Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. HMA Lineset  

   By Jabbervock, November 26, 2006
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   • diablopilot
   • November 28, 2006

2. Disaster avoided  

   By fundgh, October 11, 2004
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   • fundgh
   • October 13, 2004

3. PD dvd confirmed  

   By ianmdrennan, April 30, 2004
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   • ianmdrennan
   • May 3, 2004

4. Harness vs Front Riser HP turns  

   By mbailey465, April 16, 2018
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   • daffes
   • May 13, 2019

5. Aborted swoops,  

   By rhino, August 13, 2002
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   • SkymonkeyONE
   • August 19, 2002

6. Swoooping beam for gates  

   By ParaShoot, October 23, 2003
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   • ramon
   • October 24, 2003

7. katana  

   By freakyflyr11, October 24, 2003
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   • Dazzle
   • October 29, 2003

8. Canopy to learn swooping on.  

   By bofh, July 21, 2007
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   • dharma1976
   • July 23, 2007

9. How do YOU demo a canopy?  

   By DJL, October 8, 2005
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   • ladyskydiver
   • October 10, 2005

10. Water Gear?  

    By jgaley69, July 26, 2007
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    • raymod2
    • July 26, 2007

11. Assume the frog position, and pass the baton  

    By davelepka, December 6, 2006
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    • dharma1976
    • December 8, 2006

12. Sydney World Cup in Canopy Piloting  

    By kamalasound, July 31, 2007
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    • michaelqld
    • November 8, 2007

13. What was your turn progression?  

    By Blink, August 30, 2009
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • September 4, 2009

14. Shifting body position  

    By skreamer, December 9, 2001
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • December 18, 2001

15. Question on braked turns  

    By Michele, May 7, 2003
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    • crapflinger2000
    • May 7, 2003

16. has anybody experienced the Sensei from big air?  

    By freeflyfree, November 6, 2003
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    • Amazon
    • November 14, 2003

17. My new Sabre2 170  

    By bdbrown, October 20, 2004
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    • bdbrown
    • October 21, 2004

18. Video For Swooping?!?!?!  

    By skydive4play, September 9, 2002
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    • freefallin14
    • September 19, 2002

19. New *unofficial* WR Distance!  

    By Combat_Wombat, September 24, 2009
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    • chuckakers
    • October 8, 2009

20. swooping, sabre2's and progression  

    By roam82, May 29, 2014
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    • Pendragon
    • October 16, 2014

21. Gravity Pilots Camp in Europe!  

    By sysop, October 26, 2005
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    • sysop
    • November 23, 2005

22. which crossbraced has the least twitchyness  

    By airborne82nd, December 19, 2006
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    • cobaltdan
    • December 21, 2006

23. flare a sabre1 150, is possible?  

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

24. Flaring?  

    By udder, December 21, 2001
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    • SkydiveMonkey
    • December 21, 2001

25. Weekend Swoop stories  

    By Samurai136, May 20, 2003
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    • MrHixxx
    • May 21, 2003

26. teach their students to "feel" the flare?  

    By skyhighkiy, October 29, 2004
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    • Spizzzarko
    • November 2, 2004

27. competition for both non-swoopers and swoopers?  

    By mikker, August 19, 2007
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    • LoudDan
    • August 23, 2007

28. Pilot and safire 2, a Comparison  

    By nicolesser, October 31, 2004
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    • Tonto
    • November 5, 2004

29. Who is from Aerodyne ?  

    By nicolesser, November 1, 2004
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    • NickB
    • November 4, 2004

30. removeable slider  

    By Steel, May 29, 2003
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    • Steel
    • June 2, 2003

31. clockwise or anticlockwise  

    By spencer, July 21, 2011
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    • Halfpastniner
    • July 22, 2011

32. Cross Post - Flat Turns ... A Life-Saving Skill!  

    By TB99, November 24, 2003
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    • FOF
    • November 30, 2003

33. Black Moutain Swoop competition 2008 (Belgium)  

    By Sabre1Lucke, July 23, 2008
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    • newswooper
    • January 10, 2009

34. Brian Germain Interview on SkydiveRadio.com  

    By BrianSGermain, November 9, 2005
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    • diverds
    • November 10, 2005

35. "You should practice up high" High Performance Turns  

    By LawnDart21, November 2, 2004
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    • Jskydiver22
    • November 3, 2004

36. minimum weight question...  

