Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Sail JVX at terminal  

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

2. Bucking hornet  

   By siujumper, October 14, 2003
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   • ChileRelleno
   • October 18, 2003

3. Positive recovery arc???  

   By freeflir29, July 16, 2002
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   • lowhook
   • July 18, 2002

4. jvx sizes  

   By justchrisdsp, May 6, 2008
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   • JohnnyZ
   • May 15, 2008

5. Is it bad to be SO GOSH DARN PROUD....  

   By sunnydee123, April 21, 2004
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   • jumperconway
   • April 24, 2004

6. Recommended Canopy Size  

   By freebird, July 25, 2002
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   • freebird
   • August 2, 2002

7. Why an Elliptical?  

   By Islandcool, October 7, 2004
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   • Tonto
   • October 14, 2004

8. diffrence in flight/dive charicteristics between Xfire and VX?  

   By DaGimp, April 27, 2005
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   • Canuck
   • April 28, 2005

9. Canopy Skills Course - Luigi Cani  

   By ep11300, May 19, 2008
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   • DocPop
   • June 23, 2008

10. Petra vs. Sofia  

    By DylanH, August 10, 2018
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    • DylanH
    • January 15, 2019

11. Comp Velo v Valkyrie  

    By Spiffycop, August 30, 2018
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    • piro686
    • February 28, 2019

12. Changing your w/l suddenly  

    By motherhucker, October 24, 2003
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    • jumperconway
    • October 31, 2003

13. Big shout out to Brian Germain  

    By StreetScooby, August 17, 2009
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    • BrianSGermain
    • December 23, 2012

14. What canopy after no jumping for 16 months ?  

    By jad_ben, April 21, 2014
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    • Kurbe105
    • May 8, 2014

15. Canadian Nationals  

    By Canuck, August 6, 2007
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    • dayle
    • August 16, 2007

16. Stall point/brake line length  

    By flyngsquirrl, October 21, 2005
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    • AcePilot
    • October 26, 2005

17. the difference  

    By cliffharris, December 19, 2001
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    • PhreeZone
    • December 21, 2001

18. R.D.S. users  

    By Velopilot, October 29, 2005
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    • RMURRAY
    • December 4, 2005

19. Temperature of air  

    By Metekanya, July 10, 2008
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    • matt6242
    • July 11, 2008

20. PD Factory Team short vid  

    By ianmdrennan, November 1, 2009
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    • ficus
    • November 2, 2009

21. Finding the Perfect Canopy  

    By BrianSGermain, December 21, 2006
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    • BrianSGermain
    • January 8, 2007

22. Glide ratios  

    By gus, January 4, 2002
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    • nacmacfeegle
    • January 29, 2002

23. Sabre 2  

    By norbase, December 30, 2006
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    • ianmdrennan
    • December 31, 2006

24. Skysurf Deployments  

    By Spy38W, October 4, 2002
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    • SurfFlite
    • October 14, 2002

25. Carving and Wind  

    By skynole, June 1, 2004
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    • jmfreefly
    • June 2, 2004

26. Mr. Bill wing loading  

    By baronn, August 5, 2008
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    • brianfry713
    • August 13, 2008

27. Kellie  

    By freebird, January 21, 2002
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    • prost
    • January 22, 2002

28. JVX Hybrid openings  

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

29. Coccyx Protector  

    By HUPRA, November 24, 2014
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    • wildWilly
    • November 28, 2014

30. kurupee swoop pants?  

    By superstu, May 26, 2005
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    • Brains
    • May 31, 2005

31. Ideal Skydive Canopy for Ground launching  

    By RickyGood, September 17, 2007
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    • superstu
    • October 12, 2007

32. CP at Nationals - question  

    By keka, September 18, 2007
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    • keka
    • September 19, 2007

33. CP 2015 Event Master  

    By RichLees, January 4, 2015
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    • raymod2
    • July 8, 2015

34. Another RDS/removable slider question  

    By MrBrant, January 10, 2007
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    • ianmdrennan
    • January 11, 2007

