Tandem skydiving guidelines at Paradise Skydiving are as follows:

• You must weigh 250 pounds or less
• Anyone weighing over 200 pounds will be subject to a $2 per pound over additional charge
• Weigh-ins will be taken upon arrival

When it comes to a jumper’s weight, Paradise Skydiving has two primary concerns:

1. Does the drop zone have a parachute system that you can both legally use and safely land with?
2. If you are at the top end of the safe weight range for a particular parachute, are you in relatively good shape? An imperfect landing will be much less likely to injure an athletic person. If this is unclear, consider the difference between a 5-foot, 10-inch linebacker who weighs 240 pounds and a “couch potato” who stands just as tall and weighs the same. If the linebacker has a bad landing, he’s much more likely to recover in mere seconds. The “couch potato,” however, could be severely injured, as he or she might lack both the strength to withstand a harsher landing and the coordination to perform a safe parachute landing fall (PLF).