Parachute activity (skydiving) is one of the airsport kinds, connected with application of parachutes. The purposes and parachute activity problems constantly changed. If originally the parachute intended for life rescue, later it became an important element of preparation of a landing. Modern parachuting includes as action the domes connected with exact piloting, both accuracy of a landing and various artistic sports, like freestyle, evolution in free falling, as group acrobatics and free flight.
Frequently, on the first jump go for the sake of self-affirmation, wish to test yourself or to prove to associates that you can make an extreme act. It often helps with life: after all the deep, true self-affirmation is easily projected on other spheres of human life – study, work, business, relations and are given by confidence of the abilities. There are people who don’t think of the life without risk, after all for them to win it needs of nature. To live without adrenaline it seems to them boring. Such people also choose for themselves parachuting. In search of adrenaline, they squeeze out all of parachute activity that only it is possible to think up: jump with very big (or with very small) heights, do in air everything that in a head will climb up, jump from planes-helicopters, from balloons, motor-hang-gliders and other flying machines.
For others, parachute activity is simply favourite hobby! Productive leisure! It after all is healthy – to leave on the nature, to have a rest and do some flying with friends! Physicians actively recommend parachute jumps as means from stresses and depression. Besides, it is a good way to dump excess weight. For a jump the person can lose to two kgs of weight. Many people say that parachute activity is present sports. After all there are many kinds of parachuting. Classical parachuting are jumps on accuracy and performance of figures in a condition of free falling. Parachute dome acrobatics – construction of difficult figures with open parachutes. And after all exists also group acrobatics, free flight air ballet, piloting of domes, bejs-jumping, skysurfing, parasky, freestyle. Parachuting is very various also everyone here can find something to taste.
Parachuting is sports for strong people. Strong physically and strong spiritually. But still parachuting is sports of clever people. For few seconds it is necessary to make in a head calculations adjusted for a wind. Parachuting improves intelligence. There are people who come to parachuting absolutely casually, they make the first jump, obeying an instant impulse, and quite often remain for ever. But there are people who jump not often, thus actively participate in life of parachute community. Because parachuting is not only concrete employment, but also special atmosphere. In the parachute world the language of dialogue, the humour, the traditions. When you make the jump, you will see that skilled at you look already as in another way as on, after all now you are a parachutist!
