Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Wind hold at PD Challenge  

   By howtosee, January 5, 2007
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   • CanuckInUSA
   • January 8, 2007

2. Need some help with swoops  

   By bergh, November 15, 2004
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   • BrianSGermain
   • November 17, 2004

3. downsizing question  

   By Antoine64, September 3, 2011
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   • Antoine64
   • September 5, 2011

4. Heatwave canopy/rig complex...  

   By PaulHitchman, October 10, 2002
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   • PaulHitchman
   • October 14, 2002

5. Results of the 1st UK Canopy Swooping Tour comp  

   By cpoxon, June 16, 2003
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   • cpoxon
   • September 10, 2003

6. 180 to 270  

   By Helmut, December 5, 2005
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   • Swooopa-x
   • December 8, 2005

7. line twist on stiletto  

   By xing, June 16, 2003
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   • Ron
   • June 17, 2003

8. Canopy control courses  

   By hjumper33, January 12, 2007
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   • SkymonkeyONE
   • January 18, 2007

9. Ranch Pond swoop meet possible date change  

   By johnny1488, June 2, 2005
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   • ianmdrennan
   • June 3, 2005

10. Xaos 21 opinions  

    By Helmut, January 30, 2015
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    • aarco
    • March 14, 2015

11. What is it called?  

    By speedy, June 5, 2005
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    • riggerrob
    • June 23, 2005

12. Anyone need hotel room for US Nationals?  

    By kameraflyr, August 19, 2008
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    • DALAILAMA
    • August 23, 2008

13. Dealing w/ Turbulence (Hey Kris!)  

    By Hooknswoop, February 12, 2002
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    • Gravitymaster
    • February 12, 2002

14. CANOPY ADVICE FOR LUCKY SWOOPER-TRIGGER?  

    By fedykin, October 21, 2002
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    • skydivadee
    • June 27, 2005

15. online canopy coaching?  

    By swooper81, November 27, 2004
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    • chachi
    • December 2, 2004

16. Riser turn estimate  

    By ManBird, June 25, 2003
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    • ShaggyFord
    • June 26, 2003

17. Re: [pchapman] Skydiver hits tail on exit.23rd August 2008  

    By stonecolddude, September 9, 2008
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    • pchapman
    • September 12, 2008

18. German Swooping Open video  

    By dragon2, June 15, 2005
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    • dragon2
    • June 17, 2005

19. front riser turns  

    By skydivingchad, January 7, 2004
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    • hookitt
    • January 8, 2004

20. Getting 100% from a canopy  

    By br0k3n, June 30, 2004
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    • piisfish
    • July 5, 2004

21. Stock Canopies?  

    By garywainwright, December 15, 2004
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    • skygod7777
    • December 15, 2004

22. Adverse roll  

    By billvon, July 11, 2006
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    • mgattini
    • July 12, 2006

23. A canopy to start?  

    By Nos1s, May 10, 2015
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    • Nos1s
    • May 18, 2015

24. Next canopy progression???  

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

25. deploying and flying small (WL ~ >3.5 ) parachutes.  

    By Calvin19, April 23, 2010
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    • LouDiamond
    • April 26, 2010

26. PST Wildwood Pictures  

    By TroyK, July 7, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • July 9, 2004

27. rumours?  

    By flypig, November 26, 2007
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    • MissMelissa
    • December 16, 2007

28. Hook Turns  

    By LittleJumper, March 18, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 18, 2002

29. New cross-braced canopies  

    By prost, March 18, 2002
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    • Hooknswoop
    • March 18, 2002

30. New to canopy control  

    By samp76, December 4, 2002
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    • vertvid2000
    • December 13, 2002

31. Going back to the Pilot  

    By Conundrum, January 12, 2005
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    • ryoder
    • January 23, 2005

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

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

33. FLCPA Meet #5- Skydive the Farm-last meet of the season!!  

    By berchtoldaj, June 6, 2010
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    • dharma1976
    • June 9, 2010

34. Spectre : Is still a useful canopy ?  

    By nicolesser, July 25, 2004
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    • j3zz
    • August 12, 2004

