Erin James of the Virginian Pilot wrote a great article about a recent experience a group of vacationers had while skydiving with Skydive OBX. This new Outer Banks business has been recieving some rave reviews, owned by husband and wife team, Jseppi, 29, and Heather McLay, 38 opening back in April. In less than four months of business, Skydive OBX has had more than 200 people jump.

Most customers can expect to pay about $250. All jumps are in tandem with a professional, so customers need not have any prior experience. Jumpers must be 18 years old. After they sign a waiver, hopeful skydivers watch a short video that reminds them first of the danger – “there is no perfect parachute,” according to the video’s narrator – and then of the fun.

For Jennifer White of New Cumberland, it was only about an hour after she arrived she found herself up in the air preparing to jump. Jseppi  delivered one more instruction-During free fall, tandem jumpers can communicate through taps on the shoulders and hips, he said. “Can that be a gentle tap?”  White asked through stilted laughter. “Because we’re really sunburned.”

White – with Jseppi strapped to her back – jumped out of a plane from 9,500 feet above ground. They fell at about 120 mph toward Roanoke Island for 30 seconds before Jseppi released the parachute. They floated for seven minutes, then landed, softly, on their butts at the Dare County Regional Airport in Manteo.

White, who was vacationing with family in Carova for the week, was smiling as she walked toward a group of relieved relatives. She’d do it again, she said, then settled in to watch her husband, Jason White, fall from the clouds.

The new business offers thrill-seekers an experience they can’t get anywhere else on the Outer Banks. Jseppi, a licensed skydiver who’s jumped more than 4,900 times, said skydiving never gets old.

What do you guys think… the next Outer Banks Treasure video?