Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. using front risers  

   By cheese_eater, April 25, 2006
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   • dharma1976
   • May 3, 2006

2. Trying to get a canopy course at my DZ  

   By EFS4LIFE, May 18, 2011
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   • SRI85
   • June 9, 2011

3. Mr. Bill wing loading  

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

4. Learning to Ground Launch Video by Brian Germain  

   By BrianSGermain, December 10, 2007
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   • moto89
   • December 19, 2007

5. Atair Radical  

   By garywainwright, August 26, 2004
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   • daveom
   • August 31, 2004

6. Connected front- and rearrisers  

   By maggyrider, October 1, 2015
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   • skymeat
   • October 5, 2015

7. New Risers  

   By dan7the1man1, February 21, 2010
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   • customguy79
   • March 17, 2010

8. Swooping input...  

   By GeeeeeeFly, December 1, 2003
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   • GeeeeeeFly
   • December 5, 2003

9. Upsizing - evolution or the new trend?  

   By frost, November 24, 2004
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   • CanopyPiloting
   • November 30, 2004

10. iOS Wing Load Calculator  

    By ealeksandrov, August 26, 2015
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    • JaiDiver
    • February 15, 2016

11. Swoop Pond  

    By NexGenSkydiver, April 15, 2008
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    • TAXIWAY
    • July 21, 2008

12. High speed stalls  

    By spankee, February 21, 2011
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    • morris
    • February 25, 2011

13. 9 Cell class in FLCPA   1 2

    By chayes12, October 21, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • October 28, 2004

14. Katana Opening  

    By matt6242, May 5, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • May 6, 2008

15. Cobalt Competition VS Crossfire2, wingload 2.0  

    By alexey, September 30, 2002
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    • jumperconway
    • October 8, 2002

16. Stock Colors for Canopies  

    By cobaltdan, March 25, 2004
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    • ramon
    • April 6, 2004

17. Cobalt ad in Skydiving  

    By JJohnson, May 1, 2002
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    • hookit
    • May 2, 2002

18. Glad it was over water...  

    By garywainwright, March 3, 2005
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    • 78RATS
    • March 30, 2005

19. Sling shot effect, myth or reality?  

    By jdfreefly, May 4, 2005
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    • diveout
    • May 6, 2005

20. Tell me what you see...  

    By AiRpollUtiOn, May 14, 2009
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    • AiRpollUtiOn
    • June 11, 2009

21. Texas CPC meet #1   1 2 3

    By Levin, May 9, 2005
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    • Levin
    • May 29, 2005

22. 2009 world games, Taiwan  

    By lucia, July 17, 2009
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    • mgattini
    • July 21, 2009

23. Reserve at 1.4??  

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

24. slider stashers  

    By MrHixxx, June 7, 2002
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    • Tonto
    • June 11, 2002

25. www.CanopyPiloting.com  

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

26. How a rear riser stall differs from a braked stall?  

    By p3h, December 26, 2011
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    • RichLees
    • December 26, 2011

27. X-braced VS Airlocks....differences  

    By JJohnson, July 10, 2002
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    • cobaltdan
    • July 12, 2002

28. Carves vs Dives  

    By Zennie, May 2, 2002
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    • DanG
    • May 16, 2002

29. Neos vs Velocity  

    By BETO74, May 29, 2014
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    • jtiflyer
    • May 30, 2014

30. Pulling slider down  

    By SkydiveMonkey, October 6, 2002
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    • Samurai136
    • October 7, 2002

31. Sabre 2  

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

32. Florida Canopy Piloting Association - Deland (Jan 29th)  

    By jacketsdb23, December 20, 2010
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    • berchtoldaj
    • January 26, 2011

33. Canopy Coward  

    By stuartledden, September 1, 2006
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    • stuartledden
    • September 4, 2006

34. Downsizing checklist  

    By base_nz, March 29, 2008
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    • agent_lead
    • April 4, 2008

35. 9 cells & 7 cells  

    By Squeak, October 21, 2002
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    • nacmacfeegle
    • October 23, 2002