35. Sabre to a Stiletto  

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

36. PD Velocity Recovery arc? "The Sweet Spot"  

    By Timmeeh, January 13, 2015
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    • aarco
    • March 14, 2015

37. Velo popper mod  

    By freekflyguy, February 12, 2015
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    • d100965
    • July 24, 2015

38. accuracy round  

    By Swondpooper, October 9, 2007
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    • ianmdrennan
    • October 12, 2007

39. Maxing out the performance of a given canopy (W/L vs aerodynamics)  

    By SkydiveNFlorida, December 19, 2003
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    • SkydiveNFlorida
    • December 19, 2003

40. New RDS available?  

    By deathtrap, January 27, 2007
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    • crazydiver
    • February 7, 2007

41. The real purpose of this "Swooping and canopy control" forum  

    By CanuckInUSA, June 23, 2004
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • July 6, 2004

42. SPEED RIDING ON A SNOWBOARD  

    By KEVINLOVE, October 11, 2007
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    • sysop
    • November 15, 2007

43. This one time... I bought a Lotus....  

    By Islandcool, June 24, 2004
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    • johnny1488
    • June 27, 2004

44. Anybody flying an Onyx?  

    By Canuck, December 10, 2004
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    • Teixido
    • December 14, 2004

45. Cut off on final...  

    By kc10boom, January 6, 2006
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    • rehmwa
    • January 9, 2006

46. Fluid Wings HK | HKT  

    By sswain, October 24, 2018
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    • 28337
    • November 11, 2018

47. Sabre 2 Front Risers  

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

48. getting into swooping - crossfire2 characteristic  

    By honest.py, February 11, 2020
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    • hodges
    • September 13, 2022

49. Stiletto  

    By shaggydog, January 20, 2006
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    • shaggydog
    • January 23, 2006

50. in your opinion.....  

    By D22369, January 4, 2005
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    • D22369
    • January 5, 2005

51. Backriser tape  

    By Wharewaka, September 28, 2008
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    • VectorBoy
    • October 3, 2008

52. Help with technique...  

    By Kris, March 14, 2002
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    • Kris
    • March 15, 2002

53. JFX vs Velocity  

    By tofou, March 26, 2012
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    • Helmut
    • May 10, 2012

54. Leia vs VK  

    By nzdan, June 10, 2015
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    • angryelf
    • February 3, 2016

55. begin to swoop  

    By elmo87, February 28, 2007
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    • elmo87
    • March 2, 2007

56. Swooping coach  

    By ParaShoot, July 13, 2003
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    • Malfunction
    • July 25, 2003

57. Sabre 135 w/ 25 jumps ~ 1.4 WL  

    By Kimblair13, June 25, 2005
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    • BenediktDE
    • July 11, 2005

58. South East CPC 2006 schedule  

    By chayes12, January 31, 2006
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    • ntacfreefly
    • March 19, 2006

59. Is the Radical the same as the Cobalt (was: "In-Between" canopy size?????)  

    By cobaltdan, November 27, 2007
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    • IMGR2
    • December 4, 2007

60. Dialling in landing patterns.  

    By aykay, November 29, 2007
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    • Pendragon
    • December 22, 2007

61. Reserve at 1.4??  

    By pekkakurtz, March 18, 2002
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    • ramon
    • March 18, 2002

62. Where to Swoop in January?  

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

63. Results King of Swoop / EST Empuriabrava Spain  

    By ParaShoot, July 27, 2006
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    • ReyNier
    • July 31, 2006

64. Help choosing new canopy?  

    By Grisu, October 24, 2008
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    • Grisu
    • October 29, 2008

65. Hop & Pop definition  

    By basweiler, August 25, 2015
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    • jbscout2002
    • September 10, 2015

66. German Swooping Open 2006  

    By Dominik, February 9, 2006
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    • Dominik
    • May 21, 2006

67. stiletto vs. diablo  

    By superstu, December 9, 2002
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    • rhino
    • December 10, 2002

68. Ever have one of those swoops?  

    By AggieDave, July 25, 2004
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    • diablopilot
    • July 28, 2004

