Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Fluid Wings 9 cell x-brace  

   By skow, September 29, 2015
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   • NexGenSkydiver
   • September 30, 2015

2. Ian Drennan made me angry for all the right reasons  

   By McDuck, July 2, 2007
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   • phoenixlpr
   • July 4, 2007

3. Turf Surf shoes  

   By Kirils, October 21, 2002
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   • quatorze
   • October 27, 2002

4. Why front riser turns the canopy the way it does?  

   By sjc, January 28, 2009
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   • schmit.paul
   • February 8, 2009

5. Mamba Is Here Any News  

   By RedDevil1102, November 3, 2005
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   • justchrisdsp
   • June 5, 2006

6. Pink Canopy Piloting Open 2010  

   By pinkskyvan, July 30, 2010
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   • pinkskyvan
   • August 3, 2010

7. JVX vs VELO  

   By cedricveigarios, April 17, 2013
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   • DocPop
   • April 18, 2013

8. I got a crossfire2 119!   1 2

   By Jskydiver22, January 27, 2005
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   • Jskydiver22
   • February 10, 2005

9. USPA Nationals Final results...  

   By CanopyPiloting, September 11, 2005
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   • BirdBabe1
   • September 14, 2005

10. Royal Gorge Bridge  

    By jumpnaked69, January 15, 2004
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    • skygod7777
    • January 16, 2004

11. Most popular crossbrace??  

    By Herckydude, January 17, 2007
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    • Spizzzarko
    • January 21, 2007

12. Bucking on front riser turns  

    By steve1, October 22, 2002
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    • PhreeZone
    • October 30, 2002

13. Want to learn to swoop...advice?  

    By buggsyboo, July 24, 2010
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    • JohanW
    • July 26, 2010

14. Swooping is Not a Crime  

    By BrianSGermain, August 7, 2007
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    • Bolas
    • August 16, 2007

15. what is next....   1 2

    By D22369, January 3, 2005
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    • Joyner
    • January 5, 2005

16. Now that I know I am getting an FX..   1 2 3

    By rhino, July 14, 2005
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    • masterrigger1
    • July 26, 2005

17. Question about double fronts   1 2

    By beavdog, July 14, 2004
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    • Cacophony
    • July 22, 2004

18. Peregrine: Gravity is a lie  

    By Jason1996, August 28, 2016
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    • aaronschimke
    • September 7, 2016

19. Tandem instructors: favorite landing technique?  

    By riggerrob, December 25, 2001
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    • des
    • January 31, 2002

20. Night swoop  

    By YISkyDive, July 1, 2009
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    • LetsGoOutside
    • July 8, 2009

21. Odyssey EVO vs Katana  

    By hapon, August 12, 2020
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    • bsrodeo540
    • September 12, 2023

22. Airlocks  

    By skajdajver, August 11, 2005
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    • Designer
    • August 23, 2005

23. PDFT - Expedition Italy 2009 (more info)  

    By m0ng00se007, January 19, 2009
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    • pierre3636
    • January 23, 2009

24. SWOOPING FOR THE GOLD  

    By YM4, September 23, 2003
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    • diablopilot
    • September 24, 2003

25. Sabre 2  

    By freebird, June 22, 2002
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    • Jimbo
    • July 2, 2002

26. Firebird Demon - opinions  

    By DemonPilot, November 24, 2014
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    • hedge
    • December 2, 2014

27. The Echo is avaliable  

    By lazdog23, February 15, 2019
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    • lazdog23
    • September 19, 2019

28. Luigi and JC on Discovery Channel  

    By BirdBabe1, August 30, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • September 26, 2006

29. Crossfire2: 109 vs 99  

    By gus, November 30, 2003
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    • isaiah85
    • December 7, 2003

30. First Velocity Jumps  

    By pjc, December 11, 2009
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    • sparkie
    • May 3, 2010

31. Airlocked/Crossbraced Works! Check it out!  

    By rapper4mpi, April 8, 2002
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    • n2skdvn
    • April 28, 2002

32. The slope slider ..  

    By tontonBlurp, August 26, 2017
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    • danielcroft
    • August 29, 2017

33. Low speed lift.  

    By rmcvey, December 11, 2003
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    • yarik
    • December 12, 2003

34. Wind blade poles  

    By mccurley, February 17, 2005
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    • mccurley
    • February 18, 2005