36. XAOS OPENINGS  

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

37. Double front problem  

    By buff, August 3, 2009
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    • phoenixlpr
    • August 14, 2009

38. New "longest swoop" video...  

    By GroundZero, June 12, 2003
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    • Rottenmilk
    • June 18, 2003

39. JVX Slider  

    By immortal1983, April 10, 2012
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    • Alexg3265
    • February 4, 2014

40. Standing up rear riser landings  

    By scott2002, November 24, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • November 26, 2002

41. Project Orange Teaser  

    By ianmdrennan, October 22, 2013
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    • ianmdrennan
    • October 25, 2013

42. freestyle pictures  

    By missbrz, October 3, 2012
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    • JohnnyMarko
    • October 4, 2012

43. Question for the pro-swoopers  

    By flyinryan, December 18, 2001
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    • rmcvey
    • December 23, 2001

44. Just starting  

    By Brumby, October 19, 2006
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    • SkyDivinRyan
    • November 2, 2006

45. Rock Flying (video)  

    By knot, July 30, 2007
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    • dploi
    • August 6, 2007

46. whuffo media describes swooping  

    By keithbar, July 19, 2009
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    • EduardoVincente
    • June 2, 2010

47. Linewearing on the UPT Stowless Mainbag.  

    By mar.rei, April 1, 2011
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    • stayhigh
    • April 3, 2011

48. Tired of running out a fast canopy  

    By rdufokker, July 21, 2009
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    • rdufokker
    • August 12, 2009

49. WORLD MEET 2012 LINKS  

    By jjudd, December 2, 2012
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    • holie
    • December 7, 2012

50. Sabre 135 w/ 25 jumps ~ 1.4 WL  

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

51. Higher wingloading = more stable in turbulance?  

    By rhys, January 18, 2008
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    • billvon
    • January 21, 2008

52. Skydive Arizona Swoop Club Final Standings  

    By amychmelecki, November 30, 2008
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    • kevinanderson
    • December 9, 2008

53. Swoop Freestyle World championship finals  

    By klippetop, August 30, 2017
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    • loudtom
    • August 30, 2017

54. Weather and openings  

    By Pablo.Moreno, May 27, 2015
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    • Pablo.Moreno
    • August 17, 2015

55. Vengeance VS Katana?  

    By Vertifly, February 19, 2006
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    • diablopilot
    • February 23, 2006

56. Hop N Pop  

    By hkf, February 5, 2005
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    • crewkeith
    • February 9, 2005

57. Lowest sink rate  

    By morten, August 9, 2005
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    • hkf
    • August 11, 2005

58. JVX vs VX RDS  

    By Frank, June 20, 2008
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    • packing_jarrett
    • June 22, 2008

59. Re: [USPA] Fatality: Texel - Adrian Nicolas - 17 September 2005  

    By Richardhayden, October 4, 2005
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    • MOONA
    • October 8, 2005

60. Southeast CPC results?  

    By howtosee, May 9, 2005
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    • skinnyshrek
    • May 12, 2005

61. Risers that lock down slider.  

    By Maxim, September 19, 2006
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    • deadbug
    • September 22, 2006

62. Pond Swoop Nationals @ The Ranch  

    By Jimbo, December 19, 2001
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • December 19, 2001

63. Canopy coaching in Lodi  

    By axelandr, July 2, 2012
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    • Remster
    • July 3, 2012

64. swooping rules  

    By whoops, August 14, 2010
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    • whoops
    • August 16, 2010

65. CPC and money  

    By superstu, January 18, 2006
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    • dsbbreck
    • January 22, 2006

66. Katana Reviews  

    By sangiro, February 13, 2004
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    • Designer
    • February 18, 2004

67. RDS stowage options?  

    By IMGR2, March 9, 2007
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    • rhys
    • March 20, 2007

68. It's Official: The Katana  

    By ChasingBlueSky, September 6, 2003
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    • grega
    • September 10, 2003

69. Ground Launching info?  

    By chickenhawk, October 13, 2005
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    • Tonto
    • May 9, 2006

70. 2007 USPA Nationals - Canopy Piloting - who is going?  

