Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Line Twists - I LOVE my canopy  

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

2. Velo 2 - myth or wait?  

   By Jiggs, May 9, 2008
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   • AggieDave
   • May 12, 2008

3. Positive recovery arc???  

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

4. Electronic device for swoooping?  

   By ParaShoot, August 29, 2003
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   • AndyMan
   • September 2, 2003

5. Has this been done?  

   By MattM, March 28, 2003
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   • hookitt
   • March 31, 2003

6. container options that hinder swooping  

   By Greig474, May 15, 2011
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   • RichLees
   • May 15, 2011

7. Ian Is Gay!  

   By bob.dino, December 12, 2006
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   • ianmdrennan
   • December 13, 2006

8. When is it okay?  

   By weegegirl, December 30, 2002
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   • weegegirl
   • January 2, 2003

9. South East CPC Meet 4 Results  

   By chayes12, May 16, 2006
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   • ntacfreefly
   • May 18, 2006

10. What is it called?  

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

11. landing uphill ...  

    By Beachbum, March 13, 2002
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    • Beachbum
    • March 15, 2002

12. heat wave 120  

    By michaelflying, November 6, 2003
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    • michaelflying
    • November 13, 2003

13. CPC Injury Colorado  

    By ianmdrennan, September 4, 2007
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    • jeiber
    • September 25, 2007

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

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

15. Swooop parks in the USA  

    By newswooper, January 25, 2008
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    • newswooper
    • February 8, 2008

16. CPC circuit GA/TN/AL  

    By ianmdrennan, January 25, 2005
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    • Snowwhite
    • February 11, 2005

17. 2010 National Canopy Piloting Championships - Spaceland  

    By aykay, August 25, 2010
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    • leftfoot
    • August 30, 2010

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

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

19. Crossfire 2  

    By sneaky, July 12, 2003
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    • Yoshi
    • July 14, 2003

20. Biggest Crossbrace  

    By aykay, October 27, 2006
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    • AggieDave
    • November 1, 2006

21. Any idea why I was spiraling like that?  

    By jerry81, January 8, 2004
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    • gus
    • April 19, 2004

22. Rear riser input  

    By speedy, August 2, 2004
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    • tspillers
    • August 10, 2004

23. ultimate wingloading for swooping?  

    By Niklasp, September 13, 2004
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    • swoopdaddio
    • September 16, 2004

24. How NOT to demo a canopy  

    By RichM, April 24, 2002
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    • Dumpster
    • April 25, 2002

25. Technical question at swooping  

    By grega, November 15, 2002
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    • Ron
    • November 18, 2002

26. Cowboy-Miracle Man-Blindman-Backwards Finish  

    By bvacher, April 24, 2007
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    • ianmdrennan
    • April 26, 2007

27. Dealing w/ Traffic  

    By Hooknswoop, February 18, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • February 21, 2002

28. CPC MEET #5 @ Raeford Parachute center  

    By DALAILAMA, April 29, 2009
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    • Redline165
    • May 4, 2009

29. has anybody experienced the Sensei from big air?  

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

30. Romaniacs Reloaded  

    By tontonBlurp, July 4, 2017
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    • EvilGenius
    • July 6, 2017

31. Urgent TXCPC Meet 1  

    By tspillers, March 29, 2007
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    • tspillers
    • March 31, 2007

32. Hey, I need feedback!!  

    By mikefarmer, January 4, 2002
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    • Kelly
    • January 7, 2002

33. Deer Swoop Base Jump  

    By roostnureye, August 5, 2013
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    • Halfpastniner
    • August 6, 2013

34. problems with rear riser mods  

    By captainquim, October 9, 2004
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    • councilman24
    • October 12, 2004

35. Kiting your sport canopy  

    By CanuckInUSA, October 25, 2004
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    • sysop
    • November 1, 2004

36. 420ftx220ft Swoop Pond  

    By Hans, April 1, 2004
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    • Hans
    • April 5, 2004

37. check out these swoops  

    By Yoshi, November 12, 2004
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    • Yoshi
    • November 15, 2004

38. US Canopy Piloting Nationals...  

    By SlatonAirSports, August 4, 2004
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    • SlatonAirSports
    • August 12, 2004

39. Skyworks RDS  

    By timmyfitz, February 1, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • February 1, 2007

40. It has been a week........  

    By frankiebrina, February 9, 2004
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    • diablopilot
    • February 11, 2004

41. Swoop rules?  

    By DoZ3r, April 18, 2007
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    • DoZ3r
    • April 20, 2007

42. canopy control schools / swooping schools  

    By MedicJumper, August 20, 2007
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    • MedicJumper
    • August 22, 2007

43. TX CPC Meet #1 Results  

    By tspillers, April 10, 2006
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    • Yoshi
    • April 17, 2006

44. Nice performance  

    By tontonBlurp, April 29, 2015
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    • DocPop
    • April 30, 2015

45. swooping gate  

    By C68, August 1, 2014
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    • jacketsdb23
    • August 6, 2014

46. Vigil Xtreme  

    By Willi91, December 20, 2015
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    • gowlerk
    • December 20, 2015

47. Swoop the Killer Whale  

    By Saker, February 15, 2013
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    • blueblur
    • February 16, 2013

48. stiletto safer than a saber?  

