- What should you consider when visiting a new drop zone.
Well information or paperwork will the drop zone need,
to open your new account.
And how can this all be easier to do
to share that information.
Let's talk about that in this video.
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Now, what I'd like to do with you
is to go over the different information and paperwork,
that you have to fill out or provide,
when visiting a new drop zone.
To start off, your first thing to do
is to go right to their desk or manifest
and tell them that you are a new jumper at their drop zone.
They will then help you go through that welcoming process.
But one of the first thing you'll need to do,
is to fill out paperwork like the waiver.
Another form will be to know more about you
and your skydiving experience.
So you'll have to share your license information,
the ratings you may have,
they will ask you to see your log book, so don't forget it.
And make sure that you have your association card
up to date and not expired.
It's a way to make sure that you're a registered skydiver
and that you have the level of experience that you declare.
Now let's be serious.
If you are a USPA member,
did that you have the chance to be notified
about skydiving events, boogies, rating courses,
canopy courses, and check-in way faster
when visiting a new drop zone?
Yes, actually, and it's done with the Merit app.
You can actually get this app
by simply going into your USPA profile,
your membership area.
Then under the privacy tab,
you'll see a merit digital credentials section.
And you just gotta make sure
that you are allowing to share your information with Merit.
You'll then receive an email, you simply need to accept it.
Then either login or if you don't already have an account,
click on check for my merits.
Then by entering your email address,
you'll be able to claim your merit,
start your new Merit account.
You'll be able to download the app, have it on your phone,
and the phone will actually give you notification
for skydiving events, boogies, gear discounts,
oh yeah, and shortly I'm gonna show you
how you'll be able to receive
a Skydive Vibes merch discount directly in your cell phone.
How cool is that?
So here's the app.
And what it's for,
is basically gathering all of your USPA data,
all of your skydiving progression data, at a one place.
You can also gain merit,
which is basically a certificate telling that,
hey, this skydiver has completed this course
or has this rating.
Since the app is approved by the USPA,
those informations and those merits, those certificates,
are approved and verified.
If you did participate in a specific event,
well, the organizer can actually issue you a merit
for having participated in that event.
So that could be very interesting to you,
to have all that information at one place.
You wanna prove that you did a canopy course
and they had merits?
Well, it's done.
You can actually prove it with your Merit app.
Oh, and if the drop zone you're visiting
is using the Burble software,
which is a drop zone management software
that allows a skydiver to actually
manifest directly with their phone,
well, you can quickly check-in
by integrating your Merit app to the Burble software.
How it's done is very simple.
You go in your Burble app, if you already have one,
then simply click on the credentials
and then click on update merit.
You'll now be able to connect your merit account
to your Burble Me app.
Another very interesting thing
is that your rigger can actually send you
your repack card directly in your phone as well.
So that is pretty handy.
I've been in a situation where I forgot my packing card,
and another time actually my rigger forgot to fill it out.
So things would have been way simpler,
If he could just have sent me,
"here's your repack card directly on your cell phone."
Another very interesting feature of this app,
is their Opportunities.
And this is where things gets fun
for boogies and skydiving events.
Because those opportunities
are actually notification that you can receive
saying that, "hey, we're doing a specific boogie
at that drop zone on those dates,
click here for more information."
I've been asked a lot.
"Where do you go to know about those kind of events?
I'm always late to the party."
Well, then I found that this app
can be very useful just for that.
Having all those notifications saying,
hey, in two months, we're gonna have a boogie.
Great.
Then I can go and register.
But we're talking about skydiving events,
think about courses, canopy courses, rating courses,
you wanna become a coach?
you wanna become an instructor?
Isn't it great to be able to have in your phone,
the dates of your, the next rating course near you?
Pretty dope.
And one of my favorite aspect
of their Oppurtunities feature is gear discounts.
They told me that they actually have some manufacturers
sending gear discounts directly in the Opportunities.
So that, I can make good use of it.
And this is why you're watching this video right now.
I'm giving you access to get 20% off,
any Skydive Vibes merch,
simply by becoming a skyviber on Merit.
How does it work?
You simply need to click the first link in the description,
fill out your information,
and I'll send you your skyviber merit,
and you'll be able to receive my discount offers,
just like right now,
you'll be able to buy your own
Skydive Vibes merch for 20% off,
and later on I'm planning to send out more discounts,
more giveaways maybe, so that you guys can be notified
directly in your cell phone when those happen.
I really think that using this app,
whenever you're visiting a new drop zone,
can speed up the check-in process
and make sure that you're not forgetting
your USPA member card or your repack card from your rigger.
To make sure that even though all of those
may not be perfectly in hand or up-to-date,
everything is always up-to-date on your cell phone
because it's digital.
So I very like that aspect of this app,
and the Opportunities feature,
well, I'm still wondering why not more manufacturers
or examiners that are doing rating courses,
are not leveraging this app.
It's very interesting and it makes it way easier
for everyone to know about the next rating course
or the next skydiving boogie.
I hope you found this video useful,
drop a like if so,
and make sure to click on the first link in the description,
to get your 20% off any Skydive Vibes merch.
On that,
keep jumping, stay safe and blue sky's.
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