    By frost, August 2, 2007
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    • IMGR2
    • September 12, 2007

71. Velocity 84 how to make it open faster  

    By JumpRu, December 5, 2019
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    • skow
    • December 18, 2019

72. "In-Between" canopy size?????  

    By nicolesheridan, November 26, 2007
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • November 30, 2007

73. Canopy oversteer  

    By flyingstrauss, October 6, 2012
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    • flyingstrauss
    • October 10, 2012

74. Stilleto(spineto) or Springo  

    By fedykin, September 19, 2002
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    • Springo
    • September 24, 2002

75. Advanced Canopy Flight -- 2004 SIM  

    By mnischalke, September 26, 2003
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    • mnischalke
    • September 26, 2003

76. Small Canopy  

    By Skylark, April 14, 2004
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    • timmyfitz
    • April 15, 2004

77. Would you footlaunch a ski-launch wing?  

    By DesertDevil, November 15, 2007
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    • KEVINLOVE
    • December 12, 2007

78. xaos 21 and xaos 27  

    By skygod7777, November 28, 2002
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    • skygod7777
    • November 30, 2002

79. What is your velo's control line length???  

    By stayhigh, April 23, 2012
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    • jjudd
    • May 8, 2012

80. Is there a difference in fornt riser pressure between cross-braces  

    By shadowswoop97, June 30, 2004
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    • kaerock
    • July 1, 2004

81. Light weight, wanting opinions  

    By lifesatrip, December 2, 2004
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    • larsrulz
    • December 6, 2004

82. CPC round 1 - Southeast Region 5/5/2005   1 2

    By ianmdrennan, May 2, 2005
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    • skreamer
    • May 14, 2005

83. Onyx Demo showing up today  

    By diveout, June 10, 2004
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    • diveout
    • June 14, 2004

84. Video Swooping over Sharks in the bahamas at the "Rum Bum Boogie"  

    By TikiMan, December 20, 2010
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    • TikiMan
    • April 10, 2013

85. Remove Cypres?  

    By Hooknswoop, September 27, 2005
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    • livenletfly
    • October 2, 2005

86. Shut down the canopy?  

    By grega, November 21, 2003
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    • grega
    • November 24, 2003

87. Step by Step Swoop Set-up?  

    By TheFousts, August 10, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • August 25, 2006

88. When do/will you change your 350/300lb HMA lineset?  

    By rhys, July 25, 2008
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    • rhys
    • August 12, 2008

89. now I know  

    By JayhawkJumper, June 30, 2003
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    • aneblett
    • July 5, 2003

90. Can the flare stop the canopy almost completely in no winds?  

    By kizofilax, June 30, 2021
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    • kizofilax
    • July 3, 2021

91. crossfire2 spain or NZ  

    By dominicc, September 20, 2008
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    • bigway
    • October 9, 2008

92. Next canopy progression???  

    By tylorayre, April 3, 2010
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    • skyshimas
    • April 9, 2010

93. Ninja2 / Instinct  

    By TobbeE, June 16, 2011
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    • timfff
    • November 16, 2011

94. 180 Degree Downhill Carve  

    By jacobwaerness, January 8, 2002
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    • cobaltdan
    • January 12, 2002

95. nitron and Xfire  

    By JayhawkJumper, September 29, 2003
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    • kansasskydiver
    • October 2, 2003

96. article in the paper about swooping  

    By superstu, April 26, 2005
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    • CanopyPiloting
    • May 3, 2005

97. N3. Density altitude vs. Pressure altitude (QNE)  

    By skydivebb, May 7, 2015
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    • WickedWingsuits
    • May 21, 2015

98. Wicked Liquid Swoop Boogie   1 2

    By jcosta, July 14, 2006
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    • ntacfreefly
    • August 18, 2006

99. Turn Mechanics and G loading  

    By Chocolate, October 4, 2012
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    • AggieDave
    • October 21, 2012

100. Ground Launch Video "Swoop Control"  

     By Bengel, August 15, 2006
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     • BetteSimon
     • August 29, 2006