35. learning steps on a stiletto  

    By 2ndgensteinke, March 10, 2008
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    • meteor
    • March 20, 2008

36. I will be stepping down from a 288 to a 210 on my next jump. Got any Advice?  

    By Viking, September 15, 2002
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    • Viking
    • September 23, 2002

37. Sabre to a Stiletto  

    By JasonCT13, June 11, 2004
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    • rehmwa
    • June 18, 2004

38. JVX 665ft???  

    By morris, November 21, 2006
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    • rhys
    • November 23, 2006

39. Crossfire 2 - to what crossbraced???  

    By airborne82nd, March 12, 2007
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    • RMURRAY
    • March 13, 2007

40. Where to Swoop in January?  

    By NewClearSports, November 29, 2007
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    • Sabre1Lucke
    • January 10, 2008

41. How much do you load your reserve?   1 2

    By deurich2003, April 5, 2004
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    • kansasskydiver
    • April 11, 2004

42. What lines do you use on your cross-braced  

    By Travman, July 30, 2019
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    • 28337
    • November 3, 2019

43. Xaos 21 Vs 27  

    By TEric, April 27, 2006
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    • TEric
    • May 3, 2006

44. Icarus Omega or Omni at 1.6/1.7 WL  

    By Titanium_Gecko, May 15, 2011
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    • Titanium_Gecko
    • May 16, 2011

45. flare a sabre1 150, is possible?  

    By alefolgore, June 4, 2014
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    • skez
    • June 6, 2014

46. "New Point spreas in Accuracy" More Info needed  

    By Bowie, February 2, 2010
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    • rhys
    • March 27, 2010

47. swooping on x-fire109   1 2

    By swaika, November 30, 2006
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    • Mostly_Harmless
    • December 5, 2006

48. Sail JVX at terminal  

    By speedy, June 22, 2007
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    • Spizzzarko
    • June 26, 2007

49. Canopy flight exercises  

    By Mjoy4567, June 4, 2014
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    • shibu
    • July 15, 2014

50. The Ranch Pond Swoop Meet  

    By SkymonkeyONE, August 17, 2004
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    • koz2000
    • August 27, 2004

51. New VX   1 2

    By garyharbird, April 26, 2004
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    • rhino
    • April 30, 2004

52. Front Riser Pressure....   1 2 3

    By Viking, June 1, 2003
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    • Steel
    • June 4, 2003

53. Lost confidence  

    By CanuckInUSA, May 27, 2005
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    • Skyolker
    • October 26, 2005

54. Removable slider - opening differences  

    By MrBrant, May 3, 2007
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    • yardhippie
    • May 7, 2007

55. JVX Hybrid openings  

    By RickyGood, January 8, 2007
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    • proswooper
    • January 9, 2007

56. Sabre 2 Front Risers  

    By MarkFoster, January 7, 2004
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    • darkside212
    • January 9, 2004

57. anything dangerous about a sabre?   1 2

    By unformed, April 19, 2006
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    • crazydiver
    • April 30, 2006

58. Removable slider  

    By yardhippie, April 10, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • April 14, 2006

59. Dan/Quade ? Airfoil definition  

    By ramon, January 4, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • January 4, 2002

60. PD Reserves Loaded @ 1.7 or 1.8  

    By Skydive2, April 25, 2002
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    • billvon
    • April 27, 2002

61. Colorado CPC #2 Results  

    By swoopster33, May 23, 2005
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    • Spizzzarko
    • May 24, 2005

62. Oh no is the RAGE a Crossfire 2????????  

    By airborne82nd, November 27, 2006
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    • matthewcline
    • November 28, 2006

63. fronts vs toggle  

    By AiRpollUtiOn, May 30, 2002
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    • cessna54tango
    • June 27, 2006

64. in order to swoop do you need to do a hook turn?  