    By Darktreader, July 24, 2008
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    • padu
    • July 25, 2008

37. Clay!!!  

    By freebird, January 21, 2002
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    • SkydiveMonkey
    • January 21, 2002

38. PD Website  

    By garyharbird, June 5, 2003
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    • Kinaa
    • June 6, 2003

39. New competition circuit...  

    By SlatonAirSports, November 14, 2004
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    • Treejumps
    • November 16, 2004

40. Katana Question  

    By skydived19006, September 15, 2011
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    • LetsGoOutside
    • September 15, 2011

41. RDS Swivel - what do you use and where did you get it?  

    By Jiggs, September 23, 2011
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    • Jiggs
    • October 10, 2011

42. Holding your toggels  

    By Jskydiver22, December 6, 2005
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    • Jskydiver22
    • December 6, 2005

43. Triple Risers  

    By Jumpalot, December 11, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • December 14, 2003

44. Southwest CPC  

    By timmyfitz, January 17, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • January 19, 2007

45. Badfish U.S. Pond Swooping * Dirt- Water- Dirt video*  

    By ccowden, June 15, 2004
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    • ccowden
    • June 16, 2004

46. OFFICIAL DIPC (Dubai championship) SITE  

    By flytrybe, November 27, 2011
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    • Guinness_fr
    • December 13, 2011

47. Ground Launch Video  

    By WeakMindedFool, December 13, 2005
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    • superstu
    • December 14, 2005

48. NorCal - Getting a JVX Demo  

    By jacketsdb23, February 5, 2010
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    • jtiflyer
    • February 18, 2010

49. Cold Weather Demo  

    By dmetz, December 13, 2005
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    • benpat
    • December 16, 2005

50. looking for advice  

    By RSG, October 10, 2007
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    • pjc
    • October 28, 2007

51. New Canopy  

    By Damion, June 23, 2004
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    • damion75
    • June 24, 2004

52. Canopy Ground School and Tunnel Camp (Combined!)  

    By BrianSGermain, January 26, 2007
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    • BrianSGermain
    • February 1, 2007

53. Place for Swoop camp in Europe?  

    By conor, December 23, 2003
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    • voidlizard
    • January 13, 2004

54. Openings: JFX vs JVX  

    By AiRpollUtiOn, December 29, 2011
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    • AiRpollUtiOn
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55. Anyone have thoughts of Xaos21 loaded at 2.4:1  

    By namdrib, June 23, 2004
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    • namdrib
    • June 30, 2004

56. Landing downhill  

    By skybytch, October 29, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • October 30, 2002

57. breaked approach how much higher then full flight  

    By airborne82nd, January 29, 2007
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    • BrianSGermain
    • January 31, 2007

58. Chest strap and canopy flight  

    By Ironmanjay, October 16, 2007
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    • brianfry713
    • October 17, 2007

59. New Risers  

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

60. Valkyrie 79 / Leia 79 comparison  

    By danielcroft, March 25, 2015
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    • danielcroft
    • May 4, 2015

61. similar to Samurai?  

    By fool, October 31, 2002
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    • fool
    • November 12, 2002

62. RedBull Wings Qualifier Idaho  

    By sanmanz7, June 30, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • July 1, 2003

63. anyone have a copy of the LA Times article?  

    By Rdutch, June 16, 2005
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    • btucker
    • June 17, 2005

64. World free fall conv swoop comp  

    By rcc, July 10, 2006
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    • AirZoneXtreme
    • September 15, 2006

65. JVX Pack - How Tight is TOO Tight?  

    By NewClearSports, February 14, 2007
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    • RMURRAY
    • February 15, 2007

66. Neet input on new canopies  

    By FrenchGuy, July 3, 2003
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    • sangiro
    • July 6, 2003

67. how deep should new pond be?  

