One of our family members skydives here all the time and we've visited and met the owners, staff, and jumpers on many occasions. Our observation is that it's a well-run, thoughtful operation and feel he is always in safe hands! Retired husband & wife team founded and operate this drop zone. They maintain a very strict safety culture and employ highly experienced jump, packing staff and pilots. With three piston airplanes based on their private field and their highly active jump clientele, it is easy to find a lift. Quiet corner in the country far northwest of PIT Class B and away from YNG/BVI traffic patterns helps make this a safer airspace to transcend. Skydive Rick's is an excellent place for all parachute enthusiasts - from the newbie looking for a tandem jump to rookies wanting to learn more to highly experienced jumpers looking for international-level aerobatics. read more

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So while in East Palestine visiting family, my dad surprised me with a skydiving appointment- something I've ALWAYS wanted to do. So I went with my cousin and his girlfriend, and 3/3 of us have all agreed that thanks to our outstanding experience at Skydive Rick's, we cannot wait to go again! The experience itself was surreal, something you just have to do to understand how amazing and fun and awesome it was, but the staff here is what I think really helped the experience be the best it could be! The staff were all very friendly and knowledgable, you could tell they knew exactly what they were doing, and while they took their jobs very seriously, they knew how to incorperate elements of fun and light-heartedness into it, which was nice, because without those elements I probably would have chickened out haha. This place gets a 100% solid reccomendation from this Yelper! read more

I've been waiting years to finally try skydiving and last weekend I got my chance. My husband and I drove to Ohio to skydive Rick's and couldn't have been happier with the service that we received. We were greeted immediately and proceeded to fill out some paperwork and pay the rest of our fees. We had already made a deposit of $30 to reserve our spot I believe an individual tandem jump is $185 and you can also pay to have a GoPro video made during your jump. After filling out the paperwork and waiting for the other four people to arrive for our time slot we made our way inside where Jeremy proceeded to go over all the safety precautions and information that we would need in order to complete our tandem jumps. Safety seems to be top priority at Skydive Rick's and considering this is a dangerous activity that should be there number one priority. After the safety briefing we suited up because all of The Landings are made on your backside and you do not want to ruin your clothes. We walked over to the plane, practiced how we would be exiting the plane once we were in the air, and made our way inside. It takes about 20 minutes to get up to altitude and then the jumping begins. We were at approximately 10500 ft, had a 30 second free fall followed by a 2 to 3 minute parachute down. The tandem instructors we're fabulous... pointing out different landmarks while we were making our way up to altitude and they also do the same as you are parachuting down. Professionalism was apparent and appreciated. I jumped with Jimmy who has over 10,000 jumps and clearly loves what he does. After we completed our jumps we made our way back inside where we were presented with certificates showing that we completed our first tandem jump and also a gift certificate to return for a discount at a later date. They also edited and completed my GoPro video. All in all I believe we were there for approximately 2 hours total. It was an awesome experience and I recommend Skydive Rick's as a place for you to try out skydiving. read more

Skydive Ricks - Skydiving Near Me - Petersburg, Ohio

I went tandem skydiving here a couple weeks ago, it was less than 90 minutes from Pittsburgh. The people there know what they're doing and Jimmy and Ben, our instructors, were awesome. They kept us calm and instructed us well. The jump was of course AMAZING and the view is spectacular, I won't ever diss Ohio again. The training area for tandem was a little awkward, using an old couch and rug in a living room setting to practice our jump. Even padded benches in a warehouse would have made me feel cooler. I guess I'll have to sign up for solo classes for the whole experience. Skydive Rick's is a family business and their facilities is tucked away in a rural neighborhood in Petersburg. It's not as glitzy as the other air sport companies in the area but they have knowledgeable staff and the lowest prices in the whole region. read more

Horrible experience. Reserved space weeks in advance to get date we wanted. The place was a couple hours away. Confirmed reservation day before. On our drive it started to rain so we called to confirm we were good to go. Rick stated that we didn't have a reservation. He said had a party of six booked for that day and time. Of course once we pressured him he had to admit that we had a reservation because he took our deposit. Rick just didn't have the decency to call and let us know he booked a bigger party he could make more money off. He is just a deceitful, greedy guy. read more

First time skydiving and let me tell ya, I would recommend this place to anybody! The staff are so friendly and accommodating. I was nervous as hell the whole way up and when we got there and got talking to the staff my worries vanished. Ben was my master tandem, and he was so informative and just an all around nice guy with many years of experience. The experience of free falling 10,500 from the ground was unbelievable. I can't fathom the words of the experience I had. I would definitely recommend this place to anybody interested in their first jump, and I can't wait for my next jump! Shout out again to Ben, Kurt, and the rest of the staff for giving me a great first time experience. read more