Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Landing hard and I need help.  

   By NicoNYC, April 21, 2002
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   • billvon
   • April 22, 2002

2. canopy landing question  

   By Neoslim22, August 5, 2009
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   • virgin-burner
   • August 7, 2009

3. Experimenting with Linesets  

   By packing_jarrett, February 27, 2007
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   • Supergeil
   • March 6, 2007

4. What underwear do you wear?  

   By Spizzzarko, July 29, 2005
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   • Tonto
   • July 29, 2005

5. Try this  

   By JayhawkJumper, February 21, 2003
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   • relyon
   • February 24, 2003

6. Black Mountain swoop comp  

   By Herckydude, April 23, 2012
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   • Bill_K
   • May 31, 2012

7. Swooping The Line Mod?  

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

8. using old faithful or getting a new crispy wing for comp?  

   By niwotskydiver, February 8, 2013
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   • SkymonkeyONE
   • February 9, 2013

9. In Memory of Nathan Gilbert [video]  

   By skyfly, July 20, 2004
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   • nicolesser
   • July 23, 2004

10. Cobalt Demo 120  

    By freeflyz, January 28, 2003
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    • JJohnson
    • January 29, 2003

11. Stall point/brake line length  

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

12. Wind hold at PD Challenge  

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

13. South East CPC Meet 1 Results  

    By chayes12, February 20, 2006
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    • Spizzzarko
    • February 22, 2006

14. sweet freestyling by bundy taylor... very funny  

    By djd, November 8, 2006
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    • meatbomb
    • November 13, 2006

15. 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

16. High Speed Stall  

    By JayhawkJumper, March 19, 2003
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    • Steel
    • March 21, 2003

17. Moded stearing lines on Velo  

    By dima39, December 17, 2009
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    • dima39
    • December 18, 2009

18. Skipping sizes when downsizing  

    By gmac324, December 18, 2003
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    • gmac324
    • December 19, 2003

19. O.K. pics. of SPIRE in the back country, Tahoe  

    By KEVINLOVE, January 15, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • January 19, 2008

20. Jumped a Sabre2 150  

    By bdbrown, February 28, 2005
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    • vdschoor
    • March 1, 2005

21. Ground launching  

    By shah269, December 20, 2010
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    • virgin-burner
    • January 17, 2011

22. How easy is it to pilot the canopy  

    By privera71, April 22, 2011
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    • EFS4LIFE
    • May 25, 2011

23. Landing downhill  

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

24. Gallery of 4th World Cup in Canopy Piloting  

    By spacelord, November 8, 2007
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    • selwynj
    • November 20, 2007

25. Rig styles and weight shift  

    By Kyron, April 5, 2013
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    • Kyron
    • May 6, 2013

26. World Air Games in Italy  

    By frost, June 11, 2009
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    • piahenzi
    • June 14, 2009

27. wing loading at higher altitudes??  

    By newbian, September 18, 2003
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    • Tonto
    • September 19, 2003

28. Sink, Surge Flare  

    By BrianSGermain, May 3, 2005
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    • BrianSGermain
    • May 4, 2005

29. Canopy Control Speaker Needed!  

    By crawford, January 26, 2004
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    • freeflycracker
    • February 6, 2004

30. Most efficiente wingload on comp velo ?  

    By cedricveigarios, March 16, 2013
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    • ianmdrennan
    • March 16, 2013

31. USPA approves swooping events!!!  

    By proswoopingtour, January 26, 2003
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    • listo
    • January 30, 2003

32. Dealing w/ Turbulence (Hey Kris!)  

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

33. Can you predict airspeed?  

    By mattlong, April 4, 2008
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    • Rdutch
    • April 5, 2008

34. interesting observation  

    By hookit, January 29, 2002
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    • mikefarmer
    • January 30, 2002

35. canopy resources  

    By superstu, August 9, 2005
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    • Velopilot
    • February 24, 2006

36. Train your ability to find the Destination Point  

    By paramonoff, October 21, 2010
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    • paramonoff
    • November 1, 2010

37. Xaos-27 Wing loading for distance  

    By SkydiveMO, December 14, 2004
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    • Canuck
    • December 14, 2004

38. Re: [smkdvr628] A friend of mine told me...  

    By ozzy13, February 18, 2007
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    • frost
    • February 21, 2007

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

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

40. Looking for An Image of 270 Turn  

    By slotperfect, April 7, 2014
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    • slotperfect
    • April 7, 2014

41. reserve pond swoop  

    By softopening, June 28, 2004
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    • bogwarrior
    • June 30, 2004

42. Toes in the sand?  

    By turtlespeed, February 10, 2005
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    • turtlespeed
    • February 11, 2005

43. The swoop...cheating down from a high jack  

    By deurich2003, March 24, 2004
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    • diablopilot
    • March 31, 2004

44. Canopy Control Basics  

    By davjohns, April 30, 2008
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    • danielcroft
    • May 6, 2008

45. Advice for first time Stilletto owner  

    By airdrew20012001, February 4, 2002
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    • Kris
    • February 5, 2002

46. Bucking hornet  

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

47. Drawing the line hook-carve?  

    By prost, May 4, 2002
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    • Tonto
    • June 11, 2002

48. Stilleto recovery arc  

    By grega, April 27, 2003
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    • ManBird
    • April 30, 2003

49. Accuracy landings  

    By WingnutOrange, January 19, 2005
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    • Spizzzarko
    • January 24, 2005

50. Accuracy landing  

    By NunoP, February 27, 2005
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    • mccurley
    • March 3, 2005

51. Landing in Turbulent Conditions  

    By kai2k1, April 11, 2005
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    • dharma1976
    • April 20, 2005

52. i need a crossfire2 line chart please.  

