Sky Down Skydiving

I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know and jumping with the staff at Skydown this past year. The owners Paul and Denise are amazing. They have gone out of their way to help me get my friends to the dropzone and into the sport of skydiving. Can’t wait to make my next jump out there!!!
Dont put too much weight in a reviewer that didnt even go up in the plane!

I jumped for the 13^th time with Skydown, I have been in plenty of sky dive sites, none would teach me to dive, the owners were quite helpful and helped me fulfill my dream of becoming a skydiver, since that time they have accommodated many of my friends and family. I would recommend Skydown to anyone interested in a great time and a safe skydive.
20 years of experience speaks for itself, Skydown has a great safety record and long standing history in the community.

Best place to skydive, not a tandeem factory so sport jumpers are encouraged to be there. Paul and Denis the DropZone owners are in this business for fun and their passionate love to the sport. 2500 $ to get your skydiving license as a package. Also, they have a schedule that will fit everybody. Paul will take two people for a hop&pop any time! Which most of the dropzone will not do unless at least three or four people in the load. You cant find any place that will be better than this place.

A goup of my coworkers and myself went skydiving here a few days ago, and it was AWESOME. The instructors were friendly, knowlegeable, and experienced. The jumpsuites we used were clean and in good repair. The weather wasn’t holding up too well, but all of the instrucors didn’t mind waiting around for it to clear up since this was our only opportuinity to jump that week. The owners, Paul and Denise, are super friendly. I would highly reccommend Sky Down to anyone looking for an awesome skydiving experience!

Very good business. We went in April had a group of ten coming in from a few hours away and weren’t able to jump at our scheduled time because of high winds. The company was very accommodating and worked with us so that the half of our group that was already tired from the drive over could stay the night in Boise and jump the next day (weather was supposed to be great), and the five of us who wanted to get our jumps in that day hung around hoping for the winds to die down. They did, and we were able to make our jumps! It was still windy, but I liked that because we got to whirl around in our parachutes on the way down and zig-​zag through the sky instead of falling straight down.
In sum, it was a great experience and the company had great customer service. They gave us the group discount even though our group didn’t all jump at the same time. The half of our group that stayed in Boise and jumped the next day also heard from locals that Sky Down is one of the better skydiving companies in the area. It was fun watching the videos they took (none of us bought them since they were so expensive but if would have been sorely tempted if they had been available for $ 50 or less – hopefully lowering the price of their DVDs is something the company will reconsider), and we got cool certificates at the end.
To address some of the comments from the one star review (and a negative review I saw on another website):
Some of the jumpsuits are old and worn-​looking but all are in plenty good condition to dive with. Don’t be surprised if yours has a patch over the rear – they see some real use when you hit the ground – mine was clean before the jump but had grass stains after! Ditto for the plane we rode in (it fit five people – the pilot, two of us, and our two tandem instructors) and the hangar itself. From what it looked like to me all their gear is there for function, and not appearance. It worked just great and we all felt totally safe during our dives so don’t judge by appearances. Again, we had a great time!
They do have more than one tandem instructor. Another instructor was probably just not available to come in for the time he scheduled to jump with his mother. If you want to jump two at a time it might be a good idea to call ahead and let them know that that’s what you want to do. From the company’s perspective, with only two people jumping it probably made more sense to only have one instructor come in. I also did not think to ask about how many people could jump at a time (lucky we were a big group), so if you’re considering skydiving, be sure to ask!
Also: don’t forget to tip the tandem instructors! (We did and felt horrible afterwards since they company had been so good to us).