Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. Precision Aerodynamics Nitron  

   By filioque, May 7, 2008
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   • J_Cook
   • May 9, 2008

2. Well, I did my first intentional downwinder with the new canopy  

   By grue, February 1, 2007
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   • dharma1976
   • February 2, 2007

3. Front risers on the Diablo.  

   By jumper03, November 15, 2006
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   • marks
   • November 20, 2006

4. Detachable D-Bag  

   By FallRate, December 10, 2002
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   • SkymonkeyONE
   • December 13, 2002

5. PST Wildwood Pictures  

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

6. 2010 rule list  

   By AggieDave, February 8, 2010
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   • AggieDave
   • March 30, 2010

7. What happens at the end of the Scott Miller Nav220 video?  

   By obadz, April 12, 2007
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   • crazydiver
   • April 19, 2007

8. learning to swoop  

   By duiksmurf, April 27, 2009
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   • Fab
   • April 27, 2009

9. Dog Swooping-Video  

   By dqpacker, November 15, 2008
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   • ianmdrennan
   • November 16, 2008

10. Looking for New Risers  

    By bbl, April 15, 2008
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    • freeflye73
    • April 18, 2008

11. Bad landings and the "I was lucky" advice.  

    By LawnDart21, May 10, 2005
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    • listo
    • May 15, 2005

12. merit???  

    By pekkakurtz, January 30, 2002
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    • Remster
    • January 30, 2002

13. COBALT with closed end cells?!?  

    By Unutsch, August 23, 2003
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    • bobsled92
    • September 1, 2003

14. swoop new  

    By dbr171, November 22, 2006
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    • Sinister
    • November 27, 2006

15. CRW basics course for non-CRW jumpers?  

    By flyinghonu, January 5, 2006
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    • Widgeon
    • January 11, 2006

16. 23' or 24" risers  

    By daleskydive, May 25, 2012
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    • ianmdrennan
    • May 25, 2012

17. Wing Loading Help me out ????  

    By airborne82nd, March 21, 2007
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    • bob.dino
    • March 22, 2007

18. High Speed Cutaway's  

    By Para5-0, June 19, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • June 24, 2007

19. control lines  

    By yurbai, February 15, 2004
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    • ccowden
    • February 18, 2004

20. Stu is a PD guy now....(formerly Team Extreme)  

    By swooper81, September 19, 2006
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    • superstu
    • September 21, 2006

21. Canadian Nationals  

    By Canuck, August 6, 2007
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    • dayle
    • August 16, 2007

22. German Swooping Open video  

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

23. Samuri in Ontario  

    By lifesatrip, February 12, 2005
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    • GanGirl
    • March 29, 2005

24. PD BROchoure  

    By d123, December 3, 2010
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    • craigbey
    • December 3, 2010

25. How do I make competition CP gates?  

    By seanlarose, June 11, 2009
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    • anonanon
    • June 21, 2009

26. Canopy Question looking for you talented minds to share some info thanks in advance  

    By jasonatokc, April 13, 2004
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    • BrianSGermain
    • April 27, 2004

27. How about PD starts making their stuff with sail material???  

    By stayhigh, December 12, 2009
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    • frost
    • December 14, 2009

28. Accuracy  

    By John4455, February 12, 2002
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • February 13, 2002

29. 5th Spanish Championships. Lillo,Spain.  

    By jogi, May 3, 2009
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    • selwynj
    • May 7, 2009

30. List/pictures of freestyle moves??  

    By andyflylife, January 4, 2006
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    • CanopyPiloting
    • January 6, 2006

31. Canopy control help!  

    By nene, February 12, 2008
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    • Docfriar
    • February 22, 2008

32. begin to swoop  

    By elmo87, February 28, 2007
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    • elmo87
    • March 2, 2007

33. FLCPA Round 5 has changed DZ's  

    By chayes12, September 13, 2004
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    • chayes12
    • September 24, 2004

34. Front Risers and 360's  

    By MagicGuy, November 27, 2006
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    • dharma1976
    • November 29, 2006

35. mile hi swoop pond  

    By livenletfly, June 12, 2005
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • June 14, 2005

36. Search for specific swoop video/trick.  

    By iambeav2, June 27, 2011
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    • mchamp
    • July 24, 2011

37. Wish to Downsize  

    By frankiebrina, January 1, 2004
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    • exwhuffo
    • January 3, 2004

38. Flaring and Canopy control for students  

    By bertusgeert, February 29, 2004
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    • bertusgeert
    • March 2, 2004

39. frontriserpressure on Fusion vs Sabre2  

    By YvonneWiggers, November 6, 2012
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    • YvonneWiggers
    • November 6, 2012

40. RDS question  

    By Jiggs, December 21, 2008
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    • Skyflyer3
    • January 4, 2009

41. Front Riser Dive  

    By YISkyDive, August 17, 2004
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    • YISkyDive
    • August 20, 2004

42. landings  

    By trfenwyd, November 18, 2002
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    • trfenwyd
    • November 18, 2002

43. Who's coming to Nationals?  

    By diablopilot, August 18, 2005
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • August 22, 2005

44. swoop screensaver  

    By willemsen, January 24, 2006
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    • phoenixlpr
    • January 28, 2006

45. Maxing out the performance of a given canopy (W/L vs aerodynamics)  

    By SkydiveNFlorida, December 19, 2003
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    • SkydiveNFlorida
    • December 19, 2003

46. Best Swooping Face  

    By Kimblair13, December 10, 2008
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    • pedro3
    • December 11, 2008

47. Carve Vs. Hookturn  

    By lowpullin1, August 25, 2004
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    • fool
    • August 27, 2004

48. Competition Line Sets - Checks/Maintenance  

    By jacketsdb23, February 6, 2013
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    • matt002
    • February 7, 2013

