Nicole Black

Nicole Black

Jul 17

First jump	August 2011. I made my first jump because several people from my family were going to jump, including my 83 year old grandpa. I tried to chicken out and they all told me NO! I did that first jump and have never looked back!
Jumps	680+
Ratings	None
Future ratings	USPA Coach; AFF Instructor
Container	Javelin. I originally bought it because I knew they were comfortable from using the student rigs and used one just happened to come up for sale when I needed it. I will continue to jump Javelin because I love my container and see no reason to switch if it’s comfy and safe
Main canopy	Right now a Sabre2 135, looking for a Sabre2 120 though. I fly this canopy because it has predictable openings, does everything I need it to do and gets me to the ground safe every time.
Favorite discipline	Relative work (belly flying); Freeflying
Skydiving Training	Skydive Spaceland
Most common mistake you see new jumpers make?	I think you get so bombarded with information as a new jumper that you don’t really know who you should be taking advice from. It took me a little while to figure out that maybe I should be getting advice from small girls like myself instead of big guys, because what works for them won’t neccessarily work for me.