    By tattoojeff, June 10, 2003
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    • freeflydrew
    • June 10, 2003

49. A tri-tapered leading edge  

    By skow, May 28, 2019
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    • skow
    • June 8, 2019

50. Brian Germain's Course Schedule  

    By BrianSGermain, April 2, 2007
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    • NewClearSports
    • April 21, 2007

51. I did a seach and cant find it  

    By popeyefireman, February 24, 2004
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    • Samurai136
    • February 24, 2004

52. Aerodyne ZPX Canopy Fabric  

    By dzromeo, June 9, 2009
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    • dzromeo
    • June 9, 2009

53. spreading front risers  

    By BMFin, July 21, 2003
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    • JeffGordon
    • July 28, 2003

54. lots of swoop pictures here  

    By ReyNier, June 21, 2006
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    • CanuckInUSA
    • June 30, 2006

55. Downsizing intelligently  

    By petur, March 15, 2002
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    • ramon
    • March 16, 2002

56. Competition Training Camps  

    By Widgeon, October 4, 2005
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    • charmsdroppop
    • October 24, 2005

57. Fingers getting squashed by the front riser loop  

    By KerMor, September 24, 2003
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    • freakydiver
    • September 25, 2003

58. FLCPA Judges needed  

    By berchtoldaj, December 18, 2008
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    • TMPattersonJr
    • January 21, 2009

59. To downsize or not to downsize?  

    By freeflygoddess, August 16, 2003
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    • lazyfrog
    • August 25, 2003

60. Xaos27 versus Velocity versus VX  

    By LawnDart21, March 25, 2004
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    • jumperconway
    • March 26, 2004

61. OH MY GOD  

    By josheezammit, April 8, 2006
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    • Chapsta
    • April 20, 2006

62. PST "Qualifiers" explained  

    By proswoopingtour, January 7, 2003
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    • proswoopingtour
    • January 9, 2003

63. Neos openings  

    By flyingfrog, April 30, 2008
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    • flyingfrog
    • May 5, 2008

64. Place for Swoop camp in Europe?  

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

65. Slider and long spot Q.  

    By drenaline, June 17, 2002
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    • Kirils
    • June 19, 2002

66. Another JVX pilot... first impressions  

    By frost, December 13, 2006
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    • AggieDave
    • December 14, 2006

67. Overloaded ZP 7-cell's mains  

    By Waldschrat, August 17, 2008
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    • JohanW
    • August 29, 2008

68. Shouldn't my canopy stall?  

    By dtthorne, January 26, 2005
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    • Winznut
    • January 31, 2005

69. Best Performance wingloading....  

    By vdschoor, January 20, 2005
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    • Dutton
    • January 25, 2005

70. Canopy Wrap Grund Launching?  

    By GraficO, February 15, 2006
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    • Tonto
    • February 16, 2006

71. Pond vs Cypres 2  

    By MrPutz, June 8, 2004
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    • Cloggy
    • September 24, 2004

72. canopy comparison  

    By cavscout73, April 29, 2013
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    • cavscout73
    • May 21, 2013

73. He said...  

    By skyhighkiy, December 13, 2004
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • December 14, 2004

74. suggestions for books about canopy control?  

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

75. swooping pics  

    By BirdWoman, April 23, 2003
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    • Jethers203
    • May 7, 2003

76. Beach Boogie Pictures  

    By ReyNier, May 24, 2006
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    • Fast
    • June 19, 2006

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

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

78. Rage from FCI  

    By palejo, June 10, 2005
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    • Dokeman
    • June 21, 2005

79. Hockey Stop It !!!  

    By Swooopa-x, March 15, 2005
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    • Swooopa-x
    • March 15, 2005

80. 180 vs. 270  

    By skykeith, September 22, 2003
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    • isaiah85
    • September 23, 2003

81. Tail Distortion/Flapping?????  

    By Widgeon, November 15, 2005
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    • grega
    • November 16, 2005

82. Your longest swoop using a 5' gate  

    By clint, December 7, 2003
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    • clint
    • December 23, 2003

83. This is ridiculous...but here it goes.  

    By Pulse, June 2, 2009
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    • ianmdrennan
    • June 2, 2009

84. Xaos-21 120 vs Katana 120  

    By Sadcat, November 10, 2004
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • November 10, 2004

85. impact of harness on swooping?  

    By The111, December 15, 2003
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    • skyedivr
    • December 19, 2003

86. Swooping on backrisers  

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

87. video from 2007 PST Championships  

    By raymod2, October 16, 2007
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    • superstu
    • October 18, 2007

88. Need some help with swoops  

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

89. ground launching in Norcal  

    By jf951, December 20, 2010
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    • Cashmanimal
    • December 25, 2010

90. Using double fronts in turbulent conditions will....  

    By DocPop, July 30, 2009
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    • F16Driver
    • August 5, 2009

91. Spectre 135 at 1.4 WL  

    By bigG, November 15, 2003
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    • DanG
    • November 19, 2003

92. paratec super 7???  

    By pekkakurtz, February 1, 2002
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    • PhreeZone
    • February 2, 2002

93. how deep should new pond be?  

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

94. Canopy to learn swooping on.  

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

95. Front riser on Sabre2  

    By skajdajver, August 11, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • August 12, 2004

96. Don't get too comfy  

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

97. Sebastian CPC photos  

    By chayes12, March 24, 2006
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    • sunnydee123
    • March 28, 2006

98. swoop n chug..any ideas?  

    By ramon, July 14, 2002
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    • SkyDolphin
    • August 1, 2002

99. Brake Lines  

    By Emma, July 16, 2002
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    • Emma
    • July 22, 2002

100. 180+270  

     By natef, April 4, 2006
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     • dharma1976
     • April 5, 2006