35. Line Twists - I LOVE my canopy  

    By BikerBabe, December 17, 2002
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    • Cajun
    • December 24, 2002

36. 2008 Australian Canopy Piloting Nationals  

    By michaelqld, January 2, 2008
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    • dugy
    • February 27, 2008

37. What is 'in the corner'?  

    By freeflyit, October 7, 2015
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    • raymod2
    • October 17, 2015

38. Best Wing Loading for a Velocity  

    By Velocity84, February 7, 2004
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    • jdhill
    • February 10, 2004

39. By what reference do you initiate your approach?  

    By LearningTOfly, August 7, 2006
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    • chachi
    • August 8, 2006

40. swoop record. good stuf Kujo!  

    By bigway, July 30, 2004
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    • vesatoro
    • August 3, 2004

41. Same canopy different recovery arc  

    By gresende007, June 15, 2019
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    • longwhitecloud
    • June 19, 2019

42. Step by Step Swoop Set-up?  

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

43. ok strange question  

    By airborne82nd, August 15, 2006
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    • f94sbu
    • August 20, 2006

44. Anyone know CPC results colorado 7/16?  

    By RADskydiver, July 19, 2005
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • July 22, 2005

45. Ground Launch Video "Swoop Control"  

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

46. (European) Swoop events 2009  

    By ParaShoot, December 23, 2008
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    • dima39
    • January 25, 2010

47. density altitude...  

    By alain, January 16, 2003
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    • alain
    • January 17, 2003

48. TX CPC Meet 1 results  

    By tspillers, April 2, 2007
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    • Brains
    • April 10, 2007

49. Best DZ for canopy (including swooping) coaching?  

    By Zenister, February 10, 2008
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    • sclosoma
    • March 13, 2008

50. Vengeance vs. Velocity - Round two  

    By mfrese, February 18, 2004
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    • cessna54tango
    • July 18, 2006

51. Paraskuf, Ukraine - Open Canopy Piloting Cup - $6800 Prize money  

    By frost, July 28, 2010
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    • dima39
    • May 5, 2011

52. Nationals 2013 and 2014  

    By dqpacker, September 10, 2012
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    • Juan45
    • October 2, 2012

53. 99 Crossire 2 vs Neos 99  

    By traker, August 23, 2016
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    • DJL
    • October 5, 2016

54. Cross Braced Canopy  

    By SLIDER, August 17, 2004
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    • Jordan82
    • May 23, 2017

55. Velocity's, How "ground hungry"  

    By Skydive2, January 24, 2003
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    • bobsled92
    • January 26, 2003

56. Anyone hapen to know if canopy called "ONYX" from Parachute Shop-France doese worth it?  

    By skyflyergr, April 16, 2007
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    • skyflyergr
    • April 17, 2007

57. C-License Accuracy Jumps  

    By Zoso, September 3, 2006
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    • Zoso
    • September 18, 2006

58. Learning the Swoop  

    By Jskydiver22, August 26, 2004
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    • jdfreefly
    • August 27, 2004

59. Sebastian doubles prize money for FLCPA  

    By chayes12, August 8, 2005
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    • marks
    • August 11, 2005

60. Post your speedriding/speedflying pics!  

    By justinhawxhurst, March 4, 2009
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    • AdD
    • May 10, 2009

61. HMA line replacement  

    By andyfreefly1, March 8, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • March 9, 2004

62. Logging and analyzing swoop turns?  

    By Mikko, March 4, 2009
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    • BMFin
    • March 18, 2009

63. Sabre 170 2 Sabre 150  

    By AiRpollUtiOn, May 15, 2002
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    • AiRpollUtiOn
    • May 21, 2002

64. Learn More, Live Longer...  

    By BrianSGermain, March 8, 2004
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    • Amazon
    • March 19, 2004

65. Don't get too comfy  

    By CBurket, May 23, 2002
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    • goose491
    • July 2, 2002

66. New England pond swoop nationals part 2 2007  

    By selwyn, May 14, 2007
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    • tsalnukt
    • May 16, 2007

67. suggestions for books about canopy control?  