49. NWCPC event 3 results  

    By superstu, July 10, 2006
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    • Vectracide
    • July 12, 2006

50. jedei  

    By JayhawkJumper, July 23, 2003
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    • jrpayne
    • July 25, 2003

51. Crossfire2 Questions  

    By Jiggs, February 5, 2004
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    • bendywendy
    • February 7, 2004

52. Upgrade "original" hybryd JVX-99 (DOM 2007) to current design  

    By dima39, June 18, 2012
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    • dima39
    • June 19, 2012

53. Winter layoffs  

    By D22369, March 15, 2004
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    • Designer
    • March 18, 2004

54. Rear risers, safety margin?  

    By lilchief, June 13, 2009
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    • AdD
    • June 15, 2009

55. Crossfire fliers Part 2  

    By 3fLiEr, February 25, 2002
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    • R00tj00se
    • February 25, 2002

56. Optima siren on swoop  

    By phoenixlpr, June 2, 2009
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    • jurgencamps
    • June 3, 2009

57. Altitude changes  

    By bdbrown, November 27, 2004
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    • Spizzzarko
    • December 7, 2004

58. Swoop Camp - Skydive The Farm June 26-28th  

    By ianmdrennan, May 24, 2009
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    • dharma1976
    • May 26, 2009

59. which crossbraced has the least twitchyness  

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

60. It's a daft question  

    By yoink, December 12, 2007
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    • AggieDave
    • December 13, 2007

61. Downsizing Recommendations  

    By BrianSGermain, June 28, 2006
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    • dharma1976
    • June 28, 2006

62. Too low -- stab or carve?  

    By ManBird, June 1, 2004
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    • davelepka
    • June 4, 2004

63. Digitals  

    By Neoslim22, November 27, 2013
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    • Pobrause
    • November 28, 2013

64. CYPRES Photo Comp - My swoop pic  

    By nigelh, February 16, 2014
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    • nigelh
    • February 16, 2014

65. The rock point under canopy...  

    By rhino, May 30, 2003
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    • Piru
    • June 2, 2003

66. Gaging one's swoop ability  

    By TALONSKY, February 3, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • February 8, 2003

67. Course Markers  

    By Canuckflyr, September 16, 2012
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    • Juan45
    • October 2, 2012

68. Any Swoopers Kenya Bound?  

    By Poczynek, October 14, 2002
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    • sweeney
    • January 14, 2003

69. Probably a stupid question...  

    By theplummeter, April 13, 2012
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • April 17, 2012

70. Team Extreme  

    By kevlarsxs, November 23, 2003
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    • PurpleBadger
    • November 29, 2003

71. Video For Swooping?!?!?!  

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

72. Sabre 2 Fans, Please Help..  

    By partyboy, June 1, 2005
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    • sneaky
    • June 3, 2005

73. Maximizing front riser dive performance?  

    By matt3sa, February 28, 2007
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    • dharma1976
    • February 28, 2007

74. Possible problems with Toggles  

    By Ron, July 18, 2003
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    • Ron
    • July 25, 2003

75. Do tandems help on swooping?  

    By PhreeZone, October 9, 2002
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    • Cacophony
    • October 18, 2002

76. Anybody flying an Onyx?  

    By Canuck, December 10, 2004
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    • Teixido
    • December 14, 2004

77. Synchronised landings  

    By GordonH, April 16, 2007
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    • chachi
    • April 19, 2007

78. Canopy Seminar by Eric Butz at S.D. Houston  

    By ramon, September 19, 2002
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    • christoofar
    • September 20, 2002

79. Who is from Aerodyne ?  

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

80. Signal to noise ratio in this forum  

    By ianmdrennan, December 10, 2009
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    • ianmdrennan
    • December 10, 2009

81. Red Bull Qualifyer  

    By bbarnhouse, February 26, 2003
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    • FlyGuy
    • March 1, 2003

82. Spectre 120 Reviews  

    By sneaky, July 5, 2003
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    • lauras
    • July 10, 2003

83. looking for a swoop altimeter/warning device  

    By skydiveaddict, May 1, 2006
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    • skydiveaddict
    • May 8, 2006

84. Learning the Swoop  

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

85. minimum weight question...  

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

86. Heeereee we go.....  

    By freeflir29, June 1, 2003
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    • freeflir29
    • June 5, 2003

87. Swoop training weekends  

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

88. Introducing...  

    By blu, May 3, 2007
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    • blu
    • May 3, 2007

89. 2 stage flare  

    By tntsawers, December 16, 2007
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    • DrewEckhardt
    • December 18, 2007

90. Working on consistency  

    By AggieDave, August 9, 2004
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    • exwhuffo
    • August 12, 2004

91. What's it called when...  

    By grue, September 28, 2005
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    • mattjw916
    • October 11, 2005

92. New rules for new season  

    By CanopyPiloting, February 28, 2006
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    • Spizzzarko
    • March 3, 2006

93. Wingtips vs. Scott Miller Essential Skills  

    By SpinDoctor, January 12, 2004
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    • cpoxon
    • January 15, 2004

94. Drive to another Dz just because they have a Pond?  

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

95. Raeford FLCPA meet  

    By ianmdrennan, May 13, 2010
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    • piahenzi
    • May 17, 2010

96. Flaring question  

    By crotalus01, May 7, 2007
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    • crotalus01
    • May 8, 2007

97. Soaring With Low-Wing Loading?  

    By cdcollura, May 3, 2009
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    • justinhawxhurst
    • May 8, 2009

98. bleeding off speed?  

    By christopherm, November 6, 2002
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    • prost
    • November 7, 2002

99. Paratec's RAGE design  

    By tr027, July 19, 2005
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    • diablopilot
    • July 22, 2005

100. HMA Lineset  

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