Swooping and Canopy Control

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1. canopy course  

   By skyjrex, November 24, 2007
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   • BrianSGermain
   • December 10, 2007

2. Why no visor?  

   By bofh, March 7, 2011
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   • bofh
   • March 8, 2011

3. Queston about WL  

   By simplechris, March 5, 2010
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   • simplechris
   • April 2, 2010

4. entry gates?  

   By rhys, March 26, 2005
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   • freeflyz
   • April 6, 2005

5. Shannon Pilcher is back in the air!!!  

   By m0ng00se007, June 13, 2011
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   • rmarshall234
   • June 24, 2011

6. anyone taken a curt swanson canopy course  

   By jtfreefly, May 30, 2012
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   • DaVinciflies
   • June 8, 2012

7. ground launching near socal?  

   By agent_lead, August 18, 2010
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   • yoink
   • August 25, 2010

8. Rear Riser Pressure  

   By ryan_turner, September 26, 2006
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   • ryoder
   • September 26, 2006

9. Swoopers & Hookers, were you AFF OR S/L  

   By StevieBoy, March 3, 2003
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   • flyboyshell
   • March 5, 2003

10. Trim, buffeting, dangers?  

    By skyhighkiy, October 15, 2004
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    • AggieDave
    • October 16, 2004

11. New to canopy control  

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

12. Crossfire2 vs Katana  

    By Bryan2, February 20, 2004
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    • diablopilot
    • February 20, 2004

13. Do U Need 2 Adjust Flare 4 different canopies?  

    By somethinelse, October 13, 2004
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    • somethinelse
    • October 17, 2004

14. Dates for 2009 Nationals (Canopy piloting event)  

    By ianmdrennan, December 25, 2008
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    • ianmdrennan
    • March 17, 2009

15. Gloves and rear risers  

    By blackj, May 15, 2006
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    • Fast
    • May 15, 2006

16. for us swoopers here in the great northwest  

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

17. diffrence in flight/dive charicteristics between Xfire and VX?  

    By DaGimp, April 27, 2005
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    • Canuck
    • April 28, 2005

18. Carving and Wind  

    By skynole, June 1, 2004
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    • jmfreefly
    • June 2, 2004

19. landing a canopy....  

    By jraylitt, October 12, 2010
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    • Pendragon
    • October 13, 2010

20. Another newbie question: Diffrence between riser turns and hook turns  

    By YISkyDive, April 20, 2005
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    • YISkyDive
    • April 21, 2005

21. video WorldGames?  

    By dragon2, July 20, 2005
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • July 27, 2005

22. Removable slider?  

    By velocityphoto, July 24, 2010
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    • timmyfitz
    • July 25, 2010

23. JONATHAN'S MEMORIAL FLOCKING DIVE - Join us on Saturday 14th July wherever you are  

    By ianmdrennan, July 11, 2012
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    • ianmdrennan
    • July 16, 2012

24. Swoop Meet at Z-hills!  

    By SkymonkeyONE, January 7, 2002
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    • freeflyguy
    • January 8, 2002

25. Canopy Control with Dusty Smith  

    By bbarnhouse, June 17, 2003
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    • Zenister
    • June 24, 2003

26. CPC - do staff members compete?  

    By AndyMan, March 22, 2006
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    • bob.dino
    • April 6, 2006

27. Who's the guy in the picture?  

    By Laszloimage, March 5, 2009
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    • WesDes
    • March 5, 2009

28. Cool picks  

    By Rdutch, September 10, 2003
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    • airdweller
    • September 19, 2003

29. toggle transition  

    By raymod2, September 19, 2010
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    • raymod2
    • September 20, 2010

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

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

31. Diablo Front Risers...  

    By Spy38W, May 9, 2002
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    • Kirils
    • May 9, 2002

32. Recovery Arc????? Again.....  

    By freeflir29, November 4, 2002
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    • 1234hutch
    • November 25, 2002

33. Progessive Swooping  

    By Seagull, November 23, 2002
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    • MissMissy
    • November 24, 2002

34. Adjustments to Maximize Harness Turns  

    By flyhi, November 17, 2004
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    • ianmdrennan
    • November 18, 2004

35. 7 cell, PD143???  