    By zahiv, February 12, 2004
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    • Designer
    • February 18, 2004

65. Options for improving plane out altitude  

    By DocPop, May 15, 2009
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    • Mikko
    • May 20, 2009

66. It won't happen to me...   1 2

    By davelepka, November 24, 2004
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    • stratostar
    • January 23, 2005

67. When did you go X-brace?  

    By Peej, February 27, 2007
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    • freeflyn
    • March 3, 2007

68. Went too big and got it on video? Broke a leg swooping and its on video?  

    By PhreeZone, September 14, 2004
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    • PhreeZone
    • September 25, 2004

69. ? about running out landings vs sliding  

    By 5.samadhi, March 5, 2012
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    • 5.samadhi
    • March 12, 2012

70. Question for swoopers??  

    By lowpullin1, November 14, 2002
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    • Unutsch
    • December 14, 2002

71. HP turn heights  

    By stevomooo, October 27, 2007
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    • Spizzzarko
    • November 5, 2007

72. BAD Crossfire2 Openings  

    By Kusi, August 16, 2009
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    • ozzy13
    • August 20, 2009

73. Accuracy   1 2

    By sunnydee123, July 9, 2003
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    • quade
    • July 11, 2003

74. neos vs others  

    By lildemmer, August 28, 2007
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    • CrazyL
    • August 31, 2007

75. Jumped with Contrail?  

    By marysha, November 3, 2002
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    • roq
    • November 3, 2002

76. Pond Swooping Techniques?  

    By listo, March 4, 2003
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    • ramon
    • March 8, 2003

77. Black Mountain Canopy Piloting competition  

    By Herckydude, March 4, 2010
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    • breadhead
    • May 26, 2010

78. Cobalt vs. Stiletto   1 2

    By Jskydiver22, October 31, 2004
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    • VectorBoy
    • November 9, 2004

79. Icarus alpha/Atair alpha  

    By kurupeeblas, December 26, 2002
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    • CrazyL
    • January 31, 2006

80. Pack Volume of Xaos-21  

    By mischo, September 3, 2004
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    • Spizzzarko
    • September 9, 2004

81. Speed Flying  

    By georgechurchill, January 1, 2007
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    • sysop
    • January 10, 2007

82. Brake Setting on Sabre2  

    By MagicGuy, April 12, 2009
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    • DanG
    • April 14, 2009

83. Registration open for EST finals Lake Bussloo Beach 2007  

    By ParaShoot, July 6, 2007
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    • dragon2
    • September 5, 2007

84. Canopy question  

    By millertime24, December 8, 2010
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    • Martini
    • January 20, 2011

85. How are you stowing your HMA lines(size and type of bands)  

    By fff3, September 7, 2007
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • September 16, 2007

86. When/Where To Make Pattern Turns  

    By bqmassey, April 8, 2011
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    • bqmassey
    • April 19, 2011

87. Can't believe what a difference 2 inch longer risers made!  

    By ccowden, December 30, 2003
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    • ManBird
    • January 7, 2004

88. new velocity - what to do   1 2

    By jdfreefly, March 24, 2006
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    • diablopilot
    • April 4, 2006

89. input to plane out or not.  

    By tattoojeff, April 27, 2004
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    • twnsnd
    • May 9, 2004

90. World Cup 2005 Results  

    By pinkskyvan, August 25, 2005
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    • marks
    • September 7, 2005

91. Swoop opinions?   1 2

    By freakydiver, August 20, 2003
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    • trigger
    • August 26, 2003

92. Crossfire-2 To be delieverred tomorrow   1 2

    By kansasskydiver, October 7, 2003
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    • kansasskydiver
    • October 20, 2003

93. Initiating high performance landing with toggles?  

    By Hazarrd, October 15, 2003
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    • rigging65
    • October 16, 2003

94. Canopy Coaching in Florida advice  

    By mac2501, October 6, 2013
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    • mac2501
    • October 11, 2013

95. Southeast CPC Round 3 - Culman AL   1 2

    By ianmdrennan, June 17, 2005
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    • ianmdrennan
    • June 28, 2005

96. Speed vs. wingload  

    By skow, June 26, 2015
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    • uer16
    • June 30, 2015

97. fooling around with a velocity.   1 2

    By marks, October 17, 2004
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    • marks
    • October 28, 2004

98. PST SWOOP FESTIVAL SHOW   1 2

    By CanopyPiloting, June 21, 2006
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    • Bazair2air
    • July 22, 2006

99. experts? which swoop canopy is the most docile?  

    By airborne82nd, May 14, 2006
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    • phoenixlpr
    • May 16, 2006

100. PHOTO  

     By KEVINLOVE, October 11, 2007
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     • KEVINLOVE
     • October 17, 2007