69. Mariann: Tribute Video  

    By CanopyPiloting, August 1, 2006
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    • CanopyPiloting
    • August 8, 2006

70. Combining BASE and Swooping together!! IDEAS??  

    By clint, February 6, 2004
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    • dsbbreck
    • February 14, 2004

71. Velo vs. JVX  

    By NexGenSkydiver, November 17, 2008
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    • proswooper
    • November 19, 2008

72. short recovery arc canopy and consistency  

    By 2shay, August 7, 2006
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    • Guinness_fr
    • August 8, 2006

73. COED 170  

    By Cyco, January 5, 2003
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    • BPO
    • January 6, 2003

74. Katana 107 loaded 1.7 what's next?  

    By Ronsebag, December 25, 2015
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    • Jason1996
    • August 8, 2016

75. canopy types and suitable wingloadings  

    By metalslug, August 5, 2003
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    • Ron
    • August 7, 2003

76. King of Swoop, more pictures  

    By ReyNier, August 9, 2006
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    • br0k3n
    • August 21, 2006

77. 9 cells or 21 cells with a WL 1.74 for swooping  

    By Sadcat, February 2, 2005
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    • Sadcat
    • February 3, 2005

78. Is a highly loaded cross braced canopy suitable for bigways?  

    By Bolas, March 29, 2007
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    • hparrish
    • April 2, 2007

79. Swoop Speeds....  

    By iam, January 13, 2003
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    • maretus
    • January 15, 2003

80. control lines  

    By yurbai, February 15, 2004
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    • ccowden
    • February 18, 2004

81. Canopy History  

    By rhanold, July 25, 2012
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    • SlackBeef
    • August 10, 2012

82. XAOS OPENINGS  

    By SHARKY, April 12, 2002
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    • prost
    • April 17, 2002

83. Austrian Nationals and Open at Skydive Pink Klatovy from August 18-20,2006  

    By pinkskyvan, August 18, 2006
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    • jurgencamps
    • August 21, 2006

84. Problems with accuracy and landing a 220  

    By DemolitionDarby, July 6, 2016
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    • Anachronist
    • November 7, 2016

85. the best performing 9 cell  

    By sight_burner, February 7, 2005
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    • lewmonst
    • February 10, 2005

86. front riser traps fingers on landing  

    By countfunkular, September 21, 2012
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    • DocPop
    • September 28, 2012

87. crossbraced wing loading  

    By jsfreefly76, January 29, 2003
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    • rhino
    • February 10, 2003

88. can somebody teach me how to swoop?  

    By drenaline, April 29, 2002
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    • alan
    • April 30, 2002

89. Swooping weight belts  

    By ianmdrennan, February 11, 2009
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    • voodew1
    • February 12, 2009

90. Canopy control courses?!?!?!  

    By baRRRpirate, October 29, 2012
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    • chuckakers
    • November 23, 2012

91. first swoop...?!  

    By flyhy, February 4, 2003
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    • Mad47
    • February 9, 2003

92. Curious canopy question for the Napkin jumpers  

    By jumper03, September 2, 2003
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    • monkeybot
    • September 4, 2003

93. www.CanopyPiloting.com  

    By proswoopingtour, March 1, 2004
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    • proswoopingtour
    • March 12, 2004

94. Swoop meet this weekend at ASC  

    By SkymonkeyONE, May 9, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • May 16, 2002

95. 21 sq.ft Xaos pic...  

    By GroundZero, February 7, 2003
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    • GroundZero
    • February 8, 2003

96. Weapon of choice  

    By mchamp, September 7, 2010
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    • JohanW
    • September 16, 2010

97. Introducing...  

    By blu, May 3, 2007
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    • blu
    • May 3, 2007

98. Effects of leaning forward/backwards in harness  

    By HUPRA, January 5, 2013
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    • morris
    • February 9, 2013

99. FLCPA Event #2 - Palatka, FL  

    By frost, March 10, 2008
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    • marks
    • March 12, 2008

100. Flaring question  

     By crotalus01, May 7, 2007
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     • crotalus01
     • May 8, 2007