    By skylee_pinoy, May 3, 2005
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    • KellyF
    • May 10, 2005

36. first swoop...?!  

    By flyhy, February 4, 2003
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    • Mad47
    • February 9, 2003

37. PST(Pro Swooping Tour)  

    By ProSwoopTour, October 22, 2002
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    • ProSwoopTour
    • October 22, 2002

38. Moledzki Record Video?  

    By encreedy, December 14, 2009
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    • superstu
    • December 14, 2009

39. I am away from Z-hills this weekend. Meet results?  

    By SkymonkeyONE, April 21, 2007
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    • frost
    • April 23, 2007

40. How does the CPC speed course look like?  

    By morris, March 10, 2008
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    • raymod2
    • March 16, 2008

41. Chris Lynch's UK Canopy Control & Swooping Seminars  

    By hkf, May 6, 2004
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    • wiggy
    • May 18, 2004

42. comparison- vengence and stilletos  

    By fedykin, July 3, 2003
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    • 1234hutch
    • July 11, 2003

43. A Question....  

    By nigelh, November 22, 2008
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    • gearless_chris
    • November 25, 2008

44. Swoooping beam for gates  

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

45. Partial canopy collapse - in gusty conditions-  

    By humanflite, February 22, 2010
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    • humanflite
    • February 23, 2010

46. opposite lean/ recovery arc  

    By diveout, May 16, 2002
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    • cobaltdan
    • May 21, 2002

47. from a 220 tri to a 190 sabre 2  

    By josheezammit, November 22, 2005
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    • josheezammit
    • December 3, 2005

48. By what reference do you initiate your approach?  

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

49. SE CPC #2 - Sebastian 3/24  

    By sunnydee123, March 18, 2007
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    • sunnydee123
    • March 25, 2007

50. JC and Luigi  

    By motherhucker, October 10, 2003
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    • superstu
    • October 14, 2003

51. Changing your w/l suddenly  

    By motherhucker, October 24, 2003
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    • jumperconway
    • October 31, 2003

52. Off heading openings on Hornets  

    By SkydiveMonkey, October 9, 2002
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    • SkydiveMonkey
    • October 13, 2002

53. POND SWOOPING QUESTION  

    By LawnDart21, March 28, 2002
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    • diverds
    • March 29, 2002

54. Accuracy = Parafoil ????  

    By ralu, January 21, 2003
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    • Spizzzarko
    • February 11, 2003

55. Lake Wales PST Results?  

    By CanuckInUSA, May 1, 2006
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    • Spizzzarko
    • May 15, 2006

56. Another bad landing today  

    By RSG, October 23, 2002
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    • AggieDave
    • October 23, 2002

57. Xaos-27 Pack Volume ???  

    By Swoopthereitis, December 21, 2003
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    • aarco
    • December 22, 2003

58. would you call this a swoop?  

    By woodpecker, July 29, 2006
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    • dlee
    • August 3, 2006

59. Swooping a Para-Commander  

    By Hellis, June 19, 2010
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    • Hellis
    • June 20, 2010

60. Ski launching in the US ...  

    By KEVINLOVE, January 28, 2008
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    • homer
    • February 8, 2008

61. WTF is a "rail exit"?  

    By AggieDave, September 15, 2003
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    • YM4
    • September 15, 2003

62. team evolution video?  

