TRANSITION FROM FREEFALL TO PARACHUTEĪfter a few thousand feet of pure bliss and wonderment, the next phase of skydiving is initiated: time to pull the parachute. That – is sort of what skydiving feels like. It doesn’t even seem like you are falling! You can see the miniature landscape below and you feel free. There’s a moment of fear, then you open your eyes and realize you are flying. But you fight those thoughts and before you know it you’re engulfed in the wind as it wraps a cool breeze around you. Everything in your mind tells you that it’s safe in the plane and you should ride down. Your heart begins to beat faster, palms sweat, and you fight your nerves: this is crazy, no, this is going to be awesome! Then you climb towards the open door. Then you are hooked up to your instructor. The hum of the aircraft engines is soothing and you get lost in your thoughts gazing out of the plane. You leave the limits of the two-dimensional world and are skybound. Then, you are trained, suited up and board the aircraft with your instructor. Imagine, walking into a place where you feel the wind in your hair as you arrive and everyone is wide-eyed, smiling, wearing colorful suits, and talking with exaggerated excitement. There’s nothing quite like skydiving in our day-to-day lives. However, the most common answer on what skydiving feels like is: you just have to try it for yourself! And that’s true. We’ll take you on a word roller coaster the best we can to answer all these questions of these skydiving details.ĭepending on who you ask, you may get hundreds of different answers. One of the most frequently asked questions we get is, what does skydiving feel like? What does the parachute opening feel like? And how do you steer the parachute to land? Well, grab some tea or coffee and join us on a journey. You will experience nothing like this extraordinary activity and if you’re reading this, we anticipate you’re preparing to make your first skydive.