First Jump Course
There are 2 courses
The Bridge Day Special
A 6 hour course that is designed just as a primer for jumping the New River Gorge Bridge at Bridge Day 2025 in Fayetteville West Virginia. This is not a full FJC, and will not prepare you for jumping other objects.
Are you a first time jumper but don’t have enough skydives to do the course? You can do a Tandem BASE Jump. No experience needed. Click here to for more info about booking your Tandem BASE Jump for Bridge Day 2025.
The instructor for this course is Troy Drogemeyer (BASE 561).
Troy started BASE jumping in 2000 and has 781 BASE jumps. He has taught over 40 students and regularly runs BASE First Jump Courses.
He started skydiving in 1989 and holds the following ratings: AFF Instructor, Tandem Instructor (not current), Static Line Instructor, Instructor Assisted Deployment Instructor, Coach, Senior Rigger, PRO. He has 8900+ skydives.