    By skyhighkiy, September 5, 2004
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    • a97virago
    • September 9, 2004

68. JVX review  

    By superstu, March 7, 2005
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    • Bartje
    • March 14, 2005

69. Katana long snivelling openings...?  

    By Heycharger, December 13, 2020
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    • nwt
    • December 23, 2020

70. GPS trace of swoop needed  

    By f94sbu, March 13, 2013
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    • nigelh
    • April 20, 2013

71. I've converted Jerry Sobiesky's paper to M$ Word  

    By RichM, February 28, 2003
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    • relyon
    • March 13, 2003

72. When and where did swooping originate? Who was the first swooper?  

    By Newbie, August 22, 2005
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    • Trae
    • August 30, 2005

73. Taking off a slope with a parachute. Advise  

    By KerMor, September 13, 2004
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    • Spizzzarko
    • September 14, 2004

74. Optima inside helmet  

    By outlawphx, April 11, 2006
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    • GravityGirl
    • April 12, 2006

75. Swooping body position?  

    By freeflir29, June 10, 2002
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    • nacmacfeegle
    • June 10, 2002

76. team evolution video?  

    By superstu, April 11, 2006
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    • USNLawdog
    • April 13, 2006

77. Low wingloading downsizing...  

    By mindcool, October 15, 2006
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    • sysop
    • October 16, 2006

78. SDO Boogie Pond Pics  

    By Kimblair13, August 29, 2005
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    • livenletfly
    • September 9, 2005

79. IPC SPEED ROUND RESULTS  

    By dgskydive, September 26, 2003
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    • rhino
    • October 3, 2003

80. Recovery Arc Length  

    By DcloudZ, June 5, 2013
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    • krisco
    • June 6, 2013

81. Different flare?  

    By Blahr, October 3, 2003
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • October 8, 2003

82. Pictures from Red Bull Event at Spaceland Posted  

    By jdhill, March 19, 2003
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    • Snowflake
    • March 23, 2003

83. Swoop with a spectre, good or bad?  

    By drenaline, October 4, 2003
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    • skybytch
    • October 11, 2003

84. build up to swooping the pond at perris  

    By djd, November 2, 2006
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    • Peej
    • November 3, 2006

85. Not current after 4 months lay off video :)  

    By lilchief, February 22, 2011
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    • lilchief
    • February 23, 2011

86. Red Bull Qualifier~ Eloy Results  

    By bbarnhouse, March 23, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 28, 2003

87. Practicing swooping during regualr full altitude loads  

    By bbl, April 28, 2008
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    • kj126
    • April 29, 2008

88. Drills to help ????  

    By tmoran, April 13, 2005
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    • BrianSGermain
    • April 21, 2005

89. Kick Ass swoop day, (pics)  

    By Rdutch, April 19, 2004
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    • adamjenner
    • May 4, 2004

90. Wing Loading, a practical explaination.  

    By northcave, June 30, 2007
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    • kallend
    • July 2, 2007

91. Linewearing on the UPT Stowless Mainbag.  

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

92. Skyquest Swoop meet  

    By chayes12, November 16, 2006
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    • chayes12
    • November 16, 2006

93. Did I do the right thing.  

    By freebird, July 24, 2002
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    • wlie
    • August 1, 2002

94. Need "political help" to build a pond at public airport  

    By diveout, April 10, 2003
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    • weid14
    • April 12, 2003

95. On-harness RDS pocket  

    By Veis, January 18, 2021
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    • Veis
    • April 6, 2021

96. What's up with this new Onyx ad?  

    By ManBird, April 23, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • May 5, 2004

97. Does VX really hard risers and shitti opened canopy?  

    By alexey, July 29, 2002
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    • bobsoutar
    • September 24, 2002

98. Audible for swoop setup  

    By skydave238, October 19, 2017
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    • rhanold
    • November 4, 2017

99. End cell closure  

    By garyharbird, April 14, 2003
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    • bobsled92
    • April 22, 2003

100. Tired of running out a fast canopy  

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