What it’s like to Skydive in Miami

Do you know what it feels like to fly? But enough that you’re frozen mid-air? Well, neither did I until this experience.

Skydiving is something I’ve wanted to do for YEARS. Maybe since I was 15 and fast forward eight years, I finally made my first bucket list item come true.

After graduation, I told my brother it was finally happening. We booked it for the day after Christmas, just in time for the hype of the holidays. I used Groupon because discounts are my favorite and I purchased the video/photo package for the Miami Skydiving Center in Miami, Florida

The anticipation made me feel excited and nervous at the same time. It was eating me up. Once the day came, my feelings were numb because I honestly couldn’t believe it was happening.

*Due to current weather conditions, your jump has been postponed. Call to reschedule or cancel your jump.*

Before finally skydiving the first week of January, we had rescheduled our jump three times. *insert bland smiley face here*

Friday, January 4th

TODAY’S THE DAY! We received the message again in the morning but went to the skydiving center anyways. We were ready to wait all day if we had to.

*Signs waiver* Cheers to signing my life away!

A couple hours of making friends, it was finally our turn! We were paired up with our instructor by height and weight but we were best friends by this point because of how long we had already waited, so you can imagine the experience.

My brother was paired with an instructor from Europe and of course, I had the Cuban. They put our gear on and stepped onto the plane. They strategically placed everyone to basically be a sardine in a can, and each instructor attached themselves to their jumper while the plane was taking off.

I remember my instructor: “Estás lista?” (“Are you ready?”) Before I could glance at the view, we jumped.

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In that moment, I felt like I could do anything. Even looking like I had no skin because the wind was pulling it back so hard. Everything was so cool from 12,500+ feet above ground level. I didn’t really think thoroughly in what my facial expression was going to be, but here goes my go-to funny face. Our parachute opened shortly after and we just floated in the air.

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Bumpy Ride

The landing was funny because we had to act like we were sitting on the floor in the air– legs up! It was a bumpy ride on the floor since the instructor marked the landing but IT WAS SO FUN!!!

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My brother and the girl we met had jumped before me, so they had their gear off by the time I landed. The experience overall was amazing but felt so short, especially after my nervous build up from all the weather texts.

BUT finally crossed this off my bucket list and ready for the next one! Are you?