    By airborne82nd, April 9, 2007
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    • masterrigger1
    • April 11, 2007

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

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

54. sory  

    By acrojunky, August 20, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • August 20, 2004

55. World Cup Logo  

    By xsniper, September 1, 2015
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    • Brutus
    • September 3, 2015

56. Help with technique...  

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

57. LOOOOOVE my new canopy  

    By AiRpollUtiOn, August 26, 2002
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    • AiRpollUtiOn
    • September 16, 2002

58. technique vs. design and wing loading  

    By grasshopper, February 5, 2002
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    • freeflir29
    • February 5, 2002

59. WFFC Pond Swooping Organizer's Event  

    By AirZoneXtreme, July 5, 2005
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    • AirZoneXtreme
    • July 11, 2005

60. Love this canopy (first jump)  

    By Jason1996, August 7, 2016
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    • Jason1996
    • August 7, 2016

61. Pictures from Red Bull Event at Spaceland Posted  

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

62. Vengeance vs. Velocity - Need info from the field!  

    By mfrese, February 4, 2004
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    • dsbbreck
    • February 5, 2004

63. End cell closure occured during braked turn  

    By Zoso, September 15, 2004
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    • rhino
    • September 16, 2004

64. End cell closure  

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

65. Sabre2 107 or Faqtor 110  

    By Supergeil1, December 20, 2003
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    • meatbomb
    • January 2, 2004

66. Speedflying Video  

    By AdD, January 13, 2012
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    • AdD
    • January 16, 2012

67. Flying an Icarus saphire2  

    By plowdirt, December 13, 2004
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    • Spizzzarko
    • January 6, 2005

68. New Pond In Germany  

    By freekflyguy, June 15, 2005
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    • freekflyguy
    • June 16, 2005

69. Pink Canopy Piloting Open 2010 - 4000 Euros Prize money!  

    By pinkskyvan, February 1, 2010
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    • pinkskyvan
    • July 14, 2010

70. Very simplified statistical analysis of swooping.  

    By lkdiver, May 13, 2005
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    • YISkyDive
    • May 14, 2005

71. H-mod  

    By flyinryan, April 23, 2003
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    • rigging65
    • April 23, 2003

72. Cobalt 120  

    By f1freak, May 25, 2002
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    • maretus
    • May 27, 2002

73. Attention Harness Turners!!!  

    By Bolas, March 30, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • April 1, 2004

74. New Canopy  

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

75. Rear riser landings on heavily loaded canopies  

    By Miami, May 17, 2004
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    • skygod7777
    • May 25, 2004

76. in your opinion.....  

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

77. Are good Swoopers born or made  

    By spencer, June 27, 2011
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    • stayhigh
    • July 15, 2011

78. A Few Canopy Control Questions  

    By hokierower, August 15, 2011
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    • hokierower
    • August 15, 2011

79. Poll for CROSS BRACED PILOTS...which canopy is better?  

    By listo, February 22, 2003
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    • Skydive2
    • February 25, 2003

80. staged flare or not?  

    By skydiveress, October 22, 2004
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    • crewkeith
    • October 28, 2004

81. Swoop competition results and pictures  

    By superstu, June 6, 2004
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    • tattoojeff
    • June 8, 2004

82. Haha, this is CRAZY stupid!!!  

    By iambeav2, August 24, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • August 25, 2008

83. Video of Parasail cutaways from PCB swoop comp?  

    By parachutist, May 8, 2003
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    • ramon
    • May 9, 2003

84. Xaos 27 at 2.0 ?  

    By skymeat, April 22, 2008
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    • fab777
    • April 23, 2008

85. Tandem weight limits  

    By flipper, February 22, 2002
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    • diverds
    • February 22, 2002

86. max speed under canopy?  

    By swooper81, November 27, 2006
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    • cobaltdan
    • December 18, 2006

87. neptune swoop upgrade  

    By brokky, September 28, 2004
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    • cvfd1399
    • September 29, 2004

88. Do you use a packer with a full RDS?  

    By AggieDave, July 6, 2008
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    • frost
    • July 7, 2008

89. Line twist  

    By freebirdtif, April 8, 2008
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    • TaylorC
    • April 10, 2008

90. Wind penetration in your swoop  

    By AggieDave, June 16, 2006
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    • AggieDave
    • June 17, 2006

91. Do you watch your openings?  

    By gus, May 25, 2004
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    • twnsnd
    • May 26, 2004

92. when is the right time to learn to use rear risers for surfing a landing?  

    By yoink, February 16, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • February 17, 2004

93. Welcome!  

    By sangiro, December 9, 2001
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    • mountainman
    • December 10, 2001

94. New swoop league  

    By ozzy13, January 31, 2014
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    • missbrz
    • February 3, 2014

95. Low wingloading downsizing...  

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

96. Freestyle tricks  

    By wildWilly, April 18, 2010
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    • wildWilly
    • April 19, 2010

97. new  

    By rajiv647, March 16, 2006
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    • diablopilot
    • March 21, 2006

98. northeast ground launching  

    By erikzero, October 24, 2005
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    • erikzero
    • November 3, 2005

99. Pilcher's weight???  

    By ccowden, August 8, 2003
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    • SkySlut
    • August 10, 2003

100. Velo96 at 2.49 versus Velo90 at 2.655  

     By morris, September 3, 2007
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     • morris
     • September 7, 2007