[chilling]

I would definitely recommend skydiving over paragliding and kitesurfing over skydiving. Paragliding is MUCH harder than skydiving (you need to feel/understand the wind really well).

Talking about the tandem jump - I don't know how it's in Germany but in Poland basic AFF training + one jump with 2 instructors cost the same price as the tandem jump thus making it a really foolish choice.

200 jumps requirement is shared across most of the world and to be honest it's not really that much. Skydiving in the details is really hard - you need to control and feel you body perfectly and also know how to move and behave in the air. You could probably try jumping in Ukraine - it's cheap like a bread and dangerous like a hell. I did my first jump in Ukraine and it cost me around 35$ (basic training was in ukrainian which I don't speak at all)

[mockingbirdy]

Thanks for the tip with Poland and Ukraine! Do you have a link for a good AFF training provider? I found this one [1] which looks good.

[1]: https://tandemy.pl/en/training-parachute-jump/

[chilling]

I would say that most of the AFF trainers are good (they just need to). The only issue here is that I'm not aware of any english curse. I'm jumping with PLStefa in Elbląg and Gliwice but their website is in polish only (however most of the trainers do speak english). Maybe it's a right choise to complete AFF training anywhere and then just start jumping wherever it's cheap.

PS. Flying in Spain is an good and cheap option too! https://www.skydiveatmosfera.com/

[bauskas]

Why are you saying skydiving in Ukraine is dangerous? I jumped here and I only remember one vague story about someone injuring their leg because of technical mistake when landing. I don't think we had any skydiving deaths in at least 10-15 years.