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I did not have a good experience with these guys, mainly because of the sky diving instructor I had. He was just plain terrible. I went with a group of friends and they were paired with two older gentlemen, one being a South African chap. Both the these guys were fantastic. They were socialising with my friends, asking questions, making them feel comfortable, just having a good time and making sure my friends enjoyed themselves. Whereas I had this young New Zealand chap with long hair (cannot remember his name) however he barely said two words to me. Made me feel really uncomfortable the whole time. He came over and barely introduced himself and went straight into showing me how to sit at the end of the plane to jump. Asked me zero questions. After he explained this, over the whole 25 seconds, he went away and did his own thing. Didn’t say a single word to me other than that. Where as my friends are fully engaged with their instructor. We got on the plane and took off and my friends instructors were showing them the sites and different places etc whereas my guy was just sitting there. I asked him “is that the glacier?” and after he started saying yes it is and pointed another thing out to me, but mainly everything was a yes or no answer. When we jumped, it was great but you couldn’t really enjoy it as much because this guy had really spoiled my preparations so it wasn’t the same. I jumped before in Australia so I know what it should have been like. Whilst we were floating in the parachute I asked him a number of questions and all I got were three word answers. This guy seriously did not want to be there and it’s clear he’s only doing this so he can jump for free himself and enjoy the sport he likes. He doesn’t give two craps for the tandem jumps where people pay. Things like sky diving and scuba diving, the instructor has a big influence on whether enjoy yourself or not and I can tell you I had a terrible time. We did the first jump and there were a number of jumps that day so I watched as he prepared with a German girl who jumped next. I wanted to see how he was compared to the others (maybe i overreacted) and it was exactly the same as I had experienced. After we got to the main office I asked the German girl what she thought and she gave similar comments to me. She clearly wasn’t happy either. I actually asked her to write a review aswell but not sure she did. This is meant to be a once in a life time experience for most people and it shouldn’t be ruined by an instructor who couldn’t care less whether we have a good time or not. Word of warning to other divers. If you get paired with the young New Zealand guy with long hair, just ask for someone else. You will be happier later. - via 