Tandem Skydiving
Skydive Springfield & Joplin
Take The Ultimate Leap!
Think it. Dream it. Do it! There’s no day like today to embark on a life-changing adventure! Tandem skydiving checks all of the boxes: exhilarating, inspirational, empowering, challenging, affirming. Whatever your motivation for making a tandem skydive, we are here to help you achieve the extraordinary!
What are you waiting for? Let’s do this!
Strictly Enforced
Skydiving Requirements
At Ozarks Skydive Center, your safety and comfort are our number one priority. For an experience you’ll remember for all of the right reasons, you must be:
The Tandem Experience
What To Expect
Tandem skydiving is the most popular way to make your first jump worldwide. That’s because you, as the tandem skydiving student, need no prior experience! You are securely attached to a highly trained and experienced tandem skydiving instructor who takes care of absolutely everything – all you need to do is relax in the knowledge that you’re in great hands.
Check In
On arrival at Ozarks Skydive Center, you’ll check in, fill out your paperwork, and watch a brief informational video. If you didn’t purchase your skydiving video when you booked your jump, now’s the time to do it! (Hot tip: get the video! You only make your first skydive once!)
Ground Prep
Next, you’ll meet your tandem instructor who will serve as your personal guide throughout your skydiving experience. After a brief training session about skydiving gear, exiting the aircraft, and body positioning, your instructor will kit you out with a snug-fitting tandem harness.
Go Time!
When it’s go time, you’ll board the aircraft with your instructor and prepare for liftoff! During the 15 minute flight to altitude, look out the window and take in the lush green fields below. By now, your adrenaline will be pumping! Take a few deep cleansing breaths – next up: exit.
Freefall
At 10,000 feet, the pilot will give the green light to go, Go, GO! You and your instructor will leap into the wide open Missouri sky and immediately enter into freefall. This is what you’ve been dreaming about! You’ll soar at 120 mph for about 30 glorious, mind-blowing seconds!
Canopy Flight
Around 5,000 feet, your instructor will deploy the parachute and your fall rate will slow, gently but dramatically, until you’re sailing across the sky at about 15 mph. Look around, talk with your instructor, speak directly to the camera, maybe even spot your house below – soak it all in!
Touch Down
As you prepare for landing, your instructor will remind you to lift your legs at the hips just like you learned during training. You’ll slide to a stop while your friends and family celebrate your phenomenal accomplishment. You did it – you skydived! Welcome to the club!
Done!
Your jump may be over but that doesn’t mean you have to head out! We’d love for you to stay and hang out a while. Cheer on other tandem skydivers as they land, head over to the Hangar Kafe for a bite, watch your video (again and again!), or go ahead and book another tandem!
Helpful Hints
Pre-Jump Tips
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Bring Your ID
As a member dropzone of the United States Parachute Association, we have to verify that you’re at least 18 years old. Bring your valid, government-issued photo ID. No ID, no jump!
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Get Some Shuteye
Jump day is full of new experiences! Make sure your brain and body are rested and ready for mega adventure by getting a good rest the night before your tandem skydive.
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Fuel Up
Eat as normal, choosing lighter, easy-to-digest foods over heavy or greasy options. Drink lots of water and abstain from alcohol. If you’re under the influence, you won’t be jumping.
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Dress For Success
The name of the game is comfort. Opt for snug athletic attire and closed-toe lace-up shoes for the best experience. Jeans and shorts are also good choices. Please avoid sandals, heels, or boots.
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Bring Your Pals
Invite your crew to join you in jumping out of a perfectly good airplane! There’s no better bonding than doing something out of this world together. (Big hugs and high fives ahead!)
Skydiving Gift Certificates
Best Gift Ever
Want to give the best present on the planet? Get your loved one a skydiving gift certificate! You can buy a tandem skydive, a tandem skydive with video services (yes, please!), or a dollar amount your recipient can put toward their experience of choice.
