Skydiving Tips & Tricks

Piedmont Skydiving is the highest rated skydiving center in North Carolina, and the closest dropzone to Charlotte, NC. We specialize in creating unforgettable experiences for first-time skydivers!

How to Relax Before (or After) Your First Skydive

How to Relax Before (or After) Your First Skydive

If you’re feeling pre-jump jitters (or you’ve got the bouncy-bounce of victory in your step), you probably want to know the best local secrets to get ‘em out. Lucky you! There’s plenty around piedmont skydiving to work that wiggle. Enjoy!

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But I’m Afraid of Heights!

But I’m Afraid of Heights!

A lot of first-time tandem skydivers are super-concerned with their fear of heights. But guess what? everybody is afraid of heights, to some degree. You are by no means alone.

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  • Brooks Townsend Avatar
    Brooks T.
    First time skydiving, but from my experience I'd happily go again with Piedmont Skydiving. The instructors were professional, gave us full confidence in our dive, and most of all made it a fun experience. Another person in our group attested that Piedmont was way better than their first time skydiving at another place. Would highly recommend, even if you're nervous about the first time, as this was a bucketlist item and life event that I would've regretted not doing!
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    3 years ago
  • Shannon A. Simmons Avatar
    Shannon A.
    Wow, just wow! I went on my first tandem skydive jump to celebrate my 30th birthday! Matt (my instructor) was awesome! Very friendly staff and the entire process was seamless. The experience was mind blowing and I can't wait to jump again!
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    6 years ago
  • Anna Jewell Avatar
    Anna J.
    Wow. What an incredible experience!!!! I am 18 and have never been skydiving, but this place made it EASY. very simple process for getting ready with waivers and harnesses. amazing employees that clearly are professionals and love what they do. Michael helped make my experience perfect. He talked me through it the whole time and easily kept me calm and made sure I was always comfortable. And everyone was very funny and made everything way more enjoyable. Lots of laughs. Highly recommend this place and Michael deserves a raise!!!!!!
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    5 months ago
  • FallingThroughApril Avatar
    FallingThroughApril
    Matt was an incredible person to jump with! 10/10 experience. This was easily the most exhilarating experience of my life. I would recommend this to absolutely everyone! I am definitely going back and Matt will be my guy again, love you brother... thanks for the greatest experience I could’ve possibly had! Dan
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    6 years ago
  • Tyler Simone Avatar
    Tyler S.
    Went Skydiving with my brother and did a tandem jump. My brother got Kyle as his partner and I got a guy named Sky, and they both made our experience AMAZING. Sky had the best energy and was a combination of hilarious and confidence that made me forget we were about to jump out of a plane together. Kyle recognized that my brother was pretty scared and made sure to be very methodical about everything before the jump. If you get the opportunity to jump with Kyle or Sky, you're in for a treat. I would recommend Piedmont Skydiving to all of my friends and family.
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    2 years ago