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

63. Front Riser Pressure  

    By goose491, August 11, 2004
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    • Yoshi
    • August 11, 2004

64. Funny Talk about Fear and Success  

    By BrianSGermain, December 23, 2012
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    • BrianSGermain
    • December 23, 2012

65. Brian Germain Interview on SkydiveRadio.com  

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

66. First time on a Katana  

    By freekflyguy, May 31, 2005
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    • kosanke
    • June 7, 2005

67. Some winter GroundLaunch  

    By NWPoul, November 1, 2006
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    • NWPoul
    • November 3, 2006

68. landing tips  

    By minmal, March 16, 2008
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    • skyshimas
    • March 18, 2008

69. Starting swooping on Velocity  

    By base698, March 11, 2003
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    • base698
    • March 18, 2003

70. U.S. to Hold 2nd Canopy Piloting World Cup  

    By mjasantos, April 10, 2004
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    • mjasantos
    • April 10, 2004

71. Another damn Farmer Poll  

    By mikefarmer, January 11, 2002
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    • mikefarmer
    • January 11, 2002

72. Triple risers - pros/cons?  

    By msdeva, January 15, 2002
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    • Kirils
    • January 15, 2002

73. IPC SPEED ROUND RESULTS  

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

74. Packing full RDS  

    By Rugby82, March 16, 2011
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    • frost
    • March 16, 2011

75. Books / DVDs about swooping  

    By Sangi, August 18, 2009
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    • AggieDave
    • August 18, 2009

76. NECPL  

    By ozzy13, February 24, 2012
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    • ozzy13
    • February 24, 2012

77. canopy coaching cost ?  

    By countzero, April 10, 2008
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    • JohnDeere
    • April 13, 2008

78. PD Factory Team demo with acrobatic plane Dubai  

    By brokky, July 23, 2011
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    • knic
    • July 27, 2011

79. German Swooping Open  

    By MaikMaik, June 24, 2009
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    • MaikMaik
    • June 29, 2009

80. Results DST Zwartberg Belgium (Oct 6 & 7).  

    By ParaShoot, October 8, 2007
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    • jannu
    • October 19, 2007

81. Hook pattern vs regular pattern  

    By PhreeZone, November 5, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • November 7, 2003

82. not every landing has to be...  

    By dharma1976, July 6, 2005
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    • Cloudi
    • July 15, 2005

83. How to build the perfect zone acc course?  

    By f94sbu, May 13, 2013
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    • f94sbu
    • May 14, 2013

84. VX vs FX  

    By sdsouthsask, January 24, 2003
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    • ramon
    • January 24, 2003

85. Skydive Cape Town, South Africa burned down  

    By japie67, April 25, 2002
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    • japie67
    • April 25, 2002

86. Disaster avoided  

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

87. slider upside down maybe?  

    By Layton, May 11, 2004
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • May 11, 2004

88. This one time... I bought a Lotus....  

    By Islandcool, June 24, 2004
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    • johnny1488
    • June 27, 2004

89. Swoops on large canopies? Where are the videos?  

    By Chubba, August 16, 2008
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    • baseknut
    • August 16, 2008

90. Did I do the right thing.  

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

91. USPA CP Nationals Schedule  

    By jacketsdb23, March 16, 2015
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    • hokierower
    • March 22, 2015

92. Toggle vs. Riser control  

    By Mr.Anderson, December 1, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • December 2, 2003

93. Cut off on final...  

    By kc10boom, January 6, 2006
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    • rehmwa
    • January 9, 2006

94. Alternative to the CPC?  

    By Widgeon, May 20, 2005
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    • LoudDan
    • May 30, 2005

95. Try Blade Running .....  

    By extremesports, January 11, 2005
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    • melcom
    • February 1, 2005

96. Need advice/opinions on swooping problem.  

    By LawnDart21, March 1, 2002
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    • rhino
    • March 5, 2002

97. swooping qualifier at skydive oregon question  

    By superstu, June 10, 2003
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • June 14, 2003

98. Parachute and its Pilot  

    By skydude2000, August 14, 2008
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    • phoenixlpr
    • August 15, 2008

99. canopy choice  

    By mfnren, September 6, 2004
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    • SkydiveNFlorida
    • September 8, 2004

100. 418 footer.....  

     By weid14, June 6, 2002
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     • skygod7777
     • June 19, 2002