Tandem parachute jump in Mimizan in the Landes

Do you want to do your first skydive without spending hours learning the theory? The tandem is made exactly for that. You are attached to a professional instructor who manages the jump, the opening of the parachute and the landing. Above all, you must listen to the instructions, take a deep breath and accept that, when the plane door opens, your brain may ask you what you are doing there.

The experience begins on the ground with the welcome, the safety briefing and the fitting of the harness. You learn the position to adopt during exit from the plane, free fall and landing. Nothing complicated, but everything is important.

You then embark on the climb above Mimizan. The Landes forest extends below the plane, the coast takes shape and the Atlantic Ocean takes on a size that is quite difficult to explain from the ground. Enjoy the scenery, although let's be honest, you'll probably spend part of the flight thinking about the gate next door.

When it's time to jump, you hang on to your monitor for about forty to fifty seconds of free fall at nearly two hundred kilometers per hour. The beginning is intense. Then something unlocks. You stop thinking, you look around and you understand why so many people want to start again.

When the parachute opens, everything changes. The noise disappears, the pace drops and you enjoy several minutes under sail with the Landes and the ocean beneath your feet. The instructor then prepares the approach and landing.

This formula includes the tandem jump without video. It's the right choice if you want to live the experience in its simplest version, without adding image services. For safety reasons, you cannot jump with your phone, your own camera or a GoPro.

The weather and air conditions always have the last word. Your jump may be delayed or postponed if the team considers that the conditions are not good. It's not the most pleasant part, but it's exactly what you expect from a serious school.

You can continue watching videos of people jumping, or finally become the person in the video. Reserve your tandem. The hardest part is not falling, it’s deciding to get on the plane.

Conditions of participation:

• Minimum age of 15 years (Authorization of both parents or legal guardian for minors)
• Minimum height of 1.40 meters
• Weight between 40 and 85 kg for women
• Weight between 40 and 95 kg for men
• Mandatory medical certificate

You'll probably tell your jump several times. The plane door, the moment you tip over, the sound of the air, the opening of the parachute. The problem is that your brain risks putting it all in disorder. This formula allows you to experience the tandem and leave with the images of the entire experience.

As with the classic jump, you start with a safety briefing. The instructor explains the positions to adopt, equips you with the harness, then accompanies you to the plane.

The camera is attached to his wrist. So she stays with you from preparation until landing. She films the equipment, the boarding, the boarding, the exit, the free fall, the descent under canopy and your return to the ground. This point of view is very close. We see your face, your reactions and this rather funny moment where you are still trying to understand what just happened.

At altitude, you leave the plane attached to your monitor for a free fall of around forty to fifty seconds. Then the parachute opens and the experience becomes much calmer. During the descent, the monitor continues to film. Depending on the conditions and under his supervision, you can also take control of the sail for a few moments. You don't become a pilot in five minutes, let's be serious, but feeling the parachute react to your movements gives another dimension to the jump.

After the activity, you will receive photos as well as a video montage with music lasting approximately five to seven minutes. It’s not just the free fall filmed for a few seconds. This is the complete story of your experience, from preparations to landing.

The difference with the single tandem is therefore very clear. The jump is the same, but here you keep a close, personal memory focused on your reactions. For safety reasons, you cannot take your phone, a personal camera or a GoPro during the jump.

Are you hesitant to take the video? Take it. On the day of the jump, you will experience everything very quickly. The next day, you will be happy to finally be able to see the face you were making.

Conditions of participation:

• Minimum age of 15 years (Authorization of both parents or legal guardian for minors)
• Minimum height of 1.40 meters
• Weight between 40 and 85 kg for women
• Weight between 40 and 95 kg for men
• Mandatory medical certificate
• Phone, personal camera and GoPro prohibited during the jump

If you just want to experience the jump, choose the classic tandem. If you want to keep a very close memory of your reactions, take the on-board video. If you want to see the whole scene, your face, the exit from the plane, the emptiness and the landscape around you, this is the formula you should book.

The VIP tandem is filmed with two cameras.

The first is attached to the wrist of the monitor. It records preparation, boarding, boarding, exit, free fall, descent under canopy and landing. She stays close to you and captures the reactions that you don't really control. And that’s fine, because those are usually the best images.

The second camera is carried by a professional videoman. He boards the plane with you, exits at the same time and flies opposite the tandem during the free fall. Thanks to him, you no longer see just your face. You see your jump from the outside, with the sky, the Landes, the ocean and the whole dimension of the setting.

The two angles tell two different stories. The monitor's camera shows how you feel. The video guy shows what you are really doing. Together, the images give a much more complete and much more spectacular memory than a simple on-board camera.

Once the parachute opens, the videoman continues his own descent while the instructor continues to film your canopy flight. You thus preserve the images of this second part of the jump, when the noise stops, you can speak and you finally begin to realize what you have just done.

This formula includes the entire tandem, with briefing, equipment, plane boarding, free fall, descent under canopy and landing. It adds the camera carried by the monitor and the outside point of view of the videoman.

You can't bring your phone, your own camera or a GoPro. This is not a trade restriction. In free fall, a loose object becomes a risk for you, the instructor and other skydivers.

You're probably doing this jump just once for the first time. You might as well avoid coming home with three blurry images taken from the ground. Book the VIP tandem and keep the film that this experience really deserves.

Conditions of participation:

• Minimum age of 15 years (Authorization of both parents or legal guardian for minors)
• Minimum height of 1.40 meters
• Weight between 40 and 85 kg for women
• Weight between 40 and 95 kg for men
• Mandatory medical certificate
• Phone, personal camera and GoPro prohibited during the jump