What’s a Mentor Jump?

A Mentor Jump is a perk that is offered by Skydive Utah to benefit our AFF students and newer jumpers.

You can find a dropzone-approved Mentor and ask them if they would like to do a Mentor Jump. (If you don’t know who the approved Mentors are, ask one of your Instructors to help you find one!) You can then go to Manifest and let them know you’d like to manifest for a Mentor jump and let them know your Mentor’s name. The student pays the same amount as a solo jump plus gear rental, and gets free 1-on-1 coaching from the Mentor.

Mentors are dropzone-approved Coaches and Instructors.

Mentors are dropzone-approved Coaches and Instructors.

Students are unlicensed skydivers who are cleared for solo jumps. 

Students are unlicensed skydivers who are cleared for solo jumps. 

Newer jumpers are licensed skydivers with less than 50 jumps.

Newer jumpers are licensed skydivers with less than 50 jumps.

What should we do on a Mentor Jump?

  • Belly jumps practicing skills such as docking and levels changes

  • Mock Cat F, Cat G1, Cat G2, Cat G3, and Cat H jumps

  • Tracking jumps (after passing a live Cat F jump)

Here are some rules for Mentor Jumps:

  • No freeflying including head up, head down, and back flying

  • No horny gorilla, tube, scuba, or other “silly” non-belly exits

  • No signing off skills on the A License Progression Card

  • Maximum group size of 2 (1 Mentor and 1 Student)

  • Family/ significant others cannot be Mentors to unlicensed student skydivers