem skydiving is a great way to experience skydiving for the first time. After a short brief, you’ll be taken up by one of our highly experienced tandem skydiving instructors, who will be responsible for the operation of the equipment. This means you’re abl
What You Don’t Know About Your Skydiving Instructor
When you meet your tandem skydiving instructor for the first time, they’ll be a mystery to you. First off, the chances are good that you’ve never met a professional skydiver before. (Who does that with their lives, anyway?!) You probably have no idea what kind
How to Get Over a Fear of Skydiving
Have you ever considered skydiving but felt held back by a fear? Perhaps it’s a general fear of skydiving itself. Maybe you’re afraid of heights or of flying and that’s what holds you back. Whatever your fear, be assured that you’re not alone. Did you know tha
Skydiving: What You Don’t Expect
Anyone who’s ever thought about trying skydiving for themselves likely has some ideas of how it might feel. Perhaps you know someone else who’s tried it, or you’ve done your research by reading blog posts like this one. Often, those ideas include a sense of wh
Skydiving Safety Facts | How to Stay Safe When Skydiving
Skydiving safety has improved with advances in technology and training. In 2015, the United States Parachute Association recorded its lowest fatality rate in history at just 0.006 fatalities per 1,000 jumps. For tandem skydiving specifically, the fatality rate
Bucket List Skydiving Top 5
Every time you jump out of a plane, it’s special. That’s one of the reasons we love this sport, after all! Even so: there are some skydives that are dripping with super-duper-extra-awesome sauce. There are five kinds of jumps that are pretty much universally h
5 Cool Pieces of Skydiving Gear You Didn’t Know About
Skydiving has evolved a lot over the years. Today, we have loads of cool gear which help to keep us safer and to achieve more in our jumps. Here, we look at 5 cool pieces of skydiving gear you didn’t know about… 1. Skydiving altimeter The skydiving altimeter i
Skydiving Deals – Why You Shouldn’t Just Book the Cheapest
Skydiving Deals & Why You Shouldn’t Just Book the Cheapest Most skydives now start the same way: with a Google search. At Skydive Long Island, many of our tandem skydiving customers find us via searches such as ‘skydiving NYC or ‘skydiving near me’. But once y
The Best Experience Gifts In NYC
Start spreading the news, dear reader: The very best experience gift you can give in the whole of NYC –indeed, the world– isn’t in the Big Apple, but over it. We’re talking, of course, about a tandem skydive…which rises to dizzying heights above the rest of th
What Skydiving Feels Like
Everything you think you know about what skydiving feels like is probably wrong. It’s true! It might be surprising, though–since you likely feel as though you have a few experiential references to draw on. These references, however–like roller coasters, bungee
When Will a Skydive Be Canceled?
Skydiving weather conditions can make or break your big day… In our books, there is no bigger bummer than the cancellation of a skydive when the weather conditions for skydiving aren’t agreeable. Especially if you’ve spent a lot of time daydreaming about it; b
3 Reasons Skydiving Will Change Your Life
Unless you’re going full Talented Mister Ripley, there’s only one way to change a life: to change its component parts. You replace one unhealthy way of being with a healthy way that fits in the same place, then repeat the process until everything is brand-new.