    By RichLees, February 12, 2012
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    • bob.dino
    • February 19, 2012

68. Next Step...90 Degree Front Riser  

    By ChromeBoy, March 8, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • March 10, 2002

69. What would you change too  

    By Jumpmunki, January 14, 2004
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    • freakydiver
    • January 14, 2004

70. Swoop training weekends  

    By ZoneRat, January 16, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • January 19, 2004

71. What are funjumps,..  

    By Bartje, January 5, 2005
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    • chrisgr
    • January 5, 2005

72. Burble collapse  

    By Skydave103, September 24, 2008
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    • peggs82
    • October 18, 2008

73. 2005 Pro Tour Schedule is out!  

    By CanopyPiloting, January 5, 2005
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    • CanopyPiloting
    • January 9, 2005

74. The Europeans at the WorldCup  

    By u_putz, November 14, 2007
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    • RickyGood
    • January 1, 2008

75. Trouble with landing accuracy/patterns  

    By emmiwy, April 20, 2010
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    • emmiwy
    • April 27, 2010

76. JVX Slider  

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

77. Replacing Velocity's lines with HMA  

    By JGarcia, December 5, 2002
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    • skydivegirl
    • December 9, 2002

78. Learning to Ground Launch Video by Brian Germain  

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

79. http://www.redbullbladeraid.com/  

    By freeflyguy, March 21, 2002
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    • eames
    • March 21, 2002

80. Damn, I like my new approach  

    By johnny1488, July 22, 2003
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    • freeflydrew
    • July 24, 2003

81. Swoop shoes  

    By hokierower, September 14, 2015
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    • yvanpec
    • October 19, 2015

82. Pack Volume of a 96 JVX Hybrid  

    By matty4667, November 12, 2008
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    • matty4667
    • November 13, 2008

83. Swoop Pond Pictures  

    By sellemt, June 10, 2010
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    • dqpacker
    • June 10, 2010

84. Something to Ponder  

    By Zlew, December 17, 2002
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    • freeflir29
    • December 17, 2002

85. If xbraces didn't exist..  

    By swooper81, August 7, 2006
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    • Sabre1Lucke
    • August 8, 2006

86. Swooping on backrisers  

    By Sabre1Lucke, January 28, 2005
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    • Sabre1Lucke
    • February 2, 2005

87. 'Zero' - New canopy from PD!  

    By skydiverek, July 1, 2010
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    • riggerrob
    • December 6, 2010

88. What is optimal wing loading on a Xaos27 for distance & speed  

    By rhino, July 12, 2005
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    • rhino
    • July 13, 2005

89. Texas training swoop camps  

    By AggieDave, January 22, 2008
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    • skydiven4fun
    • February 11, 2008

90. How do you feel about performance designs wing load chart?  

    By jephprospect, December 19, 2008
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    • Blink
    • December 23, 2008

91. Swooping The Line Mod?  

    By Zennie, August 10, 2003
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    • skygod7777
    • August 12, 2003

92. Thoughts about the Sensei?  

    By NV1, April 7, 2016
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    • cmulli4
    • May 1, 2016

93. Wanna Fly in The Italian Alps This Winter?  

    By m0ng00se007, December 24, 2008
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    • m0ng00se007
    • January 17, 2009

94. Want to learn to swoop...advice?  

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

95. who or where was swooping invented?  

    By agent_lead, August 23, 2006
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    • frost
    • August 30, 2006

96. how small can these canopies get!!!!? 34sqft?  

    By richardw38, September 12, 2012
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    • TMPattersonJr
    • September 16, 2012

97. CPC - Skydive Atlanta  

    By jeiber, July 25, 2005
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    • bseriesboosted
    • August 1, 2005

98. for us swoopers here in the great northwest  

    By superstu, February 23, 2004
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    • superstu
    • February 26, 2004

99. had my first "cliffswoop" this weekend  

    By Niklasp, February 23, 2004
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    • Niklasp
    • February 26, 2004

100. Canopy Skill Course Beginners and Advanced course the next day?  

     By Darius11, February 15, 2005
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     • bdbrown
     • February 16, 2005